Google Summer of Code 2017
Introduction
Students who participated in the GSoC for 2017 were able to choose from various project proposals. The HSF GSoC 2017 Administrators were Sergei Gleyzer sergei@cern.ch and Enric Tejedor Saavedra etejedor@cern.ch
N.B. This page archives the proposals from the 2017 Google Summer of Code. For information on the latest GSoC please see here.
Projects
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A modular scientific software framework. It provides all the functionalities needed to deal with big data processing, statistical analysis, visualisation and storage. It is mainly written in C++ but integrated with other languages such as Python and R. List of proposals |
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TMVA is a ROOT-integrated toolkit for multivariate classification and regression analysis. TMVA performs the training, testing and performance evaluation of a large variety of multivariate methods. List of proposals |
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The HEP Software Foundation (HSF) facilitates coordination and common efforts in high energy physics (HEP) software and computing internationally. List of proposals |
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ATLAS is a high-energy physics experiment at the LHC. List of proposals |
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CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid) is a high-energy physics experiment at the LHC. List of proposals |
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NOvA(NOvA Off-Axis Electron Neutrino Appearance) is a Neutrino Oscillation experiment at Fermilab. List of proposals |
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SixTrack is a software for simulating and analysing the trajectory of high energy particles in accelerators. It has been used in the design and optimization of the LHC and is now being used to design the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) upgrade that will be installed in the next decade. List of proposals |
| SciKit-HEP | The Scikit-HEP project is a community-driven and community-oriented project with the aim of providing Particle Physics at large with a Python package containing core and common tools. List of proposals |
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The GeantV project aims at developing a high performance detector simulation system integrating fastand fullsimulation that can be ported on different computing architectures, including CPU accelerators. List of proposals |
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Geant (for GEometry ANd Tracking) is a platform for “the simulation of the passage of particles through matter,” using Monte Carlo methods. List of proposals |
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The GoHEP project aims at developing robust and concurrency friendly libraries for HEP, astrophysics and cosmology. List of proposals |
| GoInterpreter | The GoInterpreter project aims to provide an interpreter for the Go language. List of proposals |
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Falcon is an ultra-fast non-parametric detector simulation package that automatically abstracts detector response, usually done by hand in fast-simulators used by particle physics experiments. List of proposals |
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Pythia is the most widely used Monte Carlo event generator in particle physics. List of proposals |
| TestU01 | TestU01 is a software library, implemented in the ANSI C language, and offering a collection of utilities for the empirical statistical testing of uniform random number generators. List of proposals |
| GoPython | GoPython is a set of tools to easily integrate Go and Python. List of proposals |
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PSPA is a work-in-progress initiative to build an innovative platform to integrate existing accelerator simulation tools and connect them to the various parts of an accelerator structure. List of proposals |
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Kubernetes is an open-source system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. List of proposals |
Participating Organizations
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At CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, physicists and engineers are probing the fundamental structure of the universe. They use the world’s largest and most complex scientific instruments to study the basic constituents of matter – the fundamental particles. List of proposals |
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Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL) is a Department of Energy national laboratory dedicated to particle physics research. Fermilab supports work by scientists, from across the country and the globe, who seek to further our understanding of matter, energy, space and time. List of proposals |
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Established in 1803, Universidad de Antioquia is a government-run public university based in Medellín, Colombia. List of proposals |
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Founded in 1865, Cornell is a leading private institution of higher learning located in Ithaca, New York. List of proposals |
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Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey. List of proposals |
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University of Bologna, one of the oldest and most famous universities in Europe. List of proposals |
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University of Cincinnati List of proposals |
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The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology is a public research university and one of the largest research and education institutions in Germany. List of proposals |
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. List of proposals |
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University of Florida is a public institution that was founded in 1853. List of proposals |
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LAL is a French research laboratory belonging to CNRS/IN2P3 and located at Université Paris Sud. The main topics of the research done at LAL are high energy physics, cosmology and accelerators. List of proposals |
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Founded in 1958, Laboratoire de Physique de Clermont is a government-funded mixed research unit (CNRS/IN2P3 and University Clermont Auvergne), in Auvergne, France. List of proposals |
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The National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” is a major university in Kiev, Ukraine. List of proposals |
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The Université de Montréal is a public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. List of proposals |
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Florida State University is a public institution that was founded in 1851. List of proposals |
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Queen Mary University of London is a public research university in London that was founded in 1785. List of proposals |
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Celebrating its 70th birthday in 2017, BNL on Long Island, New York hosts major facilities including RHIC and the new NSLS-II light source, and participates in international science including ATLAS at the LHC. List of proposals |
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University of Oslo List of proposals |
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ITM is an accredited public University, founded in 1944, in Medellin Colombia. List of proposals |
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The Universitat Jaume I is a public university in Castelló de la Plana, Spain. List of proposals |
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[Indiana University] (https://www.indiana.edu/), Bloomington. List of proposals |
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STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom is home to national facilities including the Diamond synchroton and ISIS neutron spallation source. The Particle Physics Department contributes to experiments including ATLAS, CMS and T2K. List of proposals |
Contact information (for students)
Although GSoC 2017 has finished, please do not hesitate to contact us if you are interested in the latest GSoC program using the HSF GSoC mailing list: hep-software-foundation-google-summer-of-code@googlegroups.com.