Wednesday, August 11
10:30 a.m. Academic Lecture Series - 1 West (NOTE DATE & LOCATION)
Speaker: L. Lyons, Oxford University
Title: Practical Statistics for Physicists: Goodness of Fit and
Hypothesis Testing
3:30 a.m. DIRECTOR'S COFFEE BREAK - 2nd Flr X-Over
THERE WILL BE NO FERMILAB COLLOQUIUM THIS WEEK
Thursday, August 12
10:30 a.m. Academic Lecture Series - 1 West (NOTE LOCATION)
Speaker: L. Lyons, Oxford University
Title: Practical Statistics for Physicists: Bayes and Frequentism
2:30 p.m. Theoretical Physics Seminar - Curia II
Speaker: S. Vempati, Universita di Padua
Title: Lepton Flavour Violation in Grand Unified Theories
and Its Consequences
3:30 p.m. DIRECTOR'S COFFEE BREAK - 2nd Flr X-Over
THERE WILL BE NO ACCELERATOR PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY
SEMINAR TODAY
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Wednesday, August 11
Portabello Harvest Grain soup
Santa Fe Chicken Quesadilla $4.75
Garlic Herb Roasted Pork $3.75
Seafood Jambalaya $3.50
Roast Beef on Ciabatta w/ Red Pepper Mayo $4.75
Meatlover's Pizza $2.75
Pesto Shrimp Linguini with Leeks & Tomatoes $4.75
Wilson Hall Cafe Menu
Chez Leon
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Fermilab Host to First Indo-U.S. Accelerator R&D Working Group Meeting
Last Thursday and Friday, scientists from Fermilab, SLAC, Jefferson Lab, and Argonne and Brookhaven
National Laboratories met with several scientists from India for the first meeting
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Vinod Sahni, Center of Advanced
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of the Indo-U.S. Accelerator R&D Working Group. The group was formed to explore
India-U.S. collaboration on current and future particle physics projects such
as an International Linear Collider, a superconducting linear accelerator, and
neutrino experiments.
"Collaborations between India and the U.S. are beneficial to both countries,
and discussions like these are vital to the future of particle physics, and
the International Linear Collider," said Fermilab's Shekhar Mishra, the U.S.
liaison to the working group. "The meeting was very successful; we have agreed
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to have a scientific staff exchange as a first step to developing this
collaboration further."
At Fermilab, the group heard presentations on U.S. accelerator activities, Linear
Collider R&D, and grid computing at Fermilab. Indian scientists spoke on the past,
present and future of the Indian accelerator program, the grid computing
initiative in India and the Indian Gamma Ray Observatory. The workshop concluded
Friday evening with a dinner hosted by Indian scientists at Fermilab.
The Indian delegation was smaller than originally planned due to scheduling
difficulties in obtaining U.S. and Canadian visas. The full delegation will visit
the U.S. at a later date.
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FYI: AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News, August 8, 2004
Rep. Henry Waxman's Views on S&T Advisors in Policy Making
The National Academies of Sciences Committee on Ensuring the Best Science & Technology Presidential and Federal Advisory Committee Appointments received testimony from Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Rep. Vernon Ehlers (R-MI) (see FYI #106). Below are the prepared comments of Rep. Waxman. See FYI #107 for Rep. Ehlers' remarks.
"Thank you for the invitation to come here today. It is impossible to overestimate the importance of the National Academy of Sciences to policymakers like me - and indeed to the entire nation. When political conflict surrounds a scientific issue, we need to hear an independent and expert view of the evidence. Your work reviewing and clarifying data on such complex issues as vaccine safety, nursing home standards, and the science of climate change has been enormously important...
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FYI: AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News, August 8, 2004
Rep. Vern Ehlers on S&T Advisors in Policy Making
As reviewed in FYI #106, the National Academies of Science Committee on Ensuring the Best Science & Technology Presidential and Federal Advisory Committee Appointments met on July 21. One of the speakers at this meeting was Rep. Vernon Ehlers (R-MI). Ehlers, one of two physicists in Congress, is the chairman of the Subcommittee on Environment, Technology and Standards. The full text of Ehlers' prepared remarks follow. FYI #108 will provide the full comments of Rep. Henry Waxman.
