CERN Alumni Weekly News | Decoding the CERN language, Guess Who I Bumped Into – Jaap from Eindhoven, Company Showroom with Evooq, Open Quantum Institute News from the Lab, Moving Out of Academia, New York and Eindhoven meet-ups, TIME’s Best Inventions
THIS WEEK’S DIGEST AT A GLANCE:
- Alumni Unlocked: decoding the CERN language
- Our community: Guess Who I Bumped Into – Jaap from Eindhoven
- Events: Company Showroom with Evooq, Open Quantum Institute, and Moving Out of Academia
- Groups: New York and Eindhoven meet-ups
- News from CERN & beyond: TIME’s Best Inventions, HiLumi updates, and career planning for scientists
- Photo of the week
ALUMNI UNLOCKED
Ever tried explaining your CERN work and watched your listener’s eyes glaze over at “luminosity curves” or “trigger efficiencies”? The new CERN Alumni Glossary will help translate our everyday lab language into terms anyone can understand — making the value of a CERN experience visible beyond academia. Contribute your own examples of how you describe your work at CERN and help build this shared resource: https://alumni.cern/news/2852084
OUR COMMUNITY
Guess Who I Bumped Into – Recently, Jaap, co-manager of the CERN Alumni Eindhoven group, stopped by CERN, where he met with the Office for CERN Alumni Relations. He began his CERN career in 1992 in what was then the Electronics and Computing for Physics division and spoke to us about his career journey since then. Watch the full interview here: https://alumni.cern/news/2865599
EVENTS
- Company Showroom with Evooq — 24 October, 11:00 CET. Join us online or at CERN for a session with Evooq, a Swiss company helping banks and wealth managers deliver personalised investments at scale. Learn about the company, discover current job opportunities, and take part in a live Q&A: https://alumni.cern/events/190676
- News from the Lab: The Open Quantum Institute (OQI) — 30 October, 18:00–19:00 CET. How can quantum computing help solve the world’s most pressing challenges? Join us for a session with the Open Quantum Institute (OQI) — a pioneering initiative that promotes global, inclusive access to quantum computing and channels its power toward advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): https://alumni.cern/events/187571
- Moving Out of Academia – Special Edition — 31 October. This special hybrid edition brings together CERN alumni from MedTech, finance, consulting, software, sustainability, and entrepreneurship. Join online or on-site at CERN for insights, advice, and networking: https://alumni.cern/events/185479
GROUPS
⦁ CERN Alumni New York meeting — 7 November, Adobe Office
Join us at 6:30 p.m. at the Adobe office (4th floor, 104 Fifth Avenue, New York) for talks, updates from CERN, and a relaxed happy hour nearby. Please RSVP by 2 November: https://alumni.cern/events/192977
⦁ CERN Alumni Eindhoven event — 12 December, ESA ESTEC
Take part in our highly anticipated visit to the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) of the European Space Agency: https://alumni.cern/events/194171
FROM CERN & BEYOND
- TIME has chosen the LHC as one of the 25 most iconic inventions from the past 25 years: https://home.web.cern.ch/news/news/knowledge-sharing/lhc-inducted-times-best-inventions-hall-fame
- HiLumi News: Two huge compressors mark the start of installing new helium refrigerators for the High-Luminosity LHC: https://home.web.cern.ch/news/news/accelerators/hilumi-news-cold-sets
- Explore career planning tools, podcasts, and real-world stories from researchers navigating both planned and unplanned career paths in this nature magazine article: https://www.nature.com/collections/cjcddiijjj