CERN Alumni Weekly News | CERN Alumni in Milan-Turin meet-up, exhibition in Poland, CERN community event, 12th anniversary of the Higgs boson discovery
In 2021, after years of software engineering in both the private sector and academia, CERN alumnus Peter Schmidt launched his podcast "Code for Thought" to connect with researchers who code and the growing community of research software engineers. During the recent Third Collisions event, Peter had the pleasure of meeting and interviewing several brilliant minds at CERN and the first released interview features Spyridon Trigazis, discussing his significant contributions to deploying OpenStack and Kubernetes at CERN.
Listen to the full episode: https://codeforthought.buzzsprout.com/1326658/15321543-en-cern-keeping-the-lights-on-with-openstack-and-kubernetes-spyridon-trigazis
And connect with Peter on alumni.cern: https://alumni.cern/feed_posts/1535460
CERN Alumni in Milan-Turin are invited for an exclusive, free guided visit of the Human Technopole laboratories on July 24, led by Paolo Swuec, Head of National Facility of Structural Biology. Discover the cutting-edge research in imaging and cryo electron-microscopy. Space is limited to 15 participants, so make sure you register soon: https://alumni.cern/events/150392
If you are located in Poland, why not take advantage of an exciting excursion to CERN's "Accelerating Science" exhibition in Poland, celebrating CERN's 70th anniversary? This multimedia exhibition offers a fascinating journey into the world of elementary particle physics, with interactive stands, films, animations, and more.
Upcoming dates: Gdansk (20 July - 26 August 2024), Poznan (07 - 23 September 2024), and Wroclaw (05 - 21 October 2024): https://alumni.cern/events/145983
In honour of CERN's 70th anniversary, an exclusive CERN Community event will be held on 17 September from 18:00 to 22:00. A limited number of tickets will be available, and we are excited to extend an invitation to CERN alumni. Stay tuned for more information!
Learn how CERN's new beam dumps, designed to fragment along pre-defined dotted lines, are improving the safety and efficiency of particle accelerators: https://home.cern/news/news/accelerators/new-beam-dumps-cut-along-dotted-line
Discover how the LHCb experiment is investigating the rare and elusive Σ+→pμ+μ- decay to uncover new physics beyond the Standard Model: https://home.cern/news/news/physics/lhcb-investigates-rare-s-pmm-decay
Finally, on the 12th anniversary of the Higgs boson discovery, explore the fascinating story of how this particle, once almost dismissed by physicists, became pivotal to our understanding of the universe: https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/the-boson-that-physics-almost-rejected
And on this topic, we also invite you to check out our stories collection for the 10th anniversary of the discovery, featuring several CERN alumni: https://alumni.cern/news?block-tags%5Bcat_60114%5D=60114