IdeaLab@CERN(name in progress)

Kick-Off meeting August 28, 2013

Markus NordbergMarzio NessiChris ThomasHarri ToivonenTuuli Utriainen

Introduction: What, Why, When, How, Who?

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What is IdeaLab? Dedicated location at CERN that hosts and facilitates EU-funded

detector upgrade/R&D projects. Accelerators are not part of IdeaLab, although common projects may be possible

It provides facilities for project partners, special MSc student teams joining the projects, as well as admin support. It will be part of the public visitor itinerary (“innovation in the making”)

Currently, ATLAS has two projects (TALENT, EDUSAFE) and CMS at least one suitable for these purposes. Later on, ALICE and LHCb may wish also to join. In the future, a more generic detector R&D scheme could also be included (DRDC-2?)

Initially, IdeaLab houses ATLAB (ATLAS Technology Lab) and CMS(Lab?). The main expected added value of IdeaLab is creating new, useful ideas (prototypes) by project partners and students and organizing useful workshops, events and contacts

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What is the Principle of IdeaLab?

Industry

Youngresearchers

PhysicistsEngineers

Space

Student Teams

Admin support (KT)

WorkshopsEvents

Technology

EU-funded projects (e.g. in ATLAB) …

… get support from CERN and elsewhere, to create new ideas

ContactsMarketing

Why? General availability of detector R&D and construction money ( for LHC

detector upgrades) is tight today. Several Funding Agencies wish to first “wait and see” what comes out from the LHC after 2015

This makes concerted or coordinated efforts difficult to engage the entire HEP community in an effective manner, and to keep the R&D engine running while waiting for the upgrade work to start in full steam

The question has been asked whether the new EU R&D framework, Horizon 2020, could offer in parallel funding opportunities

But that would imply partnering with industry and generating innovations of societal impact, promoting early stage researchers, students etc.

A funding initiative (ATTRACT) is being proposed by CERN to EU for radiation sensor and imaging R&D, across all physics fields. More info: cern.ch/nordberg/Attract.pdf

The purpose of IdeaLab is to act as a prototype to test the feasibility of such a bigger scheme

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When? First pilot experiments start this October (Harri and Tuuli will tell us

more)

Renovation work for a dedicated building will start in October (Marzio will tell us more)

Benefiting from the lessons (to be) learned from the pilot experiments, IdeaLab should be fully operational by summer 2014 and will run as a pilot project until 2015/2016. Its success (yet to be defined) will determine the shape and form thereafter

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How? IdeaLab will proceed in stages

Proto (IdeaLab-0) in building 16 starting in October with cross-disciplinary student projects and to test equipment and work methods for IdeaLab-1

IdeaLab-1 will be able to host EU-projects by summer 2014 in renovated building 3179 (next to the Globe, behind the petrol station). It will act as the admin interface to CERN (mainly through KT). Experience of this setting will be gained and recommendations proposed to the CERN management in 2015/2016

If considered as a success, detailed plans will be laid out for IdeaLab-2 after 2016 to scale up for potential new projects funded through ATTRACT. IdeaLab-2 is part of the Open CERN initiative. It is possible that IdeaLab-2 will be part of a wider CERN effort to further foster innovation (medical applications, incubators etc.)

With the help of ATLAS, CERN Finance and Mgmt, dedicated funds are available until EoY 2015 for the work space, admin & technical support. The external student teams are not funded by CERN

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Who? IdeaLab is coordinated by a new DG Unit, Innovation and Development

It has two members, Marzio and Markus

It reports to Sergio Bertolucci and will be guided by a horizontal Steering Group

The nucleus of the ad-hoc IdeaLab team up to now has included: Harri Toivonen (Aalto University), Tuuli Utriainen (Aalto/Luzern), Chris Thomas (BE), Domenico Campi (GS), Luigi Scibile (GS), Marzio and Markus, with the strong support from the CERN Management

And, of course, ATLAS and CMS are the key players

After today, we hope to see (many) more of you on board

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So Why Are We Here? You have all been invited to give us input and feedback related to

Modification work for B16 and B3179 (but pls note we have little flexibility)

Interior design of B3179 (e.g. modular containers, work and recreation areas)

Planned equipment (e.g. workshop tools, 3D printers etc.)

Student projects (interface with projects, topics, execution, results)

Communication plan (inside CERN, outside public, EU, industry etc.)

Visitor interface, connection to the Globe

Definition of success factors

Administrative aspects (KT, LS support, connections to departments etc.)

The name (could we come up with something better?)

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