Tag: At CERN
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Devoxx4Kids, a conference for budding geeks
Devoxx4Kids, a conference for budding geeks On Sunday 26 February, CERN hosted the latest edition of Devoxxkids, a series of computing, robotics and electronics workshops for kids. The event was organised in the context of the VoxxedDays CERN developers conference, held at CERN the previous day. Various workshops – “Minis” for the 4-6 year-olds, “Kids”
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Django Girls – Let the coding begin
Django Girls – Let the coding begin Who would ever think of spending a full Saturday indoors, coding for several hours? Highly motivated Django Girls participants! Who would ever think of spending a full Saturday indoors, coding for several hours, instead of enjoying a warm, sunny spring day? Highly motivated Django Girls participants! But what
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Thursday, 2 March: premiere of Hidden Figures and debate
Thursday, 2 March: premiere of Hidden Figures and debate On Thursday, 2 March, the Pathé cinema at Balexert, in collaboration with CERN, will be hosting a premiere of the film Hidden Figures, followed by a debate on the position of women in science Hidden Figures tells the story of three African-American female scientists who played
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How does CERN encourage women in science?
How does CERN encourage women in science? International Women in Science Day: CERN sends researchers to local schools and invites organisations to learn what inspires young women into science In physics, as in other sciences, there is often a huge gap between the number of men and women. Just 20% of CERN’s community are women,
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Join us for a Voxxed Day!
Join us for a Voxxed Day! A new Voxxed Days event is coming to CERN on 25 February 2017, and every developper is invited. Voxxed Days are a series of tech events organised by local community groups and supported by the Voxxed team. Sharing the Devoxx philosophy that content comes first, these events see both
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European Researchers’ Night tours the Globe
European Researchers’ Night tours the Globe Success for the European Researchers’ Night, which attracted almost 600 visitors on 30 September Around 600 visitors came to CERN for the 2016 European Researchers’ Night held on 30 September of this year. The programme of events on offer at the Globe of Science and Innovation between 6 p.m.
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Coding Pi Science Day
Coding Pi Science Day Public event for teachers and programming passionates on 7-8 October The CERN Micro Club and the CERN IdeaSquare (in partnership with Google Education and EU Code Week) is organising an exceptional educational event around three scientific kits based upon the Raspberry Pi mini-computer: On Friday 7 October (from 18 h to
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European Researchers’ Night: Activities at CERN for All Audiences
European Researchers’ Night: Activities at CERN for All Audiences On Friday 30 September, CERN will be among the scientific organisations and institutes of over 300 towns and cities in Europe taking part in the European Researchers’ Night On Friday 30 September, CERN will be among the scientific organisations and institutes of over 300 towns and
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CERN announces the fourth edition of the Beamline for Schools competition
CERN announces the fourth edition of the Beamline for Schools competition CERN is pleased to announce the 4th edition of the Beamline for Schools Competition CERN is pleased to announce the 4th edition of the Beamline for Schools Competition. Once again, in 2017, a fully equipped beamline will be made available at CERN for students.