IUPAP International Union of Pure and Applied PhysicsC11 Commission of Particles and Fields

Gregor Herten , Chair of C11Freiburg University, Germany

Report from C11

Lepton-Photon 2007 Daegu, Korea

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ICSU – International Council of Science

IUPAP – International Union of Pure and Applied Physics

C11 – Commission of Particles and Fields

27 Unions73 Scientific Nat. Members

20 Commissions

13+2 Members

NC – National Contacts 55 Contacts +35 through ICTP

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G. Herten Germany ChairP. McBride USA Vice-ChairT. Yamanaka Japan Secretary

M. Aguilar-Benitez SpainW. Carither USAJ.W.A. Cleymans South AfricaW. Li ChinaA. Olchevski RussiaR. Petronzio ItalyD. Saxon UK

Associate MembersS. Stapnes Norway

D.-O. Riska, C12G. Taylor Australia

S. Tonwar, C4G. Wormser France http://www.iupap.org/commissions/c11/members.html

C11 Members Oct. 2005 – Oct. 2008

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C11 ActivitiesOversight and sponsorship of two international

conferences: ICHEP and LP in alternate yearsGuidelines for meetings and assistance in

international contacts: Recommendation on LP Format (2001)

Recommendation on ICHEP Format (2004)Other Activities:

Future IUPAP-C11 sponsored conferencesWG on Authorship, Final Report submittedYoung Scientist prizeInstrumentation Conference WG on Assessment of Scientific Achievements in

Particle Physics

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C11 sponsored conferences

Past Conferences Present, Future

LP-97 Hamburg LP-07 DaeguICHEP-98 Vancouver ICHEP-08 PhiladelphiaLP-99 Stanford LP-09 Hamburg

ICHEP-00 Osaka ICHEP-10 ParisLP-01 RomeICHEP-02 AmsterdamLP-03 BataviaICHEP-04 BeijingLP-05 Uppsala

Tradition of more than 40 years

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Conference Program

The organizers and the international advisory committee are responsible for the conference program.

C11 recommends general guidelines for conferences.

Continuous improvement of conference program needed to adapt to the changing environment of Particle Physics research:

talks are available online with a delay of a few hours.fewer, larger experiments.conference talks are important for young physicists to obtain a scientific track record

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IUPAP Young Scientist Prize

C11 decided: Establish IUPAP Young Scientist Prize in Particle Physics.

CriteriaOutstanding contribution to Particle Physics. Up to 8 years of

research after Ph.D.

Type of prize 2 recipients every 2 years, given at ICHEP conferences.

Prize is a certificate, a medal, $1000 provided by IUPAP. invited talk (after consultation with conference organizers).

C11 acts as Prize Committee, with the help of external referees. First prize will be given at ICHEP-08.

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IUPAP Young Scientist Prize

Schedule:

August 2007: Prize Committee formedOctober 2007: Prize Announcement January 2008: Deadline for nominationsMarch 2008: Announcement of WinnersFirst prize will be given at ICHEP-08 in Philadelphia

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International Instrumentation Conference

C11 sees a strong need for an International Instrumentation Conference in Particle Physics sponsored by IUPAP for various reasons:

Global projects require a truly international conference.HEP methods are used in other fields (medicine, photon science, astrophysics). An international conference will help to keep the

center of activity and competence in our field. Large participation of Particle Physicists at other instrumentation conferences, e.g. IEEE. This should continue, but it demonstrates the need for a major instrumentation conference in Particle Physics. No intention to suppress successful, existing regionally organized conferences on instrumentation.

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International Instrumentation Conference

C11 Proposal and decisions:

Name of the Instrumentation Conference TIPP: Technology and Instrumentation in Particle

Physics KEK will be the host of the very first TIPP conference. Date of the first TIPP Conference will be fixed after consultation with organizers of existing instrumentation conferences. TIPP will have plenary and parallel sessions.

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Assessment of scientific achievements in PP

Motivation:Widely used procedure (publication list and impact factors) not suitable in experimental Particle Physics . Disadvantage at universities for particle physicists in competition with scientists in other fields. Group leaders in Particle Physics have difficulties to convince colleagues that the assessment should be based on more factors: internal notes, talks, letters of recommendations, physics coordinator position, ...

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Assessment of scientific achievements in PP

Goal:We need a catalogue of objective criteria, transparent to people outside of Particle Physics, for the assessment of scientific achievements in large collaborations.

for decision makers at universities, laboratories, prize committees.

for experiments: to adapt their procedures to allow excellent physicists to obtain a track record, which is understood outside of Particle Physics.

for young particle physicists: to have a bench mark for their scientific work.

for Particle Physics group leaders: to convince colleagues in other fields.

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Assessment of scientific achievements in PP

Action:C11 created a WG to address this issue.Participation of major experiments in particle physics. First meeting during this LP07 Conference in Daegu.Goal is to present a report before the summer 2008 with recommendations and proposals.

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Farewell and thanks to LP 2007 in Daegu

Excellent and rich physics program. Beautiful facilities, very good technical support and organization.Exciting, striving city and country. C11 is very pleased, many thanks to the organizers:

Dongchul Son and the LP07 team.

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ICHEP 2008 in Philadelphia, USA

See you next year in

Philadelphia, USAJuly 29 - August 5, 2008