Tag: CERN community

  • Conditions of access to the fenced parts of the CERN site

    Conditions of access to the fenced parts of the CERN site Operational circular No. 2 (Rev. 3) – update of Annex I to the implementation measures Written by: HR department — Members of the personnel and other persons concerned are hereby informed that the Director-General has approved, further to consultation with the Staff Association, an

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  • Warning against fraudulent telephone calls

    Warning against fraudulent telephone calls — The Swiss Mission would like to inform you that the Diplomatic Security Brigade (BSD) has recently received reports of fraudulent telephone calls from people posing as false police officers and requesting identity or bank details under the pretext of an ongoing investigation. The Police of Geneva warns against this

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  • CMS collaboration explores how AI can be used to search for partner particles to the Higgs boson

    CMS collaboration explores how AI can be used to search for partner particles to the Higgs boson

    This search uses computer vision techniques to look for collimated bursts of light, a potential signature of Higgs partner particles

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  • Accelerator Report: The accelerator complex gears up for action after the yearly winter maintenance break

    Accelerator Report: The accelerator complex gears up for action after the yearly winter maintenance break

    The first beams are already circulating in the Linac4 and PS Booster and should reach the LHC on 11 March. A new physics run is about to begin!

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  • Happy hundredth Herwig!

    Happy hundredth Herwig!

    Find out how CERN is celebrating the 100th birthday of former Director-General Herwig Schopper, and how you can be involved

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  • Quadrupoles are red, dipoles are blue…

    Quadrupoles are red, dipoles are blue…

    Attracted to magnets, fond of fermions? CERN community, now’s your chance to write an ode to technology with a CERN Valentine’s poem. Our favourite entry will win a prize

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  • Your Google Workspace safely managed at CERN

    Your Google Workspace safely managed at CERN Written by: IT department — Many people at CERN use Google Docs for work-related activities. To provide a safe environment and avoid issues relating to data storage and ownership, CERN has purchased Google Workspace subscriptions. Thanks to this, it will now be possible to access CERN Google Docs,

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  • Joint Advisory Appeals Board

    Joint Advisory Appeals Board Written by: HR department — The Joint Advisory Appeals Board has examined an internal appeal lodged by a staff member against the Director-General’s decision, which concluded an arbitration procedure concerning the methodology of calculation of the salary increase annual budget in the context of the 2022 MERIT Guidelines and the decisions

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  • Computer Security: Bull**** Bingo

    Computer Security: Bull**** Bingo

    There are many mantras and claims floating around about cybersecurity. Some of them leave no room for doubt, like “defence in depth”, which suggests deploying protective means at every level of the hardware and software stack, or “KISS ─ keep it simple, stupid” to avoid over-complication and too many deviations from the “standard” cybersecurity system.

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  • Science Gateway welcomes its 100 000th visitor

    Science Gateway welcomes its 100 000th visitor

    Since opening in October, the centre has welcomed an average of 1000 visitors per day

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