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2025-07-31
15:35
Foundation models / Luise, Ilaria (speaker) (CERN) ; Vallecorsa, Sofia (speaker) (CERN)
Description Foundation models, also known as large-scale self-supervised models, have revolutionized the field of artificial intelligence. These models, such as ChatGPT and AlphaFold, are pre-trained on massive amounts of data and can be fine-tuned for a wide range of downstream tasks [...]
2025 - 6930. CERN openlab summer student lecture programme External link: Event details In : Foundation models

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2025-07-30
08:49
Introduction to Quantum Computing, Quantum Machine Learning and Optimization / Rieger, Carla Sophie (speaker) (Technische Universitat Munchen (DE))
This talk starts with an introduction to the fundamental concepts of quantum mechanics and quantum computing. We then gain a basic understanding of quantum algorithms by exploring Deutsch and Grover's algorithms [...]
2025 - 5932. CERN openlab summer student lecture programme External link: Event details In : Introduction to Quantum Computing, Quantum Machine Learning and Optimization

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2025-07-28
09:27
GPU programming / Hageboeck, Stephan (speaker) (CERN)
Abstract In this lecture, we will look into the basics of GPU computing to understand in which circumstances the usage of GPUs is beneficial for scientific computing. Using the Nvidia CUDA GPUs as examples, will learn how the hardware works, which guides us towards how it has to be programmed. Requirements Students should have written basic C/C++ programs before, and should be familiar with pointers and arrays and/or vectors of data. Hands on: We have the option to play with a few basic CUDA applications [...]
2025 - 5806. CERN openlab summer student lecture programme External link: Event details In : GPU programming

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2025-07-25
09:57
LD2IC process - information session / Fattori, Stefano (speaker) (CERN) ; Stappers, Sara (speaker) (CERN)
2025 - 3240. LDIC process 2025; LD2IC process - information session (2/3) in English External links: Talk details; Event details In : LD2IC process - information session (2/3) in English

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2025-07-24
09:43
Innovative applications for WR nanosecond sync for Ang Lee, Beyonce, Netflix and Coldplay in the Film, TV and Live Event industries / Adlam, Phil (speaker) (XPLOR)
An overview of the current real world problems on the Stage and Screen, alongside a brief overview of the current work we are carrying out at XPLOR & Production Park..
2025 - 1110. Meetings and/or Vidyo with external partners; 14th White Rabbit Workshop External links: Talk details; Event details In : 14th White Rabbit Workshop

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2025-07-24
09:43
Hyperparameter Optimization for Deep Learning Models Using High Performance Computing / Wulff, Eric (speaker) (CERN)
Abstract In the past decade, Machine Learning (ML), and in particular Deep Learning (DL), has outperformed traditional rule-based algorithms on a wide variety of tasks, such as for instance image recognition, object detection and natural language processing. In CoE RAISE, we have additionally seen that ML can unlock new potential in fields such as high energy physics (HEP), remote sensing, seismic imaging, additive manufacturing, and acoustics [...]
2025 - 4766. CERN openlab summer student lecture programme External link: Event details In : Hyperparameter Optimization for Deep Learning Models Using High Performance Computing

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2025-07-23
14:55
EISCAT Facility Update / Brown, Simon (speaker) (EISCAT)
The talk will briefly cover the progress in the EISCAT 3D radar project during the last year and give details of the new possibility of time transfer between the radar sites..
2025 - 792. Meetings and/or Vidyo with external partners; 14th White Rabbit Workshop External links: Talk details; Event details In : 14th White Rabbit Workshop

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2025-07-23
09:09
Best practices: the theoretical and practical underpinnings of writing code that is less bad / Naumann, Axel (speaker) (CERN)
Abstract Software development is a tricky job; best practices help. This lecture explains why, and suggests some ingredients people at CERN have found useful over the last decades [...]
2025 - 5665. CERN openlab summer student lecture programme External link: Event details In : Best practices: the theoretical and practical underpinnings of writing code that is less bad

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2025-07-18
13:36
Storage / Lekshmanan, Abhishek (speaker) (CERN)
Description The Storage & Data Management Group of the CERN-IT Department is responsible for the laboratory data storage activities related to LHC and non-LHC experiments and end-user community, in addition to the long term data archival, preservation and distribution of data across the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid (WLCG). The team develops and operates over a couple of exabytes of disk and tape Storage [...]
2025 - 4206. CERN openlab summer student lecture programme External link: Event details In : Storage

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2025-07-17
11:51
Picoseconds-Scale Time Synchronization in Distributed Optical and Cherenkov Telescopes with White Rabbit / Sliusar, Vitalii (speaker) (University of Geneva)
In the recent years, Cherenkov telescopes have begun to be used for observations in the optical band using the technique of intensity interferometry. Intensity interferometry requires fast detectors—which Cherenkov telescopes already possess, as their cameras are comprised of photomultiplier tubes (PMTs)—as well as time synchronization between two telescopes to record data simultaneously and enable correlation either in real time or offline. White Rabbit (WR) is employed for this synchronization, achieving sub-nanosecond accuracy. [...]
2025 - 1594. Meetings and/or Vidyo with external partners; 14th White Rabbit Workshop External links: Talk details; Event details In : 14th White Rabbit Workshop

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