All-hands meeting Friday

An all-hands meeting will take place at 11 a.m. on Friday, June 19, in Ramsey Auditorium. Director Pier Oddone will discuss the focus group reports and how the laboratory plans to address the findings.

Employees can prepare for the meeting by reading and discussing the focus group reports.

University of Virginia

University of Virginia graduate student Michael Balazs and research scientist Alexander Ledovsky in the CMS solenoid.

NAME:
University of Virginia

HOME TOWN:
Charlottesville, Va.

MASCOT:
Cavalier

SCHOOL COLORS:
Orange and blue

PARTICLE PHYSICS COLLABORATIONS:
CDF, DZero, CMS, Mu2e, NOvA, HyperCP, KTeV

EXPERIMENTS AT FERMILAB:
CDF, DZero, Mu2e, NOvA, HyperCP, KTeV

SCIENTISTS AND STUDENTS AT FERMILAB:
Four professors, two emeriti, one research scientist, one postdoc, four graduate students, two 2009 Ph.D.s, and four undergraduates.

COLLABORATING AT FERMILAB SINCE:
1988

MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS:
Construction and operation of DZero Level 2 and CTT trigger systems; one postdoc served as DZero Run Coordinator. Design and implementation of NOvA DAQ subsystems, detector controls, power distribution and monitoring systems; construction of NOvA near-detector prototype. Construction of HyperCP calorimeter; one professor served as HyperCP spokesman. Calibration of KTeV calorimeter; commissioning and operations of trigger and TRD systems. Observation of largest CP violation yet observed as well as first in a kinematic distribution in K_L→ππee mode.

RESEARCH FOCUS:
CP violation and neutrino mixing, electroweak and Higgs physics, QCD.

WHAT SETS PARTICLE PHYSICS AT UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA APART?
Worldwide research efforts centered at a historic university in a unique and lovely sylvan setting.

FUNDING AGENCY:
Department of Energy

FAVORITE NATIONAL LABORATORY:
Fermilab

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Phishing for summer students

The laboratory is busy welcoming its new group of summer students. As these students are set up with computer accounts, we want to remind mentors and students to think about computer security practices.

Students, who are unfamiliar with how accounts are handled at the laboratory and don't know which messages are legitimate, can be fooled by phishing e-mails or fall prey to scams.

To prevent students from accidentally compromising machines, mentors should remind them of laboratory computer security practices, including:

• Lock computer screens when you walk away from them
• Never insert media from someone you don't know or trust (flash drive, cd) into your computer. Instead, direct them to the Servicedesk, located on the ground floor of Wilson Hall.
• Don't click on links in e-mails if you can't verify the source.
• Don't open attachments from sources you don't know or in e-mails that seem suspicious.
• Never reveal your passwords to anyone at the laboratory for any reason: not to your supervisor, system manager or the computer security team. Never send passwords to anyone who asks for it via e-mail.

The message below was widely circulated at the laboratory by someone trying to trick people into giving up their account information and date of birth. This message is NOT legitimate:

From: Helpdesk Mail Support
Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 3:36 AM
To: helpdesk@webmaster.com
Subject: Confirm Your WebMail Details

Dear Webmail Account User

This message is from the Webmail IT Service messaging center to all account owners. Due to the incessant rate of Spam we are currently performing maintenance and up-grading our Digital webmail services for your convenience.

We are deleting all unused webmail account to create more space for new accounts. To prevent your account from closing during this exercise you will have to update it below to know it's status as a currently used account with a hard spam protector.

Confirm Your WebMail Details;
User Name:
Password:
Date of Birth:

If you receive any suspicious e-mails to your laboratory account, show it to your supervisor and ask for help. Messages that come from laboratory staff include a telephone number you can call to verify the e-mail's authenticity. Each computer user at Fermilab is our first line of defense against phishing exploits. Please be careful and enjoy your summer.

For more information on computer security risks and solutions, or to ask questions, visit the Tune IT Up campaign Web site.

-- Mark Leininger, Fermilab's computer security manager