Category: News
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Applications open for 2024 CERN openlab summer student programme Are you a Bachelor’s or Master’s student in computer science, mathematics, engineering or physics? Do you have a strong computing profile, and would you be interested in working on advanced computing projects at CERN during the summer of 2024? If so, we have just the solution…
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CERN openlab summer student programme helping jumpstart future careers Over 20 joint R&D projects are being carried out at CERN through CERN openlab’s collaboration with leading technology companies – including IBM, Intel, Oracle, Siemens, Micron, and Google. They sponsor a nine-week summer-student programme to motivate young and bright minds to join the research community and…
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Lightning talks are ready to strike: discover the CERN openlab summer student projects On Tuesday 15 and Wednesday 16 August, the 2023 CERN openlab summer students will present their work at the public “lightning talk” sessions (session 1, session 2). Students will each give a five-minute presentation, introducing the audience to their project, explaining the technical…
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Bright Minds Unite: 2023 CERN Webfest Celebrates Two Winning Projects and Amazing Collaborations Last week’s hackathon gave rise to five amazing projects, within which 19 bright young people worked together to develop useful apps that support science, research, and education. Ideas covered in the 2023 CERN Webfest included web applications that facilitate the research process, quiz-like educational…
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Preparing for a quantum leap: researchers chart future for use of quantum computing in particle physics Today, researchers have published an important white paper identifying activities in particle physics where burgeoning quantum-computing technologies could be applied. The paper, authored by experts from CERN, DESY, IBM Quantum and over 30 other organisations, is now available on ArXiv.…
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The 2023 CERN openlab summer student programme is underway – don’t miss our lectures on exciting computing topics! Almost all summer students have arrived for the 2023 CERN openlab Summer Student Programme. A set of special lectures begins on Monday 4 July. Given by CERN experts, these lectures will cover a diverse range of topics,…
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The 2023 Django Girls Geneva event was a resounding success! On 21 and 22 April 2023, after two consecutive fully online events, CERN once again hosted an in-person Django Girls Geneva workshop at IdeaSquare. The event was organised jointly by CERN’s Women in Technology (WIT) community, its Visitors and Events Operations section and MicroClub in celebration of the International Girls in…
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CERN openlab holds annual technical workshop and announces new leader Last week, CERN openlab held its annual technical workshop at CERN. CERN openlab is a unique public–private partnership between CERN and leading tech companies, which works to drive innovation in the computing technologies needed by CERN’s research community. The ambitious upgrade programme for the Large…
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CERN openlab CTO co-founds Swiss chapter of “Women in HPC” advocacy group CERN openlab’s Chief Technology Officer, Maria Girone, is one of four founding members of a new Swiss chapter of the Women in HPC (WHPC) advocacy group. The announcement comes on the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, which is dedicated to reducing gender…
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6th HEP C++ Course and Hands-on Training From 6-10 March, a training course will be held at CERN to teach C++ programming skills to particle physicists. The event is called “The 6th HEP C++ Course and Hands-on Training – The Essentials” and is organised jointly by the the Software Institute for Data Intensive Sciences and the Training Working…