Category: Newsletter
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EPLANET: The European Particle physics Latin America NETwork
EPLANET: The European Particle physics Latin America NETwork Communication Collaboration Education These concepts are fundamental to the advance of science. Science thrives when scientists collaboratively conduct and publish research, when they are able to communicate easily, when the young generations have unrestricted access to university education. The EPLANET Programme advocates the above mindset. The Programme
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EPLANET – Meet some of the participants
EPLANET – Meet some of the participants We met five Latin-American physicists during their recent stay to CERN and asked them to share their experiences from the EPLANET programme and their future plans… “Following our participation on the HELEN program program we decided to participate following the initiative of Luciano Maiani. We thought this program
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Interview with Luciano Maiani and Veronica Riquer
Interview with Luciano Maiani and Veronica Riquer How did you become involved with the EPLANET project? L.M. When I was Director General I happened to discuss the future of Latin America with Juan Antonio Rubio. He convinced me that Latin America had endless possibilities for development, especially in the field of particle physics. In addition,
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Member State Summer Students 2013: A word from the organizers…
Member State Summer Students 2013: A word from the organizers… The Summer Student Programme does not mean only work during the Summer for the HR team – the Programme for us begins in October with the publication on the web of the vacancy notice for the programme and ends when the last students leave at
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Searching for degenerate Higgs bosons
Searching for degenerate Higgs bosons How did you decide to apply for the summer student programme? The first time I heard about CERN was when I was in high school (2007- 2010). I remember thinking: "I want to go there someday." After high school I continued studying physics in the University of Oulu (Finland). In
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Nine o’clock in the morning
Nine o'clock in the morning Nine in the morning, the courses in the University of Buenos Aires were up to start but I needed a few more minutes for myself. I took a seat in the cafeteria of pavillion 1 and grabbed a booklet which often appears in the tables of the faculty, a sort
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Riding on our bikes to CERN!
Riding on our bikes to CERN! When we heard that we were accepted to CERN's summer students programme we decide to ride on our bikes to Geneva. The trip from Sweden has been a long one since we had to cover around 2000km but luckily the weather was nice for most part of the road!
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Static analysis: software analyzes software
Static analysis: software analyzes software How did you decide to apply for the programme? I attended a lecture introducing university students in Prague to CERN student programmes including the Summer Student Programme. I had heard some rumours about CERN and it seemed very interesting from them so I applied for the programme. What is your
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Keep the CERN smile on!
Keep the CERN smile on! How did you decide to apply for the summer student programme? I first heard about CERN's summer student programme a few years ago while looking for interesting opportunities for a summer research project. Later, I discussed about CERN's summer students programme with students from my University who had previously been
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My summer at CERN
My summer at CERN How did you decide to apply for the summer student programme? I was looking for an internship and heard by chance about the summer student program. It sounded great thus I decided to apply. What is your previous background? I just finished my undergraduate studies in physics at the University of