From tulika at hep.wisc.edu Fri Sep 2 17:08:06 2022 From: tulika at hep.wisc.edu (Tulika Bose) Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2022 17:08:06 -0500 Subject: [tac-hep-faculty] Student recruitment ? Message-ID: Dear all, I was wondering where you are with student recruitment ? Are there some students you know who are candidates ? We have not seen anything sent to us on this mailing list yet but I am expecting two students to send in their expressions of interest. They are Trevor Nelson and Elise Chavez. Are there others you know about ? Please note that the Princeton course on Software engineering starts on Tuesday (6th). the first class is introductory and not essential to attend but if there are potential students, we could encourage them to attend already even if they officially start with the program in October or January. It appears that some students got the impression from our proposal snippet that we have a very rigid program that requires them to (i) skip some of the HEP theory courses they may want to take (ii) take the example CS courses that we list there. We should explain to them that we have a lot of flexibility and can to some extent tailor the program depending on the student background and they could then take the CS courses that are relevant for them and that they are interested in taking. And they can still take QFT and other courses that they wish! I am trying to explain this to the students that I have met so far about this. Please let me know if there are any updates at your end or if you have heard other questions/concerns. Thanks, Tulika From kbechtol at wisc.edu Sat Sep 3 14:28:46 2022 From: kbechtol at wisc.edu (Keith Bechtol) Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2022 19:28:46 +0000 Subject: [tac-hep-faculty] Student recruitment ? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <26833771-5C49-4D04-BB3D-292D6A467103@wisc.edu> Hi Tulika, There is a first-year graduate student who started working with me this past summer that I think will be interested in this program, Miranda Gorsuch. I have spoken with her about the program and she is enthusiastic, but we both think it would be a better fit to start in roughly a year from now once she has completed the first year of physics core grad courses, etc. Best, Keith > On Sep 2, 2022, at 5:08 PM, Tulika Bose via tac-hep-faculty wrote: > > Dear all, > > I was wondering where you are with student recruitment ? Are there some students you know who are candidates ? > > We have not seen anything sent to us on this mailing list yet but I am expecting two students to send in their expressions of interest. They are Trevor Nelson and Elise Chavez. Are there others you know about ? > > Please note that the Princeton course on Software engineering starts on Tuesday (6th). the first class is introductory and not essential to attend but if there are potential students, we could encourage them to attend already even if they officially start with the program in October or January. > > It appears that some students got the impression from our proposal snippet that we have a very rigid program that requires them to (i) skip some of the HEP theory courses they may want to take (ii) take the example CS courses that we list there. We should explain to them that we have a lot of flexibility and can to some extent tailor the program depending on the student background and they could then take the CS courses that are relevant for them and that they are interested in taking. And they can still take QFT and other courses that they wish! I am trying to explain this to the students that I have met so far about this. > > Please let me know if there are any updates at your end or if you have heard other questions/concerns. > > Thanks, Tulika > > > > -- > tac-hep-faculty mailing list > tac-hep-faculty at lists.physics.wisc.edu > https://lists.physics.wisc.edu/listinfo/tac-hep-faculty From tulika at hep.wisc.edu Wed Sep 7 09:26:52 2022 From: tulika at hep.wisc.edu (Tulika Bose) Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2022 09:26:52 -0500 Subject: [tac-hep-faculty] Student recruitment ? In-Reply-To: <26833771-5C49-4D04-BB3D-292D6A467103@wisc.edu> References: <26833771-5C49-4D04-BB3D-292D6A467103@wisc.edu> Message-ID: <4f895f6d-4a8d-45dd-c987-e144db1e59bd@hep.wisc.edu> Hi Keith, Thanks. Yes, for the first year students, I agree it's best waiting. @Brian: what's the situation with the neutrino students ? Any interested ones ? Thanks, Tulika On 9/3/22 2:28 PM, Keith Bechtol wrote: > Hi Tulika, > > There is a first-year graduate student who started working with me this past summer that I think will be interested in this program, Miranda Gorsuch. I have spoken with her about the program and she is enthusiastic, but we both think it would be a better fit to start in roughly a year from now once she has completed the first year of physics core grad courses, etc. > > Best, > > Keith > > >> On Sep 2, 2022, at 5:08 PM, Tulika Bose via tac-hep-faculty wrote: >> >> Dear all, >> >> I was wondering where you are with student recruitment ? Are there some students you know who are candidates ? >> >> We have not seen anything sent to us on this mailing list yet but I am expecting two students to send in their expressions of interest. They are Trevor Nelson and Elise Chavez. Are there others you know about ? >> >> Please note that the Princeton course on Software engineering starts on Tuesday (6th). the first class is introductory and not essential to attend but if there are potential students, we could encourage them to attend already even if they officially start with the program in October or January. >> >> It appears that some students got the impression from our proposal snippet that we have a very rigid program that requires them to (i) skip some of the HEP theory courses they may want to take (ii) take the example CS courses that we list there. We should explain to them that we have a lot of flexibility and can to some extent tailor the program depending on the student background and they could then take the CS courses that are relevant for them and that they are interested in taking. And they can still take QFT and other courses that they wish! I am trying to explain this to the students that I have met so far about this. >> >> Please let me know if there are any updates at your end or if you have heard other questions/concerns. >> >> Thanks, Tulika >> >> >> >> -- >> tac-hep-faculty mailing list >> tac-hep-faculty at lists.physics.wisc.edu >> https://lists.physics.wisc.edu/listinfo/tac-hep-faculty From brebel at wisc.edu Wed Sep 7 09:28:30 2022 From: brebel at wisc.edu (Brian Rebel) Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2022 14:28:30 +0000 Subject: [tac-hep-faculty] Student recruitment ? In-Reply-To: <4f895f6d-4a8d-45dd-c987-e144db1e59bd@hep.wisc.edu> References: <26833771-5C49-4D04-BB3D-292D6A467103@wisc.edu> <4f895f6d-4a8d-45dd-c987-e144db1e59bd@hep.wisc.edu> Message-ID: Hi Tulika I heard from one student who was also a first year and I suggested he wait. I will talk with my more senior student about it and see how much interest she has. Thanks Brian > On Sep 7, 2022, at 9:26 AM, TULIKA BOSE wrote: > > Hi Keith, > > Thanks. Yes, for the first year students, I agree it's best waiting. > > @Brian: what's the situation with the neutrino students ? Any interested ones ? > > Thanks, > > Tulika > > > On 9/3/22 2:28 PM, Keith Bechtol wrote: >> Hi Tulika, >> >> There is a first-year graduate student who started working with me this past summer that I think will be interested in this program, Miranda Gorsuch. I have spoken with her about the program and she is enthusiastic, but we both think it would be a better fit to start in roughly a year from now once she has completed the first year of physics core grad courses, etc. >> >> Best, >> >> Keith >> >> >>> On Sep 2, 2022, at 5:08 PM, Tulika Bose via tac-hep-faculty wrote: >>> >>> Dear all, >>> >>> I was wondering where you are with student recruitment ? Are there some students you know who are candidates ? >>> >>> We have not seen anything sent to us on this mailing list yet but I am expecting two students to send in their expressions of interest. They are Trevor Nelson and Elise Chavez. Are there others you know about ? >>> >>> Please note that the Princeton course on Software engineering starts on Tuesday (6th). the first class is introductory and not essential to attend but if there are potential students, we could encourage them to attend already even if they officially start with the program in October or January. >>> >>> It appears that some students got the impression from our proposal snippet that we have a very rigid program that requires them to (i) skip some of the HEP theory courses they may want to take (ii) take the example CS courses that we list there. We should explain to them that we have a lot of flexibility and can to some extent tailor the program depending