1. Stefan Ritt Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland COMPUTERCOMPUTER APPLICATIONSAPPLICATIONS NUCLEARNUCLEAR PLASMAPLASMA SCIENCESSCIENCES A welcome from thechair

2. We are glad that you all came!

3. About the Real Time Conference Biannual conference on real time aspects –Nuclear physics –Plasma physics –High energy physics –Medical applications –Astro-particle Physics –… Change between Europe – US – Asia

4. About RT Format No parallel sessions (Patrick Le Dû, whole SAC) Mini-Oral presentations (Christian Bohm) Conference Record (Dora Merelli) Transactions in Nuclear Science (Sascha Schmeling) Ambitious Social Program (Carlos Varandas and Bruno Gonçalves) CANPS Award (Jean-Pierre Martin) Student Award (J.P. Martin, R. Fontaine, Mike Levine)

5. What is IEEE/NPSS ? IEEE is world’s largest technical society –375’000 members –>50% of members are outside North America –Advancement of Technologies Conference sponsoring Publications (e.g. TNS) Standards (IEEE 488 = GPIB) NPSS: Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society –Fusion Technology –Nuclear Medical and Imaging Sciences –Particle Accelerator Science and Technology –Pulsed power systems –Radiation Effects –Plasma Sciences and Applications –Radiation Effects –Radiation Instrumentation –Plasma Sciences and Applications –Computer Applications in Nuclear and Plasma Sciences (CANPS)

6. Why join IEEE/NPSS ? Knowledge –IEEE Spectrum Magazine –Online access to IEEE publications –Online courses (eLearning) Profession –Online job site –Networking Community –Attend local section and chapter meetings –Active participation –“Return something” to the society: Affordable Student Membership, help advance of standards and technologies

8. IEEE Spectrum: Backyard Star Wars

9. JOIN IEEE AND NPSS If you apply for membership during the RT10 conference, NPSS offers you a FREE introductory: - Half-year membership in IEEE (value= ~$84) - Half-year membership in NPSS (value= ~$15) - Half-year subscription to web versions of the IEEE TNS and the TPS journals - Conference registration discount (  NSS/MIC) - IEEE members get half-year NPSS membership

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11. I hope you enjoy the conference - If not, tell us how to improve!