Tag: August 2013
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From Feynman diagrams to histograms, experimental training for an aspirant theorist.
From Feynman diagrams to histograms, experimental training for an aspirant theorist. My name is Silvia, and I am the girl from the island. I come from a village in the south-west coast of Sardinia, where the starry sky in summer nights gave birth to my passion for physics. Then, like some of my friends love
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CERN: the pinnacle of science
CERN: the pinnacle of science I discovered the programme through my university in Cyprus. Being an undergraduate from an unknown university in a small country, I was surprised to be accepted, given the vast competition. I was therefore greatly excited and proud for this impressive opportunity. After all, I have always considered CERN to be
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From Particle Physics to Computational Biology
From Particle Physics to Computational Biology My name is Argyris Zardilis and I come from Lefkosia, the capital of Cyprus. For the last 3 years however I have been living in England doing my undergraduate degree in Computer Science at the University of Southampton(just graduated!). Normally you don't expect computer scientists to consider CERN. As
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VAMOS FUEGO! HAIDE FOC! IMOS LUME! ANDIAMO FOUCO! VAMOS FOGO! GREMO OGENJ!
VAMOS FUEGO! HAIDE FOC! IMOS LUME! ANDIAMO FOUCO! VAMOS FOGO! GREMO OGENJ! How did you decide to apply for the summer student programme? I have seen an advertisement of the programme 1 year ago on facebook. I didn’t apply at that time but I promised myself that next year I am definetly applying. So here
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Remembering the great physics, the fun times and …vamos fuego!
Remembering the great physics, the fun times and …vamos fuego! How did you decide to apply for the summer student programme? I first found out about it at University, more than a year ago while searching for Physics Summer Programs. I was in second year then and didn’t know much about Particle Physics. However, I
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Communicating Science
Communicating Science How did you decide to apply for the summer student programme? I decided to apply for the summer student programme when I first heard a friend saying that her stay here had been the best time of her life. I’ve always looked forward to working in these kind of institutions where science overcomes
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Simulating the deexcitation of (anti)hydrogen
Simulating the deexcitation of (anti)hydrogen I’m a Masters student in Physics and Astronomy from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, and this autumn I will start my last year of studies. I have been working with the ASACUSA group, with Chloe Malbrunot as supervisor, simulating the deexcitation of (anti)hydrogen. How did you decide to apply for
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ATLAS: discovering a giant
ATLAS: discovering a giant How did you decide to apply for the summer student programme? The first time I heard about this summer student was… at CERN ! I came here to visit some experiments with my University and I learned that there is this amazing opportunity to spend two months studying and working at
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CERN: An ideal place for research
CERN: An ideal place for research I am working as a research assistant at the Egyptian center of Theoretical physics. My supervisor in Egypt is the team leader of an associate member group in ALICE. We are very interested to enhance our group by a new trained people to work with ALICE collaboration, and I
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Summer Student at CERN: An amazing opportunity
Summer Student at CERN: An amazing opportunity How did you decide to apply for the summer student programme? Hans Danielsson who works at CERN had a presentation during my third year at my university and meantioned this program. I had already thought about applying as a technical student for my master thesis. So when I