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      Starterkit is a group of physicists who want to improve the working lives
      of young researchers working on the LHCb experiment.
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    We create and organise workshops that cover topics ranging from basic
    programming skills, such as using Bash and Python, up to in-depth
    explorations of the LHCb software.
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          <h2>Always feeling stuck?</h2>
          <p>The goal of Starterkit is to demystify the LHCb software.
            If you've ever felt like you're not sure why you're writing the
            code you're writing, or not sure what code you even need to write,
            we can help you.
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          <h2>From the bottom up</h2>
          <p>We start from the very basics, each lesson building on the last.
            Once you understand the details and how things fit together, you
            have the power to learn more on your own.</p>
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          <h2>Up-to-date</h2>
          <p>Our workshops are usually held twice per year, and we check that
            the code in the lessons is up-to-date and that it works. Never be
            frustrated by outdated tutorials again.</p>
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          <h2>Join the collaboration</h2>
          <p>Attendees of the workshops are generally Master's and PhD
            students. You'll get to meet nice people doing interesting things,
            getting to know the people who make ‘LHCb’ what it is.</p>
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          <h2>Become a pro</h2>
          <p>Not just for beginners, we also hold workshops for learning
            the advanced aspects of LHCb software. At the end of the workshop,
            everyone hacks on little, unique projects.</p>
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          <h2>Pay it forward</h2>
          <p>Starterkit is made up of young researchers who write and teach all
            the material. You can contribute to all the lessons, and you can
            join us to teach and to help at the next workshop.</p>
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  <h1>The material</h1> <p>All of the lessons we teach in the workshops are
    available online, so that you can study at your own pace either before
    or after a workshop.  We strive to make the lessons compact, correct, and
    the best reference for performing particular tasks.</p> <p>The lessons are
    divided in to <a href="https://lhcb.github.io/first-analysis-steps/">beginner lessons</a>,
    which are useful for students just starting with LHCb and those who don't
    feel comfortable with the software they're using, and
    <a href="https://lhcb.github.io/second-analysis-steps/">advanced lessons</a>,
    where some topics may not be useful to everyone, but give students a deeper
    understand of how and why things work the way they do.</p>

  <h1>The workshops</h1>
  <p>So far, Starterkit has organised two types of workshops: Starterkits, for 
    early PhD and Master's students who need an introduction to LHCb and its 
    software; and Impactkits, where more experienced students can learn 
    advanced analysis techniques and hack on new ideas.</p>

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    Compute the current date so that we can show past and future workshops.
    Note that this is only computed once, when the site is built. Once a
    workshop has finished, this site will (hopefully) be updated with the
    summary of the workshop, and so this date will be recomputed.
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  <h2>Upcoming and future workshops</h2>
  <p>This is the list of workshops that will happen soon and that we plan to
    hold in the future. We send out emails to the <code>lhcb-general</code>
    mailing list when the registration is open.</p>
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  <h2>Previous workshops</h2>
  <p>This is the list of workshops we've held so far.</p>
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  <h1>Contribute</h1>
  <p>The lessons are <a href="https://github.com/{{ site.github_username }}">hosted on GitHub</a>,
    and we encourage all readers and participants to
    <a href="https://github.com/lhcb/first-analysis-steps/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md">fork, edit,
      and create the content</a>. If you spot a problem with any of the
    lessons, such as if an example no longer works or something needs further
    clarification, please open an issue on the respective repository.</p>
  <p>The success of Starterkit workshop depends the new people taking over from
    the current cohort.  If you're interested in helping the next batch of
    students be efficient, confident, and <emph>happy</emph> working on LHCb,
    you can become a helper or a teacher in a workshop. You don't have to be a
    coding wizard or an LHCb master, just enthusiastic about helping
    people. Please <a href="mailto:lhcb-starterkit@cern.ch">get in touch</a>.</p>
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