Tag: SFT
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CERN iOS application now available on the CERN App Store
CERN iOS application now available on the CERN App Store Download the CERN iOS application from iTunes and the Apple store and enter to the world's largest laboratory. The new CERN application, developed by the SFT group in collaboration with the Educational Group, is now available online. The application aims to bring information on news
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2013 Google Summer of Code students present their projects
2013 Google Summer of Code students present their projects On the 19th and 20th of September, Google Summer of Code students of the SFT group, presented their projects to their mentors and colleagues. The students connected through Vidyo to present their results and discuss the challenges that they faced along with some novel ideas for
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SFT participates in 2013 Google Summer of Code
SFT participates in 2013 Google Summer of Code In 2013, CERN/SFT is participating in the Google Summer of Code (GSoC) for the third time, following previous years' great experiences. The group submitted proposals for a variety of projects, covering a wide range of their activities. More specifically, student developers had the opportunity to sharpen their
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SFT group participation in EPLANET project
SFT group participation in EPLANET project SFT group is participating in the Scientific Computing Work Package (WP8) of the EPLANET project (http://www.roma1.infn.it/exp/eplanet/). The main objective of EPLANET is to create and reinforce networks for joint research projects and for high-level training of personnel both in European and other Latin-American Institutes/universities. Another aim is to improve
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Interview with René BRUN
Interview with René BRUN Rene joined CERN in 1973. While working with C. Rubbia at the ISR he developped the HBOOK package still in use today. In 1975 he was in charge of the simulation and reconstruction software for NA44 where GEANT1 and GEANT2 were created. In 1981, he joined OPAL at LEP, creating the
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A new iOS application for CERN
A new iOS application for CERN The SFT and the Education Group at CERN are joining forces and present a new iOS application for CERN. The application gives to the users real time information on the status of the LHC and live displays of LHC events from the four experiments: ALICE, ATLAS, CMS and LHCb.
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C++ and CERN
C++ and CERN In 1998, about fifteen years after its invention, C++ became a standard. Not in the sense of a few vendors agreeing on a minimal feature set, but in the sense of the standard for screws, paper and photographic film: a standard governed by the rules of the International Organization for Standardization ISO.
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Google Summer of Code
Google Summer of Code In 2013, CERN PH/SFT will apply to participate for a third year in Google Summer of Code, a global program that offers student developers stipends to write code for open source projects. The program was launched in 2005 and since then it has brought together over 6000 students with over 3000
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The Concurrency Forum at CERN
The Concurrency Forum at CERN The successful processing of more than 15PB of data recorded by the LHC experiments in 2012 led to extraordinary discoveries in the field of HEP. The CPU hardware that will be at our disposal to treat the total projected data volume after the Lond Shutdown 1 will not feature higher