The 43rd CERN School of Computing (CSC) is organized in collaboration with University of Science and Technology (AGH), together with Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences (IFJ PAN).

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The two week programme consists of more than 50 hours of lectures and hands-on exercises, covering three main themes: physics computing, software engineering, and data technologies.

Academic programme

Physics Computing

• Introduction to Physics Computing
• Data Analysis
• Machine Learning
• Data Science tools for interactive exploration

Software Engineering

• Software Design in the Many-Cores Era
• Tools and Techniques
• Creating Secure Software

Data Technologies

• Data Management
• Data and Storage Technologies
• Data Visualization

Additional lectures

• Heterogeneous Programming
• When Internet history meets philosophy
• Future of the Universe and of Humanity

Optional CUDA training

• Fundamentals of Accelerated Computing with CUDA C/C++

Students who pass the final examination will receive a diploma from CSC, as well as 6 ECTS credits from AGH / IFJ PAN.

The School is aimed at postgraduate (minimum bachelor degree or equivalent) engineers and scientists, working at CERN or at other research institutes, with experience in particle physics, computing or related fields. We welcome applicants of all nationalities, and encourage all qualified persons to apply. Limited financial support may be available.

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The 8th thematic CERN School of Computing (tCSC) theme is “Efficient Scientific Software for Heterogeneous Architectures”

tCSC 2020 is organized in collaboration with the University of Split Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture (FESB) and is hosted at the Mediterranean Institute For Life Sciences (MedILS) Conference Centre. The Centre is a historical building situated in a wooded and landscaped park, located on the Adriatic Sea coast, a few kilometers from the center of Split.

Academic programme

Scientific and computing challenges in fundamental physics

Technologies and Platforms

• Introduction to efficient computing
• Hardware evolution and heterogeneity
• Data-oriented design
• Summary and future technologies overview

Parallel and Optimised Scientific Software

• Writing parallel software
• Modern programming languages for HEP
• Optimizing existing large codebase
• Practical vectorization

Programming for Heterogeneous Architectures

• Scientific computing on heterogeneous architectures
• Programming for GPUs
• Parallel cross-architecture programming
• Design patterns and best practices

Additional lectures

• Student presentations session
• Future of the Universe and of Humanity

The School is aimed at postgraduate (minimum bachelor degree or equivalent) students, engineers and scientists with few years experience in particle physics, computing or related fields. We welcome applicants of all nationalities and encourage all qualified persons to apply. Limited financial support may be available.

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The 13th Inverted CERN School of Computing (iCSC 2020) consists of lectures and hands-on exercises presented over a few days by former CERN School of Computing students. The Inverted School provides a platform to share their knowledge by turning students into teachers. Topics covered this year:

• Programming Paradigms and Design Patterns
• Heterogeneous Programming with OpenCL
• Computational Fluid Dynamics

• Reconstruction and Imaging
• Modern C++ features
• Big Data processing with SQL

The event will take place online. The attendance is free, after registering, access will be granted to you tune in from anywhere in the world – you can follow all classes, or these that interest you the most.

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