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iCSC2005
"Where
students turn into teachers"
23-25 February 2005, CERN
iCSC
is a novel idea prototyped in 2005
iCSC
is a
three-day series
of lectures, organized and delivered by selected students of the
previous CERN School of Computing (CSC), but where the students
go one step further, combining their skills and elaborating on CSC
related subjects.
iCSC
takes place six
months after the previous CSC
iCSC-2005 will
take place at CERN, IT Amphitheatre. Attendance is free, but
participants who register in advance will get a printed version of
the handouts as well as a CD. Registering will also help in
organizing the logistics of the event.
All on iCSCs |
iCSC poster (PDF) |
Programme
overview
The programme is
formed of three themes, selected from proposals made by students via an
electronic forum.
iCSC2005 Frequently Asked Questions
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Why an inverted
CSC? |
Because we noted that at regular CSCs, the sum
of the knowledge of the students often exceeds that
of the lecturer teaching at that time, and that it is not
infrequent to find someone in the room who knows more
than the lecturer on a particular aspect. Why not to try and
exploit this? This is the idea behind
iCSC. |
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Who will provide lectures? |
Only
selected CSC2004 students. |
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When and where? |
23-25 February
2005, at CERN, IT Amphitheatre, Building 31, 3rd
floor |
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Who can attend? |
Anyone interested, attendance is fully free |
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Should I register? |
This is not mandatory if you work on the CERN
site. But it is recommended: If you do
register, you will
get a hard-copy and a CD of the lecture handouts. This will also
help us for the logistics. |
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I am not at CERN, may I attend?
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Yes with pleasure. You need to
register as an
external attendee prior to the event in order to get access to
the CERN site. |
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How is the programme
organized? |
The school lasts three consecutive days. There are
three themes, one
per day (one theme
also extends a bit into the following day). |
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May I attend only one theme? |
Yes of course, even some lectures only: attendance is fully free. |
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Will there be handouts? |
Yes, a printed version and
a CD for those who have
registered, and web access for the others. |
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What about social events? |
All participants, lecturers as well as
attendees are welcome to join a cocktail, Thursday 24th February
at 18:30 in Restaurant No. 1 (main building) |
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I am a former CSC2004
student. Anything special
for me?
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Yes, as a former
CSC2004 student in Vico Equense, if you
register,
you are welcome to participate in a dinner in Restaurant No. 1
on Wednesday 23 February at 19.30 hours |
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Where does the programme come from? |
CSC2004 students interested in contributing in
iCSC-2005
made proposals via an
electronic discussion forum. The
regular school track coordinators selected the best / most relevant proposals and proposed to cluster
them into three
themes. Theme coordinators were appointed,
having full responsibility to finalize the content of their theme
and invite lecturers. |
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Is there a common dominator between themes? |
Yes, the idea is that the lecturers go one step
further than the tuition delivered at CSC2004, focusing on novel ideas and
technologies. Most of what will be taught at iCSC
has never been taught
at CERN before. |
iCSC
is part
of a programme of actions to progressively increase the active involvement
of CSC participants
Enquiries and
Correspondence
All enquiries and
correspondence related to
iCSC
should be addressed to:
Mrs Jacqueline
Franco-Turner
CERN School of
Computing
CERN IT Department
CH-1211 Geneva 23
Switzerland
Telephone: +41
22 767 50 49
Telefax: +41 22
767 42 30
E-mail:
Computing (dot) School (at) cern (dot) ch
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