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Main Objective

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ULTIMATE GOAL

To develop Physicsand Engineering in Chile

and enhance their impact on

Other Sciences Technology& Industry

Society

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Theoretical physics

Experimental physics

Engineering / Technology / Industry

Society

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The Character of this Research

Engineering / Technology / Industry

Society

Theoretical physics

Chile until recently

Human resources

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Who we areThe Center is composed by 5 main groups

12 Associate researchers ( 7 Chilean, 1 US , 4 Russian ), 15 Researchers ( 10 Chilean, 3 Russian and 1 Iranian) 19 Postdocs (11 Chilean, 2 US , 1 Russian , 1 Chinese , 1 Armenian, 1 Venezuelan, 1 Moroccan)3 Project managers (Engineers)2 Technicians + 4 Administration

142 Young members

Undergraduate students Graduate students Post docs Young researchers

Members per group

Main Research Collaborators

TechnologyDevelopment

Grid computing

Sensors

Detector

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CERN

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Achievements

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Evolution

1st

Ring1st

Ring

2nd

Ring2nd

Ring2007

2008

Hiring 3 International Researchers Start collaboration:

CERNJlabFermilab

Experimental particle Physics New equipment Mobility CERN-Jlab

5 Research Groups5 Labs3 spinoff companies .28 Researchers (14 from abroad ).more than 150 people

2014….

ANDES underground laboratory project 2020

2009-2013

Atlas upgrade project 2014

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Achievements

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Scientific production

Experimental program

Basic research

Technology development. National and

International collaboration

Human resources training

Innovation& Spinoff

4 Labs

Research Research

Achievements ( areas of research)

Theoretical Physics

Strong Interactions

Neutrinos

Higgs Physics

Experimental Physics

Heavy ions

Electron - hadron

Neutrino - hadron

Higgs

HPC Group

Machine Learning

Grid and HPC computing

Several software projects

Electronic Engineering

Energy conversion and power electronics

Signal processing

Automatic Control

Human resources & training  

142 young members.

12 visits to CERN, Jlab and Fermilab (in the last 12 months)

> 45 Theses each year (PhD, Ms or Undergraduate).

17 researchers teach courses

3 PhD programs

Events More than 10 events (national & international ) with over 600 attendees.

International collaborations  

CERN grid connection TIER 2 Level

51 % of grid resources in LatinAmerica

ATLAS participation

Student training

Higgs physicsHeavy ions

Ph.D. Electronics ThesisGrid computing Thesis

International collaborations  

CLAS: Strong interactions Student visitsGlueX: polarized photons

Complete characterization of 2800 16-cell MPPC/SiPMs for JLab Hall D

Fabrication of 4000 UV-transmitting lightguides, 10 different irregular trapezoidal geometries

$2 million contract budget

Valery Sitnik: Control specialist

Minerva : neutrinos

Young researchers visits

International collaborations  

Pre-shower detector

International collaborations  

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Many othersBell-LabsINRS – CanadaValencia, Dubna, Stanford, Newcastle, Singapore, Aalborg,Tel Aviv, Ohio State, St. Petersburg, Connecticut, Heidelberg, Tubingen, …..

National collaborations  

Catholic University

University of Chile

Diego Portales University

Catholic University of Valparaiso

Experimental PhysicsTheoretical PhysicsTsunami modeling

National Lab HPCElectronics

Electronics

Joint Ph. D. Physics Program

University of Talca Grid computing

Scientific productivity 

Scientific productivity 

“ identifies our University as the one with the highest normalized impact of publications in Latin America”

Scientific productivity The report “Principales indicadores bibliométricos de la actividad científica chilena 2010” prepared by Conicyt-SCImago in 2012

Higgs particle discovery, 8 Chilean scientists among the authors, 5 from our group

47 ISI 2009 197 ISI 2013.

2010 and 2011 Best Paper Award for the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics:

Book: “Power Conversion and Control of Wind Energy Systems”July 2011.

Scientific productivity 

Academia Chilena de Ciencias, 2005 report:

“A singular case is UTFSM, which with only 8,7% of the active physicists contributes with around 20% of the country physics publications. A more detailed analysis shows that the Particle Physics group of this Institution is the one that contributes the most to this singularity.”

Scientific productivity  

Last issued Academy report

Now it would be higher (Experimental papers)

Innovation & Outreach

New seed capital innovation fund (300K USD)

centelleadorPMTElectronica centelleador PMT Electronica

Colimadores de plomo

Conectores de señal y alimentación

Conectores de señal y alimentación

Plomo para proteccion radiologica

Haz gamma

FuenteRadiactiva

Tubería

Nuclear densimeter

Low cost PC Breast cancer image analysis

Mining Training Simulator Radon Detector

Pasture Management System

PCB design School

Physics Seminars for StudentsWorkshops ( Kuda )

Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute Summer School

Innovation Workshop

Innovation & Outreach

Laboratories

Prototyping Lab

HPC Cluster Power electronics Lab

Microelectronics Lab

LHC Upgrade Lab

Muon detector parts production

2013-14

Design and production of high precision engineering equipment parts

Support of physics and engineering simulations. Grid and cloud computing.

Energy conversion systems. Electrical control.

Production of high precision microelectronics components

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Future Developments

Proposed Research Activities

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The ATLAS muon system upgrade

ATLAS Zero Degree Calorimeter

Particle detector technology.

Particle detector technology.

Integration with Electronics and Informatics

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Particle physics theory and

phenomenology

Particle physics theory and

phenomenology

Neutrino Physics

Quantum ChromodynamicsStandard Model

New Physics LHC

Dark Matter and Dark Energy

Astrophysics Connection

Proposed Research Activities

Image Processing

High performance computing

High performance computing

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Advanced tsunami warning

Chilean and US Navy, Boston University

Computing, electronics,….

Proposed Research Activities

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Power electronics, modeling, control

and signal processing.

Power electronics, modeling, control

and signal processing.

Energy conversion and their applications

Advanced system modeling

Signal processing (control & communication)

Wireless systems (statistical modeling)

Connection withExperimental Physics

Informatics

Proposed Research Activities

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MINERVA collaboration

SuperNEMO collaboration: Neutrinoless -2beta decay

Low background laboratory at UTFSM Neutrino physicsNeutrino physics

ANDES underground laboratory.

Connection with Astrophysics and Cosmology

Proposed Research Activities

International Events

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Instrumentation Schools for both Physics and Engineering students

Workshop and Outreach center. Workshop and

Outreach center. Educational program for Schools

Cosmic rays detectors

Proposed Research Activities

New building

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2014 New building for the center and the Physics department

CCTVAL´s Building ( with Physics Department)

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2014 New building for the center and the Physics department

CCTVAL´s Building ( with Physics Department)

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ConclusionsHigh scientific value

Significant technological advances

Sharing of knowledge between disciplines

International collaborations

Specialized student training

Outreach possibilities

Significant success so far, but it is just the beginning

Ex umbra in solem

October 11th 2013

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