News Archive
29 November 2011
All US CMS Meeting
Check out the agenda and slides here.
18 November 2011
New CMS article
ATLAS and CMS combine summer '11 search limits on the Standard Model Higgs
17 November 2011
CMS Data Analysis School
CMSDAS will take place 10-14 January 2012 at LPC, and 23-27 January at Pisa.
Learn more
9 November
Two new CMS articles
The Weak Mixing of Light and Heavy
2011 Proton Collisions Come to an End
9 November
LPC Topic of the Week 15-16 Nov
"Lepton Jets, Hidden Valleys, and Stealth SUSY"
28 October
USLUO Annual Meeting
The US LHC Users Organization Annual Meeting will be 3-5 November at Argonne National Lab. Remote participation available.
27 October
Meeting Announcement
Confronting Theory with Experiment: Puzzles, Challenges and Opportunities in the LHC Era - 17-18 November at Fermilab.
24 October
Reminder - CMS Upgrade Workshop 7-10 November
Final days to register for the CMS Upgrade Week and Workshop at Fermilab, 7-10 November.
More info
4 October
LPC Guest Program
Funding is available for 1-3 month stays at the LPC during the period 17 Nov 2011 to 30 Apr 2012, to conduct any aspect of CMS research. Faculty, post-docs and PhD students are eligible. Proposals are due to Terry Grozis by 1 November.
20 September
CMS Data Analysis Schools
CMSDAS will take place 10-14 January at the LPC, Fermilab; 23-27 January in Pisa; and in the fall in Taiwan. Details and a website will be available soon.
8 July
Higgs Boson video available
See the video, which is the first in a series on particle physics for the public.
8 July
US CMS 2011 Elections through 29 July
The voting period is open through midnight US Central time on 29 July. Click here for candidate statements and election guidelines.
5 July
REVISED: UBS and US Citizens
The exemption from the 30CHF non-residents fee for US citizens only applies to those employed by CERN. Unfortunately it does not apply to users.
24 June
UBS and US Citizens - 30CHF will not be charged
UBS has agreed to exempt all US citizens working at CERN, including users, from the 30CHF per month non-residents fee. However, you must contact Carlo Hayes at the Rhone branch to get the exemption. +41 22 375 33 13
26 May
Workshop: Standard Model Benchmarks at High Energy Colliders
The second workshop in this series will be held June 15-17 2011 at DESY-Zeuthen.
Program and registration
9 May
LHC Physics Center new website
The LPC has launched a new website, which features updated navigation, bios of community members and a list of LPC events, programs, lectures, seminars and more.
9 May
Successful US CMS meeting 5-7 May at Notre Dame
Slides are posted for those who were unable to attend.
Meeting website
Timetable
3 May
US CMS meeting 5-7 May at Notre Dame
EVO will be available during the meeting, for those unable to attend in person. Community is "CMS"; Phone Bridge ID is 3336733.
Meeting website
Timetable
13 April
US CMS meeting in May is fast approaching
Remember to register for the US CMS annual meeting to be held at Notre Dame, 5-7 May, 2011.
Meeting website and registration
13 April
US CMS Fellowships for Summer 2011
The fellowships are a stipend of up to $6k for a high school physics teacher to work on CMS projects over the coming summer. In past years USCMS fellows have worked on many aspects of the CMS project both at local universities and at CERN. If you have a teacher you would like to work with, please contact Dan Karmgard, US CMS Education and Outreach Coordinator.
31 March
LPC Short Stay Guest Program
The LPC Guest Program Committee is calling for proposals for short stays at the LPC during the upcoming summer and autumn seasons. Faculty, postdocs and grad students are eligible. Proposals are due by Monday 25 April. Please email Terry Grozis with questions.
18 March
Reminder - US CMS meeting in May
The US CMS annual meeting will be held at Notre Dame, 5-7 May, 2011.
Meeting website and registration
18 March
Topic of the Week Seminars at the LPC
The next seminars are 21 and 22 March.
Check here for speaker and topic details.
17 March
CTEQ Summer School 10-20 July
This year's CTEQ Summer School on QCD Analysis and Phenomenology will be held in Madison, WI, 10-20 July 2011.
