IceCube Bootcamp: Summer 2011

Name: IceCube Bootcamp: Summer 2011
Start: 2011-06-21T08:00:00-05:00
End: 2011-06-30T19:00:00-05:00
Location: IceCube research center

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

IceCube research center

222 W Washington 53705 Madison WI 5th Floor

Participants

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Tuesday 21 June
- Tue 21 Jun
- Wed 22 Jun
- Thu 23 Jun
- Fri 24 Jun
- Sat 25 Jun
- Sun 26 Jun
- Mon 27 Jun
- Tue 28 Jun
- Wed 29 Jun
- Thu 30 Jun
- Morning Session
  - 1
    
    Welcome to IceCube and Madison, logistics, organisation
    
    Speakers: Dr Gary Hill (UW), Dr Jan Auffenberg (UW)
  - 2
    
    Introduction into the World of Cosmic Rays, IceCube, and Neutrinos
    
    Speaker: Prof. Stefan Westerhoff (University of Wisconsin--Madison)
    
    Slides
  - 3
    
    www.icecube.wisc.edu
    
    Test the new webpage
  - 4
    
    Get connected to the IceCube computing cloud
    
    Speakers: Mr Jakob van Santen (UW), Dr Jan Auffenberg (UW), Mr Whitehorn Nathan (UW)
- Lunch
- Basic introduction in Unix and the IceCube cluster
  - 5
    
    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)
- Beer at the Terrace
Wednesday 22 June
- Tue 21 Jun
- Wed 22 Jun
- Thu 23 Jun
- Fri 24 Jun
- Sat 25 Jun
- Sun 26 Jun
- Mon 27 Jun
- Tue 28 Jun
- Wed 29 Jun
- Thu 30 Jun
- Getting started for beginners: ssh, scp, ls --help
  
  If you don't feel comfortable with using Unix, come here
- Morning Session
  - 6
    
    From the particle to the PMT at the South Pole: Overview
    
    Speaker: Mr Mark Krasberg (university of wisconsin)
    
    Slides
  - 7
    
    From the primary particle to the PMT II selected details
    
    Muon path length Neutrino cross section Chernekov radiation/detection
  - 8
    
    Muon coincidence detector
- Mittagessen
- Python, Plotting, Pictures
- Ende
Thursday 23 June
- Tue 21 Jun
- Wed 22 Jun
- Thu 23 Jun
- Fri 24 Jun
- Sat 25 Jun
- Sun 26 Jun
- Mon 27 Jun
- Tue 28 Jun
- Wed 29 Jun
- Thu 30 Jun
- Getting started for beginners: ssh, scp, ls --help
- Morning Session
  - 9
    
    DOM's, DAQ, Data: from the PMT to the file
    
    Speaker: Chris Wendt
  - 10
    
    Software trigger
    
    Speaker: Naoko Kurahashi (University of Wisconsin--Madison)
    
    Slides
  - 11
    
    Astronomy with IceCube: point sources.
    
    Speaker: Mr Mike Baker
    
    Slides
  - 12
    
    glshovel
- almuerzo
- I3files, waveforms, IceTray, analyses
- fin
Friday 24 June
- Tue 21 Jun
- Wed 22 Jun
- Thu 23 Jun
- Fri 24 Jun
- Sat 25 Jun
- Sun 26 Jun
- Mon 27 Jun
- Tue 28 Jun
- Wed 29 Jun
- Thu 30 Jun
- Getting started for beginners: ssh, scp, ls --help
- Morning Session
  - 13
    
    Simulation of IceCube
    
    Speaker: Juan Carlos Diaz-Velez (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
  - 14
    
    Data processing and reconstruction Part 1
    
    Slides
  - 15
    
    Diffuse neutrino search
    
    Speaker: Jan Auffenberg (Universität Wuppertal)
    
    Slides
- déjeuner
- IceTray modules in practice
- fête
Saturday 25 June
- Tue 21 Jun
- Wed 22 Jun
- Thu 23 Jun
- Fri 24 Jun
- Sat 25 Jun
- Sun 26 Jun
- Mon 27 Jun
- Tue 28 Jun
- Wed 29 Jun
- Thu 30 Jun
- Condor is not only a bird but NPX3 only a cluster
  
  We will learn how to use Condor in the IceCube computer clusters
- обед
- IceCube projects with IceTray
  
  Small student IceCube projects with IceTray.
  Learning by doing.
- конец
Sunday 26 June
- Tue 21 Jun
- Wed 22 Jun
- Thu 23 Jun
- Fri 24 Jun
- Sat 25 Jun
- Sun 26 Jun
- Mon 27 Jun
- Tue 28 Jun
- Wed 29 Jun
- Thu 30 Jun
- 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
- Tue 21 Jun
- Wed 22 Jun
- Thu 23 Jun
- Fri 24 Jun
- Sat 25 Jun
- Sun 26 Jun
- Mon 27 Jun
- Tue 28 Jun
- Wed 29 Jun
- Thu 30 Jun
- Morning Session
  - 16
    
    Measuring neutrino oscillation with IceCube
    
    Speaker: Laura Gladstone (University of Wisconsin--Madison)
  - 17
    
    Cosmic Ray Anisotropy
    
    Speaker: Dr Rasha Abbasi (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
  - 18
    
    Cosmic Ray Physics with Surface Detectors
    
    Speaker: Dr Segev BenZvi
  - 19
    
    Data processing and reconstruction Part II
    
    Including examples
    
    Speaker: Dr David Boersma
- cibi meridianus
- Project Presentations
  
  We expect small reports or presentations about what you did.
- Bye bye Bootcamp, hello workshop
  
  Organization and planning. Think about what you would like to learn and do!
- fine
Tuesday 28 June
- Tue 21 Jun
- Wed 22 Jun
- Thu 23 Jun
- Fri 24 Jun
- Sat 25 Jun
- Sun 26 Jun
- Mon 27 Jun
- Tue 28 Jun
- Wed 29 Jun
- Thu 30 Jun
- Workshop with all
  - effective Area (Mike B)
  - limits in analyses (Nathon)
  - statistics (Chris W)
  - C++ and root (Segev, Naoko)
  - Unfolding (all)
  - Event generation (Kotoyo)
  - 20
    
    Collecting Interests and Group Photo
  - 21
    
    Root with C++
    
    Speakers: Naoko Kurahashi (University of Wisconsin--Madison), Segev BenZvi (University of Wisconsin--Madison)
  - 22
    
    Event Generation
    
    Speaker: Ms Kotoyo Hoshina (UW Madison)
  - 23
    
    Ice Modles
    
    Speaker: Mr Dmitry Chirkin (LBNL)
Wednesday 29 June
- Tue 21 Jun
- Wed 22 Jun
- Thu 23 Jun
- Fri 24 Jun
- Sat 25 Jun
- Sun 26 Jun
- Mon 27 Jun
- Tue 28 Jun
- Wed 29 Jun
- Thu 30 Jun
- 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
- Tue 21 Jun
- Wed 22 Jun
- Thu 23 Jun
- Fri 24 Jun
- Sat 25 Jun
- Sun 26 Jun
- Mon 27 Jun
- Tue 28 Jun
- Wed 29 Jun
- Thu 30 Jun
- 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)