Tag: Digital
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HighLO
HighLO | What is HighLO?Project High Energy Physics Tools in Limit Order Book Analysis (HighLO) applies particle physics methods and tools to financial market data. GoalsWe aim to identify malicious trading behaviour such as market manipulation, to better protect markets. For societyOur research enables governments, regulators, exchanges and market participants to better understand what happens when
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HLS4ML
hls4ml | The goal of hls4ml is to provide an efficient and fast translation of machine learning models from open-source packages (like Keras and PyTorch) for training machine learning algorithms to high level synthesis (HLS) code that can then be transpiled to run on an FPGA. The resulting HLS project can be then used to produce
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Medipix
Medipix | Medipix3 is a CMOS pixel detector readout chip designed to be connected to a segmented semiconductor sensor. It acts as a camera taking images based on the number of particles which hit the pixels when the electronic shutter is open. However, Medipix3 also permits colour imaging and dead time free operation. A novel
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Timepix
Timepix | The original Timepix ASIC is a silicon chip developed at CERN by the Medipix2 Collaboration. The chip is divided into a 256×256 grid of tiny pixels, each one containing thousands of transistors that allow it to detect and analyse radiation. Its successor, Timepix2, can be programmed to operate in one of several modes
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Invenio RDM: An open-source research data management platform
Invenio RDM: An open-source research data management platform | This project aims to build an open-source turn-key research data management (RDM) platform based on already existing and successful technologies like Zenodo and Invenio v3. The project leaders have partnered up with a committed community of cross-domain research institutions and private companies in order to grow
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Electro Optical Modulator
Electro Optical Modulator | The project proposes to further develop and test a compact digital acquisition system with high sampling rate. This DAQ (Data Acquisition) method when compared the state-of-the-art products is 10 times cheaper for similar performance specifications. The proof of concept already has been tested successfully at the CLEAR facility. The additional development
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Digital Technology for Health
Digital Technology for Health | From physics simulation tools to biomedical applications The expertise of particle physicists in data handling and simulation tools are also increasingly finding applications in the biomedical field. The FLUKA and Geant4 simulation toolkits, for example, are being used in several applications, from detector modelling to treatment planning. Recently, CERN contributed its know-how in large-scale
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FLUKA
FLUKA | FLUKA (FLUktuierende KAskade or Fluctuating Cascade) is a general purpose tool for calculations of particle transport and interactions with matter. FLUKA can simulate, with high accuracy, the interaction and propagation of about 60 different types of particles in matter, including photons and electrons from 1 keV to thousands of TeV, neutrinos, muons of
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A readout ASIC for fast detectors with Time-to-To Digital conversion
A readout ASIC for fast detectors with Time-to-To Digital conversion | This project seeks to develop a multichannel readout ASIC with each channel incorporating a fast front-end and timestamping (using a Time to Digital converter or TDC) with a time bin of 20 ps. It builds on experience already gained with the FastIC, an 8
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CHARM – Mixed fields
CHARM – Mixed fields | CHARM is a unique irradiation infrastructure at CERN, used for many years to test electronic equipment for CERN accelerators and available to users from the aerospace community. CHARM provides a completely new approach to low-cost qualification against radiation. This facility can batch screen many components or boards in parallel, as well as test large systems,
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White Rabbit
White Rabbit | White Rabbit provides sub-nanosecond accuracy and picoseconds precision of synchronization for large distributed systems. It also allows for deterministic and reliable data delivery. White Rabbit allows you to precision time-tag measured data and lets you trigger data taking in large installations while at the same time using the same network to transmit
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Train Inspection Monorail (TIM)
Train Inspection Monorail (TIM) | The Train Inspection Monorail (TIM) is a mechatronic product initially designed for CERN’s specific needs, with the goal to provide unmanned operations in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) tunnel when there is no active beam, during beam stops and machine shut-downs. The main functionalities that TIM provides, are surveying, monitoring,
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ROOT
ROOT | ROOT is a general-purpose framework that provides an object oriented set of tools with all the functionality needed to handle and analyze large amounts of data in an extremely efficient way. It defines the data as a set of objects, and then specialized storage methods are used to get direct access to the separate
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Quasar framework – OPC-UA server generation
Quasar framework – OPC-UA server generation | Open Platform Communications Unified Architecture (henceforth OPC-UA) is a machine to machine communication protocol (middleware) for industrial automation developed by the OPC Foundation based on a client/server model. OPC-UA is widely used across diverse industry and research fields for integrating a wide variety of hardware devices and interconnecting
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QF-Lib
QF-Lib | QF-Lib is a Python library that provides high quality tools for quantitative finance. Among the features, there are modules for portfolio construction, time series analysis, risk monitoring and a diverse charting package. The library provides extensive functionality for financial data analysis in addition to a wide variety of tools for data processing and
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PicoTDC
