Past Schools

Web sites of schools since 1994

2013 

Nicosia, Cyprus

19-30 August 2013 
2012

Uppsala, Sweden

13-24 August 2012

2011

Copenhagen, Denmark

5-26 August 2011

i2011 CERN, Switzerland

3-4-March 2011 

 
2010 Uxbridge, UK

23 August -03 September 2010

i2010

CERN, Switzerland

8-9 March 2010

 

2009

Göttingen, Germany 

17 August - 28 August 2009 

2008

Gjovik, Norway

25 August - 05 September 2008

i2008

CERN, Switzerland

3-5-March 2008 

Inverted CSC 2008 

2007

Dubrovnik, Croatia

20 August - 31 August 2007

2006

Helsinki, Finland

21 August-1 September 2006

school@chep06

Mumbai, India

11-12 February 2006

Special school

i2006

CERN, Switzerland

6-8 March 2006

Inverted CSC 2006

2005

Saint Malo, France

4 -17 September 2005

i2005

CERN, Switzerland

23-25 February  2005

Inverted CSC 2005

2004

Vico Equense, Italy

29 August-11 September 2004

2003

Krems an der Donau, Austria

24 August - 6 September 2003

2002

Vico Equense, Italy

15-28 September 2002

2001

Santander, Spain

16-29 September 2001

2000

Marathon, Greece

17-30 September 2000

1999

Stare Jablonki

Poland, 12-25 September 1999

1998

Funchal, Portugal

Portugal, 6-19 September 1998

1997

Pruhonice, Czech Republic

17 - 30 August 1997

1996

Egmond aan Zee, the Netherlands

8-21 September 1996

1995

Arles, France

20 August - 2 September 1995

1994

Sopron, Hungary

28 August - 10 September 1994

 

Edition

Year

Town

Country

Student Nb

1

1970

Varenna

Italy

66

2

1972

Pertisau

Austria

67

3

1974

Godöysun

Norway

62

4

1976

La Grande Motte

France

60

5

1978

Jadwisin

Poland

81

6

1980

Vraona

Greece

61

7

1982

Zinal

Switzerland

48

8

1984

Aiguablava

Spain

86

9

1986

Renesse

The Netherlands

54

10

1987

Troia

Portugal

71

11

1988

Oxford

United Kingdom

62

12

1989

Bad Herrenalb

Germany

72

13

1990

Ysemonde

Belgium

42

14

1991

Ystad

Sweden

69

15

1992

L'Aquila

Italy

66

16

1993

L'Aquila

Italy

49

17

1994

Sopron

Hungary

48

18

1995

Arles

France

68

19

1996

Egmond aan Zee

The Netherlands

   62 *

20

1997

Pruhonice

Czech Republic

65

21

1998

Funchal

Portugal

57

22

1999

Stare Jablonki

Poland

45

23

2000

Marathon

Greece

74

24

2001

Santander

Spain

58

25

2002

Vico Equense

Italy

71

26

2003

Krems a.n.Donau

Austria

69

27

2004

Vico Equense

Italy

77

28

2005

Saint Malo

France

79

29

2006

Helsinki

Finland

79

30

2007

Dubrovnik

Croatia

79

31

2008

Gjřvik

Norway

52

32

2009

Göttingen

Germany

69

33

2010

Uxbridge

United Kingdom

51

34

2011

Copenhagen

Denmark

59

35

2012

Uppsala

Sweden

59

Total

2237 

*  91 in  week 1  (due to additional students from the local organizer, ASCI), 62 in week 2

The Aim of the Schools

We reproduce below the preface to the Proceedings of the first CERN Computing and Data Processing school (Varenna, Italy, September 1970) which gives a very clear explanation of the Schools' aims.

"Why yet another School? The first CERN School on Computing and Data Processing represents a sufficient departure from the subjects treated in earlier CERN Schools to warrant some explanation.

Since 1962, CERN has organized a series of Summer Schools in Physics treating various topics - predominately theoretical - in high-energy physics, and for some time we felt that a school on some aspects of experimental high-energy physics would provide a useful opportunity for young physicists to study selected topics in experimental methods. One such subject, particularly suitable for treating in a school because of its exceptionally fast development over the last few years, is data processing. This, however, is a subject which, being concerned principally with the application of computers, has much in common with some aspects of computer science and applied mathematics; and this leads to the second element in the conception of this School, namely the conviction that experimental physicists engaged in data processing and computer scientists have something to learn from each other.

In experimental high-energy physics we see a widespread use of computers, particularly in large-scale data processing applications, which often involves very complex systems and sophisticated techniques. These have been developed, in an ad hoc way, as empirical solutions to the immediate problems of recording and analysing increasing quantities of experimental data. On the other hand, over the last few years, computer science has made significant progress in clarifying concepts and in making a more theoretical approach to computing. We felt that it would be of interest to hold a school at which young computer scientists and high-energy physicists could study together aspects of these two quite different approaches to computing, and we hoped that by bringing together students and lecturers active in research in these two fields a flourishing cross-fertilization of ideas would result.

Thus, there emerged an idea for a school which would treat not only topics in the area of data processing in high-energy physics, but also topics in applied mathematics and computing somewhat broader than the immediate needs of high-energy physics. The programme of the School consisted of four principal courses of which two were chosen from experimental physics (bubble chamber data processing, and electronics experiments data processing) and two from computer science (programming languages and data structures). These courses were "linked" by a number of shorter courses, which treated some more specific subjects of interest from the points of view of experimental physics and computing. The programme was completed by three lectures of a wider general interest in the field of nuclear science, artificial intelligence and space research. In drawing up this programme we were helped immensely by the members of the Advisory Committee, and I would like to record our gratitude to them for their willing assistance.

The School took place from 31st August to 12th September 1970 and was attended by 66 students from 16 countries. Approximately three quarters of the participants were physicists or mathematicians engaged in computing or data processing in high-energy physics laboratories and one quarter were computer scientists. The School was held at the Villa Monastero in Varenna, Italy, and we are indebted to the Italian Physical Society for having helped to make such an idyllic setting available to us. Although it is clearly not the role of the Chairman of the Organizing Committee to pronounce on the success of the School, I should say that the dedication of the lecturers and the manifest interest of the students, which was maintained at a very high level throughout two weeks of rather concentrated courses, was really quite remarkable, and made this both a very satisfying and memorable two weeks. It is a great pleasure to thank the students for their enthusiastic participation in the School, both in the lecture periods and in many stimulating discussions outside, and to thank the lecturers for the considerable work which they put into preparing the courses and, not least, into the preparation of the written versions which constitute the content of these Proceedings.

.......
G.R. Macleod
Chairman
Organizing Committee"
 Also DD (now IT) Division Leader at that time.


Twenty-seven years later, the Chairman, A.J.G. Hey, wrote, with regard to the 1997 School:

"The CERN School of Computing addresses topics of importance for the future computing environment for particle physics in the next millenium. The themes are chosen to reflect the exciting developments taking place in computing today. Each theme is presented by speakers with an international reputation for research in the relevant area and is supplemented by computer-based exercises to underline the importance of a "hands-on" approach to computing. The World Wide Web was pioneered by CERN and the continued exploitation of such technologies has been a feature of the Schools. Workstations with Internet access are provided for use by School students in the tutorial classes, along with lecture notes and problem sheets.


 
 

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