DAY 10: History, computing,... and more Physics.

9.00 a.m. Lecture about Computing at CERN by Tim Smith from CERN/IT.

 

The huge volumen of data produced at CERN represents considerable challenges such as, storage system, data exchange or data processing. Using the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid, which is a global collaboration of computer centres, it is posible to store, distribute and analize all this information.



 

Then, we've visited  the CERN Data Centre that houses servers and data storage systems. 

 



Phat Srimanobhas from Chulalongkorn University



 

 

 

  

 

After having lunch, a lecture about Physics beyond the Standard Model by Gian Giudice from CERN: Higgs field, Inflation theory, gravitational waves, gauge symmetry, GUT, hidden dimensions,...

Enough information for today. We need a break!