on the student background and they could then take the CS courses that are relevant for them and that they are interested in taking. And they can still take QFT and other courses that they wish! I am trying to explain this to the students that I have met so far about this. >>> >>> Please let me know if there are any updates at your end or if you have heard other questions/concerns. >>> >>> Thanks, Tulika >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> tac-hep-faculty mailing list >>> tac-hep-faculty at lists.physics.wisc.edu >>> https://lists.physics.wisc.edu/listinfo/tac-hep-faculty Prof. Brian Rebel Department of Physics University of Wisconsin-Madison Chamberlin Hall 4209 1150 University Avenue Madison, WI 53706 608 262 3989 (Office) From kblack at hep.wisc.edu Wed Sep 7 09:33:23 2022 From: kblack at hep.wisc.edu (Kevin Black) Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2022 09:33:23 -0500 Subject: [tac-hep-faculty] Student recruitment ? In-Reply-To: <4f895f6d-4a8d-45dd-c987-e144db1e59bd@hep.wisc.edu> References: <26833771-5C49-4D04-BB3D-292D6A467103@wisc.edu> <4f895f6d-4a8d-45dd-c987-e144db1e59bd@hep.wisc.edu> Message-ID: <78b6b5f3-ba3a-b50d-1599-e9f4cfa50126@hep.wisc.edu> Thanks all - I agree with the assessment that it would really be an exception that a first year student would want to start. It could in principle work in our program for the really exceptionally well prepared student but nominally I think we would expect students to do this in the 2nd or 3rd year to make sure they have the core of the program completed or substantially underway. Kevin On 9/7/22 9:26 AM, Tulika Bose via tac-hep-faculty wrote: > Hi Keith, > > Thanks. Yes, for the first year students, I agree it's best waiting. > > @Brian: what's the situation with the neutrino students ? Any > interested ones ? > > Thanks, > > Tulika > > > On 9/3/22 2:28 PM, Keith Bechtol wrote: >> Hi Tulika, >> >> There is a first-year graduate student who started working with me >> this past summer that I think will be interested in this program, >> Miranda Gorsuch. I have spoken with her about the program and she is >> enthusiastic, but we both think it would be a better fit to start in >> roughly a year from now once she has completed the first year of >> physics core grad courses, etc. >> >> Best, >> >> Keith >> >> >>> On Sep 2, 2022, at 5:08 PM, Tulika Bose via tac-hep-faculty >>> wrote: >>> >>> Dear all, >>> >>> I was wondering where you are with student recruitment ? Are there >>> some students you know who are candidates ? >>> >>> We have not seen anything sent to us on this mailing list yet but I >>> am expecting two students to send in their expressions of interest. >>> They are Trevor Nelson and Elise Chavez. Are there others you know >>> about ? >>> >>> Please note that the Princeton course on Software engineering starts >>> on Tuesday (6th). the first class is introductory and not essential >>> to attend but if there are potential students, we could encourage >>> them to attend already even if they officially start with the >>> program in October or January. >>> >>> It appears that some students got the impression from our proposal >>> snippet that we have a very rigid program that requires them to (i) >>> skip some of the HEP theory courses they may want to take (ii) take >>> the example CS courses that we list there. We should explain to them >>> that we have a lot of flexibility and can to some extent tailor the >>> program depending on the student background and they could then take >>> the CS courses that are relevant for them and that they are >>> interested in taking. And they can still take QFT and other courses >>> that they wish! I am trying to explain this to the students that I >>> have met so far about this. >>> >>> Please let me know if there are any updates at your end or if you >>> have heard other questions/concerns. >>> >>> Thanks, Tulika >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> tac-hep-faculty mailing list >>> tac-hep-faculty at lists.physics.wisc.edu >>> https://lists.physics.wisc.edu/listinfo/tac-hep-faculty -- Professor Kevin Black kblack at hep.wisc.edu Associate Chair for Graduate Program Office: 608-262-1232 University of Wisconsin-Madison Fax: 608-262-3077 Department of Physics Chamberlin Hall #4217 1150 University Avenue Madison, WI 53706 From emchavez at wisc.edu Wed Sep 7 16:37:35 2022 From: emchavez at wisc.edu (ELISE M CHAVEZ) Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2022 