The CERN Technology Project

The CERN Technology Project focuses on three related areas with respect to the Norwegian CERN programme: - Accelerator Physics and Detector R&D where there are currently 8 active Ph.D students from Univ. of Oslo working on their thesis project at CERN an d UiO - The Norwegian Technical Student programme for master students, typically 10-15 students from Univ. Colleges and NTNU, working for one year at CERN as part of their master theses, in a wide range of technical fields related to accelerators, detect or-systems and within IT. The interest for this programme is large - The Norwegian Industry and Technology Transfer activities focusing on recruitment, technology transfer, industry contracts, and currently also covering the Norwegian participation in th e TIARA FP7 preparatory phase projects related to R&D within accelerator science. The Norwegian participation in the FP7 Integrating Activity project AIDA for R&D on detector and sensor systems is included and supported as well with a post.doc.

The CERN Technology Project, covering the period 2012-15, has as focus three related areas: Accelerator Physics, the Norwegian Technical Student programme, and the Industry and Technology Transfer activities - all related to enhancing the CERN membership benefits and impact for Norway. These three main activities in the project are well integrated to address the declared major focus of the CERN related activities for the forthcoming period, namely to increase the number of young scientists involved and tr ained, in particular students, in CERN related projects. These students can be at master or ph.d level, and this training is often the first step towards CERN recruitment posts, and as such the programme is also aimed at improving the Norwegian staff situ ation at CERN. Direct recruitment campaigns are also included under the responsibilty of the Industry and Technology Transfer area. The project builts on experiences gained in previous project period 2006-2011, where in particular two areas are improved in the new project: the direct focus on accelerator science with is the by far the largest activity at CERN, and including a ph.d programme to bridge between master positions and CERN recruitment posts. CERN co-finances the student-grants very significant ly and only 1/3 of the costs are carried by this project. Five ph.d students have already started their studies, all currently funded by CERN.