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ILCSC grapples with moving the Linear Collider forward

| 22 October 2009 The International Linear Collider Steering Committee (ILCSC) held their bi-annual meeting dealing with issues varying from the validation of the letters of intent (LOI) for the detectors to ILC-CLIC collaboration to developing efforts on governance and siting. Category: Director's Corner | Tagged:

CERN prepares for LHC commissioning

| 15 October 2009 (...) We were very fortunate to hear a timely report from Philippe Lebrun on the status of the LHC and plans for commissioning at the American Linear Collider Physics Group workshop in Albuquerque at the end of September. -- By Barry Barish Category: Director's Corner | Tagged: ,

Toshiaki Tauchi, a would-be rocket scientist, joins the GDE Executive Committee

| 8 October 2009 The expansion of the Global Design Effort Executive Committee (EC) is complete. Today I announce that Toshiaki Tauchi has accepted my invitation and has joined the EC. Category: Director's Corner | Tagged: ,

FALC meets in Quebec City

| 1 October 2009 The Funding Agencies for Large Colliders (FALC) held its fifteenth meeting at Quebec City on 13 July 2009. -- By Barry Barish Category: Director's Corner | Tagged: ,

Operating and maintaining the ILC in the year 202X

| 24 September 2009 (...) the schedule for frequency and duration of time to repair, maintain and upgrade equipment can affect system design and R&D on component development and we need to think about these things now in order to be ready when the ILC comes online. Category: Director's Corner | Tagged:

Linear Collider Accelerator School underway in China

| 17 September 2009 I write this week's column as a lecturer at the fourth International Linear Collider accelerator science school that is underway at the Hotel Jixian in Huairou, located in a beautiful isolated park-like area about one hour from Beijing, China. Category: Director's Corner | Tagged: , ,

A new ILC baseline and global consensus

| 10 September 2009 (...) We are undergoing a process we refer to as Accelerator Design and Integration, from which we expect to make a number of important changes to the baseline for the ILC. Category: Director's Corner | Tagged: ,

Keeping up with ILC technical progress

| 3 September 2009 Today, I want to advertise another useful resource that provides detailed ILC technical developments: the monthly Project Managers' Report Category: Director's Corner | Tagged: , ,

The beauty of international collaboration

| 27 August 2009 I have personally been convinced during my whole professional life of the great advantages and the increasing necessity of International Collaboration. Category: Director's Corner | Tagged:

Stimulus funds for SCRF at Fermilab

| 20 August 2009 (...) The announcement by the U.S. Department of Energy that it will provide $52.7M of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds to develop the Fermilab (SCRF) programme is a very welcome development. -- By Barry Barish, Bob Kephart Category: Director's Corner | Tagged: , , ,