Tag: LHC
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CERN Photographs featured in Gallery curated by Yahoo
Two of my photos taken at CERN are featured in the CERN Gallery curated by the Yahoo Editorial: Physics projects don’t get any bigger than this. The active European Organization for Nuclear Research, aka CERN, formed in 1954 and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, employs thousands of world-class scientists on the forefront of breakthrough research. Its…
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Challenges of Big Data Analytics in High-Energy Physics
There are four key issues to overcome if you want to tame Big Data: volume (quantity of data), variety (different forms of data), velocity (how fast the data is generated and processed) and veracity (variation in quality of data). You have to be able to deal with lots and lots, of all kinds of data, moving really…
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Displaying Dimuon Events from the CMS Detector using D3.js
I became a Python geek and GnuPlot maniac since I joined CERN around three years ago. I have to admit, however, that I really enjoy the flexibility of D3.js, and its capability to render histograms directly in the web browser. D3 is a JavaScript library for manipulating documents based on data. This library helps you to bring data to life…
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CERN: Where Big Bang Theory meets Big Data Analytics
The volume, variety, velocity and veracity of data generated by the LHC experiments at CERN continue to reach unprecedented levels: some 22 petabyte of data this year, after throwing away 99% of what is recorded by the LHC detectors. This phenomenal growth means that not only must we understand Big Data in order to decipher…
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Data Science Research: Unlocking the Secrets of the Universe with Big Data at CERN
Time really flies when you immerse yourself in the world of data science research and unravel the mysteries of the universe! It’s been an incredible journey over the past year as I’ve immersed myself in the world of data science at CERN. For those unfamiliar, CERN — set against a stunning backdrop of snow-capped mountains…