Further info and application
28 February
CMS spokesperson nominees visit LPC
Albert De Roeck will visit the LPC March 2 and 4. Slides and more details. If you missed them, the slides and info from Gigi Rolandi and Joe Incandela visits are available. We sincerely thank these three fine scientists for visiting the LPC in connection with the upcoming CMS spokesperson election.
25 February
Many Topic of the Week Seminars in March at the LPC
Please join some of the many upcoming seminars by excellent physicists from around the world. Dates include March 4, 7, 10, 15, 16, 18 and 22.
Check here for speaker and topic details.
24 February
Save the date for US CMS meeting
Remember the US CMS annual meeting will be held at Notre Dame, 5-7 May, 2011. Please mark your calendar and look for more announcements soon.
23 February
Higgs Cross-Section Workshop 4-6 May
Registration is open for the next Higgs Cross-Section working group, to be held at Brookhaven on 4-6 May.
More details
31 January
Guest experimentalist Alexei Safonov, 31 Jan-1 Feb at the LPC
Prof. Safonov, of Texas A&M and co-convener of the CMS exotica tau group, will present seminars on tau physics at the LHC.
Lectures are Mon and Tues in Sunrise WH11
24 January
CMS Data Analysis School on EVO
By popular demand, most sessions of the CMS DAS 25-29 January will be available on EVO.
Detailed schedule and EVO sessions
21 January
CMS spokesperson nominees to visit LPC
The three candidates for spokesperson of CMS have graciously agreed to visit the LPC: Gigi Rolandi 25-28 January, Joe Incandela 15-16 February, and Albert De Roeck 2-4 March.
Check here for EVO details on talk and Q&A session and to sign up for discussion slots
21 January
Sign up for 2011 CMS Central Shifts
Shifts may be taken at the FNAL ROC. The sign-up procedure has changed somewhat this year.
Details
20 January
Student poster opportunity during LHCC
During the next LHCC session March 23, a poster session for PhD students from the LHC experiments is planned.
Details
14 January 2011
A few spaces still available - 25-29 January 2011
“The CMS Data Analysis School- From Benchmarks of the Standard Model to the First Discoveries"
Registration and details
4 January 2011
APS Conference April 30 - May 3
Abstracts are due January 14 for the conference, which will take place in Anaheim, CA. If interested, please enter your title/abstract in CINCO for approval and nominate yourself for the talk.
Enter by Monday, January 10.
14 December 2010
LPC Guest Theorist 14 December
Christopher Vermilion of the University of Louisville will present a seminar titled "QCD at the Large Hadron Collider" on Tuesday Dec 14 at 2:00pm (CST) at the WH11SE (Sunrise), and will also be giving a talk at the Physics Forum on Thursday.
6 December 2010
US CMS meeting moved to Thurs 9 Dec
The US CMS meeting that normally occurs during CMS week will now take place on Thursday December 9 from 18:30-20:00
in room 40-S2-A01. This will remove the conflict with a Tuesday meeting on the CMS constitution.
2 December 2010
CERN/Fermilab School 2011
Applications for the 2011 CERN/Fermilab Hadron Collider Physics Summer School are now being accepted. The school will be 8-17 June, 2011.
Details
30 November 2010
Topic of the Week: Higgs boson searches in H->bb
Michael Spannowsky of the University of Oregon, and others, will be at the LPC 1-3 December.
Schedule and more info
17 November
Steve Ellis at the LPC 18 November
His seminar will discuss New Physics Searches with Single Jets- jet substructure - in Sunrise, WH11SE and on EVO.
Slides and EVO info
15 November
CMS E-JTERM 25-29 January 2011
“From Benchmarks of the Standard Model to the First Discoveries: Analysis of CMS Data” -- at the LPC @ FNAL.
Registration and details
15 November
Last call to register for the CTEQ/LPC workshop
Standard Model Benchmarks at the Tevatron and LHC, at Fermilab 19-20 November
15 November
QCD at the LHC Lectures by Joey Huston
Lectures will be presented Friday 26 Nov and 3 Dec, 15h30 at CERN (Th conference room or on EVO). Possible followup 10 Dec.
More details
12 November
Conference on LHC First Data
The First Year of LHC Physics, at the University of Michigan, 12-14 December
9 November
Prof. Jesse Thaler at the LPC this week
Topics include jet substructure, goldstini, and early physics signatures.
