48th CERN School of Computing 2026

from Sunday, 23 August 2026 (15:00) to Saturday, 5 September 2026 (11:00)


        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
23 Aug 2026
24 Aug 2026
25 Aug 2026
26 Aug 2026
27 Aug 2026
28 Aug 2026
29 Aug 2026
30 Aug 2026
31 Aug 2026
1 Sept 2026
2 Sept 2026
3 Sept 2026
4 Sept 2026
5 Sept 2026
AM
09:00 Welcome and opening session - Alberto Pace (CERN)  
10:30 --- Coffee break ---
11:00 Announcements  
11:15 Spare  
11:30 Introduction to Physics Computing L1: Hadron Collider Physics - Arnulf Quadt (Georg August Universitaet Goettingen (DE))  
08:45 Introduction to Physics Computing L2: Digital Data, Simulation and Reconstruction in Modern Particle Physics Experiments - Arnulf Quadt (Georg August Universitaet Goettingen (DE))  
09:45 Software Design L1: Parallelism in a Modern HEP Data Processing Framework - Stephan Gisbert Hagebock (CERN) Andrei Gheata (CERN)  
10:45 Announcements  
11:00 --- Coffee break ---
11:30 Tools and Techniques, Lecture 3 - Performance - Sten ร…strand (Lund University)  
08:45 Data Analysis L1: Introduction - Toni Sculac  
09:45 Software Design L3: Understanding, Debugging and Profiling a Complex Multithreaded Application - Stephan Gisbert Hagebock (CERN) Andrei Gheata (CERN)  
10:45 Announcement  
11:00 --- Coffee break ---
11:30 Data Analysis L2: Probability density functions and Monte Carlo methods - Toni Sculac  
08:45 Lightning talks  
09:45 Software Design L4: Patterns for Parallel Software Development - Andrei Gheata (CERN) Stephan Gisbert Hagebock (CERN)  
10:45 Announcements  
11:00 Photo  
11:10 --- Coffee break ---
11:30 Data Management L1: Setting the scene: Storage technologies, Storage reliability - Alberto Pace  
08:45 Data Analysis L3: Parameter estimation - Toni Sculac  
09:45 Data Analysis L4: Confidence intervals - Toni Sculac  
10:45 Announcements  
11:00 --- Coffee break ---
11:30 Exercise 1: Data Analysis - Toni Sculac  
08:45 Data Analysis L5 - Hypothesis testing and p-value - Toni Sculac  
09:45 --- Change of rooms ---
10:00 Exercise 3: Data Analysis - Toni Sculac (University of Split Faculty of Science (HR))  
11:00 Announcements   (Building 5, Auditorium)
11:15 --- Coffee break ---
11:45 Exercise 4: Data Analysis - Toni Sculac (University of Split Faculty of Science (HR))  
07:30 Sunday Excursion  
08:45 Data Management L2: Cryptography, authentication, authorization and accounting 1 - Alberto Pace (CERN)  
09:45 Data Management L3: Cryptography, authentication, authorization and accounting 2 - Alberto Pace (CERN)  
10:45 Announcements  
11:00 --- Coffee break ---
11:30 Introduction to Machine Learning L1 - Judith Katzy (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))  
08:45 Software Security L1: Introduction - Sebastian Lopienski (CERN)  
09:45 Data Management L4: Distributed Hash Tables, Data Replication, Caching, Monitoring, Alarms and Quota 1 - Alberto Pace (CERN)  
10:45 Announcements  
11:00 --- Coffee break ---
11:30 Software Security L2: Security in different phases of software development - Sebastian Lopienski  
08:45 Introduction to Machine Learning L3 - Judith Katzy (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))  
09:45 Exercise 3: Machine Learning - Peter Steinbach Judith Katzy (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE)) Peter Steinbach (Technische Universitaet Dresden (DE))  
10:45 Announcements   (Building 5, Auditorium)
11:00 --- Coffee break ---
11:30 Exercise 3: Data Technologies - Andreas Joachim Peters (CERN)  
09:45 Data Management L5: Distributed Hash Tables, Data Replication, Caching, Monitoring, Alarms and Quota 2 - Alberto Pace (CERN)  
10:45 Announcements   (Building 5, Auditorium)
11:00 --- Coffee break ---
11:30 Exercise 2: Software Security - Sebastian Lopienski (CERN)  
09:00 Daily announcements  
09:15 Exam  
10:30 --- Coffee break ---
10:50 Transport to stadium  
11:15 Traditional football match  
