Computational HEP Traineeship Summer School 2026

from Monday, 10 August 2026 (08:00) to Friday, 14 August 2026 (14:00)
BNL (Berkner Hall B)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
10 Aug 2026
11 Aug 2026
12 Aug 2026
13 Aug 2026
14 Aug 2026
AM
08:00 Introduction - Tulika Bose (University of Wisconsin Madison (US)) Verena Ingrid Martinez Outschoorn (University of Massachusetts (US))  
09:00 Level up your python - Henry Fredrick Schreiner (Princeton University)  
10:30 --- Coffee/Tea Break ---
11:00 ScikitHEP - Andres Rios-Tascon (Princeton University)  
09:00 Tools to write better code - Henry Fredrick Schreiner (Princeton University)  
10:30 --- Coffee/Tea Break ---
11:00 Agentic AI - Henry Fredrick Schreiner (Princeton University) Andres Rios-Tascon (Princeton University)  
09:00 LLMs and Prompt Enginering - Mohammad Atif (Brookhaven National Laboratory) Michel Hernandez Villanueva (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US)) Kriti Chopra (Brookhaven National Laboratory) Meifeng Lin (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))  
10:30 --- Coffee/Tea Break ---
11:00 RAG, API and extending tools - Mohammad Atif (Brookhaven National Laboratory) Kriti Chopra (Brookhaven National Laboratory) Meifeng Lin (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US)) Michel Hernandez Villanueva (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))  
09:00 Introduction to Deep Learning - Michelle Kuchera (Davidson College)  
10:30 --- Coffee/Tea Break ---
11:00 Advanced Deep Learning - Michelle Kuchera (Davidson College)  
09:00 C++ Programming - Scott Snyder (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))  
10:30 --- Coffee/Tea Break ---
11:00 Debugging - Scott Snyder (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))  
PM
12:30 --- Lunch ---
13:30 Parallel Processing - Andres Rios-Tascon (Princeton University) William Axel Leight (University of Massachusetts Amherst)  
15:00 --- Coffee/Tea Break ---
15:30 CI/CD & Testing - Michel Hernandez Villanueva (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))  
17:00 Workshop Participant Introductions  
18:00 --- Evening Plans - Southpaw Brewing (next to the home2 hotel) ---
12:30 --- Lunch ---
13:30
Scientific Communication - Alan Alda Center for Science Communication (until 15:00)
15:00 --- Coffee/Tea Break ---
15:15
Scientific Communication - Alan Alda Center for Science Communication (until 16:45)
17:00 Tours  
18:00 --- Evening Plans - Port Jefferson ---
12:30 --- Lunch ---
13:30 Containers - Michel Hernandez Villanueva (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))  
15:00 --- Coffee/Tea Break ---
15:30 --- Beach Excursion & Social Event ---
12:30 --- Lunch ---
13:30
BNL Perspective & Career Panel (until 15:00)
13:30 BNL Perspective + Q/A - Dmitri Denisov (Brookhaven National Laboratiry)  
14:00 Career Panel  
15:00 --- Coffee/Tea Break ---
15:30 Tours  
17:00 --- Evening Plans ---
12:30 Closeout  
13:00 --- Lunch & Departure ---