More info
3 November
Guido Tonelli at the LPC - Thurs 4 Nov
An informal get together in the Sunrise room, 14h00-16h00, will include a talk and discussion. EVO details forthcoming. From 16h00-18h00, "meet Guido" sessions will take place. Sign up on WH11XO.
1 November
End of European Summer Time
Clocks were set back an hour in Europe on 31 October. Stay sharp about meeting times until 7 November when the US follows suit.
1 November
QCD at the LHC Lectures by Joey Huston
Lectures will be presented Fridays at 15h30 at CERN (Th conference room). Talks continue for the next several weeks.
More details
13 October
Reminder of visa requirements for France
CERN Relations with Host States Service requests that everyone coming to work at CERN for any period of less than 3 months, and visiting France for any reason, should have an official PROTOCOLE D'ACCUEIL. It is for US citizens among others. The visa documents are prepared at the CMS Secretariat and generally picked up there. More info may be found in CERN Bulletin No 38.
7 October
Vote for the USLUEC - final day Friday, 8 October
Voting for the US LHC Users Organization Executive Committee continues through 8 October.
Upcoming meetings, workshops, conferences
US LHC Users Organization Annual Meeting, at Fermilab 28-30 October
Physics Analysis Toolkit Tutorial, at Fermilab 15-19 November
Standard Model Benchmarks at the Tevatron and LHC, at Fermilab 19-20 November
The First Year of LHC Physics, at the University of Michigan, 12-14 December
6 October
Conference: "The First Year of LHC Physics"
At the University of Michigan, December 12-14.
Registration and info
6 October
Reminder: Tev/LHC Benchmarks Workshop 19-20 Nov
"Standard Model Benchmarks at the Tevatron and LHC", Nov. 19-20, 2010, at Fermilab.
Registration and info
5 October
Wilson Fellowship
Application materials and letters are due 29 October.
Details
29 September
Remember to vote for the USLUEC
Voting for the US LHC Users Organization Executive Committee continues through 8 October.
10 September
LPC Short Stay Guest Program
Funding is available for 1-3 month stays at the LPC during the period 1 Nov 2010 to 30 Apr 2011 to conduct any aspect of CMS research. Faculty, post docs and students at US CMS institutions are eligible. Proposals may go to Terry Grozis by 18 October.
1 September
USLUO Annual Meeting in October
Registration is now open for the third Annual US LHC Users Meeting, at Fermilab, October 28 - October 30, 2010.
Meeting website and registration
27 August
Tev/LHC Benchmarks Workshop 19-20 Nov
Announcing the first workshop sponsored by CTEQ, the three LHC Physics Centers at CERN, DESY, and Fermilab, and the Argonne Analysis Support Center, on "Standard Model Benchmarks at the Tevatron and LHC", to take place on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 19 and 20, 2010, at Fermilab.
Registration and info
23 July
USCMS Collaboration Board Election Results
Congratulations to US CMS Collaboration Board Chair Nick Hadley and Deputy Chair Bob Clare.
18 June
CERN Council opens door to greater integration
The CERN Council unanimously adopted the recommendations of a working group set up in 2008 to examine the role of the Organization in the light of increasing globalization in particle physics.
Read more.
11 June
US CMS Joint Operations Program and Collaboration Meeting
The meeting will be
June 16 from 18:30-20:00 CERN time (11:30-13:00 U.S. CDT), at CERN in 40-S2-B01, and on EVO.
2 June
EVO-Skype Gateway
Connecting to an EVO meeting from Skype is now possible. The gateway has been put into production.
More information
19 May
US CMS Meeting 2011
Many thanks to the Brown group for all their efforts in organizing the successful US CMS Meeting earlier this month. It is now time to start the process of selecting the institution that will host the 2011 meeting. Institutions with interest or questions should please contact Nick Hadley or Vasken Hagopian by July 1.
3 May
US CMS Meeting Agenda
The agenda is available for the upcoming meeting at Brown, May 6-8.
Indico agenda
Meeting website
30 April
Fermilab Users' Meeting - June 2-3
Registration is open for the upcoming Fermilab Users' Meeting, 2-3 June, with opportunities for talks and posters by graduate students.
