Director’s Corner 24 May 2007 Barry Barish MAC review of global ILC R&D programme During the ILC reference design phase, leading up to the Reference Design Report (RDR), the International Linear Collider Steering Committee (ILCSC) appointed a Machine Advisory Committee (MAC) to provide technical reviews of our work. This committee has been very busy, meeting […]
The Machine Advisory Committee Reviews the ILC Reference Design
Director’s Corner 25 January 2007 Barry Barish The Machine Advisory Committee Reviews the ILC Reference Design Our steady march toward completion and release of the ILC Reference Design Report (RDR) continued into the New Year with a Machine Advisory Committee review on 10-12 January. This important review took place in advance of our planned release […]
EuroTeV and MAC meeting at Daresbury
Director’s Corner 18 January 2007 Brian Foster EuroTeV and MAC Meeting at Daresbury Today’s issue features a Director’s Corner from Brian Foster, GDE European Regional Director. The holiday period has been a busy time for the GDE. Shortly before Christmas many of us gathered at SLAC to have a first look at the RDR and […]
Machine Advisory Committee Reviews the GDE
Director’s Corner 28 September 2006 Barry Barish Machine Advisory Committee Reviews the GDE The Machine Advisory Committee (MAC) reviewed the GDE for the second time last week at KEK in Japan from 20 to 22 September. The MAC, appointed by the International Linear Collider Steering Committee, is made up of an experienced international group of […]
MAC – Thinking Different
“We will all give our very best to support the ILC design effort in achieving a design that both works and doesn’t waste resources,” says Ferdinand Willeke, freshly-appointed chairman of the brand-new machine advisory committee – MAC. The committee is a group of 17 ‘wise old men’ who all have a lot of experience and […]
A BIG MAC Report
Director’s Corner 20 April 2006 Barry Barish A BIG MAC Report Peer review has become a cornerstone of modern science assessments, scientific journal publishing, funding decisons and academic promotions. We actually instituted peer review early in the Global Design Effort when I asked three prominent accelerator physicists from outside our organization to review the baseline […]