No.192,
Twiki link
https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/ALICE/AliceNewsletter11Feb2022

ONGOING AND UPCOMING EVENTS

 

ALICE celebrates the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, 11 February:
 

 

Some of us talk about our roles in the ALICE Collaboration at CERN in this YouTube video: https://youtu.be/q6Zaj4TQA8w

 

  • ALICE Week: 28 February - 4 March: the next ALICE Week will be held in virtual format. The agenda and connection details will be communicated soon.
     
  • Ongoing election for ALICE junior representatives: The election is open until 23 February 2022, 23:59 (CERN time). The voting link has been distributed to juniors via email together with a recording of the discussion with the candidates. Six candidates are running for the position:
    • Anjaly Menon (University of Houston (US))
    • Archita Rani Dash (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (DE))
    • Carolina Anna Reetz (Ruprecht Karls Universitaet Heidelberg (DE))
    • Ezra Douglas Lesser (University of California Berkeley (US))
    • Livia Terlizzi (Universita e INFN Torino (IT))
    • Luca Quaglia (Universita e INFN Torino (IT))
    The candidate statements are in the link here.
     

NEWS and ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

  • Article in CERN Bulletin on 9 February 2022: "LHC experiments are stepping up their data processing game": While data processing demand is rocketing for LHC’s Run 3, the four large experiments are increasing their use of GPUs to improve their computing infrastructure.
     
    GPU
    ALICE has pioneered the use of GPUs since 2010 and is the only experiment using them to such a large extent to date. Data from the newly upgraded ALICE detectors are analysed online on a high-performance computer farm using GPUs and CPUs.
     
  • CERN is currently in Covid Level 4 - RED, and will be moving to Level 3 – Orange on Monday 14 February.
    Please refer to the link for further details about Level 3.
     
  • CERN’s quarantine and isolation rules: If you show symptoms, have tested positive, or are a close contact, you must declare your situation using TRAMED. Mask wearing is required in shared indoor spaces at CERN.
     
  • Self-testing at CERN for those without symptoms. Self test available also at ALICE Point-2. You are encouraged to take a test at least once per week. You must have completed beforehand the eLearning: COVID-19 - Self-testing at CERN / Auto-tests au CERN and you must sign-up for each self-test using the PLAMED tool.
     
  • COVID-19 vaccination at CERN: There are currently many slots available, with slots becoming free on a daily basis due to no-shows. If you are eligible to be vaccinated at CERN and have not yet received your dose, you can reserve a slot on PLAMED.
     
  • Measures in France:  here have been no significant developments in France since the last email, and current measures are summarised here.
     
  • Measures in Switzerland:
    • Switzerland has lifted the requirement for close-contacts to quarantine. Isolation for five days is still required for those testing positive.
    • Currently-applicable measures in Switzerland are summarised in this infographic.
    • Geneva has announced a gradual reduction of COVID-19 measures in schools from 11 February: link.
    • You can check your eligibility for a booster dose in Switzerland using the form at the link here.
       
  • Travel:
    • France: Details of conditions for international travel to and from France are unchanged since last week, and are available on this page (last updated 4 February).
       
    • Switzerland: Conditions for entry to Switzerland are unchanged since last week, and are summarised in this infographic.
       
  • For any information and support: contact ALICE-covid19-coordination@cern.ch
     
  • ALICE secretariat opening hours (if the situation allows):
    • Monday:  Morning and Afternoon
    • Tuesday: Morning and Afternoon
    • Wednesday: Morning
    • Thursday: Afternoon
    Should the opening planning changes, we will be notified by e-mail.
    Nathalie, Guylaine & Julia are available by telephone, Zoom and e-mail from Monday to Friday, 8h30-12h30 and 13h30-17h30.

EVENTS OF INTEREST

NEW PAPERS ON THE ARXIV

All publications of the ALICE Collaboration submitted to Refereed Journals are in the link here

New ALICE paper submissions appear in twitter: ALICE_Publications
 

 

PAPERS IN THE COLLABORATION REVIEW

New ALICE paper submissions appear in twitter: ALICE_Publications

NEWS FROM POINT 2

  • Shifts:
    • Booking extended up to end of august 2022
    • SAMS modifications for virtual shift blocks coming soon!
    • Two run manager slots still not covered 04/11 - 04/24 and 08/15 - 08/28
    • Setting up a COVID-19 antigen self-test station at P2 for incoming shifters (to be used on voluntary basis).
  • P2 status:
    • Milestone Week2 preparation ongoing: focus on calibrations for most detectors and central systems optimizations.
  • ALICE LS2 schedule:
    • ALICE cavern to close by week 9 (2 March) and restart magnets in week 10 (7 March)
    • Underground access ends on Thursday 24 March 2022 evening.
    • DSO test on 25 March, followed by 2 weeks machine checkout (punctual access possible).
    • Machine commissioning with beam expected to start on 13 April (Easter Week).

