Salvatore Rappoccio
Assistant Professor at University at Buffalo
Buffalo, New York, United States
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Top SchoolSalvatore Rappoccio is an experimental particle physicist and Assistant Professor at the University at Buffalo with 12 years of experience leading CMS research at the CERN LHC and a PhD from Harvard. He blends deep physics analysis with hands-on software development, contributing backend improvements and an analysis prototype to the nanoAOD-tools repository used by collider analysts. His background includes postdoctoral work at Johns Hopkins and technical experience at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, giving him a track record of turning complex detector data into robust, reproducible analyses. Based in Buffalo, he also consults on educational resources and brings an educator’s perspective to mentoring students and developing analysis infrastructure.
13 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bethlehem Central High SchoolDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Physics at Harvard UniversityBachelor of Science (BS), Physics, Bachelor of Science (BS), Physics at Boston University
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Github Skills (14)
root-view10
analyse10
python10
document-root10
analyser10
analytics10
post-processing10
analyzer10
nano10
data-analysis10
xcode6
macos6
numpy6
reshape6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
cms-nanoAOD/nanoAOD-tools
Nov 2017 - Jan 2018
Tools for working with NanoAOD (requiring only python + root, not CMSSW)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:10 commits, 5 PRs, 25 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Salvatore primarily focused on modifying and enhancing the functionality of the `nanoaod-tools` project. Their contributions include fixing issues related to the `noOut` option within the `postprocessor.py` file, ensuring correct output behavior. Additionally, the user added an initial analysis framework prototype, creating and integrating a new analysis module (`TTbarResAna.py`) and related configuration (`postproc.py`). This indicates a focus on improving the core analysis capabilities of the tools.
python
rappoccio/QJetMassUproot
May 2019 - May 2023
Uproot-based QJet Mass analysis
Contributions:3 PRs, 53 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years
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