CSC

i CSCs

"Where students turn into teachers"

Involving former CSC participants to deliver advanced education

iCSCs (Inverted CSCs) is a novel idea prototyped in 2005.

iCSC2005, iCSC2006, iCSC2008, iCSC2010, iCSC2011 and iCSC2013 were one to three-day series of lectures, organized and delivered by selected students of the previous CSC, but where the students went one step further, combining their skills and elaborating on CSC related subjects.

We are calling students present at CSCs to make proposals. When we receive sufficient proposals of appropriate quality, we organize iCSCnn, an event of 1 to 3 days taking place at CERN in February or March of the following year. Attendance is free to anyone interested.

All Themes at iCSCs
2013	GPU computing and its applications in High Energy Physics Introduction to Computer Vision Testing methods and tools for large scale distributed systems How the LHC experiment have interpreted the Grid distributed computing model
2011	Virtualization and Clouds Computer Security Hot Topics in Software Engineering
2010	Software management and optimization Visualisation System monitoring
2008	Towards Reconfigurable High-Performance Computing Special topics
2006	Computational Intelligence for HEP Data Analysis The Art of Designing Parallel Applications Software Testing: Fundamentals and Best Practices
2005	Data Management and DataBase Technologies Advanced Software Development & Engineering Web Services in Distributed Computing

2013

2011

3-4 March 2011

2010

2008

3-5 March 2008

2006

Inverted School 2006

2005

Inverted School 2005

iCSC Frequently Asked Questions

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, which was prototyped in 2005.
*Who will provide lectures?*	Only selected students from the previous year.
*When and where?*	Usually end of February, beginning of March at CERN
*Who can attend?*	Anyone interested, attendance is fully free
*Should I register?*	This is not mandatory if you work on the CERN site. But it is highly recommended: If you do register, you will get a hard-copy of the lecture handouts. This will also help us for the logistics.
*I am not at CERN, may I attend?*	Yes as long as you have some connection to CERN. If you already do have CERN access card, just use it to enter the site. If you have no CERN access card, you are expected to provide the name of someone at CERN (a guarantor) who will vouch for you. Register by email with the name of your guarantor. After verification with the guarantor, an access card will be prepared for you. Failure to do so will prevent you to enter the site.
*How is the programme organized?*	The school usually lasts from one to three consecutive days. There are usually three themes. Example: The themes at iCSC2005 The themes at iCSC2006 The themes at iCSC2008 The themes at iCSC2010 The themes at iCSC2011
*May I attend only one theme?*	Yes of course, attendance is fully free.
*May I attend only a few lectures?*	Yes. Lectures, though forming a consistent series, are generally structured to be followed rather independently. Some have more "fundamentals" components, other tackle more in-depth topics. However, to avoid disturbing classes, we ask you to not enter or leave the classroom during lectures. There is always at least a ten-minute break between any two consecutive lectures, so that participants can easily come in or quit the school between lectures.
*is there handouts?*	Yes, a printed version for those who have registered.
*Where does the programme come from?*	CSC students interested in contributing in iCSC 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 responsibility to finalize the content of their theme. Example: Electronic discussion forum for iCSC2005 Electronic discussion forum for iCSC2006 Electronic discussion forum for iCSC2008 Electronic discussion forum for iCSC2010 Electronic discussion forum for iCSC2011
*Is there a common dominator between themes?*	Yes, the idea is that the lecturers go one step further than the tuition delivered at the last CSC, focusing on novel ideas and technologies. Usually, most of what is taught at iCSC has rarely or never been taught at CERN before.