Lauren Hay
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLauren Hay is a postdoctoral researcher and experimental high-energy physicist with eight years of experience probing QCD using CMS data and developing computational solutions for future HEP experiments. Based at Brown after completing a PhD at the University at Buffalo and research stints at CERN, she blends hands-on detector analysis with software engineering to push storage and runtime limits. Her contributions to the widely used CMS Offline Software (cmssw), including hardening the UniqueMerger class, show a practical focus on robustness and maintainability in critical experiment code. She also brings teaching and mentoring experience from UB and a knack for applying AI and novel computational techniques to real-world physics workflows.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Elementary Particle Physics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Elementary Particle Physics at University at Buffalo
Github Skills (10)
cms10
c-language10
offline-web-app10
cpp10
cprogramming-language10
cplus10
offline-app10
error-handling9
data-structure7
data-structures7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
cms-sw/cmssw
Apr 2020 - Nov 2022
CMS Offline Software
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:13 reviews, 35 commits, 21 PRs in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Lauren primarily worked on the `UniqueMerger` class within the `CommonTools/UtilAlgos` directory. Their contributions include implementing protection against invalid pointers, fixing code checks, and adding flags for skipping and warning. The user also addressed header file inclusions. These changes suggest a focus on improving the stability and robustness of the CMS offline software.
cmscernweb-appc-plus-plusbackbonejs
laurenhay/GluonJetMass
Nov 2021 - Mar 2025
Analysis repo for gluon jet mass measurement.
Contributions:3 PRs, 73 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 5 months
pythonjetmeasurementgluonmass
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