IceCube Bootcamp: Summer 2011

21 Jun 2011, 08:00 → 30 Jun 2011, 19:00 US/Central

IceCube research center

Tuesday 21 June

09:00 → 12:30 Morning Session

09:00 Welcome to IceCube and Madison, logistics, organisation

Speakers: Dr Gary Hill (UW), Dr Jan Auffenberg (UW)

09:30 Introduction into the World of Cosmic Rays, IceCube, and Neutrinos

Speaker: Prof. Stefan Westerhoff (University of Wisconsin--Madison)

Slides Intro_Talk.pdf

11:00 www.icecube.wisc.edu

Test the new webpage

11:10 Get connected to the IceCube computing cloud

Speakers: Mr Jakob van Santen (UW), Dr Jan Auffenberg (UW), Mr Whitehorn Nathan (UW)

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 18:00 Basic introduction in Unix and the IceCube cluster

13:30 Don't panic

- Mailing lists and communication - Unix - pub, data - Where is Real Data where is Simulation Data

Speakers: Mr Jakob van Santen, Jan Auffenberg, Mr Nathan Whitehorn (UW)

18:15 → 20:00 Beer at the Terrace

Wednesday 22 June

08:30 → 09:00 Getting started for beginners: ssh, scp, ls --help

If you don't feel comfortable with using Unix, come here

09:00 → 12:30 Morning Session

09:00 From the particle to the PMT at the South Pole: Overview

Speaker: Mr Mark Krasberg (university of wisconsin)

Slides 110621-Bootcamp-compressed.ppt

10:00 From the primary particle to the PMT II selected details

Muon path length Neutrino cross section Chernekov radiation/detection

11:00 Muon coincidence detector

12:30 → 14:00 Mittagessen

14:00 → 18:00 Python, Plotting, Pictures

18:00 → 19:00 Ende

Thursday 23 June

08:30 → 09:00 Getting started for beginners: ssh, scp, ls --help

09:00 → 12:30 Morning Session

09:00 DOM's, DAQ, Data: from the PMT to the file

Speaker: Chris Wendt

09:40 Software trigger

Speaker: Naoko Kurahashi (University of Wisconsin--Madison)

Slides bootcamp_daq_pnf.pdf

10:00 Astronomy with IceCube: point sources.

Speaker: Mr Mike Baker

Slides PointSource.pdf

11:00 glshovel

12:30 → 14:00 almuerzo

14:00 → 18:00 I3files, waveforms, IceTray, analyses

18:00 → 19:00 fin

Friday 24 June

08:30 → 09:00 Getting started for beginners: ssh, scp, ls --help

09:00 → 12:30 Morning Session

09:00 Simulation of IceCube

Speaker: Juan Carlos Diaz-Velez (University of Wisconsin - Madison)

10:30 Data processing and reconstruction Part 1

Slides PartI.PDF

11:30 Diffuse neutrino search

Speaker: Jan Auffenberg (Universität Wuppertal)

Slides Diffuse_Intro.pdf

12:30 → 14:00 déjeuner

14:00 → 18:00 IceTray modules in practice

18:00 → 21:00 fête

Saturday 25 June

09:00 → 12:30 Condor is not only a bird but NPX3 only a cluster

We will learn how to use Condor in the IceCube computer clusters

12:30 → 14:00 обед

14:00 → 18:00 IceCube projects with IceTray

Small student IceCube projects with IceTray.
Learning by doing.

18:00 → 19:00 конец

Sunday 26 June

08:00 → 19:00 Small student IceCube projects with IceTray. Meet us in the sun and ask us questions.

You can find us at different places in Madison. We will post them here and on the Boot Camp Bootcamp wiki

Monday 27 June

09:00 → 12:30 Morning Session

09:00 Measuring neutrino oscillation with IceCube

Speaker: Laura Gladstone (University of Wisconsin--Madison)

10:00 Cosmic Ray Anisotropy

Speaker: Dr Rasha Abbasi (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

10:30 Cosmic Ray Physics with Surface Detectors

Speaker: Dr Segev BenZvi

11:00 Data processing and reconstruction Part II

Including examples

Speaker: Dr David Boersma

12:30 → 14:00 cibi meridianus

14:00 → 17:30 Project Presentations

We expect small reports or presentations about what you did.

17:30 → 18:30 Bye bye Bootcamp, hello workshop

Organization and planning. Think about what you would like to learn and do!

18:30 → 19:30 fine

Tuesday 28 June

09:00 → 19:00 Workshop with all

• effective Area (Mike B)
• limits in analyses (Nathon)
• statistics (Chris W)
• C++ and root (Segev, Naoko)
• Unfolding (all)
• Event generation (Kotoyo)

09:00 Collecting Interests and Group Photo

10:00 Root with C++

Speakers: Naoko Kurahashi (University of Wisconsin--Madison), Segev BenZvi (University of Wisconsin--Madison)

14:00 Event Generation

Speaker: Ms Kotoyo Hoshina (UW Madison)

15:45 Ice Modles

Speaker: Mr Dmitry Chirkin (LBNL)

Wednesday 29 June

09:00 → 19:00 Workshop with Alex and all

• effective Area (all)
• limits in analyses (Nathon)
• statistics (Chris W)
• low level simulation (Alex Olivas)
• C++ and root (all)
• Unfolding (all)
• Event generation (Alex Olivas)

Thursday 30 June

09:00 → 19:00 Workshop with all

• effective Area (all)
• limits in analyses (Nathon)
• statistics (Chris W)
• low level simulation (Alex Olivas)
• C++ and root (all)
• Unfolding (all)
• Event generation (Alex Olivas)