Missed my #SummerSchool talk on the #LargeHadronCollider and the #HiggsBoson?
It’s not quite the same but here’s the episode of the podcast I was recently on, in which we spoke about #CERN, #ParticlePhysics, fundamental research, the costs associated with it, why and how do we do this sort of research, and much more!
Feedback welcome; this was a new experience for me.
#introductions
Here's a much-overdue introduction!
I am a science writer by training and profession, working at #CERN since Sep 2010 and communicating everything to do with #particlephysics.
Since Jan 2014, I've also been pursuing a PhD in #scicomm, from UWE Bristol (remote, part-time -- a hell of a combination that I do not wish upon anyone).
I love learning (about) programming.
When I can spare the time, I also attend #taekwondo training and play #thecricket for the CERN Cricket Club.
📢 PLS BOOST: Help fund trans-led research into the trans healthcare issues - Clara is leading a study into neovaginal microbiome. They've already hit the minimum funding level and are working towards their stretch goal to enable sequencing of more samples.
Please donate if you can and share onwards so this amazing team can get to the full optimal finding target 💙💗🤍💗💙 🏳️🌈
I am a happy #Rstats user, but I have finally started to learn #python #pandas Here I make my first comparison between #pandas and #tidyverse while testing reticulate package to combine both in same document: https://www.carloscamara.es/en/blog/2020/02/08/manipulating-dataframes-in-r-and-python/
makefile, pandoc
After @RaoOfPhysics did it, I thought that I would share my #Pandoc #makefile too:
https://cryptpad.fr/code/#/2/code/view/hRk0vLFrwsUocd+l9iKz2F42Lc1X3RG0lzSgcYBqaoc/
Comments and suggestions welcome.
R, blog
I had an itch to scratch, so I hacked together a solution and posted my first-ever blog entry on R:
https://blog.achintyarao.in/post/r-markdown-automatically-render-output/
Markdown + pandoc, writing articles (+)
Ugh, this is the right link: https://blog.achintyarao.in/post/markdown-pandoc-make/
Markdown + pandoc, writing articles (+)
I documented my workflow here (finally): https://blog.achintyarao.in/markdown-pandoc-make/
An example of a reproducible article using ERA (Executable Research Article), a tool developed by eLife and Stencila.
https://elife.stencila.io/article-52258
Both #Python and #RStats can be used.
More info about ERA here: https://elifesciences.org/labs/dc5acbde/welcome-to-a-new-era-of-reproducible-publishing
#SummerSchool wrap-up
Hi friends!
The slides, recordings or other media for #SummerSchool that presenters have shared with us are now available at the following page:
https://summerschool.scholar.social
Thanks again to everyone who participated, moderated, presented, and of course to the organizers!
Particle physics, new discovery, CERN
The LHCb experiment at CERN found a new kind of composite particle at the Large Hadron Collider and I got to write about it for home.cern:
https://home.cern/news/news/physics/lhcb-discovers-first-open-charm-tetraquark
Markdown + pandoc, writing articles (+)
I ❤️ using pandoc to convert markdown content simultaneously to various formats that I can e-mail people at work for feedback:
– PDF, because it’s beautiful to look at and the physics nerds will appreciate LaTeX-formatted content
– HTML, so those on their phones can open it with the built-in web browser with a font size that isn’t tiny
– DOCX, for those who need to edit the document and/or send me comments
Thanks to one makefile I copy into new projects.
Missed my #SummerSchool talk on the #LargeHadronCollider and the #HiggsBoson?
It’s not quite the same but here’s the episode of the podcast I was recently on, in which we spoke about #CERN, #ParticlePhysics, fundamental research, the costs associated with it, why and how do we do this sort of research, and much more!
Feedback welcome; this was a new experience for me.
at 6pm utc today @RaoOfPhysics will be presenting about the large hadron collider and the higgs boson, and using Very Big things to study the Very, Very Small for #SummerSchool! ⛰🐜
Ramanujan number, Wikipedia, decolonise science
@RaoOfPhysics Wikipedia mods are just like mods elsewhere. Biased with god-like complexes.
Here is another one I know. This has to do with Principle Component Analysis / Proper Orthogonal Decomposition:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karhunen–Loève_theorem
> the Karhunen–Loève theorem, also known as the Kosambi–Karhunen–Loève theorem ... Stochastic processes given by infinite series of this form were first considered by Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi
Being first does not count
Selfie, science, CERN, COVID19
Snuck into the ATLAS experiment’s cavern around 100 metres underground, on my first day back at #CERN since March.
If you are interested, join my #SummerSchool talk tomorrow evening, where I will tell you all about the #LargeHadronCollider and the #HiggsBoson.
Send me a DM to get the video-conference info for tomorrow.
Freelance #SciComm wizard 🧙 • Formerly #CERN and CMS Experiment ✍️ • PhD student 🎓: UWE Bristol • #OpenScience ⚛️ • #rstats 📈 • #cricket 🏏 • Q71587422 • he/him