Registration and details
26 April
LPC Topic of the Week Guest Thomas Speer 27-30 April
Thomas Speer of Brown University will give a series of lectures on tracking and vertex reconstruction. Seminars will be in the Sunrise room (WH11NE) and available by EVO:
Tues 4/27 @ 2pm: The CMS Tracker
Wed 4/28 @ 2pm: Track Reconstruction at CMS
Fri 4/30 @ 2:30pm: Vertex Reconstruction and b-tagging at CMS
5 April
LPC Seminar 6 April by Chris Quigg
At 14h00 local time, Chris Quigg will give an informal seminar on his paper “Learning to See at the LHC” which discusses visualization of LHC events using pT-y space. Phone bridge ID: 1776751
Slides
29 March
Central European Summer Time began 28 March
Just a reminder that CERN has sprung forward.
29 March
Reminder: US CMS Meeting and Media Training
Register for the US CMS Meeting at Brown, May 6-8, and for the media training on May 5 at 2:00 p.m; registration deadline for media training is April 15 -- Please contact Elizabeth Clements.
Register here for the Meeting May 6-8
16 March
LPC Visiting Theorist Maxim Perelstein 23-25 March
Maxim Perelstein of Cornell will give talks on several different topics, and have office hours, Tues-Thurs 23-25 March.
Details and schedule
11 March
Register for media training preceding US CMS Meeting
A media training will be offered at Brown University on May 5 at 2:00 p.m. The deadline to register is April 15. To register, please contact Elizabeth Clements.
Register here for the Meeting May 6-8
8 March
J Huston and CP Yuan of CTEQ visit LPC 9-12 March
Talks are currently scheduled for Tue, Wed and Thu afternoon and Fri morning.
2 March
Theorist of the Week Ian Low
Ian Low of Northwestern/Argonne will give seminars and have office hours at the LPC, 2-4 March. The week's topic is "The Higgs Identity at the LHC".
Schedule and details
1 March
Applications for CERN-Fermilab Hadron Collider School
Applications are now being accepted for the 2010 Joint CERN-Fermilab Hadron Collider Physics Summer School, to be held August 16-27, 2010, at Fermilab. The School prepares young experimental and theoretical physicists for the anticipated discoveries at the Tevatron and LHC.
Applications open until 29 March. Details here.
23 February
LPC Visiting Theorist 2-4 March
Ian Low from Northwestern/Argonne will give seminars and have office hours at Fermilab's LHC Physics Center (LPC) 2-4 March. The topic is "Understanding the nature of the Higgs boson at the LHC".
More information and up-to-date schedule
15 February
Registration Open: US CMS Meeting 6-8 May
The 2010 US CMS Meeting will be held at Brown University in Providence, RI, on May 6-8. Opening symposium and welcome reception May 5.
Registration and details
9 February
LPC Lectures on Hadron Collider Physics
Lectures are in Wilson Hall at 13:30 on Feb 9, 11, 16 and 18; on EVO; and by recording after the event.
Info about the lecture series
9 February
Central DQM shifts at the ROC
Sign-up is now available using the central shiftlist tool for Feb through Nov 2010.
Read more and sign up
25 January
US CMS Meeting 6-8 May
The 2010 US CMS Meeting will be held at Brown University in Providence, RI, on May 6-8. A welcome receiption and possible media training will be held the afternoon on May 5. Details will follow soon.
25 January
LPC Theorist of the Week
Bogdan Dobrescu from the Fermilab Theory Department will be giving seminars and have office hours at Fermilab's LHC Physics Center for the week of January 25 - 29. His first seminar is Tuesday, January 26 at 4pm, on the topic "More signatures for new physics".
Schedule and details
20 January
LPC Guest Experimentalist
Gigi Rolandi gave a seminar entitled "The First Weeks of CMS and LHC" on 20 January.
Slides posted here
7 January
No All US CMS Meeting this week.
Due to E-JTERM going on at the LPC, there will be no All US CMS Meeting this week.
18 December
Draft Accelerator Operations Schedule
Best wishes to all as we look forward to great data-taking in 2010.
LHC Programme Coordination page
7 December
U.S. CMS Operations Program and Collaboration meeting
On Tuesday, Dec. 8, We will have a meeting open to all U.S. CMS people to report on and discuss various collaboration and Operations Program issues. Please join us in 40-S2-A01 at 18:30 if you are at CERN or on EVO (try to join earlier) if you are elsewhere.
