Read article 'The MATHEMATICA Book, Version 4,'
The MATHEMATICA Book, Version 4,
Wolfgang Lerche reviews in 1999
Read article 'The MATHEMATICA Book, Version 4,'
Read article 'ABSolutely fabulous!'
ABSolutely fabulous!
Software is playing an increasingly important role in the tricky business of setting up the beams from particle accelerators. A recent workshop at CERN looked at what has been accomplished so far and ...
Read article 'RHIC Mock Data Challenge successfully completed at Brookhaven'
RHIC Mock Data Challenge successfully completed at Brookhaven
With Brookhaven's RHIC relativistic heavy-ion collider scheduled to be commissioned this year, preparations for its experimental programme gather momentum.
Read article 'EPIC developments in processing power'
EPIC developments in processing power
CERN's demanding data processing requirements provide the testbed for a new range of semiconductor chips and associated software developed jointly by industrial giants Hewlett-Packard and Intel and wh...
Read article 'The full Monte-Carlo'
The full Monte-Carlo
Monte-Carlo methods are vital simulation tools for studying high-energy particle collisions. To push the development of the Monte-Carlo generators, their underlying models and technical solutions, D...
Read article 'Web tool LIGHTs up code'
Web tool LIGHTs up code
CERN's Information and Programming Technology group has exploited the World Wide Web to make it easier to keep track of masses of computer code.
Read article 'Computing in high energy physics'
Computing in high energy physics
The 1989 Computing In High Energy Physics conference weighed up the challenges of analysing LEP and other data.
Read article 'The microprocessor boom'
The microprocessor boom
High energy physics still has a lot to gain from microprocessor applications, wrote the Courier in 1979.
Read article 'Computers, Why?'
Computers, Why?
In March 1972 – the year Intel’s 8008 processor was launched and the compact disc invented – CERN’s Lew Kowarski explained why computers were here to stay.
Read article 'Computers at CERN'
Computers at CERN
Computing resources may one day dictate the amount of experimental physics research done at CERN, predicted this June 1964 feature.
