News Archive
19 August 2008
Register for the Fermilab Pajama Party
All US CMS collaborators are invited to witness the start-up of the
Large Hadron Collider live at the Remote Operations Center at Fermilab
on Wednesday, September 10 at 1:30 a.m.
Breakfast will be served following the LHC start-up.
Pajamas are optional.
Register now
14 August 2008
Save the date!
First Beam Pajama Party at Fermilab
All US CMS collaborators are invited to witness the start-up of the
Large Hadron Collider live at the Remote Operations Center at Fermilab
on Wednesday, September 10 at 1:30 a.m.
Breakfast will be served following the LHC start-up.
Pajamas are optional.
Read the full media advisory
Read the US LHC full release
Read CERN's release
14 August 2008
Vote in the USLUO election
Vote in the US LHC Users Organization Executive Committee election
now through September 25. This new election will fill six positions for a
two-year term. If you are not a member of USLUO, you can
join and then vote.
Vote now
8 August 2008
Watch Start-Up of Large Hadron Collider Live at Fermilab!
Journalists and guests are invited to witness the start-up of the Large Hadron
Collider live and in real time at the LHC Remote Operations Center at the Department
of Energy's Fermilab, in Batavia, Illinois in the early morning hours of
Wednesday, September 10.
Read the full media advisory
Read the US LHC full release
Read CERN's release
8 August 2008
2008 CMS Thesis Award Announcement
Nominations for the 2008 CMS Thesis Award are due Friday, September 19.
Information about the CMS Thesis Awards Program is available online.
Read more...
4 August 2008
Nominations for Tanaka Thesis award
If you supervised a PhD student in experimental particle physics
who defended in the year ending June 30, 2008, please consider nominating
the thesis for the Mitsuyoshi Tanaka Dissertation Award in
Experimental Particle Physics. This year's deadline is October 1,
2008. The eligibility requirements and nomination
instructions are available on the APS Web site.
28 July 2008
FY2009 Appropriations Bills Update
From the American Institute of Physics Bulletin of Science Policy News
24 July 2008
Tutorial videos available
Videos of the latest CMS 101 tutorials are available here, or refer to this index.
23 July 2008
New links for parents
If you are at CERN with your family and have young children, some new sources of information are the CMS Hypernews for Parents and the CERN Childcare Initiative (subscribe to e-mail list) featured in the 21 July CMS Times.
18 July 2008
Meeting Friday, July 25
The featured speaker will be Phil Harris of MIT who will speak on the CMS tracker performance in CRUZET 3.
More information
17 July 2008
FY 2009 Senate DOE Office of Science Appropriations Bill
The Senate Appropriations Committee has completed work on its version of the FY 2009 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill.
More information
16 July 2008
US CMS Weekly Meeting
The next US CMS weekly meeting will be on Friday, July 18 at 11:00 a.m.
Malina Kirn will present the setting up of the Maryland T3 center. This talk
should be of interest to other groups wishing to create a T3 site.
More information
10 July 2008
First US-LHC Users Meeting
The first US-LHC Users Meeting will be on 24 October
at Fermilab. Reserve the date!
More information
8 July 2008
US CMS Weekly Meeting
The next US CMS Weekly Meeting will be on Friday, July 11 at
11:00 a.m. Joe Incandela will present the main topic of discussion about
opportunities for US CMS physicists to get involved in early analyses.
No US CMS weekly meeting this week
There will be no meeting this week because of the 4th of July holiday. Regular meetings will resume on 11 July.
26 June 2008
U.S. CMS detector construction project declared formally complete
The decade-long project to help build CERN's LHC accelerator, and
the ATLAS and CMS detectors culminated yesterday (June 25) when Dr. Raymond
L. Orbach, Department of Energy under secretary for science and director of
the Office of Science, announced the formal completion of the U.S. LHC construction
project.
Read the Fermilab Today article
26 June 2008
US CMS weekly meeting
The next US CMS weekly meeting will be on Friday, 27 June, and
the discussion topic will be CRUZET-II analyses. There will be no
meeting the following week because of the 4th of July holiday. Regular meetings
will resume on 11 July.