Draft agenda
1 December
LPC Visiting Theorist : Yael Shadmi, Nov 30 - Dec 4
Yael Shadmi from the Israel Institute of Technology is giving seminars and holding office hours at Fermilab's LHC Physics Center this week. Her first lecture is Tuesday 12/1 at 2:30.
Schedule and more info
1 December
Weekly Meeting retains Friday 11am time slot
The All US CMS meeting is not being moved. Meetings are Friday at 11am, for the remainder of 2009. Future scheduling will be coordinated with the collaboration.
1 December
E-JTERM 5-9 January 2010
A few places are still available for E-JTERM, which is designed to help CMS physicists to learn, or to learn more, about CMS commissioning and analysis. It is open to all collaborators, whether you've attended a previous JTERM or not.
Registration and more info
25 November
All US CMS Weekly Meeting moves to Thursday
Due to the CMS Physics meetings Mondays and Fridays, the All US CMS meeting will be moved to Thursdays at 11am Central (18h00 at CERN), starting 3 December. No meeting 27 November.
18 November
Workshop: Higgs Physics at the Tevatron and the LHC: the QCD Issues - Thursday 19 November at FNAL LPC, 8am to 5pm.
18 November
LPC Visiting Theorist : Yael Shadmi, Nov 30 - Dec 4
Yael Shadmi from the Israel Institute of Technology will be giving seminars and have office hours at Fermilab's LHC Physics Center for the week of 11/30 - 12/4. Her first lecture will be Tuesday 12/1.
Schedule and more info
7 October
Call for central DQM shifts at the Fermilab ROC
We are asking for volunteers for central online DQM shifts at the Fermilab ROC for the upcoming exciting period of beam commissioning.
Schedule and guidelines
7 October
E-JTERM 5-9 January 2010
E-JTERM is designed to help CMS physicists to learn, or to learn more, about CMS commissioning and analysis. E-JTERM is an evolutionary step forward from previous JTERMs with more hands-on work. It is open to all collaborators, whether you've attended a previous JTERM or not.
Registration is open.
1 October
Upgrade Workshop 28-30 October
The CMS Upgrades Project will hold a workshop at Fermilab on October 28-30 2009.
Registration is now open.
28 September
Submit abstracts for APS in February
The APS "April" Meeting this year is 13-16 Feb, in Washington, DC. The deadline for abstracts to be approved by CMS for submission to APS is 13 October.
See the CINCO page for details.
24 September 2009
Media Training at CERN
In anticipation of increased media interest in the LHC during the period surrounding restart and first collisions, two media trainings are being organized at CERN for US personnel. The half-day trainings, which will take place October 16 and November 11, will be led by US LHC communicator Katie Yurkewicz.
3 September 2009
No All US CMS Meeting next two Fridays
Next Friday meeting 18 September.
21 August 2009
USLUO News
Voting for the US LHC Users Organization Executive Committee open until September 11. USLUO annual meeting September 25-26 at LBNL.
13 August 2009
Visiting Experimentalist August 24-28
Peter Loch from Arizona University will be on WH3, Aug 24-28, as a URA visiting scholar. He is one of the foremost experts on jets in the ATLAS experiment.
11 August 2009
LPC Visiting Theorist K. Matchev, August 10-14
Konstantin Matchev from the U. Florida Institute for Fundamental Theory is this week's LPC theorist-of-the-week. His topic is "The latest and greatest tricks for studying missing energy events".
More info and full schedule
3 August 2009
USLUO News
Nominations for the US LHC Users Organization Executive Committee will be accepted until August 14. The USLUO annual meeting will be held September 25-26 at LBNL.
Details
23 July 2009
CRAB Tutorial
This tutorial for using CRAB at FNAL may be of interest for people who attended JTerm. It covers the differences between running at CERN and at FNAL.
Tutorial
20 July 2009
Registration for Jterm IV closes July 27
The Jterm IV workshop will be August 3-6 at Fermilab. Walk-ins are accepted, but advance registration is much appreciated. Click on the "evaluation" tab to register.
Agenda and registration
19 July 2009
US CMS Elections 2009: Call for nominations
Nominations may be made by any US CMS member by a message to the Elections Committee.
26 June 2009
Presentation 2 July, 15:30, CERN Auditorium
Agenda and webcast
16 June 2009
LPC Visiting Theorist J. Feng 17-19 June
Jonathan Feng from UC Irvine is this week's LPC theorist-of-the-week. Efforts have been made to avoid overlap with the BVF workshop. The first talk is at 5pm Wednesday. The topic for the week is "Long-lived charged particles".
