I will answer the questions where I have an opinion. Ê

The masterclass was a great success. ÊAll the students were engaged for the whole day, especially in the exercises. We had the students fill out the evaluations near the end of the day and got quite a good response. The main thing we learned is that we should have less of a formal presentation at the beginning and replace that with shorter bits that invite questions and discussion.

In our case the teacher (who had been a graduate student at Delaware about 20 years ago) stayed for the whole day).

I think everyone in our group who participated was pleased with the format and content of the day. The students liked very much the exercise distinguishing tracks from cascades and neutrinos from background.
We replaced the last exercise with an IceTop exercise about distinguishing showers generated by different primaries (photons, protons, Fe nuclei) on the basis of the ratio of single tank hits to coincident station hits in the periphery of the events. ÊOur graduate students Ramesh and Hershal contributed a lot to the success by leading the exercises.

We did use the wiki, and I think the format and the content were just right. ÊI guess we were lucky that the connection with the South Pole went so well. ÊThat was a high point. ÊAlso, James Roth demonstrating the South Pole gear was something they all liked.

We definitely want to participate in the future, and I think putting this on the agenda for the Collaboration meeting is a good idea.

Best regards,
Tom


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