CANPS Report Stefan Ritt – Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland

July 24th, 2010NPSS AdCom, Denver2 RT09 Beijing Surplus was ~12% Last missing item “proof of bank closure” was given (again) on July 16 th by the local chairman Yifang Wang Nicholas Alparone from Conference Finance officially closed the conference on July 19 th, 2010

July 24th, 2010NPSS AdCom, Denver3 RT10 May 24-28, IST Lisbon

July 24th, 2010NPSS AdCom, Denver4 Abstract Submission Most abstracts were submitted around deadline: Time

July 24th, 2010NPSS AdCom, Denver5 Facts Number of participants:197 Abstracts submitted:184 Abstracts accepted:183 Oral:67 Mini Orals:86 Posters:86+30 Exhibitors:5 ATCA Workshop:54 CUDA Workshop:24 DPP Workshop:28 Labview Workshop:

July 24th, 2010NPSS AdCom, Denver6 Mini-Orals Signature feature of our conference 86 out of 116 poster presenters opted for it Very well perceived by most participants “I would have overlooked that poster if there would not have been a mini-oral”

July 24th, 2010NPSS AdCom, Denver7 Budget RT10 was co-sponsered 50% / 50% with IST, Lisbon Local chair Carlos Varandas (9.7.): Positive balance is expected, but some invoices are still missing to close the books

July 24th, 2010NPSS AdCom, Denver8 Contributions by Country Italy29 Germany27 Switzerland25 Portugal20 United States19 France15 Spain11 Poland9 China8 United Kingdom5 Sweden3 Russian Federation2 Canada2 Netherlands2 Japan2 South Korea2 Slovenia1 India1 Norway1

July 24th, 2010NPSS AdCom, Denver9 Contributions by Region Italy29 Germany27 Switzerland25 Portugal20 United States19 France15 Spain11 Poland9 China8 United Kingdom5 Sweden3 Russian Federation2 Canada2 Netherlands2 Japan2 South Korea2 Slovenia1 India1 Norway1

July 24th, 2010NPSS AdCom, Denver10 RT10 Awards Student awards: 2 x 500$ + 2 x certificate 1 - Christian Patauner et al., A Lossless Data Compression System for a Real-Time Application in HEP Data Acquisition 2 - Hannes Friederich et al., A Scalable DAQ System Based on the DRS4 Waveform Digitizing Chip 3 - D. W. Miller, Online Measurement of LHC Beam Parameters with the ATLAS High-Level Trigger 4 - L. Esteban et al. Development of efficient FPGA-based phase meters for IR-Interferometers. Optimizations for multi-channel Interferometers CANPS Award: Adriano Luchetta "For remarkable contributions on the development of plasma control systems for nuclear fusion devices"

July 24th, 2010NPSS AdCom, Denver11 RT10 Highlights Reception in Science Museum, Lisbon

July 24th, 2010NPSS AdCom, Denver12 RT10 Highlights Musical Show

July 24th, 2010NPSS AdCom, Denver13 RT10 Highlights Dual Computer Dual Screen Presenting System Operator Presenter Chair

July 24th, 2010NPSS AdCom, Denver14 What we learned from the questionnaire information posted late, not well structured, some people would have preferred the INDICO system No credit cards accepted Internet was off for one day because of some virus Not enough time to walkd around No printed booklet

July 24th, 2010NPSS AdCom, Denver15 RT12 Follow our tradition US – Europe – Asia  RT12 goes to US Lawrence Berkeley National Lab: Sergio Zimmermann (chair) Keep the participation from Asia and the Fusion Community RT14 probably in Japan (Kyoto?)