More information
20 June 2008
CERN releases updated safety report
Today CERN issued an update of their safety report for the LHC as part of
an LHC status update. The safety report reaffirms and extends the
conclusions of the 2003 report: that the LHC collisions present no
danger and there is no reason for concern.
Read the press release
Read the report
16 June 2008
LPC offers CMS 101 tutorials
On 18-20 June, the LPC will offer a set of CMS 101 tutorials for summer students and
other interested participants. Videoconferencing will be available via EVO. An agenda
and other information is available online.
16 June 2008
Upcoming US CMS weekly meetings
Due to the CMS 101 workshop, there will be no US CMS weekly meeting
on 20 June. The next US CMS weekly meeting will be on Friday, 27 June, and
the discussion topic will be CRUZET-II analyses. There will be no
meeting the following week because of the 4th of July holiday. Regular meetings
will resume on 11 July.
3 June 2008
LHC given high priority in P5 report
The P5 report on the 10-year strategic plan for U.S. particle physics
gives high priority to the LHC and its upgrades. The report is
available online.
3 June 2008
US CMS Weekly Meeting
At this week's US CMS meeting, Frank Guerts of Rice University will
speak about that status and performance of the ME CSC in CRUZET. An agenda
and EVO information is
available online.
29 May 2008
Summer tutorials at the LPC
At this week's US CMS meeting, Liz Sexton-Kennedy will collect
requests for tutorials at the LPC this summer. An agenda and EVO
information are
available online.
29 May 2008
P5 presentation to HEPAP
View the slides from Charlie Baltay's
P5 presentation
to HEPAP. Slides 19, 20, 38, 39, 66 and 67-73 are particularly relevant to
the US LHC.
23 May 2008
Latest on the LHC schedule
At today's US CMS meeting, CERN reported on the latest estimate for the
LHC schedule. View the slides here.
23 May 2008
Bringing your kids to CERN this summer?
If you plan to bring your children with you to CERN this summer,
U.S. CMS collaborators recommend the following English-speaking summer
camps:
Village Day Camps
MSM Camps
13 May 2008
U.S. CMS Run Plan Workshop - 15-16 May
The LPC will host the U.S. CMS Run Plan Workshop on 15-16 May at Fermilab. Participants
who cannot travel to Fermilab may connect via EVO. An agenda is
available online.
13 May 2008
First look at CRUZET data
Last week's CRUZET collected roughly 30 million events. View slides
from Friday's run meeting that discussed the first data.
8 May 2008
Register now for the U.S. CMS Run Plan Workshop
The deadline to register for the U.S. CMS Run Plan Workshop has been extended to 12 May.
The LPC will host the workshop on 15-16 May at Fermilab. To register, click on the
evaluation link at the top of the workshop Web site.
More information
8 May 2008
Weekly US CMS Meeting - 9 May
This week's US CMS Meeting will feature a presentation given by University of Maryland's
Ellie Lockner about detector commissioning and global runs for HCAL.
Meeting agenda and EVO information
6 May 2008
More U.S. CMS bloggers to write about LHC
The U.S. LHC blogs section is expanding. Two new U.S. CMS bloggers, Freya Blekman and Ken
Bloom, will join Pam Klabbers and Steve Nahn, who have been blogging about U.S.
LHC activities since September 2007. Follow your fellow U.S. CMS bloggers here:
Freya Blekman
Ken Bloom
Pam Klabbers
Steve Nahn
28 April 2008
Final agenda for USCMS2008 in San Juan
Onsite registration and payment Thurs 5-7pm and Fri 7-8:30am.
25 April 2008
Meeting Friday 25 April 11am FNAL time
The featured speaker Mike Hildreth on data-overlay tools that will overlap simulation onto Global Run data. Also the latest on pixel install plans, tracker cooling, beam pipe install, the machine and much more.
