The Director's final cut of the Thematic CERN School of Computing 2017 video is online!
Go to http://youtu.be/0SE6o_pG91A to re-live your best computing school ever :)
Now that all of us are back at work (well, maybe not all of us), time to share a few things that were announced during the closing dinner:
Table tennis tournament final results
Supreme Champion: Sebastien Ponce
Worthy Adversary: Markus Prim
Maybe Next Time: Mykhailo Dalchenko
4th place: Placido Fernandez Declara
5th place tie: Georgios Bitzes, Flavio Pisani, Sebastian Lopienski, Giacomo Ortona
9th place tie: Christina Quast, Sebastian Heil, Nikos Kasioumis
Congratulation to Sebastien, Markus and Mykhailo! Full results at <http://challonge.com/tCSC2017>.
Photo contest final results
Artistic
Runner-up: Sebastian Lopienski
Winner: Placido Fernandez Declara
School spirit
Runner-up: Nikos Kasioumis
Winner: Gabriele Fronzé
Sports, activities and excursions
Runner-up: Sebastian Lopienski
Winner: Victoria Tokareva
Surprising and humorous
Runner-up: Sebastian Lopienski
Winner: Nikos Kasioumis
A big thank you to the jury: Georgios Voulgarakis, Thomas Pugnat and Gabriele Fronzé and congratulation to all the winners! Thank you for your beautiful photos.
The School photo!
And the other photos...
and finally...
Student presentations
If you would to present a topic, as mentioned yesterday by Sebastian, please sign up! If in doubt, contact Sebastian (director), Danilo, Sebastien or Andrzej for more information (and encouragement :)
Sign up under the "Surveys" link on the left.
Friday night dinner menu choices
Please select your menu choices for Friday night's dinner, which will take place at Zrno Soli in the main harbour at Split https://www.facebook.com/zrno.soli.split/
You can record your choices in the 'Friday dinner" option under the "Surveys" link on the left.
Wednesday Rafting
It's time for some hardcore outdoors adventure! We're going to raft down the bouncy rapids lurking in the amazing Cetina river canyon, followed by a delicious traditional "peka" dinner at the Radmanove Mlinice restaurant (location map here).
Weather
Forecast sunny with some cloud and possibly a localised shower, up to 25'C. Evening will be cooler, especially next to the river where we eat.
You will need to bring:
For rafting - footwear that you don't mind getting wet (you will get wet), light clothes (eg. shorts, t-shirt ... which will get wet), and a lightweight windproof cagoule/k-way if you have one (....which will get wet). If it's not obvious by now, you are going to get soaking wet.
After, for the evening/dinner - a towel, and warm dry clothing to get changed into to wear for the evening.
Transport
The bus leaves MEDILS at 13:45.
Dinner
Dinner is at the Radmanove Mlinice at 19:00. We eat outside, next to the river and it can get cool, so bring a spare jumper to keep warm.
Omis / staying local
For those who are visiting Omis instead of rafting, you will travel on the bus with everyone and be dropped off in Omis. Ivica will pick you up later to bring you to Radmanove Mlinice. Be ready to leave Omis at 18h45 (pick-up point here) 
For those staying local to MEDILS, Ivica will pick you up and bring you to the restaurant in time for dinner. Be ready to leave at 18h10.
Any questions?
... ask Cath. I was semi-professional whitewater canoeist and instructor before getting a proper job, so if you have any questions about what to expect or just aren't sure about the whole thing, come talk to me... :)
Wednesday Sports Afternoon
Please select your activity for Wednesday afternoon at:
https://indico.cern.ch/event/591480/surveys/490
The poll closes on 20:00 Tuesday evening, so please ensure you have made your choice by then!
The evening meal is traditionally cooked peka - lots of grilled meats and vegetables.
Uploading video?
The link to post your clips is at https://cernbox.cern.ch/index.php/s/YvCkaWCvWlMtjzW
Evening activities
Transport & Tour
We meet at 17:45 outside by MEDILS reception. We will be shuttled to St Francis Church by the harbour, where a guided tour has been organised for us to visit this beautiful city.
Evening meal
The meal starts at 20:15 at Re di Mare in Split. The menu is... delicious :)
http://www.redimare.com/
Re Di Mare
Lučica 4, 21 000 Split
Tel: 095 725 5555
https://goo.gl/maps/Jb65qJYt1pG2
Transport back to MEDILS
Taxis will be arranged for around 22:00 (depending on how many want to return), otherwise you're welcome to make your own way back (don't forget your map) :)
If you do not wish to take part in the tour, and plan to meet us directly at the restaurant instead, please let Cath know.
Dear all - welcome to the Thematic CSC 2017, focused on the topic of “Efficient Parallel Processing of Future Scientific Data"
This year we have 25 participants with 14 different nationalities:
Belgium, Croatia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine
… representing 16 different institutes:
CEA, CERN, Georgian Technical University, IFIC (CSIC-UV), INFN, University of Bologna, University of Turin, Subatech de Nantes, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Karlsruhe Institut of Technology (KIT), Linkoping University, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Texas A&M University, University of Helsinki, Yale University
I am sure you will appreciate this diversity, and the opportunities it brings.
Enjoy the School!
Sebastian Lopienski, CSC director
tCSC-2017 Live! is the live blog/information-sharing channel of the organisers (Sebastian, Nikos, Cath and the lecturers) with students during the School.
However as we all are human and prefer some interaction with real live people on the other side of our screens, don't forget about our Facebook page and sharing on Twitter.
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/CERNSchoolofComputing
Twitter - #tcsc2017 #cernschoolofcomputing
Excited yet? I know I am - we had one of our best Schools ever last year (see the photo gallery for tCSC2016) and we're very happy to be coming back to the same place. Hopefully it will be even better than last year! Is this possible?? It's up to you..... :)
