EPS Executive Committee and Staff activities January 2018
The EPS works to support its members. Find below the list of activities of the EPS Executive Committee and staff last month:
Editorial – Scanning Khufu’s Pyramid with atmospheric muons
In a publication in Nature in December 2017 [1], teams of the ScanPyramids project [2] announced the discovery of a hitherto unknown big void in Khufu’s Pyramid in Egypt, also known as the Great Pyramid of Giza or the Pyramid of Cheops [3]. The void was found by scanning the internal structure of the pyramid using the abundant flux of atmospheric muons
The Summer 2017 Emmy Noether distinction presented to Catalina Curceanu
On 1st December 2017, the Emmy Noether distinction was presented to Dr. Catalina Curceanu (Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, INFN, Italy), by the EPS Equal Opportunity Committee (EOC) Chair, on behalf of the EPS.
Professor Tony Bell is awarded the Hannes Alfvén Prize 2018
The European Physical Society, through its Plasma Physics Division, is pleased to announce the Hannes Alfvén Prize 2018 is awarded to Professor Tony Bell FRS of Oxford University
Survey on Open Science & Career Development for Researchers 2017-2018
The European Physical Society (EPS) has launched a survey on open science and career development, in collaboration with G. O’Neill, the European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers (Eurodoc) and with the Open Science Policy Platform (OSPP) of the European Commission.
International Day of Light inauguration at UNESCO on 16 May 2018
UNESCO will inaugurate the first International Day of Light at their headquarters in Paris, France, on 16 May 2018. In addition to the many events taking place worldwide on this day, the flagship inauguration in Paris will bring together an international group of participants to both raise awareness of the many ways that light impacts on modern society, and to consider how advances in light-based science and technology can aid in achieving goals in education and sustainable development. The inauguration will run from 2–10pm during the afternoon and evening of 16 May, and attendees and guests will include science and industry leaders, national delegates and sponsors, diplomats and decision-makers from across the globe, science enthusiasts, and students.
Monitoring Gender Fair practices at Europhysics Conferences
A better representation of women in Physics at all stages of the career is central for all Society caring about the well being of its members. A key element in the career development of physicists is represented by their participation at conferences as speaker, committee member and organiser.
Name Change: EPS Sponsored Conferences are now EPS Recognised Conferences
As of 1 January 2018, what were formerly known as “EPS Sponsored Conferences” will be called “EPS Recognised Conferences”.
Science4People’s biggest activity – ELS -Beit Sahour event
Science4People conducted a new activity at the Lutheran Evangelical School – Beit Sahour on Saturday, 11/11/2017. The activity was conducted in two steps on two subsequent days.
Associate Members of the European Physical Society
The European Physical Society provides a forum for physicists from all sectors to come together to discuss common issues in physics. The EPS counts among its members 42 National Physical Societies, over 3000 Individual Members, and more than 40 Associate members.
