Abraham Tishelman-charny
Postdoctoral Researcher at Brookhaven National Laboratory
Town of Brookhaven, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAbraham Tishelman-Charny is a postdoctoral researcher at Brookhaven National Laboratory with nine years of experience in experimental particle physics, specializing in Higgs pair production and detector upgrades for the ATLAS ITk. He earned his PhD at Northeastern while based at CERN, where he led a novel di-Higgs final-state analysis for CMS and coordinated ECAL operations through LS2 and the start of Run 3. Abe combines hands-on detector commissioning and trigger-primitive optimization with backend software development for large HEP codebases, contributing to widely used projects like cms-sw/cmssw and genproductions. Comfortable moving between collaboration-level coordination and low-level code/configuration work, he brings a pragmatic blend of physics insight, software engineering, and operational leadership.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Horace Greeley High SchoolDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Elementary Particle Physics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Elementary Particle Physics at Northeastern UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Physics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Physics at Stony Brook University
Github Skills (12)
cer10
configuration-management10
cms10
configurations10
c-language10
generator10
offline-web-app10
high-energy-physics10
cprogramming-language10
python10
offline-app10
configuration-file10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
cms-sw/genproductions
Mar 2019 - Oct 2021
Generator fragments for MC production
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 reviews, 16 commits, 4 PRs in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Abraham primarily contributed to the development of generator fragments for Monte Carlo (MC) production, a crucial part of high-energy physics simulations. Their work involved modifying Python configuration files, specifically focusing on defining and refining resonance decay filters. These filters were used to specify particle decay modes and interactions, impacting the simulation of specific physics processes, particularly those related to Higgs boson decays. The commits demonstrate expertise in physics simulation and configuration within the context of the CMS experiment.
productionfragments
cms-sw/cmssw
Apr 2021 - Dec 2021
CMS Offline Software
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:4 reviews, 28 commits, 3 PRs in 7 months
Contributions summary:Abraham's contributions primarily involved modifying and extending the CMS Offline Software, specifically within the EcalTrigPrimAlgos and OnlineDB directories. Their work included removing obsolete variables from the EB TCP Formatter and merging code from external repositories related to the Ecal double-weight emulator. They also made code formatting changes, and updated the system for printout information.
cmscernweb-appc-plus-plusbackbonejs
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