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Helmut Weber (1947 – 2021)
Helmut Weber(1947 – 2021) — Helmut Weber, CERN Director of Administration from 1992 to 1994, passed away on 16 July. Born in 1947, he obtained his PhD from the University of Vienna, after which he pursued a high-flying career in the aerospace industry, where he acquired considerable managerial experience. Prior to joining CERN, Helmut had
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Egil Lillestøl (1938 – 2021)
Egil Lillestøl(1938 – 2021) — Norwegian experimental particle physicist Egil Sigurd Lillestøl passed away in Valence, France, on 27 September. He will be remembered as a passionate colleague with exceptional communication and teaching skills, and a friend with many personal interests. He was able to explain the most complex systems and mechanisms in physics so
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Environmental awareness: Mitigation of environmental noise from CERN’s installations
Reducing environmental noise: Not just loud words
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Collide residency award launches new call for entries
Arts at CERN launches a new call for Collide, its flagship residency programme, in partnership with the City of Barcelona
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Professor Eliezer Rabinovici elected as next President of the CERN Council
The CERN Council today announced the election of Professor Eliezer Rabinovici as its 24th president, for a period of one year
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Computer Security: Kill that horse
This summer, various security outfits reported on a particular nasty kind of spyware found installed on iPhone devices. Dubbed “Pegasus”, this malware is thought to be designed by a shady security company and sold to governments and others in order to spy on journalists, activists and even politicians (like the French President). An estimated 50
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Seeing Sparks!: CERN’s first serendipity forum on future intelligence
The upcoming first edition of Sparks!, which will be held 17-18 September, adopts the theme of future intelligence
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Computer Security: Privacy vs security – a double dilemma
In this increasingly digitalised world, privacy was initially neglected for some time, but is now gathering speed. The internet was the no-privacy Wild West, with big social media outlets, advertising companies and government agencies trying to gather whatever was legally (and sometimes even illegally) possible. People, however, are becoming more and more aware of the