Agenda
12 June 2009
Shift Volunteers Needed
Responses urgently needed to cover Central DQM ROC shifts. These qualify for shift service credits.
Logistics, schedule and how-to
11 June 2009
Theory Seminar today
Yeong Gyun Kim of KAIST presents a seminar on Mass and Spin Measurements with m_T2 at the LHC
Slides and further details
8 June 2009
Vector Boson Fusion Workshop 17-19 June
The workshop on Vector Boson Fusion Physics at CMS will be held at the Fermilab LPC on June 17-19. The workshop will focus on an overview and discussion of experimental and theoretical issues associated with VBF Higgs physics.
Agenda and details
29 May 2009
All-US CMS Meeting at CERN during CMS Week
An All-US CMS Meeting is planned for Tuesday evening June 23, starting around 18:30 or 19:00 in 40-S2-A01.
29 May 2009
CMS Generator Mini-Workshop 1-2 June
The CMS generator group invites you to attend a mini-workshop on Monday and Tuesday (1 and 2 June) broadcast from Fermilab.
Details and agenda
21 May 2009
EVO Recordings of Meetings
When CMS meetings are at an inconvenient time, the record feature of EVO may be used. For example, to watch the recent All US CMS meeting, start the EVO Player. Select File - Open URL. Paste this URL and wait a few seconds for playback. Thanks to the EVO team for this collaborative tool.
21 May 2009
Steve D. Ellis, LPC Theorist of the Week
His topic is "JET PRUNING: Looking for New Physics at the LHC with Jets". The final talk is a summary at 1:00pm Friday 22 May.
Schedule and details
Fermilab Today article
15 May 2009
Final change: Jterm IV week of AUGUST 3
Who says you can’t go home again? After changing the dates once, now a PAT Workshop at CERN forces us to change again. This time we are back where we started, early August. We plan a 4-day workshop starting Monday, Aug. 3. The workshop will be aimed at physicists new to CMS, mostly graduate students and postdocs.
Agenda
4 May 2009
Save the date - JTerm IV in June
The week of June 8, likely the last JTerm before CMS sees first beam will take place. It will be aimed, as were previous JTerms, at graduate students, postdocs and others starting up on CMS physics analysis. Please set those days aside and plan to attend.
1 May 2009
LPC Web Survey - Please participate
In order to facilitate the broadest possible input, the LPC Advisory Board has set up a survey. We hope to hear from graduate students, post docs, senior scientists and faculty, whether or not you are currently working closely with the LPC. Your response by COB Tuesday 5 May will mean results can be presented at the US CMS meeting.
Please take the survey now!
30 April 2009
Daily Show LHC segment aired 30 April
The 6-minute segment about the LHC aired on Daily Show on 30 April. Watch it online.
29 April 2009
Weekly Meeting and CERN holiday
Friday 1 May is a CERN holiday. Those at CERN who wish to join the meeting please do so individually by EVO.
24 April 2009
LPC Visiting Theorist: Tait, 4/27 - 5/1
Tim Tait from Northwestern/ANL will be the next LPC theorist-of-the-week. He will be at Fermilab's LHC Physics Center (LPC) from April 27th - May 1st. His topic is "New physics with top quarks".
More information and full schedule
20 April 2009
Wednesday Plenary Meeting 22 April
The meeting will take place Wednesday at 15:00 CERN time, 8am at Fermilab in the Sunrise Room WH11NE.
Agenda and EVO information
17 April 2009
1st Joint Workshop on Energy Scaling of Hadron Collisions
The workshop will take place April 27-29 at Fermilab.
More information
2 April 2009
Secretary of Energy's Achievement Award
Secretary of Energy Steven Chu presented an Award for Achievement to US CMS and US ATLAS. Accepting on behalf of US CMS, Dan Green congratulates all collaborators on this award.
Read more
30 March 2009
European Summer Time
Clocks advanced an hour 29 March in Europe, making the time difference seven hours again between Chicago and Geneva.
18 March 2009
Trigger Workshop April 27-28 in Gainesville, FL
We are planning a US CMS Trigger Workshop to prepare our US CMS CD0 proposal for the trigger upgrade. All US CMS collaborators are invited to the workshop, hosted by the University of Florida.
