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Marc Dobson EP Division CERN CH-1211 Geneva 23 Switzerland   Office: 40-5-C15 Tel: [+41] (0)22 767 9402 Fax: [+41] (0)22 767 8350 CERN Mobile: 164317 (+41 79 201 4317)   Email: Marc.Dobson@cern.ch WWW: http://cern.ch/Marc.Dobson   Send me a Short Message (SMS) on my mobile phone

My Job

I am a CERN staff member working in the Atlas Trigger DAQ group of the Atlas experiment, since Febuary 2001. My main area of work is the Online Software.

My previous job at CERN was on the CERN Fellowship program then on the CERN Project Associateship program (in conjunction with the University of Copenhagen). During that time I worked on the ATLAS Level 2 trigger (ATR group) and in particular on the Application testbed.

My Thesis

My PhD thesis can be downloaded from My Education page.

• Main ATLAS web page.
• Trigger and DAQ page
• Online Software:
  • Online SW main page
  • Extended RDB (RDBPlus) page
  • A document I wrote on Unix Scripting: some Traps, Pitfalls and Recommendations
  • Patch 13 for the Online Software release 0.0.17 (SRT release).
• Level 2 page
• Level 2 Pilot Project page
• Reference Software page
• Kernel Versions repository page
• The MESH information and libraries.
• Talks, Presentations and Papers relevant to my work
• Pictures of the Application TestBed area in buidling 513.

• Kernel Versions repository page
• The web interface to the logbooks for all the machines in our cluster.
• The web booking forms for all the machines used in the ATB. You can reserve time on machines in the cluster or check usage.

• Our new house: there are a few photos of our new house with a description in English or French (to be done / a faire).
• Ultralight/Microlight: One of my greatest interests since a boy has been flying. Since encountering Ultralights (Microlights or Ultra leger Motorise (ULM) in other countries) I have started learning to fly these great machines. For more info on Ultralights and my interest in them go to my Ultralight/Microlight page.
• My OBSOLETE Dial-Up scripts for the CERN ACB service plus general information for dial-up connection using ppp over a modem.