CERN Alumni Weekly News | David Townsend's talk, Transmutex Company Showroom, Moving Out of Academia to Data Science and Analytics, Regional groups, WiDS 2025
Just over a year since Third Collisions, it's a great moment to revisit one of its standout keynote talks—Dr. David Townsend's remarkable journey from CERN to transforming medical imaging with the groundbreaking PET/CT scanner, a technology that revolutionised diagnostics worldwide: https://cds.cern.ch/record/2889224
Explore career opportunities in clean energy innovation at the CERN Alumni Virtual Company Showroom with Transmutex on 7 March at 11:00 CET—join in person at CERN or online via Zoom to learn about their pioneering technology, discover job openings, and engage in a live Q&A with company representatives: https://alumni.cern/events/172868
CERN alumni in Geneva and Paris have two great opportunities to connect next week:
- a networking apéro with Bocconi alumni on 4 March in Geneva: https://alumni.cern/events/173572
- and a winter bowling night on 5 March in Paris: https://alumni.cern/events/173573
We’re looking for passionate CERN alumni to help launch and manage the CERN Alumni Oviedo group—if you are based there or have studied (or are studying) at the University of Oviedo, get in touch ([email protected]) to help build this local community.
WiDS (Women in Data Science) Geneva 2025, taking place on 1 April in Geneva, will feature expert talks, hands-on workshops, and networking opportunities—including insights from several CERN alumni sharing their experiences in Data & AI: https://alumni.cern/events/172153
From Data Vision to Execution: A 3-Day Journey – Take your data skills to the next level with this hands-on online course (24–25 March & 4 April 2025), designed for analytics engineers looking to turn insights into impact: https://alumni.cern/events/164941
Rope winding and giant pasta shapes meet particle physics in Fusillo, in a new magnet prototype with possible medical applications in hadron therapy: https://home.web.cern.ch/news/news/accelerators/curved-magnet-much-potential
The LHC is engaged in a complex quest to understand the exotic offspring of one of the fundamental forces of nature: https://home.web.cern.ch/news/news/physics/bestiary-exotic-hadrons