Register and learn more
16 March 2009
DOE Project Management Award
The US CMS and US ATLAS experiments have won an award for project management from the DOE which will be awarded at a workshop March 31-April 1. Congratulations on the team effort.
More about the workshop
6 March 2009
Spring forward this weekend
Move your clocks ahead one hour this Sunday, 8 March for Daylight-saving time.
Be aware that France and Switzerland will not change their clocks until Sunday, March 29.
So, for the next few weeks, there will only be a six hour time difference
between Fermilab and CERN.
6 March 2009
Register for the US CMS Meeting May 7-9
Register now for the 2009 US CMS Meeting at the University of Virginia, May 7-9 in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Post docs and graduate students are encouraged to attend.
More information
5 March 2009
US CMS Mentors Program
Stumped with a software problem? Need help with your analysis?
Get involved in the US CMS Mentors Program today.
US CMS Meeting May 7-9
Registration is now open for the 2009 US CMS Meeting at the University of Virginia, May 7-9 in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Register and read more
23 February 2009
CTEQ Summer School
The CTEQ Summer School on QCD Analysis and Phenomenology, will be held at Madison, Wisconsin on June 24-July 2, 2009.
Read more.
16 February 2009
Banking at CERN
A specific procedure has now been put in place with the
Swiss Post office in the main building of CERN for
opening a bank [post] account for US citizens.
Interested users should email
Stephane Baeriswyl or
call +41(0)22.782.71.54.
4 February 2009
Grants for child care while attending APS
Small grants are available to assist with child care for people
attending APS meetings, including the May 2-5, 2009 meeting in Denver.
The deadline for applications is February 15, 2009.
More information
12 January 2009
New LPC Mentors Program
The US CMS Mentors Program is rolled out this week.
9 January 2009
Physics Analysis Toolkit Tutorial
A comprehensive tutorial on "Using the PAT in your analysis" will be held 13 Jan - 27 Feb. This is mostly electronic. Each session may be viewed via a web link posted on the agenda after each lecture.
Registration and Agenda
6 January 2009
Last chance to register for JTERM III
The LPC will host the next JTERM workshop on 12-16 January at Fermilab.
There will be sessions for people of all levels of expertise, including
an extended session on "CMS 101" to cover the detector, Remote Operations
Center, software tutorials and the use of generators. There will also be
dedicated sessions on physics objects, simulation, data handling, DQM and data
access models. The LPC needs an accurate registration count. Please register
today by clicking on the evaluation link at the top of the agenda.
More information
5 January 2009
Submit your nomination for the next US CMS Physics Coordinator
Nominations for the next US CMS Physics Coordinator will be accepted until 9 January.
Send your nominations to uscms-elections@fnal.gov
and include mail from your nominee indicating their willingness to serve.
10 December 2008
Information about Schengen Visas
Switzerland will join the Schengen visa scheme on December 12, 2008.
More information
10 December 2008
Register now for JTerm III
The LPC will host the next JTERM workshop on 12-16 January at Fermilab.
There will be sessions for people of all levels of expertise, including
an extended session on "CMS 101" to cover the detector, Remote Operations
Center, software tutorials and the use of generators. There will also be
dedicated sessions on physics objects, simulation, data handling, DQM and data
access models.
More information
5 December 2008
LHC to restart in 2009
The CERN Press Office issued a release this morning announcing that the
Large Hadron Collider will restart in 2009. The news comes after this
week’s CERN Council Meeting. The current schedule estimates that CERN will
reinstall the final magnet by the end of March 2009, with the LHC cold and
ready for power tests by the end of June 2009. Read the full press release
and report here.
Images are also available online.
4 December 2008
AIP Increases the Number of Congressional Fellows for 2009
The American Institute of Physics will be selecting an additional
Congressional Fellow to work on Capitol Hill starting in the Fall of
2009. More information about this opportunity is available online.
24 November 2008
No All US CMS Meeting this week
Due to the Thanksgiving Holiday, there will
be no All US CMS Meeting for this week. The next meeting will
take place on 5 December.
24 November 2008
December CMS Week agenda
The preliminary agenda for the December CMS Week is available online.
CRAFT will be held on Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning. A joint
Physics and Trigger Review will take place on Thursday afternoon. The Offline
Computing Plenary has been moved to Friday morning, followed by a shortened
physics session.
