Tag: CERN
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Highlights from the 2nd NGT Technical Workshop
From 19 to 21 November 2025, the Next Generation Triggers (NGT) project held its 2nd Technical Workshop at CERN’s Globe of Science and Innovation, welcoming more than one hundred participants each afternoon both in person and online. The three-day event brought together experts from across the project to share progress, discuss technological advances, and outline…
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Common Software Developments for Heterogeneous Architectures: Highlights from the NextGen 1.7 Public Workshop
The NextGen 1.7 Public Workshop, held on 6 November 2025 at CERN, brought together members of the Next Generation Triggers (NGT) project to share progress and discuss future directions within Task 1.7: Common Software Developments for Heterogeneous Architectures. Led by Axel Naumann , Task 1.7 focuses on developing techniques to efficiently use heterogeneous computing resources—CPUs,…
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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 new directions for the future of trigger systems for the upcoming…
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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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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 in developing workflows on this new computing…
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Quantum Simulation Meets High-Energy Physics at the TH Institute
From 8 to 19 September 2025, the CERN Theory Department hosted a two-week institute dedicated to exploring the intersection of quantum simulation, quantum computation, and high-energy physics (HEP). Co-organized by the Next Generation Triggers (NGT) project, the Quantum Technology Initiative (QTI), and the TH Department, the program created a unique setting where specialists from different…
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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 together experts from particle,…
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Meet the students: Francisco Resende
How can machine learning boost the performance of ATLAS’s real-time event selection? That’s the question driving the work of Francisco Resende, a CERN openlab summer student from the Technical University of Munich. As part of the Next Generation Triggers project, his work focuses on bringing AI techniques into the upgraded muon trigger system for the…
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Meet the students: Sara Abdelrazeq
From Jordan to Geneva, Sara K. Abdelrazeq has joined CERN this summer through the CERN openlab programme, contributing her skills in computer science to the Next Generation Triggers project. Currently a student at the University of Bonn, she is working on one of the most critical aspects of modern particle physics: the real-time systems that…
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Meet the students: Najla Sadek
From Beirut to Geneva, Najla Sadek has brought her passion for computer science and artificial intelligence to CERN this summer. Currently studying Computer Science and Engineering with a minor in Applied Mathematics at the American University of Beirut, Najla is fascinated by how AI can be used responsibly and meaningfully to serve people. That curiosity…