Category: Education
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The CERN STEAM Academy wraps up its first edition
The CERN STEAM Academy wraps up its first edition After ten weeks of lectures, hands-on sessions, technical challenges and life at CERN, the first edition of the CERN STEAM Academy came to an end on 28 August 2026. Bringing together 26 Master’s students, PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers from a wide range of scientific and
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NGT summer students showcase their projects at the 2026 CERN openlab Lightning Talks
NGT summer students showcase their projects at the 2026 CERN openlab Lightning Talks On 17 and 18 August 2026, this year’s 47 CERN openlab Summer Students presented their projects at the annual Summer Student Lightning Talks. Selected from almost 6,000 applicants worldwide, the students shared the work they had carried out during their time at
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Bjarne Stroustrup draws a full house at CERN for “21st Century C++”
Bjarne Stroustrup draws a full house at CERN for “21st Century C++” The CERN Main Auditorium was full on Tuesday, 14 July, as Prof. Bjarne Stroustrup, the designer and original implementer of C++, delivered the EP/IT Data Science Seminar “21st Century C++”. Interest in the seminar quickly outgrew the room. With the Main Auditorium at
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Applications Open for the CERN–MPQ–UIBK School on Quantum Simulation of Fundamental Physics 2026
Applications Open for the CERN–MPQ–UIBK School on Quantum Simulation of Fundamental Physics 2026 From 17 August to 4 September 2026, CERN will host the first edition of the CERN–MPQ–UIBK School on Quantum Simulation of Fundamental Physics, a three-week advanced training programme dedicated to quantum simulation methods and their applications to high-energy and many-body physics. The
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Applications Open for the CERN STEAM Academy 2026!
Applications Open for the CERN STEAM Academy 2026! Applications are now open for the CERN STEAM Academy 2026, a 10-week intensive summer programme taking place at CERN, Geneva, from 22 June to 28 August 2026. The CERN STEAM Academy is designed for PhD candidates, postdoctoral researchers, and engineers who want to deepen their expertise in
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Ideas, collaboration, and lots of coding at the 2nd NGT Hackathon
Ideas, collaboration, and lots of coding at the 2nd NGT Hackathon From 20 to 24 October 2025, more than 40 participants from NGT CMS, ATLAS, and other NGT work packages gathered at CERN’s IdeaSquare for the second edition of the NGT Hackathon — a week-long collaborative event designed to spark ideas, test solutions, and explore
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Learning, Collaboration, and Inspiration at the 16th ESC School in Bertinoro
Recap of the 16th ESC School in Bertinoro As part of our ongoing commitment to training and development, the Next Generation Triggers project continues to support its members in strengthening their expertise in computing and data science. This year, several of our colleagues travelled to Bertinoro, Italy, to take part in the Efficient Scientific Computing
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CHEP 2026: Call for Abstracts and Registration Now Open
CHEP 2026: Call for Abstracts and Registration Now Open The next Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP) will take place at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand, from 25 to 29 May 2026. CHEP is a long-standing forum for discussing the computing, networking, and software challenges of large-scale, data-intensive scientific experiments in
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The TH–NGT Hackathon: Exploring the NGT Cluster
The TH–NGT Hackathon: Exploring the NGT Cluster From 23-26 September, TH–NGT hackathon brought together members of CERN’s Theoretical Physics department and the Next Generation Triggers (NGT) project for a hands-on introduction to the NGT Cluster. The event, held at the CMS Centre, aimed to familiarise participants with the cluster’s infrastructure and support the first steps
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NGT at ACAT 2025
NGT at ACAT 2025 Last week, members of the Next Generation Triggers project joined the international community at the 23rd International Workshop on Advanced Computing and Analysis Techniques in Physics Research (ACAT 2025), held at the University of Hamburg between 8–12 September. Jointly organised by DESY and the University of Hamburg, ACAT once again brought