Kickoff meeting: Training for MC generators

Thursday 24 Aug 2023, 17:00 → 18:00 Europe/Zurich

Over the past few years, we've created and collected a series of open-source training modules in our training center (https://hepsoftwarefoundation.org/training/center), covering many of the basics for newcomers in our field. These modules are created to be easily deployed in regular training events, as well as to be used for self-study. 

 However, we still need one central module: a training on generators. 

 In the past, I thought that there were simply too many different generators to create a training that is general enough to be genuinely cross-experiment and relevant to every student. 

 However, Aman recently kicked off a fresh discussion and suggested centering a first module around the "fundamentals" of generators and having students write a tiny toy generator from scratch in Python.

 We think that such an introductory module would be a great addition to our curriculum. However, we need your opinions and help to make this happen! 
 

This will be the kickoff meeting, a broad discussion to get an overview of already existing training material that we might adapt (or perhaps even directly incorporate into the curriculum). The outcome should be a clear idea of how we want to create, adapt or use such a training module.

17:00 → 18:00 Round table

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