"...Science and technology surround us--computers and communications devices, advances in food production and medicine, as well as breakthroughs in energy and defense--all rely on innovations in science and technology. These advances drive our economy, secure the nation, and improve our daily lives. They also frequently pose significant ethical and societal questions that may require regulation or policy solutions. Scientific information is a key consideration in making policy decisions. However, many additional factors--including societal values, economic costs and political judgments--must also be included in the final decision...
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What's Up with the Linear Collider?
The ninth in a series of Fermilab Today stories on the International
Linear Collider. The entire series is available online.
CERN and the Linear Collider
On July 19, the CERN Council held a meeting in Rome to discuss its
potential role in, and interactions with, a linear collider. The
Council
is the highest CERN authority and has the ultimate responsibility for all
important decisions. It determines CERN's policy and controls CERN's activities
in scientific, technical and administrative matters. Each of the 20
CERN member
states
has two official delegates, one representing each nation's government and the
other national scientific interests.
At the Rome meeting the Council reaffirmed that the Large Hadron Collider project,
currently under construction and to be completed in 2007, is CERN's highest priority.
At the same time, the Council supports CERN's participation in R&D for a future
linear collider.
"CERN is an active partner in the CARE and EuroTev projects in collaboration with
other laboratories to design a future linear collider," said James Gillies, head
of the CERN Press Office. CARE stands for Coordinated Accelerator Research in
Europe, a project started earlier this year to integrate numerous European
resources contributing to a variety of accelerator R&D projects. EuroTev is
the European Design Study Towards a Global TeV Linear Collider, a project
involving more than 20 European institutes who have joined forces to advance the design
of a linear collider. The EuroTev collaboration coordinates its efforts with
the International Linear Collider Steering Committee. The study group currently
focuses on linear collider design tasks
that are mostly independent of the upcoming technology recommendation
('warm' vs. 'cold').
The CERN Council also supports the
Compact Linear Collider Study
(CLIC). The study explores the
technical feasibility of beam acceleration by the so-called "two-beam acceleration
scheme," in which a "drive beam" powers the acceleration of a second beam. CERN
runs the CLIC project as a special program, with funding from voluntary
contributions by CERN Member States in collaboration with many institutions.
The CLIC technology could be a candidate for a future linear
collider if lack of funding delayed the construction of a linear collider until
the next decade.
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Aerial view of the CERN
site showing the path of the 27 kilometer tunnel to house the LHC collider.
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Casey's Pond Maintenance
Minor maintenance will be taking place at Casey's Pond
today between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. The
maintenance should not affect operations. If you have questions
or concerns please contact Chuck Kenney of FESS/Operations
Mechanical Systems and Controls at x8508 or LRP (630) 846-0392.
Blood Drive Results
A total of 111 pints of blood were collected last week during the Heartland
Blood Drive. The next blood drive will be
December 13 and December 14.
CDF Posters Available in Public Affairs
Free posters from the CDF experiment are available in limited quantities
to anyone who would like one. If you are interested, stop by the Office of Public
Affairs.
International Folk Dancing
International Folk Dancing will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday,
August 12, at the Geneva American Legion Post.
Info at 630-584-0825 or 630-840-8194 or folkdance@fnal.gov
Recreation Office Schedule This Week
Due to unforseen circumstances, the Recreation Office will be closed
today. All other
Recreation sites will be open as usual, such as the Village Pool,
Day Camp and the Recreation Facility.
Fermilab Barnstormers Meeting Tonight
The Fermilab Barnstormers Model Aeronautics Club, will have its
next meeting on Wednesday, August 11 at 5:30 p.m., at the Frelo
Flying Field. Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month.
The club will meet in the Users Center if it rains.
more information
Wilson Hall Interior Window Washing This Week
The cleaning crew started washing the interior windows in Wilson Hall
this week. Please remove
any papers that are taped to the windows in your office.
Please move any papers
or other items on your desk that are near the windows. For questions,
contact Enixe Castro at x2798. The windows will be cleaned according
to this schedule:
August 11: 9th, 8th, 7th floors
August 12: 6th, 5th, 4th floors
August 13: 3rd, 2nd, 1st floors
August 16: Ground floor and mezzanine
August 17-18: Atrium
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