Intros!

[RaoOfPhysics]

Use the template below to introduce yourselves! Some of the questions overlap with the survey, but that's ok.

- Who I am: 
- What I do: 
- What interests me: 
- My project(s): [LINK to relevant comment in #24]
- How I can contribute: 
- Where I tweet (if applicable): [@HANDLE](https://twitter.com/HANDLE)

(N.B.: Do not use this issue for 👍 / +1 and similar comments. Use it exclusively for introductions.)

[RaoOfPhysics]

I'll start!

• Who I am: Achintya Rao
• What I do: Science communication for CMS. I'm also doing a PhD in science communication.
• What interests me: Outreach and engagement
• My project(s): Will add!
• How I can contribute: Editing, project coördination, outreach etc.
• Where I tweet (if applicable): @RaoOfPhysics

[kreczko]

• Who I am: Luke Kreczko
• What I do: Research Assistant for CMS (physics & computing), but I do also do DevOps,
• What interests me: Making (analysis) software easier to use and long-term maintainable.
• My project(s): Too many to list, so here are the groups instead:
  • https://github.com/HEP-Puppet & https://github.com/uobdic for DevOps
  • https://github.com/BristolTopGroup & https://github.com/kreczko for physics
• How I can contribute: Most things that have to do with code.
• Where I tweet (if applicable): Sadly (?), I do not tweet.

[ric-bianchi]

• Who I am: Riccardo Maria BIANCHI ("Ric.")
• What I do:
  • Physicist, Post-Doc at Pittsburgh University, based at CERN
  • Developer for ATLAS Computing Core SW
  • maintainer of the ATLAS 3D event display software (VP1)
  • ...plus a bit of ATLAS Outreach :)
• What interests me: Interactive graphics and data visualization, explaining things to people, outreach
• My project(s): Will add!
• How I can contribute: coding, tutorials, new ideas!
• Where I tweet (if applicable): No tweets, so far...

[JoeriHermans]

• Who I am: Joeri Hermans
• What I do:
  • Technical Student at IT-DB-SAS
  • Master A.I. student at Maastricht University
• What interests me: Machine learning, astronomy.
• My project(s): Will add.
• How I can contribute: Coding, distributed computing, ML.
• Where I tweet (if applicable): @JoeriHermans (I don't tweet much though)

[pherterich]

• Who I am: Patricia Herterich
• What I do: Finishing up my PhD in Library and Information Science (on research data services for the HEP community) before I leave CERN in a bit
• What interests me: Enabling Open Research, anything else I can help with
• My project(s): this study group ;)
• How I can contribute: baking (vegan) muffins, wearing the Mozilla Science t-shirt so we can be found
• Where I tweet (if applicable): @pherterich

[jacquerie]

• Who I am: Jacopo Notarstefano
• What I do: I am a Junior Fellow contributing to http://inspirehep.net/.
• What interests me: Data Analysis in Python and related technologies.
• My project(s): List your projects! #24 (comment)
• How I can contribute: coding, coding, coding.
• Where I tweet (if applicable): @Jaconotar

[Cotera]

• Who I am: Ruben Cotera
• What I do: Technical Student at CERN.
• What interests me: Developing (any language, I learn), make friends.
• My project(s): nothing to note here now.
• How I can contribute: coding, ideas, docs..., just ask me.
• Where I tweet (if applicable): @RubenCotera (in English), @CrezCantabria (in Spanish and English). I just separate my English and Spanish accounts =D

[betatim]

• Who I am: Tim Head
• What I do: Consulting scientist and open source tool maker, previously: CERN
• What interests me: open-source software, building things, triathlon.
• My projects: everpub and everware and tim's blog
• How I can contribute: machine-learning, python, git, team building
• Where I tweet (if applicable): @betatim

[lukasheinrich]

• Who I am: Lukas Heinrich
• What I do: PhD in experimental particle physics (ATLAS)
• What interests me: physics (d'oh), developing a tools for physics analyses, making them reproducible, generally moving hep s/w to a better place
• My project(s): [LINK to relevant comment in List your projects! #24]
• How I can contribute: technical presentations about c++ / python, web services / tools, prototyping new ideas
• Where I tweet (if applicable): @lukasheinrich_

[hachreak]

• Who I am: Leonardo Rossi
• What I do: Fellow on IT department
• What interests me: physics, erlang, distributed computing, Machine learning, Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis, ...
• My project(s): See: @hachreak
• How I can contribute: everything I've a project on.
• Where I tweet: @hachreak

[daslerr]

• Who I am: Robin Dasler
• What I do: Fellow in Scientific Information Service (SIS), working on EU-funded THOR (http://project-thor.eu)
• What interests me: how information is represented and encapsulated; making research support services match the reality of how things need to get done
• My project(s): nothing of interest of my own to report yet
• How I can contribute: requirementsy/coordinatey things; rusty coding skills
• Where I tweet (if applicable): my Twitter is just for lurking :)

[Tontonis]

• Who I am: Hugo Day
• What I do: Fellow in TE-ABT - Beam coupling impedance and HV behaviour for fast pulsed kicker magnets
• What interests me: Reproducible scientific output, interactive analysis examples both professionally and as an educational tool
• My project(s): CosmicPi (cosmicpi.org)
• How I can contribute: Python, crash testing, building hardware things
• Where I tweet (if applicable): @Tontonis