PicoTDC | The PicoTDC is a specially developed 64 channel Time to Digital Converter (TDC) ASIC in 65nm CMOS for use in High Energy Physics (HEP) experiments and similar scientific applications where high rate, very high time resolution single shot time measurements are required on a large number of channels. It is a succesor to
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Magnet Power Supplies
Magnet Power Supplies | CERN has developed a family of short Pulse Power Supplies with very stringent specifications for the needs of particle accelerators such as Linacs, particles sources or injection systems. These power supplies are used to power conventional magnets, septum magnets, heating system of particles sources. The 4-Quadrant Magnet Power Supplies have very stringent specifications
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Kryolize
Kryolize | Kryolize is a software tool for sizing the minimum discharge area of a safety protection device, against overpressure. Based on international (ISO), European (EN) and American (API) standards, Kryolize allows calculation and sizing of safety valves for cryogenic systems and is a novel tool that will help engineers with a uniform approach in
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Invenio
Invenio | Invenio, the integrated digital library and repository system, is a suite of applications which provides the framework and tools for building and managing an autonomous digital library server. The technology offered by the software covers all aspects of digital library management. It complies with the Open Archives Initiative metadata harvesting protocol (OAI-PMH). Its flexibility and performance
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Indico
Indico | Indico (Integrated Digital Conference) is a web-based, multi-platform, conference lifecycle and agenda management system. It has also become the long-term archiving tool for documents and metadata related to all kinds of events that take place at CERN, and a hub for accessing local and remote collaboration services at CERN. The software is used in production
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CERN VM-FS
CERN VM-FS | CernVM-FS is a web-based, global, and versioning file system optimized for software distribution. The file system content is installed on a central web server from where it can be mirrored and cached by other web servers and web proxies. File system clients download data and meta-data on demand and cache them locally.
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Radio Frequency Technology
Radio Frequency Technology | Expertise in the design, construction, maintenance and upgrade of one of the most complex operational RF systems in the world. CERN’s Know-How Facts & Figures Key Competencies Operation of high-power RF systems The LHC has a very complex system of interconnected RF cavities and power components. In order to secure safe
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Optoelectronics and Microelectronics
Optoelectronics and Microelectronics | CERN’s unique know-how derived from years of designing, testing and installing microelectronics exposed to harsh environments. CERN’s Know-How Facts & Figures Key Competencies Radhard electronics To withstand the level of radiation present in the collision points, unique expertise designing and integrating high performance and extreme radiation tolerant ASICs has been built.
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Machine Learning and Deep Learning
Machine Learning and Deep Learning | Know-how and experience derived from early adoption of neural network techniques by particle physics community. CERN’s Know-How Facts & Figures Key Competencies Designing & Training Neural Networks CERN has a long history in the design and training of neural networks in for example classification, filtering, event and particle detection,
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Industrial Controls and Automation
Industrial Controls and Automation | CERN’s unique know-how in designing, building, commissioning, operating and maintaining complex industrial controls systems. CERN’s Know-How Facts & Figures Key Competencies Open continuous process controls Expertise in designing and implementing strategies for highly complex industrial controls environments incorporating multi-vendor devices. Automation of the controls processes in an open, vendor agnostic
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High Volume Data Management & Storage
High Volume Data Management and Storage | CERN’s unique knowhow derived from storage and worldwide distribution of vast amounts of data. CERN’s Know-How Facts & Figures Key Competencies Storing & managing very large data sets Data storage and management of very large data sets in highly distributed, global environment. Rapidly responding and adaptable to the
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Health, Safety and Environment Management
Health, Safety and Environment Management | Devices, systems and methods for keeping people safe at one of the world’s most complex, large-scale research infrastructures. CERN’s Know-How Facts & Figures Key Competencies Industrial controls for distributed safety systems Expertise in the design and implementation of industrial control systems for highly complex environments, with high safety level
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Data Analytics
Data Analytics | CERNs know-how and experience with ‘big data’ analysis for high energy physics and control of systems used in the LHC. CERN’s Know-How Facts & Figures Key Competences Designing Data Analytics Infrastructure In order to process and analyze the vast amounts of data generated by the experiments at CERN, a data infrastructure was
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CERN tech for Quantum Systems
CERN tech for Quantum Systems | How to collaborate with CERN? Find out about upcoming Quantum related news and events here Key Competencies Thin film coatings for ultra-high vacuums CERN experts have developed a range of techniques and materials for thin film coatings in order to meet the diverse demands of achieving vacuums in different systems
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Collaboration Tools
Collaboration Tools | Large global scientific collaborations are the foundation of CERN achievements. Scientists need to exchange documents, publications, photos, videos and more. They need to meet, physically or virtually to debate and exchange ideas. CERN has expertise in building software tools empowering such collaborations. CERN’s know-how Facts & Figures Key Competencies Software for empowering
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Medical Imaging
