The CMS Physics Analysis Toolkit (PAT) tutorial, the fifteenth edition of which ran from 30 June to 5 July, has come a long way. Started January 2009, these tutorials have trained around 500 CMS physicists to use CMSSW, the CMS software framework for physics analyses.

The week-long programme includes lectures and hands-on sessions conducted by a team of 8-12 volunteer tutors. The team of volunteers is motivated by their desire to share their knowledge and to learn more in the process. Almost all the recent tutors were students in previous PAT tutorials and some of them have even become PAT developers. Besides the hard work and dedication of the PAT team, the course has been successful thanks to careful analysis of the feedback we receive from the participants.

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