IceCube Bootcamp: Summer 2017

US/Central
Supernova (WIPAC, Madison)

Supernova

WIPAC, Madison

222 W Washington Ave #500, Madison, WI 53703
Description


IceCube bootcamp on basic software and analysis techniques. Bootcamp runs from June 5-9. There is no pre-bootcamp this year.
Housing Info: Register for 'Ice Cube Boot Camp' at this link to reserve your space in University dorms. The cost is $96 per person for the whole week.
Live Stream:  Presentations will be streamed live from http://www.youtube.com/c/IceCubeNeutrino/live
VirtualBox Installation: This year's presentations will be based on a VirtualBox machine with the latest IceCube trunk software. The steps for installing it are:
(1) Download and install free VirtualBox software from https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads. You'll need both the platform packages and the extensions pack which is a separate download below the platform packages.
(2) Download the virtual box machine
http://convey.icecube.wisc.edu/data/user/dschultz/bootcamp2017_v3.ova 
(standard icecube user and password)
(3) Open VirtualBox
(4) Click on bootcamp2017.ova after the download finishes. This should open an import prompt in VirtualBox. Click 'import' to load in the bootcamp2017 machine.
(5) When import finishes you should see 'bootcamp2017' listed in the VirtualBox application. Click it to power it on and sign in with username 'bootcamp' and password 'bootcamp'
(6) Start IceCube software by running 'source icecube/build/env-shell.sh' from a Terminal window
Participants
  • Adam Berthiaume
  • Adolfo Pacheco Esparza
  • Alec Sheperd
  • ANKIT VERMA
  • Begad Elmelligy
  • Ben Thompson
  • Benjamin Hokanson-Fasig
  • Bradley Kumm
  • Brendan Hickey
  • Bunheng Ty
  • Caroline Mather
  • Christian Hernandez
  • Christoph Tönnis
  • Daniel Quigley
  • Dawn Williams
  • Dominic Battaglia
  • Donglian Xu
  • Dylan Frikken
  • Grace Zeit
  • Ian Ritzinger
  • Ibrahim Safa
  • Jacob Hanson-Flores
  • Juan Carlos Díaz Vélez
  • Julio Estrada
  • Karen Andeen
  • Kayla Leonard
  • Kyra Eierman
  • Leslie Taylor
  • Logan Wille
  • Madeleine Hanley
  • Mason Austin
  • Megan Kimbro
  • Megan Wachtendonk
  • Patrick Meade
  • Qinrui Liu
  • Quang Phung
  • Raamis Hussain
  • Rishabh Khandelwal
  • Robert Gruenstern
  • Sarah Louise Mancina
  • Sarah McCarthy
  • Sean Wei
  • SOURAV SARKAR
  • Suruj Seunarine
  • Timothy Watson
  • Victor Goicoechea
  • Zachary Way
  • Ziyuan Zhang
    • 09:00 09:15
      Introduction to WIPAC / IceCube
      Convener: Dr Kael Hanson (University of Wisconsin)
      slides
    • 09:15 09:45
      IceCube Science Overview - Francis Halzen
      • 09:15
        Halzen Talk 30m
        Slides
    • 09:45 10:15
      Astrophysical Neutrinos
      Convener: Ali Kheirandish (o=research,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)
    • 10:15 10:45
      Atmospheric Neutrinos and Muons
      Convener: Logan Wille (o=uwmad,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)
    • 10:45 11:00
      Coffee Break 15m
    • 11:00 11:45
      Computer Setup
      Convener: David Schultz (o=uwmad,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)
    • 11:45 12:30
      Visualizing IceCube Events: i3 files, dataio-pyshovel, steamshovel, etc
      Convener: Zachary Griffith (o=uwmad,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)
      slides
    • 12:30 14:00
      Lunch Break 1h 30m
    • 14:00 15:00
      Python Stuff
      Convener: James Bourbeau (o=uwmad,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)
      slides
    • 15:00 15:30
      Coffee Break 30m
    • 15:30 17:00
      Flasher Data Analysis
      Convener: Prof. Dawn Williams (University of Alabama)
      slides
    • 17:30 19:00
      Welcome party at Memorial Terrace
      slides
    • 09:00 10:00
      Triggering, Filtering, and Transmission
      Convener: John Kelley (o=uwmad,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)
    • 10:00 10:30
      Event Reconstruction
      Convener: Dmitry Chirkin (o=uwmad,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)
      notebook
    • 10:30 11:00
      Coffee break 30m
    • 11:00 12:00
      Simulation and Weighting
      Convener: Juan Carlos Diaz-Velez (o=uwmad,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)
      • 11:00
        Simulation and Weighting 1h
        Slides
    • 12:00 13:30
      Lunch 1h 30m
    • 13:30 15:00
      IceTray
      Convener: David Schultz (o=uwmad,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)
      slides
    • 15:00 15:30
      Coffee break 30m
    • 15:30 17:00
      Exercises
      Convener: David Schultz (o=uwmad,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)
    • 09:00 10:30
      Statistics for little penguins
      Conveners: Dr Carlos Arguelles (o=mit,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu) , Gabriel Collin (o=mit,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)
      slides
    • 10:30 11:00
      Coffee break 30m
    • 11:00 12:00
      Statistics for little penguins
      Conveners: Dr Carlos Arguelles (o=mit,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu) , Gabriel Collin (o=mit,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)
      slides
    • 12:00 13:30
      Lunch 1h 30m
    • 13:30 15:00
      Tutorial: NPX and the grid

      Running jobs on NPX and the grid. Condor/DAGman basics.

      Convener: Gonzalo Merino (o=uwmad,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)
      slides
    • 15:00 15:30
      Coffee break 30m
    • 15:30 16:30
      Tutorial: Documenting analysis software

      Building an internal repository of analysis
      results

      Conveners: Dr Donglian Xu (University of Wisconsin-Madison) , Dr Paolo Desiati (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
      slides
    • 09:00 10:00
      Introduction to physics analyses
      Conveners: Dr Donglian Xu (University of Wisconsin-Madison) , Prof. Francis Halzen (o=uwmad,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)
      slides
    • 10:00 10:30
      ARA overview
    • 10:30 10:45
      Group photo
      slides
    • 10:45 11:00
      Coffee break 15m
    • 11:00 12:00
      Computing resources tour
    • 12:00 13:30
      Lunch 1h 30m
    • 13:30 16:35
      Projects
      Conveners: Dr Carlos Arguelles (o=mit,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu) , Gabriel Collin (o=mit,ou=Institutions,dc=icecube,dc=wisc,dc=edu)
      slides
    • 09:00 11:30
      Guided projects
    • 11:30 12:00
      Surviving IceCube
      Convener: Dr Delia Tosi (UW Madison)
      slides
    • 12:00 13:30
      Lunch 1h 30m
    • 13:30 14:30
      Presentations
    • 14:30 14:50
      Coffee break 20m
    • 14:50 17:00
      Presentations and closing ceremony