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This will be just a
short update on the activities of the RISC since the last Newsletter.
The main activity has been with the Site Selection Committee which
has been looking into possible sites for the 2008 NSS/MIC meeting.
The leading location is Germany, with three possible sites there
being Berlin, Dresden and Hamburg. The site selection process in
Germany is being coordinated by a local Site Selection Team which
includes Uwe Bratzler, Patrick LeDû, Erik Heijne, Ralph Engles,
Klaus Mueller and Maxim Titov.
Several members of the Site Selection Committee (Ron Keyser, Craig
Woody and Roger Gearhart) will visit all three sites in late May
to get a first hand look at the facilities at each location, and
will report back to the Site Selection Committee on their findings.
It is hoped that it will be possible to make a decision on the final
site by midsummer, along with naming a General Chair for the meeting.
Also, since the last Newsletter, Dr. Benjamin Tsui from Johns Hopkins
University has been named the General Chair for the 2007 meeting.
Ben was MIC Chair in 2001, and we welcome his experience and willingness
to chair the 2007 meeting in Hawaii.
Plans for the 2005 NSS/MIC, to be held in San Juan, Puerto Rico
from October 22-29, are progressing well. Tom Lewellen and several
people from the Organizing Committee had a meeting at the hotel
in October, and the full Committee met there on March 7-8th. A request
for funds to support students has been submitted to the NIH, and
the Committee is exploring possibilities for obtaining additional
support for students from the DOE and DHS, as well as from local
agencies in Puerto Rico. Planning for the industrial exhibit is
going well with the new exhibits contractor (APS), and there are
already several major companies signed up. There is a concern whether
the room block at the hotel is large enough, especially given the
very large turnout at the 2004 meeting in Rome. Negotiations are
currently under way to have a more flexible room block that could
accommodate a potentially larger number of attendees. A full list
of Short Courses will soon be available. The call for papers went
out in early March with an abstract deadline of May 2, 2005, and
registration is expected to be open shortly.
Planning for the 2006 NSS/MIC/RTSD, to be held Oct 28 – Nov
4 at the Town and Country Resort and Convention Center in San Diego,
is also progressing well. Representatives for all major roles on
the Conference Committee have been named. A poster advertising IEEE2006
was made available at the Rome meeting, and the 2006 Conference
Committee members who were in Rome met to begin the planning process.
Some Conference Committee members will visit the Town & Country
later this summer, with more comprehensive meetings to be held during
2006. Other items being worked on are the Call for Papers and the
Industrial Exhibitors brochure. Confirmation has been received from
the Room Temperature Semiconductor Workshop community that the RTSD
conference will be held in conjunction with the 2006 NSS/MIC, and
one accompanying Workshop has been confirmed.
The RITC Outstanding Achievement Award will also be given this year,
and we would like to call for nominations for this prestigious award.
The award is given in recognition of outstanding and enduring contributions
to the field of radiation instrumentation. Anyone, not just a RITC
member, who has made long-standing and noteworthy contributions
to the field is eligible. Nomination forms can be found on the NPSS
website at http://ewh.ieee.org/soc/nps/awards.htm
which, when completed, can be sent to our Awards Committee Chairman,
David Wehe, at dkw@umich.edu.
The nominations are due by June 1st, 2005, so please get your nominations
in as soon as possible to allow time for the Committee to make its
selection.
Finally, we will again be electing five new members for the RISC
this year. Serving on the RISC is an excellent opportunity to get
involved in the workings of our Society and to let your opinion
be heard. Please consider running for the RISC if you would like
to make a difference in how we do business. Nominations are due
by July 1st of 2005 and can be sent to me at woody@bnl.gov
or give me a call at 631-344-2752.
Craig Woody can be reached at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Physics
Department Bldg 510C, Upton, NY 11973; Phone: +1 631 344 2752; Fax:
+1 631 344 3253; E-mail: woody@bnl.gov.
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