Medical Imaging | CERN’s Know-How Facts & Figures Contact Person Benjamin Frisch Knowledge Transfer Officer benjamin.frisch@cern.ch Related Articles Case Study Project News
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CERN’s edge AI data analysis techniques used to detect marine plastic pollution
CERN’s edge AI data analysis techniques used to detect marine plastic pollution CERN’s expertise in data management is leveraged to combat marine plastic litter through the new EU project, Edge SpAIce Earth Observation (EO) and particle physics research have more in common than you might think. In both environments, whether capturing fleeting particle collisions or
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CERN software to become central hub for EU research
CERN software to become central hub for EU research | Over the last ten years, CERN-born Zenodo has evolved to store ever more scientific data. Today, a new project is set to ensure Zenodo’s position as a prime repository for EU research data What is the link between particle physics, the study of biodiversity and
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BioDynaMo: cutting-edge software helps battle cancer
BioDynaMo: cutting-edge software helps battle cancer | A novel mathematical model developed as part of the BioDynaMo project, born from CERN openlab, mimics vascular tumour growth in breast cancer and its response to treatment Choosing the right cancer treatment is a massive undertaking involving multiple stages, high experimental complexity and significant costs. Currently, two main
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How CERN and Ceva are pioneering the future of Edge AI
How CERN and Ceva are pioneering the future of Edge AI What does the face recognition on your phone have to do with particle physics? Discover how CERN and Ceva, a leader in digital signal processor technology, worked together to advance Artificial Intelligence (AI) on the edge. Each day, we are using devices equipped with
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Digital twins at CERN and beyond
Digital twins at CERN and beyond | Discover how these virtual copies of reality are being used at CERN and what their impact is on society “Digital twins” blur the line between the physical and the virtual. More than simulations, these virtual copies of reality incorporate real data to reshape the way we design and
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Accelerating stroke prevention
Accelerating stroke prevention | The same AI algorithms used to diagnose anomalies in CERN’s accelerator chain have the potential to detect brain pathologies such as strokes The complex system of the CERN accelerator chain requires immense precision in order to operate. To address this need, CERN researchers developed artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms that predict and
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From physics to finance: how can CERN tools help to uncover market manipulation?
From physics to finance: how can CERN tools help to uncover market manipulation? | With its world-renowned expertise in the analysis of massive volumes of data, CERN has started a unique collaboration with leading market-surveillance experts to explore how particle physics could help to build future manipulation-detection techniques Whether on the trading floor or in
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Colliding particles not cars: CERN’s machine learning could help self-driving cars
Colliding particles not cars: CERN’s machine learning could help self-driving cars | CERN and software company Zenseact wrap up a joint research project that could allow autonomous-driving cars to make faster decisions, thus helping avoid accidents In the future, autonomous or self-driving cars are expected to considerably reduce the number of road accident fatalities. Advancing
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Simulating the spread of COVID-19 with BioDynaMo
Simulating the spread of COVID-19 with BioDynaMo | Based on CERN’s experience in large-scale computing, BioDynaMo, an open-source computer simulation software, is now available in the European Open Science Cloud to support fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, understanding how the virus spreads is crucial for governments when deciding on
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Outreach award for initiative to teach high-school physics with CERN detectors in Spain
Outreach award for initiative to teach high-school physics with CERN detectors in Spain | Since their inception at CERN in the framework of the Medipix collaborations, the Medipix and Timepix families of chips have proved their worth in various technical and scientific fields, from medical imaging to astrophysics – Timepix chips are flying on the Artemis
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Unlocking AI’s true potential in healthcare requires collaboration
Unlocking AI’s true potential in healthcare requires collaboration It’s no secret that collaboration and knowledge sharing is how the world can improve. They are also a fundamental part of any scientific research project. At CERN, we developed the World Wide Web so that scientists could share their data with other researchers across the world. We
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CERN technology to support study of socio-economic inequities, in new collaboration with Statistics Netherlands
CERN technology to support study of socio-economic inequities, in new collaboration with Statistics Netherlands The CERN-codeveloped BioDynaMo technology in collaboration with Statistics Netherlands will perform large-scale data modelling on socio-economic parameters by creating a digital twin of the Netherlands; this can help policy makers combat social inequities | What makes people decide to relocate or
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Introducing CARA, CERN’s COVID Airborne Risk Assessment tool
Introducing CARA, CERN’s COVID Airborne Risk Assessment tool CARA, CERN-made software modelling the concentration of viruses in enclosed spaces, will inform space-management decisions on the CERN sites | Editor update 13/3/23: Please note that since September 2022 CARA is now called CAiMIRA – CERN Airborne Model for Indoor Risk Assessment. ______________ Since the onset of
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Applying Physics to Financial Markets
Applying Physics to Financial Markets | The Commodity Risk Management Expertise Center (CORMEC) and Wageningen University & Research (WUR) have signed an agreement with CERN to collaborate on research that aims to help protect commodity and financial markets from fraud. Advanced data analytics will be used to identify anomalies that can harm the integrity of