Papers and talks, citations

Papers

• Awkward Arrays in Python, C++, and Numba (published in EPJ Web of Conferences; arXiv) on July 2, 2020.

• AwkwardForth: accelerating Uproot with an internal DSL (published in EPJ Web of Conferences; arXiv on February 24, 2021.

• An array-oriented Python interface for FastJet (published in ACAT 2021 proceedings; arXiv) on February 8, 2022.

• Awkward to RDataFrame and back (to be published in ACAT 2022 proceedings; arXiv on February 20, 2023.

• Using a DSL to read ROOT TTrees faster in Uproot (to be published in ACAT 2022 proceedings; arXiv on March 3, 2023.

• The Awkward World of Python and C++ (to be published in ACAT 2022 proceedings; arXiv on March 3, 2023.

• Awkward Just-In-Time (JIT) Compilation: A Developer’s Experience (to be published in CHEP 2023 proceedings; arXiv on October 2, 2023.

Talks

• StrangeLoop talk (video) on September 14, 2019: motivation for Awkward Arrays.

• PyHEP talk on October 17, 2019: motivation for Awkward 1.0.

• CHEP talk on November 7, 2019: architecture of Awkward 1.0.

• Summary poster on February 27, 2020: overview.

• Presentation at SciPy 2020 (video) on July 5, 2020: introduction beyond HEP.

• Lessons learned in Python-C++ integration (video) on December 1, 2021: the motivation for Awkward version 2.0.

• Awkward Array updates on April 6, 2022: an overview of Awkward version 2.0.

• CSSI summary (poster) on July 5, 2022: applications beyond HEP.

• All about AwkwardForth on March 6, 2023: how & why of the AwkwardForth minilanguage.

• Awkward Array in Tiled on October 25, 2023: integration with the Tiled database.

• Awkward Array in Julia on November 6, 2023: AwkwardArray.jl.

• Awkward family (poster) on March 11, 2024: the ecosystem built around Awkward Array.

Tutorials

• Tutorial for the Electron Ion Collider (EIC) (agenda, video) on April 8, 2020.

• Uproot Awkward Columnar HATS (2020) (agenda) on June 8, 2020.

• Tutorial at PyHEP 2020 (agenda, video) on July 13, 2020.

• PyHEP Numba tutorial (agenda, video) on February 3, 2021.

• Uproot Awkward Columnar HATS (2021) (agenda) on June 14, 2021.

• Tutorial at PyHEP 2021 (agenda, video) on July 6, 2021.

• Tutorial for the STAR collaboration (video) on September 13, 2021.

• Loopy and Unloopy programming techniques (SciPy 2022) (agenda, video) on July 11, 2022.

• CoDaS-HEP Columnar Analysis (agenda) on August 3, 2022.

• HSF-India Mumbai (agenda) on May 1, 2023.

• Thinking in Arrays (SciPy 2023) (agenda, video) on July 11, 2023.

• HSF-India Bhubaneswar (agenda) on December 18, 2023.

Citations

To cite Awkward Array, please use

@software{Pivarski_Awkward_Array_2018,
author = {Pivarski, Jim and Osborne, Ianna and Ifrim, Ioana and Schreiner, Henry and Hollands, Angus and Biswas, Anish and Das, Pratyush and Roy Choudhury, Santam and Smith, Nicholas and Goyal, Manasvi},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.4341376},
month = {10},
title = {{Awkward Array}},
year = {2018}
}