Director’s Corner 3 July 2008 Barry Barish The ILC-ECFA Workshop in Warsaw From 9 to 12 June, the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw, Poland, together with the Institute of Nuclear Studies hosted a workshop under the mandate of the European Committee for Future Accelerators (ECFA) to discuss the physics and detectors for […]
Integrating ideas at Dubna
Director’s Corner 26 June 2008 Ewan Paterson Integrating ideas at Dubna Today’s issue features a Director’s Corner by Ewan Paterson, Integration Specialist and Member of the GDE Executive Committee. At the recent Conventional Facilities and Siting Workshop in Dubna, there were four focus groups: Shallow Site, Infrastructure, Siting and Accelerator Systems. However before the meetings […]
Hot off the press: Technical Design Phase ILC R&D plan
Director’s Corner 19 June 2008 Barry Barish Hot off the press: Technical Design Phase ILC R&D plan “The word draft has been removed!” announced Project Manager Nick Walker during the GDE meeting at Dubna, Russia. This seemingly innocent statement represents perhaps the most important accomplishment and milestone since completing the ILC Reference Design Report (RDR) […]
The P5 Report and its implications for the ILC
Director’s Corner 12 June 2008 Barry Barish The P5 Report and its implications for the ILC On Thursday, 29 May, the High Energy Physics Advisory Panel (HEPAP) held its spring meeting in Washington, DC. The entire meeting was devoted to the presentation and discussion of the anxiously awaited report, "US Particle Physics: Scientific Opportunities: A […]
Critical electron cloud studies at Cornell
Director’s Corner 5 June 2008 Barry Barish Critical electron cloud studies at Cornell Last week we reported on the beginning of our important experimental programme on electron cloud effects, using the Cornell Electron Storage Ring (CESR) accelerator at Cornell University. This is one of our highest-priority R&D goals during the ILC Technical Design Phase 1 (TDP-1) […]
Establishing an Asian science communication network
Director’s Corner 29 May 2008 Mitsuaki Nozaki Establishing an Asian science communication network Today’s issue features a Director’s Corner from Mitsuaki Nozaki, GDE Asian Regional Director. If you were a university professor and wanted good graduate students in your research group, what would you do? You’d surely advertise high-energy physics in your class or conduct […]
Common fund approved by FALC Resource Group
Director’s Corner22 May 2008 Barry Barish Common fund approved by FALC Resource GroupThe ILC Global Design Effort (GDE) is made up primarily of in-kind R&D contributions done in the partner countries, mostly at the large laboratories that are developing the technologies and design towards a real ILC machine. Our primary mission in the GDE is […]
Globalising R&D
Director’s Corner 15 May 2008 Barry Barish Globalising R&D The coordination of superconducting radiofrequency R&D is central to the Global Design Effort’s mission of bringing the design for the ILC to the point we can make a robust proposal to our governments. Our efforts are becoming globalised more rapidly than we had envisioned. To achieve […]
Third International Accelerator School
Director’s Corner 8 May 2008 Barry Barish Third International Accelerator School for Linear Colliders: apply now Recruiting and training the next generation of accelerator physicists is crucial to the future of the field. Accelerator schools play a central role in introducing potential accelerator experts to the science and in providing advanced education. Since the ILC […]
The art of decision making: STF phase-2 cavity choice
Director’s Corner 1 May 2008 Barry Barish The art of decision making: STF phase-2 cavity choice One of the more difficult problems in conducting large-scale science projects is the process of decision making. The ability to make good decisions in a timely way can be an enormous challenge and can differentiate good management from not-so-good […]