Software training for the next generation of physicists: joint experience of LHCb and ALICE
The need for good software training is essential in the HEP community. Unfortunately, current training is non-homogeneous and the definition of a common baseline is unclear, making it difficult for newcomers to proficiently join large collaborations such as ALICE or LHCb. In the last years, both col...
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| author | Berzano Dario Burr Chris Beck Hans Bellée Violaine Bertens Redmer Alexander Navarro Albert Puig |
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| description | The need for good software training is essential in the HEP community. Unfortunately, current training is non-homogeneous and the definition of a common baseline is unclear, making it difficult for newcomers to proficiently join large collaborations such as ALICE or LHCb. In the last years, both collaborations have started separate efforts to tackle this issue through training workshops, via Analysis Tutorials (organized by the ALICE Juniors since 2014) and the Starterkit (organized by LHCb students since 2015). In 2017, ALICE and LHCb have for the first time joined efforts to provide combined training by identifying common topics, such as version control systems (Git) and programming languages (e.g. Python). Given the positive experience and feedback, this collaboration will be repeated in the future. We will illustrate the teaching methods, experience and feedback from our first common training workshop. We will also discuss our efforts to extend our format to other HEP experiments for future iterations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6f6e989c45ab4f3194df5a299bac16a62022-12-21T22:21:47ZengEDP SciencesEPJ Web of Conferences2100-014X2019-01-012140504410.1051/epjconf/201921405044epjconf_chep2018_05044Software training for the next generation of physicists: joint experience of LHCb and ALICEBerzano DarioBurr ChrisBeck HansBellée ViolaineBertens Redmer AlexanderNavarro Albert PuigThe need for good software training is essential in the HEP community. Unfortunately, current training is non-homogeneous and the definition of a common baseline is unclear, making it difficult for newcomers to proficiently join large collaborations such as ALICE or LHCb. In the last years, both collaborations have started separate efforts to tackle this issue through training workshops, via Analysis Tutorials (organized by the ALICE Juniors since 2014) and the Starterkit (organized by LHCb students since 2015). In 2017, ALICE and LHCb have for the first time joined efforts to provide combined training by identifying common topics, such as version control systems (Git) and programming languages (e.g. Python). Given the positive experience and feedback, this collaboration will be repeated in the future. We will illustrate the teaching methods, experience and feedback from our first common training workshop. We will also discuss our efforts to extend our format to other HEP experiments for future iterations.https://www.epj-conferences.org/articles/epjconf/pdf/2019/19/epjconf_chep2018_05044.pdf |
| spellingShingle | Berzano Dario Burr Chris Beck Hans Bellée Violaine Bertens Redmer Alexander Navarro Albert Puig Software training for the next generation of physicists: joint experience of LHCb and ALICE EPJ Web of Conferences |
| title | Software training for the next generation of physicists: joint experience of LHCb and ALICE |
| title_full | Software training for the next generation of physicists: joint experience of LHCb and ALICE |
| title_fullStr | Software training for the next generation of physicists: joint experience of LHCb and ALICE |
| title_full_unstemmed | Software training for the next generation of physicists: joint experience of LHCb and ALICE |
| title_short | Software training for the next generation of physicists: joint experience of LHCb and ALICE |
| title_sort | software training for the next generation of physicists joint experience of lhcb and alice |
| url | https://www.epj-conferences.org/articles/epjconf/pdf/2019/19/epjconf_chep2018_05044.pdf |
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