CERN School of Computing (CSC)

See a short summary of the 2003 school.

Since the early eighties CERN IT has organized every year the CERN School of Computing (CSC), in one of the CERN Member States.

CERN Schools of Computing, usually held in August/September, are open to postgraduate students and research workers with a few years of experience in elementary particle physics, in computing or in related fields.

The participants come mainly from the CERN Member States or from laboratories in countries associated with CERN. However, a fraction of the students come from outside the particle physics community, generally attracted by the advanced topics that are taught.

Attendance ranges from 70 to 80 students, typically of 15 to 20 different nationalities.

The schools last two weeks, and are generally organized on the campus of a university or in a hotel with close networking connections to a university or laboratory.

IT Department contribution to other schools

CERN IT (EDG and EGEE project) contributes to the International School on Grid Computing, organized by the Global Grid Forum. The GGF Grid school 2003 took place in Vico Equense Italy.