Inverted CERN School of Computing
The 5th edition of the Inverted CERN School of Computing (iCSC, “Where students turn into teachers”) will take place next Thursday and Friday (3 and 4 of March) at CERN, Building 31 - IT Amphitheatre - Third Floor.
Attendance is free and open to everyone. The programme is designed so that you can attend the lectures that interest you. This year highlights: Cloud Computing, Software Engineering, Cryptography
Registration is not mandatory, but will allow you to obtain a copy of the full booklet (first registered, first served).
Programme overview:
Thursday 3 March 2011
10:00 - 10:15
Introduction
School opening
10:15 - 11:10
Lecture 1
Virtualization: what it is, how it works – Luigi Gallerani
11:20 - 12:15
Lecture 2
Server Virtualization at work – Carlos Garcia Fernandez
14:00 - 14:55
Lecture 3
Unweaving Clouds: Principles and Practice – Belmiro Moreira
15:30 - 16:25
Lecture 4
Understanding Cryptography: From Caesar to Public-Key – Nicola Chiapolini
Friday 4 March 2011
10:00- 10:55
Lecture 5
Modern Software Engineering meets HEP – Frank Volkmer
11:05 - 12:00
Lecture 6
Metrics for software assurance process – Andres Abad Rodriguez
A few questions answered at iCSC2011:
• Clouds: what do I gain, what do I lose?
• Is there standards for cloud interfaces?
• What are the different models for cloud computing?
• Can server virtualization save power?
• Server crash recovery: Can virtualization help?
• How to go above hardware physical limits?
• Are modern encryption systems really secure?
• What lessons after 2000 years of encryption?
• Ever wondered how asymmetric ciphers work?
• Code refactoring burden: is it worth it?
• Why does pair programming may help?
• Test-driven development: A realistic idea?
• Is my quality assurance process sufficient?
• What are the approaches to collect metrics?
• How to classify standards for metrics?
Details of the programme
https://cern.ch/CSC/2011/iCSC2011/Programme/Programme_overview.htm
and schedule
https://cern.ch/CSC/2011/iCSC2011/Programme/Schedule_overview.htm
François Flückiger
Director, CERN School of Computing
