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No.410,
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ONGOING AND UPCOMING EVENTS
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ALICE in LHCP 2026, PARIS
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- ALICE Physics Forum: Wednesday 27 May 2026
- "166th LHCC Meeting - OPEN Session" 1 June 2026, 14:30 hrs. ALICE Status Report will be presented by Krystian Roslon (Warsaw University of Technology (PL)) at 16:50 hrs.
- 7th ALICE Upgrade Week: Calaserena Resort, Geremeas, Cagliari, 14-18 September 2026:
- ALICE UPC Workshop: Katowice, Poland, 15-19 June 2026
- ALICE Calendar 2026
- ALICE approvals calendar for 2026
NEWS and ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Editorial board membership (deadline 22 May):
If you're interested in joining the EB or want to nominate someone, please contact the EB chairs by 22 May. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you need further information.
- 2027 ALICE Meetings Calendar
- Machine Learning for Enhancing Data Reconstruction and Simulation in ALICE
- "Accelerator Report: From protons to ions – the LHC and its injectors prepare for the Run 3 finale" - 21 May 2026 - by Bettina Mikulec, Theodoros Argyropoulos, Francesco Velotti
- "The public consultation process for the Future Circular Collider (FCC) project begins in Switzerland and France" - 13 May 2026
- Hantavirus: an update from the CERN Medical Service
- The public consultation process for the Future Circular Collider (FCC) project begins in Switzerland and France
- New short-term unplanned medical, death and disability insurance for MPAs
- "Inclusion Matters: CERN’s new participatory inclusion initiative" A new “Inclusion Matters.” initiative invites the CERN community to co-create 50 visible and tangible inclusion actions by 2030
EVENTS OF INTEREST
- "Heavy Hadron Decays@CERN-TH" 26–29 May 2026, CERN
- "161st Meeting of the SPSC - Open session" 26 May 2026
- Theory Colloquia, Wednesday 27 May 2026, 14:00: "(Almost) 40 years of Heavy-Quark Expansion Methods: What has been achieved?" by Thomas Mannel (University of Siegen)
- Collider Cross Talk, Thursday 28 May 2026, 11:00: "Rethinking data-taking at the LHC: Specialized data streams from Run 1 to 3 and beyond [ATLAS, CMS]" by Elisa Fontanesi (CERN), Falk Bartels (Heidelberg University (DE))
- BE Seminars, Friday 29 May 2026, 16:00: "Efficient representation and symplectic integration of magnetic fields on curved reference frames for improved synchrotron design" by Silke Van Der Schueren (CERN - La Sapienza)
- QCD Seminars, Monday 1 Jun 2026, 14:00: "Gauge Theory Bootstrap: predicting pion dynamics from QCD" by Yifei He
NEW PAPERS ON THE ARXIV
PAPERS IN THE COLLABORATION REVIEW
Papers currently open for comments can be inspected using the link: Paper in Collaboration Review (Open for Comments).
NEWS FROM POINT 2
- LHC and ALICE
- LHC concluded the pp data taking for Run3, entering into the Machine Development 2 program and, after it, into the Technical Stop 1, that is currently ongoing and that it is expected to be over on Friday afternoon around 5 PM. Over the weekend, the ion setup will be performed, and the heavy ion data taking is expected to start at the beginning of next week.
- During the last fill of pp ALICE took another special run with the TPC operated in the low-gain mode, to complement at full energy the test already performed at 2.4 TeV.
- During the MD ALICE was kept SUPERSAFE with ITS OFF, while currently the different activities scheduled for the TS are being performed. Over the weekend, a test on the background is planned, while at the beginning of next week the first Stable Beams for PbPb are expected. Earlier next week also the PbPb vdM program has been scheduled.
- LHC concluded the pp data taking for Run3, entering into the Machine Development 2 program and, after it, into the Technical Stop 1, that is currently ongoing and that it is expected to be over on Friday afternoon around 5 PM. Over the weekend, the ion setup will be performed, and the heavy ion data taking is expected to start at the beginning of next week.
- Open shift blocks:
If you have any question about the training and, overall, on how to get ready to cover these earlier shifts do not hesitate to contact us (alice-rc@cern.ch). Dedicated trainings can be arranged.
- a full QC expert block starting on June 2nd (MM-AA-NN)
- a full QC expert block starting on June 10th (MM-AA-NN)
- a full ECS expert block starting on June 10th (MM-AA-NN)
- a full DCS expert block starting on May 25th (MM-AA-NN)
- a full DCS expert block starting on June 4th (MM-AA-NN)
- a full DCS standard block starting on June 16th (MM-AA-NN)
- a partial SL expert block starting on June 4th (NN)
- a partial SL standard block starting on June 29th (MM)
Since we are entering into the heavy-ion phase, having a full crew operating ALICE is essential for a successful data taking and for the completion of our flagship physics program, so we kindly ask you to help us in filling these blocks.