08:00 Breakfast and check out  
PM
15:00 --- Arrival and registration ---
17:30 Self presentations  
18:30 --- Dinner ---
12:30 Tools and Techniques L1: Introduction - Prof. Bob Jacobsen (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US))  
13:30 --- Lunch ---
14:30 Tools and Techniques L2: Tools for Collaboration, Software Engineering Across the Project - Prof. Bob Jacobsen (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US))  
15:30 --- Change of room ---
15:45 Exercise 1: Tools and Techniques - Prof. Bob Jacobsen (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US))  
16:45 --- Coffee break ---
17:00 Exercise 2: Tools and Techniques - Prof. Bob Jacobsen (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US))  
19:30 --- Welcome dinner ---
12:30 Software Design L2: Base Concepts of Parallel Programming: A Pragmatic Approach - Andrei Gheata Stephan Gisbert Hagebock  
13:30 --- Lunch ---
14:30 Exercise 3: Tools and Techniques - Prof. Bob Jacobsen (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US))  
15:30 Exercise 4: - Prof. Bob Jacobsen (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US))  
16:30 --- Coffee break ---
17:00 Sports / Study  
18:30 Dinner  
20:00 Pub quiz  
13:30 --- Lunch ---
14:30 Exercise 1: Software Design - Andrei Gheata Stephan Gisbert Hagebock  
15:30 Exercise 2: Software Design - Stephan Gisbert Hagebock Andrei Gheata  
16:30 --- Coffee break ---
17:00 Sports / Study  
18:30 --- Dinner ---
12:30 --- Lunch ---
14:30 Afternoon Scavenger hunt!  
18:30 --- Dinner ---
12:30 Exercise 2: Data Analysis - Toni Sculac  
13:30 --- Lunch ---
14:30 Exercise 3: Software Design - Stephan Gisbert Hagebock (CERN) Andrei Gheata (CERN)  
15:30 Exercise 4: Software Design - Stephan Gisbert Hagebock (CERN) Andrei Gheata (CERN)  
16:30 --- Coffee break ---
17:00 Sports/Study  
18:30 --- Dinner ---
12:45 --- Picknick lunch ---
13:15 Free time  
18:30 --- Dinner (or continued free time for those who wants) ---
17:30 --- Dinner ---
12:30 --- Change of rooms ---
12:45 Exercise 1: Machine Learning - Peter Steinbach Judith Katzy (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE)) Peter Steinbach (Technische Universitaet Dresden (DE))  
13:45 --- Lunch ---
14:45 Exercise 1: Data Technologies - Andreas Joachim Peters (CERN)  
15:45 Exercise 2: Data Technologies - Andreas Joachim Peters (CERN)  
16:45 --- Coffee break ---
17:00 Study or sports time  
18:30 --- Dinner ---
12:30 Introduction to Machine Learning L2 - Judith Katzy (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))  
13:30 --- Lunch ---
14:30 Exercise 1: Software Security - Sebastian Lopienski (CERN)  
15:30 Exercise 2: Machine Learning - Judith Katzy (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE)) Peter Steinbach Peter Steinbach (Technische Universitaet Dresden (DE))  
16:30 --- Coffee break ---
17:00 Study or sports time  
18:30 --- Dinner ---
12:30 Exercise 4: Data Technologies - Andreas Joachim Peters (CERN)  
13:30 --- Lunch ---
14:30 Introduction to Machine Learning L4 - Judith Katzy (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))  
15:30 Exercise 4: Machine Learning - Peter Steinbach Peter Steinbach (Technische Universitaet Dresden (DE)) Judith Katzy (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))  
16:30 --- Coffee break ---
17:00 Study or sports time  
18:30 --- Dinner ---
12:30 Exercise 3: Software Security - Sebastian Lopienski - Sebastian Lopienski (CERN)  
13:30 --- Lunch ---
14:30 Introduction Machine Learning L5 - Peter Steinbach (Technische Universitaet Dresden (DE)) Peter Steinbach  
15:30 Software Security L3: Web application security, exercise debriefing - Sebastian Lopienski (CERN)  
16:30 --- Coffee break ---
17:00 Study or sports time  
18:30 --- Dinner ---
12:30 --- Shower, transport back ---
13:30 --- Lunch ---
14:30 Graduation ceremony  
16:00 --- Free time ---
19:30 --- Closing Dinner/Party ---