diff --git a/_gsocorgs/2024/ucl.md b/_gsocorgs/2024/ucl.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..7bbf16109 --- /dev/null +++ b/_gsocorgs/2024/ucl.md @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +--- +title: "University College London" +author: "Jon Butterworth" +layout: default +organization: UCLondon +logo: UCL-logo.png +description: | + Founded in 1826 in the heart of London, [University College London](https://www.gla.ac.uk/) is London's leading multidisciplinary university, with more than 13,000 staff and 42,000 students from 150 different countries. It is one of the UK's leading groups in the field of particle physics. +--- + +{% include gsoc_proposal.ext %} diff --git a/_gsocorgs/2024/uglasgow.md b/_gsocorgs/2024/uglasgow.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..4020e2b57 --- /dev/null +++ b/_gsocorgs/2024/uglasgow.md @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +--- +title: "University of Glasgow" +author: "Andy Buckley" +layout: default +organization: UofGlasgow +logo: UGlasgow-logo.png +description: | + The [University of Glasgow](https://www.gla.ac.uk/) is a leading UK research university based in Scotland's largest city. We work on [particle physics experiments](https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/physics/research/groups/particlephysicsexperiment/) from the LHC to neutrinos, particle theory from interpretations of Higgs and top-quark measurements to the strong force, and high-performance distributed computing. +--- + +{% include gsoc_proposal.ext %} diff --git a/_gsocprojects/2024/project_MCnet.md b/_gsocprojects/2024/project_MCnet.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..df89d2e95 --- /dev/null +++ b/_gsocprojects/2024/project_MCnet.md @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +--- +project: MCnet +title: MCnet +layout: default +logo: mcnet-logo.png +description: | + [MCnet](http://montecarlonet.org) is a collaboration between the developers of + the major collision-event modelling tools used at the [Large Hadron + Collider](http://home.web.cern.ch/topics/large-hadron-collider) (LHC) and + beyond. These codes are so-called "MC event generators", theoretical physics + packages that perform quantum mechanics calculations and create simulated + particle collisions. MC generators are an essential component + of both modern particle physics experiments and theory, and provide a crucial + bridge between those two communities. MCnet projects include both event + generators themselves, and tools that connect them to both experiment and + theory. +summary: | + [MCnet](http://montecarlonet.org) is a community linking the developers of + particle-theory simulations with experimentalists and others who use and + make tools for analysing the simulated events. Projects may be available + from both aspects of the community. +--- + +{% include gsoc_project.ext %} diff --git a/_gsocproposals/2024/proposal_MCnetLHAPDF.md b/_gsocproposals/2024/proposal_MCnetLHAPDF.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..15020490d --- /dev/null +++ b/_gsocproposals/2024/proposal_MCnetLHAPDF.md @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ +--- +title: MCnet/LHAPDF - online dashboard and data-visualisation for parton density functions +layout: gsoc_proposal +project: MCnet +year: 2024 +organization: + - UofGlasgow +difficulty: medium +duration: 175 +mentor_avail: June-October +--- + +# Description + +The Large Hadron Collider smashes protons into each other at the highest +energies humanity has ever engineered. Protons are a very convenient type of +particle for our high-energy beams : they are plentiful, and they don't lose +(lots of) energy like electrons do when accelerated around the LHC ring. But +they are not *fundamental* particles: they are made up of a tightly bound +collection of smaller particles, and to make the most out of LHC experiments we +need to understand both what we do and don't know about the internal structure +of the proton that these objects induce. We encode this through so-called parton +density functions, or PDFs. + +The [LHAPDF](https://lhapdf.hepforge.org) C++ library, wrapped with a +Python interface, is the LHC's standard system for supplying PDF data +to both experiments and theory calculations. Over 1000 sets of PDF fits +are available in the LHAPDF data collection. + +## Task ideas + +This project will build on the LHAPDF test suite to report the current status +of PDF data files and validation, and allow online exploration, comparison +and plotting of PDF functions. + + +## Expected results and milestones + + * Familiarise with the LHAPDF framework from interface to calculation components; + * Familiarise with current LHAPDF CI and regression tests; + * Design and present a Web dashboard of PDF datasets and their validation status; + * Add a live PDF plotting tool to the Web interface, including 1D and 2D + comparisons of PDF functions. + +## Requirements + + * Python + * Web coding and visualisation libraries + * CI testing + * git + + +## Mentors + + * **[Andy Buckley](mailto:andy.buckley@cern.ch)** + + +## Links + + * [LHAPDF](https://lhapdf.hepforge.org) diff --git a/_gsocproposals/2024/proposal_MCnetRivet.md b/_gsocproposals/2024/proposal_MCnetRivet.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b9c7532f1 --- /dev/null +++ b/_gsocproposals/2024/proposal_MCnetRivet.md @@ -0,0 +1,56 @@ +--- +title: MCnet/Rivet - multiarch Docker images from CI +layout: gsoc_proposal +project: MCnet +year: 2024 +organization: + - UofGlasgow +difficulty: medium +duration: 175 +mentor_avail: June-October +--- + +# Description + +[Rivet](https://rivet.hepforge.org) is a toolkit for analysing +simulated collider events. It reconstructs the main physics processes +underlying the many particles in Monte Carlo event graphs, in a way +that allows new theories to be easily compared to experimental +data. This is a key way in which we test Large Hadron Collider (LHC) +data against ever-improving theory models, including proposals of new +physics beyond the Standard Model. + + +## Task ideas + +This project will improve the Rivet documentation and release system +by automating generation and sharing of multi-architecture Docker images +from the GitLab continuous integration system, along with updated, +automatically generated documentation and web pages. + + +## Expected results and milestones + + * Familiarise with the Rivet framework; + * Familiarise with the Rivet release process, including current CI, documentation, and Docker build scripts; + * Migrate Docker build scripts into CI, automating and removing the need for local builds; + * Extend Docker builds to multi-architecture images optimised for x86 and Mac M1/2 processors; + * Complete web docs migration into CI builds, enabling new website deployment. + +## Requirements + + * Python + * Docker + * CI testing + * git + + +## Mentors + + * **[Andy Buckley](mailto:andy.buckley@cern.ch)** + * [Chris Gutschow](mailto:chris.g@cern.ch) + + +## Links + + * [Rivet](https://rivet.hepforge.org) diff --git a/gsoc/2024/mentors.md b/gsoc/2024/mentors.md index cc78c09a4..744ad9c68 100644 --- a/gsoc/2024/mentors.md +++ b/gsoc/2024/mentors.md @@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ layout: plain ## Full Mentor List (Name, Email, Org) * Parth Arora [partharora99160808@gmail.com](mailto:partharora99160808@gmail.com) CompRes * Jakob Blomer [jakob.blomer@cern.ch](mailto:jakob.blomer@cern.ch) CERN +* Andy Buckley [andy.buckley@gla.ac.uk](mailto:andy.buckley@gla.ac.uk) UofGlasgow * Peter Van Gemmeren [peter.van.gemmeren@cern.ch](mailto:peter.van.gemmeren@cern.ch) ANL +* Chris Gutschow [chris.g@cern.ch](mailto:chris.g@cern.ch) UCLondon * Benedikt Hegner [benedikt.hegner@cern.ch](mailto:benedikt.hegner@cern.ch) CERN * Aaron Jomy [aaron.jomy@cern.ch](mailto:aaron.jomy@cern.ch) CompRes * Wim Lavrijsen [wlavrijsen@lbl.gov](mailto:wlavrijsen@lbl.gov) CompRes