Tag: CERN community
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine: one year on
On the first anniversary of the military invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation, CERN reiterates its condemnation of this unlawful act and deplores the untold suffering of the Ukrainian population. Over the past year, the Organization has put several measures in place to support Ukraine, and in particular the Ukrainian CERN community. Despite the
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CERN celebrates Data Protection Day with ESA, EMBL and ESO
On 30 January, CERN joined forces with the European Space Agency (ESA), the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and the European Southern Observatory (ESO) to host the 2023 edition of Data Protection Day, which was held online. This year’s discussions focused on the theme of artificial intelligence. More than 400 attendees listened to the various
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Winners of the 2022 ATLAS Thesis Awards announced
The ATLAS collaboration celebrated some of its best and brightest PhD students at the recent Thesis Awards. Since 2010, these awards have recognised the outstanding contributions made to the ATLAS collaboration in the context of PhD theses. The winners of the 2022 ATLAS Thesis Awards were announced at an awards ceremony held in CERN’s Main
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Karel Cornelis (1955 – 2022)
Karel Cornelis(1955 – 2022) — Our dear colleague and friend Karel Cornelis passed away unexpectedly on 20 December 2022. After finishing his studies in physics at the University of Leuven (Belgium), Karel joined CERN in 1983 as Engineer in Charge of the SPS at the time when the machine was being operated as a proton–antiproton
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Computer Security: Winter season, virus time – one free pill for your device
As you take measures to protect your physical well-being, maybe it’s also a good moment to think about your digital well-being?
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How can citizens contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals?
To find out, join the Crowd4SDG Final Conference and take part in panel discussions and hackathons.
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Claude Rosset (1946 – 2023)
Claude Rosset(1946 – 2023) — Claude Rosset passed away suddenly on 28 January 2023. Claude began his career at CERN in 1976, in the Experimental Physics (EP) department – more specifically, in the unit responsible for mechanical engineering for the detectors. He spent his whole career there, retiring early at the end of 2001 due
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CERN openlab CTO co-founds Swiss chapter of Women in High-Performance Computing advocacy group
Women in HPC works to reduce this gender gap in high-performance computing, or “HPC”
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Managing energy responsibly: CERN is awarded ISO 50001 certification
CERN’s accelerators are responsible for most of its energy consumption. As powerful research instruments, these machines make a unique scientific programme possible and support a global community of scientists. CERN makes every effort to run them in the most energy-efficient way possible. Powering CERN’s unique array of accelerators, detectors and infrastructure primarily needs electricity, which