Director’s Corner 21 January 2010 Barry Barish Accelerator Advisory Panel meeting in snowy Oxford Last week I introduced a set of ILC baseline changes, the "SB2009 Proposal Document," proposed through the Global Design Effort project managers. I also mentioned that the first step in evaluating this proposal was an in-depth review held in Oxford, UK, […]
“Well done, now do some more”
Accelerator Advisory Panel publishes results from the first review
A few weeks after the first big Accelerator Advisory Panel (AAP) review at the TILC09 meeting in Tsukuba, Japan, the panel has published its review results (see also the two most recent Director’s Corners on this topic). After two months of preparation, an intense week of presentations and another few weeks of writing up the […]
The value of being reviewed
Director’s Corner 4 June 2009 Barry Barish The value of being reviewed Last week, one of our ILC project managers, Nick Walker, wrote a guest Director’s Corner about what he called the “review season” that we have recently been through, and he included some remarks about the review conducted by our Accelerator Advisor Panel (AAP), […]
New website open! – One-stop shopping on Asian accelerator information
A new website called Asian Accelerator Plaza (AAP) was officially launched on 27 May, and is aimed to be a comprehensive reference tool for anybody who is interested in Asian accelerator-related activities. This website was developed by collaboration among several Asian accelerator science research institutes, and is being operated in four languages: traditional and simplified […]
What’s in a word?
Director’s Corner 28 May 2009 Nick Walker What’s in a word? Today’s issue features a Director’s Corner from Nick Walker, Project Manager for the Global Design Effort. During the day-to-day activities of Global Design Effort Project Management, I find myself using certain nouns more frequently than others. Recently, the word review has featured prominently in […]
TILC09 will have some special features
Director’s Corner 19 February 2009 Barry Barish TILC09 will have some special features TILC09 will be held in Tsukuba, Japan, from 17 to 21 April 2009: We will once again share a venue for the Global Design Effort meeting with an ILC physics and detector workshop. These joint meetings help bring us all together as […]
Implementing “internal” reviews for the ILC Technical Design Phase
Director’s Corner 10 April 2008 Barry Barish Implementing "internal" reviews for the ILC Technical Design Phase Last week, the new Accelerator Advisory Panel (AAP) was introduced in NewsLine. This week, I follow up with a description of its role and why I believe it will improve the quality of our R&D and design efforts. As […]
Accelerator Advisory Panel to help Project Managers
The TILC08 meeting in Sendai saw the first gathering of the new Accelerator Advisory Panel (AAP). Other than the yet to be established Project Advisory Committee, which will be formed following a request from the International Linear Collider Steering Committee (ILCSC) and will consist mainly of machine and detector experts from outside the ILC community, […]