Agenda
19 April 2008
USCMS2008 in San Juan May 2-3
Please register if you have not yet done so. The latest agenda is available.
4 April 2008
Register for US CMS 2008 Run Plan Workshop
The US CMS 2008 Run Plan Workshop will take place at Fermilab on 15-17 May.
Register online to indicate your area of interest. The registration page can also be found by
clicking on the "Evaluation" link on the top of the workshop home page.
4 April 2008
DOE/INFN Summer Exchange Program 2008
The US Department of Energy and INFN invite US students to apply for the 2008
Summer Exchange Program. The students will join an INFN research team in Italy
for approximately 10 weeks between June and November. The deadline to apply
is 20 April.
More information
1 April 2008
LPC Physics Forum this week
The next LPC Physics Forum will take place on April 3 at 1 p.m. in
the Sunrise Room on the 11th floor at Fermilab. Pizza will be served
before the forum begins. Those who are not at Fermilab may participate
via videoconference (bring your own pizza).
Agenda
25 March 2008
Register now for U.S. CMS Collaboration Meeting
The clock is ticking to make your travel plans for the 2008
U.S. CMS Collaboration
Meeting. The University of Puerto Rico will host the annual meeting on May 2-3 in
San Juan, Puerto Rico. To avoid late fees, all interested attendees should
register online by April 1.
More information...
24 March 2008
Second Bulletin for US CMS Run Plan Workshop at the LPC May 15-16
Please read the bulletin and see the agenda where you may register by clicking "Evaluation".
20 March 2008
Register by April 1 for US CMS Collaboration Meeting in Puerto Rico
One strong theme of the meeting is "The First Days and the First Year of CMS at the LHC", focusing on the first days of running and the transition to the first physics.
Meeting website and program
19 March 2008
Weekly US CMS Meeting - 21 March
The CB Conference Committee is featured. This important committee has a vital role in furthering the careers of young people and rewarding contributions to CMS by collaborators.
Meeting agenda
13 March 2008
Weekly US CMS Meeting - 14 March
Dmitry Vishnevskiy will give an update on the survey of HCAL HPD noise at this
week's meeting.
Meeting agenda
13 March 2008
Newcomers to CERN
There will be an informal discussion for newcomers to CERN on Wednesday,
19 March from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the club area of Restaurant 2 on the
Meyrin site. For more information contact sandy@lsprice.net.
10 March 2008
Safety @ CMS
Starting 1 April, there will be significant changes to the access procedures
at CMS. View the
safety talk
presented by Christoph Schäfer at CMS Week.
7 March 2008
Global Run - 11-14 March
The next Global Run will take place 11-14 March. Detailed goals
can be viewed
here.
7 March 2008
Proposed LHC Start-up Scenario
At the weekly US-CMS meeting on 7 March, Jeff Spalding shared the latest
proposed LHC start-up scenario. The plan is currently under discussion.
View slide #6
7 March 2008
Going to CERN?
Take your camera! Have your photos featured in the Fermilab Remote
Operations Center online gallery. Contact Elizabeth Clements
for details.
US CMS Weekly Meeting - 7 March
This week Burt Holzman will provide a summary of the CMS Tier-3 meeting that was held during the Open Science Grid workshop in North Carolina.
Agenda
28 February 2008
US CMS 2008 Collaboration Meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Deadline Friday 29 February for conference rate at hotel
More information
27 February 2008
Kaori Maeshima named U.S. CMS Operations Coordinator
On Jan. 25, the U.S. CMS collaboration appointed Fermilab's Kaori Maeshima as its new Operations Coordinator.
Read more
22 February 2008
CMS and US CMS 2008 Run Plan
Save the date for CSA2008, a workshop to explore how U.S. CMS
groups synchronize with the overall CMS plan. The workshop
will take place at Fermilab on 15-16 May.
More information
21 February 2008
U.S. CMS Weekly Meeting - 22 February
The feature talk for this week's U.S. CMS Weekly meeting is, "Status and Plans for the
FPIX system at CERN."