- Run Manager (19-31 May 2026): Yael Antonio VASQUEZ BELTRAN :
Yael is a Ph.D. student at the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP), Mexico. Since joining the ALICE Collaboration in 2019, he has been actively involved in the development, commissioning, operation, and performance studies of scintillator-based detectors, particularly within the FIT-FDD subdetector and the proposed Muon Identifier (MID) detector for ALICE 3. His Ph.D. research focuses on the proposed MID detector for ALICE 3, including the construction and characterization of scintillator prototypes, DAQ system development, and active participation in MID beam tests. His contributions include detector operation, commissioning activities, beam test coordination, and data analysis of the first MID prototype chambers. Since 2022, he has participated in Run 3 data-taking in both pp and Pb–Pb collisions, serving in several central roles, including Shift Leader, DCS, and ECS shifts. In 2025, he completed his first mandate as Run Manager, coordinating the pp production period at 500 kHz with the ALICE magnets operating in a negative/negative configuration.
This year, during his second Run Manager mandate, he will continue contributing to the coordination and smooth operation of ALICE data-taking activities while also supervising the ion commissioning phase for the heavy-ion run and the data-taking activities during the Pb-Pb collisions.
CONFERENCES
SPEAKING OPPORTUNITIES (events within 3 months or deadline within 1 month)
- NSTAR 2026, Seville, Spain, 7-11 Sep, abstract deadline 30 Jun
- 12th International Workshop on Semiconductor Pixel Detectors for Particles and Imaging (PIXEL2026), 8-12 Sep 2026, Miyazaki, Japan, abstract deadline: 7 June
- Quark-Gluon Dynamics in the Nuclear Medium, 9-13 Nov 2026, Trento, Italy, abstract deadline: 30 Sep 2026
- XV International Conference on New Frontiers in Physics (ICNFP 2026), 19-30 Aug 2026, Kolymbari, Crete, Greece, abstract deadline: 1 June
- Opportunities for severl ALICE PLenary talks. Please contact CC chairs.
- Opportunities for severl ALICE PLenary talks. Please contact CC chairs.
- Kruger26 (International Workshop on Discovery Physics at the LHC), 30 November – 4 December 2026, Kruger National Park, South Africa
- Invitations for 3 talks; Introduction to Heavy-Ion Physics, Jets and Heavy Flavour as QGP Probes, Advances in Detector Technology
- UPC 2026: International workshop on the physics of Ultra Peripheral Collisions, 7-12 December 2026, Playa del Carmen, Mexico, abstract deadline: 15 September.
SCHOOLS
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21-26 Jun 2026 |
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30 July - 5 Aug 2026 |
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JUNIOR'S CORNER
Message from Junior Representatives (Bianca, Rohaan, Sara)
- "Supporting early careers beyond CERN"
- ALICE Run 3 Analysis Resources: a collection of all resources and news that can be helpful for people engaged in the analysis of ALICE Run 3 data. This is especially beneficial for those new to the Run 3 data analysis.
- Link to all ALICE Theses
- ALICE Theses website
- Guidelines for ALICE Thesis Video: a ~3-min video summarising the key results of the PhD thesis.
OUTREACH NEWS
ALICE visits this week:
- Saturday 16 May 2026
- Rotary Club of Hassfurt, Germany
- Gravesend Grammar School, UK
- colleague’s friends and family, Denmark
- Tuesday 19 May 2026
- Collège Jean Vilar, France
- 43rd Primary School of Thessaloniki, Greece
- Enrico Fermi Carvico, Italy
- Wednesday 20 May 2026
- Merchant Taylors School, UK
- Poznan Physics Fans, Poland;
- Uni3 Cirié, Italy
- LFHCal TB crew, USA
- Thursday 21 May 2026
- Lycée Notre Dame de Bellegarde, France
- DSM students, Italy
- Friday 22 May 2026
- Lycée Simone Weil, France
- 14 Lo Warszawa, Poland
- Recent Social Media Highlights:
- A new chapter of ALICE physics at LHCP 2026
- Building bridges towards ALICE 3: Japan
- Mexico in ALICE 3
- ALICE ITS3 by Alexander Kluge
- ALICE observes partonic flow even in small colliding systems
- Do all jets lose energy in the same way?
- International Women’s Day, 8 March
- LHC Career Event: 17 Mar 2026
- ALICE 3 MID
- ALICE EMCal
- International Day of Women and Girls in Science
- Curiouser and curiouser: a riddle at the ALICE detector
DIVERSITY
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Building on the 25 by’25 momentum, the Diversity & Inclusion Programme has launched Inclusion Matters, featuring 50 Inc. — a plan to co-create 50 practical actions that improve inclusion over the next five years. Already, 20 proposals have been submitted, including ideas to improve accessibility, create quiet zones, increase women speakers at events, use more inclusive language, and visibly support the Pride community. Read more in the CERN Bulletin You can take part by submitting your own proposal or contacting the ALICE Diversity Office: alice-diversity-office@cern.ch |
- "E-learning course “Ethics at CERN” for all CERN personnel":
To ensure that everyone is aware of the guidelines of our ethical framework, the HR Department has developed an e-learning course entitled “Ethics at CERN”, which is available in English and French on the CERN Learning Hub. As of now, this course is mandatory for all members of the CERN personnel. Ethics at CERN
- "Inclusion Matters: CERN’s new participatory inclusion initiative" A new “Inclusion Matters.” initiative invites the CERN community to co-create 50 visible and tangible inclusion actions by 2030.
- ALICE Diversity Office website can be accessed here. Your feedback is important. You can send us an email that will be treated confidentially by using the email address: alice-diversity-office@cern.ch or send us an anonymous message by using this form.
JOB OPPORTUNITIES