CONFERENCES

CURRENT CONFERENCES AND SCHOOLS (starting this week)
SPEAKING OPPORTUNITIES (events within 3 months or deadline within 1 month)
  • DIS2022, Santiago de Compostella, Spain, 2-6 May, abstract deadline 13 February
     
  • Pisa Meeting on Advanced Detectors, La Biodola, Elba, Italy, 22-28 May, abstract deadline 20 February
     
  • Fairness 2022, Paralia, Greece, 23 - 27 May, abstract deadline 15 February (for young researchers)
     
  • HYP 2022, Prague, Czech Republic, 27 June - 1 July, abstract deadline 28 February
SCHOOLS

 

OUTREACH NEWS

DIVERSITY

 

ALICE Diversity Office website can be accessed here.
Your feedback is extremely important, feel free to contact us at
alice-diversity-office@cern.ch

 

Have a great weekend and a great week ahead!

JOB OPPORTUNITIES

 
Title
 
Institute
  
Application deadline
Fellowship (Graduate) Programme at CERN CERN 1 Mar 2022
Technical/Doctoral/Administrative student programme at CERN CERN 21 Mar 2022
Theoretical Physicist CERN to be filled as soon as possible.
Controls Software Engineer - Particle Accelerators CERN 9 Mar 2022
Physicist or Software Engineer (Post-Doctoral) (all genders) for software development for Experiment Control Systems GSI, Darmstadt. Contact:
Rudi Schmidt		  
Postdoc position – UC Berkeley UC Berkeley heavy ion group to work on ALICE and EIC. Contact: Spencer Klein and Barbara Jacak  
Staff position opening at Berkeley Lab - Nuclear Data Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 1 Apr 2022
Postdoctoral Research Associate position in STAR Warsaw University of Technology. Contact: Hanna Zbroszczyk 28 Feb 2022
Postdoctoral Position in High-Energy Experiment 2022 Carnegie Mellon University 28 Feb 2022
2-year post-doc position The ALICE team in Padua is soon opening a 2-year post-doc position co-funded by the STRONG2020 (GRANT AGREEMENT N.824093 WP18_NA7 CUP I54I19000610005 ) and ARCADIA (INFN Group 5 call) projects. Contact: Andrea Rossi 31 July 2022
Research Associate in LHCb Imperial College London 14 Mar 2022
Postdoctoral researcher at the LHCb experiment Heidelberg University 4 Mar 2022
Postdoc position in Particle Physics in CMS experiment DESY 1 Mar 2022
Project Scientist - ATLAS The ATLAS Department in the Fundamental Physics Directorate of the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC) 18 Feb 2022
Postdoctoral research position to work on the ATLAS experiment The experimental particle physics group at UC Irvine  
QUP Postdoctoral Fellow The International Center for Quantum-field Measurement Systems for Studies of the Universe and Particles (QUP) at KEK, Japan 28 Feb 2022
Electronics engineer Forimtech SA Laboratory in Zimeysa (Satigny, GE, Switzerland)  
Three open positions (postdoc, DAQ physicist/engineer and technician) and a faculty position University of Birmingham
Based around silicon detector development for the EIC.
Contact: Laura Gonella, Peter Jones and Paul Newman		 24 Feb
16 Feb
18 Feb
Junior Group Leader The Stefan Meyer Institute for Subatomic Physics (SMI) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences 1 Apr 2022
Specialist for Simulation and Modelling of Radiation Detector CERN 22 Feb 2022
Marie-Curie Cofund PhD positions
Padua University. Contact:
Andrea Rossi, Francesca Soramel or Andrea Dainese
 8 Mar 2022
Assistant Professor KEK 17 Feb 2022
Electronics Engineer (EP-ESE-BE-2022-2-LD) CERN 14 Feb 2022
Fullstack Engineer CERN 14 Feb 2022
Junior staff position The CEA-Saclay Quark-Gluon Plasma Laboratory (LQGP) is opening a junior staff position for an outstanding physicist in the field of experimental quark-gluon plasma physics. 25 Feb 2022
Postdoctoral Researcher- Experimental High Energy Physics The Physics department at Syracuse University 28 Feb 2022
Postdoctoral position in High Energy Heavy-ion Physics Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest 28 Feb 2022
Tenure-track positions The Faculty of Science at Lund University (Sweden). please contact the Lund ALICE group: Peter Christiansen, Alice Ohlson, and David Silvermyr 15 Feb 2022