 Sat Jan 13 17:42:03 2018, Oindree Banerjee, using git
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I am writing instructions specific for adding code to an exisiting repository such as this one: https://github.com/osu-particle-astrophysics/BinnedAnalysis
From your terminal, get the repo:
git clone https://oindree@github.com/osu-particle-astrophysics/BinnedAnalysis.git |
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Wed Dec 6 18:21:38 2017, Oindree Banerjee, updating root on mac
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To get the newest root on a mac: this is what Carl and I went through today
Note that root was installed on my mac by IT earlier
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Tue Feb 20 14:40:15 2018, Amy Connolly , nitpicky things for writing
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Don't start a sentence with a number.
For numbers less than or equal to ten, spell out the word.
Put a space between a number and the unit? |
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Fri Mar 31 15:38:40 2017, Everyone, Writing/Presenting a poster
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Kaeli's Advice:
Writing the poster:
I generally start off my posters by using a template found at this website: https://brand.osu.edu/presentations/ They are easy to |
Wed Feb 22 15:47:40 2017, Everyone, Writing proposals 
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Oindree's contribution:
I am attaching one of my undergrad research proposals as an example. I got this research award for the year 2012-2013. --Oindree |
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Wed Feb 22 15:47:57 2017, Everyone, Writing papers
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Fri Dec 1 13:08:51 2017, Amy Connolly , Writing letters of recommendation
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Pay close attention to the wording of your stated level of support in the first sentence, and in the last paragraph. Make sure it is as strong
as you mean it to be.
Is the person you are writing for already working at the level of the position they are applying for? If so, state that and give examples. |
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Sun Apr 23 00:23:21 2017, Amy Connolly, Writing a proposal
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A few basic principles for writing a proposal, many of which I got from Scott Gaudi in Astronomy:
1. Make sure that the first sentence of every paragraph summarizes the entire paragraph, and that
2. All of the important points are covered in the first sentence of some paragraph. That way a busy "skimmer" gets all of the |
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Wed Oct 13 09:32:57 2021, Amy , To-dos for writing thesis
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Acknowledge federal funding.
Writing:
Check paragraph structure. Make sure that the first sentence of each paragraph summarizes the entire paragraph, and every later sentence |
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Mon Feb 12 00:17:14 2018, Jorge Torres, TProfile (ROOT) error options
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| Different ways on which TProfile can estimate and plot errors. |
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Wed Jun 20 14:28:47 2018, Keith McBride, Running icemc
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This is a list of things that should be expected when trying to make and run icemc.
1. The directory includes a Makefile.arch, but seems to have lost it’s
StandardDefinitions.mk, which was necessary in previous versions. Is it no |
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Fri Mar 3 15:09:40 2017, Everyone , ROOT advice
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Oindree
I am terrible at ROOT, so I have started to read the Users Guide on ROOT (attached). It's 700 pages.. so it's like a Harry Potter
book, no big deal. |
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Thu Nov 30 09:58:14 2017, Brian Clark, Preparing For Antarctica
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Congratulations, you've been selected to deploy to Antartica in support of ARA or ANITA. This mostly covers my experience in preparing to go to the
South Pole for ARA.
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Mon May 22 15:38:12 2017, Amy Connolly, Packages/Languages to learn to make yourself marketable
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R
Python
Various machine learning tools such as TensorFlow (this is on OSC) |
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Wed May 16 12:56:15 2018, Amy Connolly, Marjorie-isms
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Advice about physics from Marjorie:
Always start with the physics!
Triggering is where the physics is
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Mon Apr 9 00:03:09 2018, Brian Clark, Making the Most of APS April Meeting 2018
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Yay, it's April Meeting time! This is the biggest conference for the high-energy physics community in the US.
Resources and Lingo
A high level summary of the meeting can be found here: https://www.aps.org/meetings/april/upload/AP18Program.pdf
You |
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Tue Jan 9 20:53:29 2018, Suren Gourapura, Links/Advice on Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs)
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Hi All,
I applied to a few REUs last semester and am applying to around 7 this semester, so I decided to put some of what I have learned and the link |
 Sat Jan 20 13:22:10 2018, Suren Gourapura, Links/Advice on Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs)
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Hello fellow undergrads,
Another thing to check out is internships with NASA. It's ridiculously easy to apply for an internship at JPL (https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/intern/apply/summer-internship-program/),
but for other sites the application looks more like what one would expect for an internship position (https://intern.nasa.gov/ossi/web/public/main/) |
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Wed May 23 09:17:37 2018, Brian Clark, Lessons Learned from a Year in ARA Hardware
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Lessons Learned from a Year in ARA Hardware
Test samples, then build batches.
If building a new board, always build one to completion to verify functionality before building the rest. |
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Wed Feb 22 15:43:37 2017, Everyone, Job interviews in industry
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John Beacom: http://degreeofsatisfaction.blogspot.com/ A good site from a the view of a data scientist with a Ph.D. in physics about how industry
is different than academia.
Ryan Hype: "While I was looking for an industry position I was able to get some pretty good advice from the OSU Career Counseling and Support |