Christos Papageorgakis
Research Associate
Menlo Park, California, United States
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Top SchoolChristos Papageorgakis is a postdoctoral experimental physicist and software-savvy detector specialist with eight years of experience on the CMS collaboration, now based at the University of Maryland and an associated member at CERN. His work spans particle calorimetry R&D, radiation-hard detector development, hands-on hardware and DAQ integration, and petabyte-scale data analysis using Python, C++, shell scripting, CI/CD and batch systems. He has deep expertise in Monte Carlo simulations and test-beam campaigns, and has contributed visualization and reconstruction components to the widely used CMS Offline Software (cmssw) Fireworks framework. Comfortable bridging lab and code, he combines practical electronics and detector commissioning skills with back-end development for high-energy physics workflows. Notably, his contributions link HGCal reconstruction objects (e.g., Tracksters) to improved visual diagnostics that accelerate analysis and detector commissioning.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Physics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Physics at Ethnikon kai Kapodistriakon Panepistimion AthinonDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics at University of Maryland
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Github contributions (5)
cms-sw/cmssw
Dec 2020 - Feb 2021
CMS Offline Software
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:26 commits, 2 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Christos primarily focused on developing features within the "Fireworks" framework, a visualization tool for the CMS offline software. Their work involved creating proxy builders for various data types, particularly those related to HGCal reconstruction, such as Tracksters. The commits show the implementation of new classes and integration of visualization components. Additionally, the user contributed to the display and filtering of CaloCluster and RecHit data, demonstrating a focus on data visualization within the CMS environment.
cmshepcerncms-experimentc-plus-plus
chrispap95/particleGun
Dec 2019 - May 2024
Scripts for easy massive generation of MC samples with particle guns for the CMS HGCAL.
Contributions:42 PRs, 286 pushes, 12 branches in 4 years 6 months
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