21:37:35 +0000 Subject: [tac-hep-faculty] TAC-HEP Interest Message-ID: Hello! I (Elise) am very interested in this traineeship. I have really wanted to have training in computer science and computational HEP to help me with research and to gain a better understanding of the challenges HEP faces along with how to deal with them. I also am also generally interested in the development of tools that will help us do analysis efficiently and faster that can support the expected large volumes of data from future experiments/upgrades. I also want to be able to better understand some of the software like CMSSW and feel confident enough to contribute to projects that require more skills in computer science. One of my projects is the development of an analysis facility at Fermilab. I provide feedback on user experience from the perspective of a physicist and will be working on the documentation for the facility. As such, the R&D project I would be excited to work on is "Services and Tools for Analysis Facilities for the HL-LHC" with Dr. Tulika Bose. This is incredibly important as we try to move forward with more data and I think it is a very interesting side of HEP that isn't strictly analysis. Thank you! Elise Chavez -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From twnelson2 at wisc.edu Wed Sep 7 19:55:04 2022 From: twnelson2 at wisc.edu (TREVOR NELSON) Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2022 00:55:04 +0000 Subject: [tac-hep-faculty] TAC-HEP Submission Statement Message-ID: I am eager to participate in this innovative program, both to enhance my computational knowledge and practical skills and to actively contribute to the CMS experiment. My strong preference is to continue working with Dr. Tulika Bose on GPU-based reconstruction and workflow, as I spent last summer investigating the feasibility of porting the egamma reconstruction code to run on GPUs. My efforts so far have focused on implementation of CUDA kernels into various parts of the egamma reconstruction code. The purpose of writing portions of the egamma reconstruction code to run on GPUs is to speed up reconstruction of the ever-increasing number of particles being produced by collisions at the LHC. By further developing my GPU programming skills within this program I hope to make a significant contribution to the CMS experiment and bolster my ability to contribute to other physics projects in my career. Submission Statement: Trevor Nelson Date: 07 September 2022 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rsimeon at wisc.edu Fri Sep 16 11:28:00 2022 From: rsimeon at wisc.edu (RYAN P SIMEON) Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2022 16:28:00 +0000 Subject: [tac-hep-faculty] TAC-HEP Interest Message-ID: Dear TAC-HEP Faculty, I hope this email finds you well! I am a first year PhD student here at UW, writing to indicate my interest in the TAC-HEP program. Because I am interested in pursuing research in experimental HEP, and in particular computational aspects of such experiments, the goals of this traineeship align very well with my own personal research goals. During my undergraduate studies, I worked for 2 years with Dr. David Miller's ATLAS group at the University of Chicago, performing early analysis of trigger algorithms for use in the HL-LHC era. A large part of that project involved designing custom plotting and analysis tools in Python and ROOT, so I came to appreciate both using the tools for analysis, as well as designing the software tools themselves. Prior to coming to UW, I worked professionally for 7 months as a software engineer, working on the Data Management team of the company's Center for High Performance Computing. I see TAC-HEP as a natural way to further my software engineering skills, and to simultaneously accomplish my graduate studies goal of building expertise in computing for HEP. I am especially interested in the research project "Services and Tools for Analysis Facilities for the HL-LHC". This project seems to most directly combine my interests in software and physics data analysis, and I believe that project also best capitalizes on my prior work on ATLAS and data management. If possible, I would be very happy to talk to Professor Bose about the particulars of this project and how I could contribute. Thank you for providing notice of this traineeship, and I look forward to hearing from you! Best, Ryan Simeon -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: