CCP-TEPP Summer School 2026

29 Jun 2026, 09:00 → 3 Jul 2026, 17:00 Europe/London

Swansea University, Singleton Park Campus

The CCP-TEPP Summer School in Software Skills for Particle Physics 2026 was open to PhD students and early-career researchers in particle physics in the UK.

Topics studied included:

• Automated testing
• Documentation
• Workflow management for automated data analysis
• Open science
• Data sharing
• Techniques for high-performance computing
• Applying for high-performance computing resources

 

Monday 29 June

Talks: Welcome and introductions

Convener: Ed Bennett (Swansea University)

CCP-TEPP-slides-send.pdf

CCP-TEPP-slides-send.pptx

Intro.pdf

Intro.pptx

Open data for particle physics

OpenSoftwareDevelopment.pdf

Why you should care about open science

Workshop: Workflow management for particle physics data analysis

Conveners: Ed Bennett (Swansea University), Gaurav Ray (Swansea University)

High-performance techniques

Introduction to Snakemake

12:00 Lunch

Talks: Open Science in particle physics

Convener: Ed Bennett (Swansea University)

CCP-TEPP-slides-send.pdf

CCP-TEPP-slides-send.pptx

Intro.pdf

Intro.pptx

Open data for particle physics

OpenSoftwareDevelopment.pdf

Why you should care about open science

Workshop: Automated testing of particle physics software

Conveners: Andrew Lister (STFC), Benjamin Morgan (University of Warwick (GB))

High-performance techniques

Introduction to Snakemake

18:00 Evening meal

Tuesday 30 June

Workshop: Automated testing of particle physics software

Conveners: Benjamin Morgan (University of Warwick (GB)), Andrew Lister (STFC)

High-performance techniques

Introduction to Snakemake

12:00 Lunch

Talks: Open software development in particle physics

Convener: Benjamin Morgan (University of Warwick (GB))

CCP-TEPP-slides-send.pdf

CCP-TEPP-slides-send.pptx

Intro.pdf

Intro.pptx

Open data for particle physics

OpenSoftwareDevelopment.pdf

Why you should care about open science

Workshop: Workflow management for particle physics data analysis

Conveners: Ed Bennett (Swansea University), Gaurav Ray (Swansea University)

High-performance techniques

Introduction to Snakemake

18:00 Evening meal

Wednesday 1 July

Workshop: Automated testing of particle physics software

Conveners: Andrew Lister (STFC), Benjamin Morgan (University of Warwick (GB))

High-performance techniques

Introduction to Snakemake

12:00 Lunch

Talks: Data sharing

Convener: Ed Bennett (Swansea University)

CCP-TEPP-slides-send.pdf

CCP-TEPP-slides-send.pptx

Intro.pdf

Intro.pptx

Open data for particle physics

OpenSoftwareDevelopment.pdf

Why you should care about open science

Workshop: Automated testing of particle physics software

Conveners: Andrew Lister (STFC), Benjamin Morgan (University of Warwick (GB))

High-performance techniques

Introduction to Snakemake

Workshop: Documentation of particle physics software

Convener: Andrew Lister (STFC)

High-performance techniques

Introduction to Snakemake

18:00 Evening meal

Thursday 2 July

Workshop: Workflow management for particle physics data analysis

Conveners: Ed Bennett (Swansea University), Gaurav Ray (Swansea University)

High-performance techniques

Introduction to Snakemake

Workshop: Documentation of particle physics software

Convener: Andrew Lister (STFC)

High-performance techniques

Introduction to Snakemake

12:00 Lunch

Talks: Data sharing

Convener: Ed Bennett (Swansea University)

CCP-TEPP-slides-send.pdf

CCP-TEPP-slides-send.pptx

Intro.pdf

Intro.pptx

Open data for particle physics

OpenSoftwareDevelopment.pdf

Why you should care about open science

Workshop: Documentation of particle physics software

Convener: Andrew Lister (STFC)

High-performance techniques

Introduction to Snakemake

19:00 Workshop dinner

Friday 3 July

Workshop: High performance techniques

Convener: Andrew Lister (STFC)

High-performance techniques

Introduction to Snakemake

12:00 Lunch

Talks: Applying for computing time

CCP-TEPP-slides-send.pdf

CCP-TEPP-slides-send.pptx

Intro.pdf

Intro.pptx

Open data for particle physics

OpenSoftwareDevelopment.pdf

Why you should care about open science

Workshop: Preparing technical assessments for computing time

High-performance techniques

Introduction to Snakemake

Talks: Wrap-up

Convener: Ed Bennett (Swansea University)

CCP-TEPP-slides-send.pdf

CCP-TEPP-slides-send.pptx

Intro.pdf

Intro.pptx

Open data for particle physics

OpenSoftwareDevelopment.pdf

Why you should care about open science