19 November 2008
Save the date for JTerm III
The LPC will host the next JTERM workshop on 12-16 January at Fermilab.
There will be sessions for people of all levels of expertise, including
an extended session on "CMS 101" to cover the detector, Remote Operations
Center, software tutorials and the use of generators. There will also be
dedicated sessions on physics objects, simulation, data handling, DQM and data
access models. More information and an agenda will be available soon.
18 November 2008
CMS Upgrade Workshop at Fermilab
The CMS Upgrade Workshop will be held at Fermilab on November 19-21. An
agenda is available online.
17 November 2008
No All US CMS Meeting this week or next
Due to the CMS Upgrade Workshop and the Thanksgiving Holiday, there will
be no All US CMS Meeting for the next two weeks. The next meeting will
take place on 5 December.
12 November 2008
New US/LHC blogger
UCSB graduate student Sue Ann Koay recently joined the US/LHC bloggers. Read
her blog here.
10 November 2008
Nomination call for the CMS Collaboration Spokesperson
Please send nominations for the next CMS Collaboration Spokesperson
to Achille Petrilli via
the representative of your institute on the Collaboration Board by 5
December. Any member of the CMS collaboration can be nominated. The elections
will take place during the March 2009 CMS week at CERN. The two-year term for
the next spokesperson will begin in January 2010.
5 November 2008
CMS makes it to Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert report
The CMS experiment shows up a couple of minutes into the video clip.
27 October 2008
Town hall meeting at Fermilab with future director general of CERN
Fermilab will host an open town hall meeting with Rolf-Dieter Heuer,
the designated director general of CERN, October 28, at 10:45 a.m. in
Ramsey Auditorium, followed by a reception in the WH Art Gallery (2nd floor)
at noon. The town hall meeting includes a brief talk by Heuer and
a Q&A session. Heuer would like to meet with all members
of the U.S. particle physics community.
27 October 2008
CMS Upgrade Workshop at Fermilab
Registration is now open for the CMS Upgrade Workshop that will be held
at Fermilab on November 19-21. The purpose of the registration is to get
an estimate of the attendance and of the size of the various
working groups.
To register, please go to the web page on the agenda server.
21 October 2008
CERN inaugurates the LHC
Read more
7 October 2008
Register for the US LHC Users Meeting
Register now for the historic first meeting of the US LHC Users Organization, to
be held Friday, 24 October at Fermilab.
Agenda and registration
7 October 2008
US Tier 3 Workshop
A US Tier 3 Workshop will take place at Fermilab on 23 October. The meeting
will start at 9:00 a.m. and last until mid-afternoon. The organizers plan to
have presenters discuss storage element options, PhEDex and OSG installation. A
round-table discussion about Tier 3 problems and issues will take place in the afternoon.
Contact Bob Clare, Alan Sill, Burt Holzman or Malina Kirn for more information. An
agenda will be available soon.
7 October 2008
Upgrades Working Group Meeting
A working group meeting for the CMS upgrade community will take place
at Fermilab on 19-21 November. The goal is to produce a working
plan for phase I upgrades. This plan will be used to focus activities
in advance of the CMS Upgrades Workshop at CERN in May 2009.
More information
26 September 2008
Fermilab hosts LHC Grid Fest, October 3
Celebrate the launch of the LHC Computing Grid at Fermilab's Remote Operations
Center on Friday, October 3 at 10:30 a.m. Experts will highlight the successes
and challenges of the grid, and its applications for other sciences.
More information
23 September 2008
US CMS Research Program and Collaboration Meeting Today
The US CMS Research Program and Collaboration meeting will be on
Tuesday, September 23 from 18:30 to 20:00 (CERN time).
The room at CERN is 40-S2-A01.
View agenda
16 September 2008
Photos from the Fermilab Pajama Party
What do your fellow US CMS colleagues look like in their pajamas?
Find out here.
8 September 2008
Installation completed and detector closed
The 10th of September marks a pivotal moment: the change of phase from construction to eagerly awaited physics exploitation. The past 20 years or so have been extraordinary and challenging but the most exciting phase is ahead of us.
Read more
8 September 2008
Reminder of US LHC Users Meeting 24 October
Please consider attending this historic first meeting of the US LHC Users Organization, to be held Friday 24 October at Fermilab.
Agenda and registration
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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