COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
IN NUCLEAR AND PLASMA SCIENCE

As these lines are being written, there are close to 200 participants registered for the 15th meeting of the IEEE NPSS Real Time Conference at Fermilab (April 29th to May 4th 2007). One of the highlights of this conference is the attribution of the CANPS award. This award is meant to recognize individuals who have made outstanding contributions in the application of computers in nuclear and plasma sciences. The recipient this year is Dr. Peter Clout, founder of Vista Control Systems.
Dr. Peter Clout has been an innovative leader in the area of real-time computerized data acquisition and control systems for over 35 years. During much of this time, Peter has been an active leader of the IEEE NPSS and of CANPS. He worked on the development and implementation of the CAMAC hardware standard, was project leader at Los Alamos National Laboratory in the 1980s, and served as president of NPSS. At the head of Vista Control Systems, he has developed a diverse customer base in the military, research and industrial sectors for his control and data acquisition system products. Peter was also awarded the NPSS Shea Award for service to the Society in 2002.
Jean-Pierre Martin, Chair, CANPS can be reached at the University of Montreal, RJA Lévesque Laboratory, Montreal (QC), Canada H3C 3J7. Phone +1 514 343 7340; e-mail: jpmartin@lps.umontreal.ca