Agenda
21 February 2008
CMS Week - 25-29 February
The agenda for CMS Week, 25-29 February, is
available online.
20 February 2008
Applications due for 2008 CERN-Fermilab Hadron Collider school
Applications for the 2008 CERN-Fermilab Hadron Collider Physics Summer School
are due 29 February. The school takes place 12-22 August 2008, at Fermilab, and
focuses on training advanced graduate students and young postdocs. Both theorists
and experimentalists should apply.
More information
15 February 2008
Volunteer for 2008 LHC Open Days
CERN will host the 2008 LHC Open Days on 5-6 April. On Saturday, 5 April, CERN
will welcome all personnel and their families to take tours. On Sunday, 6 April,
the lab will be open to the general public. Volunteer to help make the 2008
Open Days a success.
More information
15 February 2008
Register for the US CMS collaboration meeting
The next US CMS collaboration meeting will take place on 2-3 May in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The deadline to reserve a hotel room is 1 March.
More information about the meeting is available online.
8 February 2008
Access changes
Starting in April, access to the CMS detector cavern
and other machine areas will change. Experimenters will need
to get a new film badge that requires medical certification from
your home institution, a new training course and a retina scan. The new
training course will start soon, and it will fill up quickly.
CMS will try to arrange a special training session during CMS weeks.
More information
7 February 2008
US CMS Weekly Meeting - 8 February
This week's US CMS meeting will be on 8 February at 11:00 Central Time.
The featured talk will be the status of the LPC topological group – Lepton+Jet(s)+MET.
Agenda
4 February 2008
Hotel reservations for the US CMS collaboration meeting
The next US CMS collaboration meeting will take place on 2-3 May at the
Holiday Inn in
San Juan, Puerto Rico. The deadline to reserve a hotel room in the Holiday Inn
is 1 March. Call 1-787-253-9000 for room reservations and mention "United States
Compact Muon Solenoid" to get a special rate. A meeting Web site will be available
soon.
29 January 2008
Register for the P5 meeting at Brookhaven
The P5 meeting will take place at Brookhaven on 6-8 March. Agenda topics include the LHC and the planned upgrades. Registration is due by 22 February. Non-US citizens must register by 6 February.
Agenda and details
14 January 2008
US CMS Weekly Meeting at new time
US CMS Weekly Meetings are now at 11:00am Central time on Fridays. It is hoped the new time will better accommodate participants at CERN and across the US.
More information...
14 January 2008
CMS starter kit now available
A CMS software analysis starter kit is now available online. Sal Rappocchio (Johns Hopkins) presented the starter kit at last week's JTerm Workshop at Fermilab. All other tutorials from the workshop are also available online.
More information...
14 January 2008
Next CMS Week 25-29 February
Make your travel plans now for the next CMS Week at CERN on 25-29 February.
More information...
8 January 2008
LPC Jterm-II workshop Jan. 10-12
The LHC Physics Center at Fermilab will sponsor a workshop titled "Jterm - II" from Jan. 10-12. The workshop is named for the January term at LPC and is for graduate students and postdocs between semesters. The two-day workshop will include plenary talks and tutorials. For more information, visit the workshop Web site.
Read more...
19 December 2007
CMS flavour physics speaker needed
The conference committee for the “II Workshop on Theory, Phenomenology and Experiments in Heavy Flavour Physics” requests CMS to give a review talk on CMS flavor physics. The deadline to submit your speaker is 30 January.
Read more...
17 December 2007
Point 5 News
“…The YE minus 2 was moved closer to the plus in anticipation of lowering when we come back in the first week of January. The leak testing on the cooling circuits of YE minus 1 continued. EB Supermodule commissioning entailed the signing off of 14 and 17 of the 18 EBs on the positive and negative side….”
Read more...
12 December 2007
Speaker list for Lake Louise Winter Institute 2008
The final speaker list for the Lake Louise Winter Institute 2008 is now available. The meeting will take place on 18-23 February 2008. Don’t forget to register.
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