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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">See the summer school opportunity below, taking place at TRIUMF this summer.</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in; line-height:normal"><a name="x__MailOriginalBody" id="LPlnk159552" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Dear Colleagues,</span></a><span style=""><span lang="EN-CA"></span></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in; line-height:normal"><span style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">The Graduate Instrumentation and Detector School (GRIDS2018) sponsored by TRIUMF and the Canadian Particle Astrophysics
Research Centre (CPARC) will take place at TRIUMF in Vancouver, Canada from August 6-17, 2018.<b>
</b>The school also doubles as the 28<sup>th</sup> TRIUMF Summer Institute (TSI2018).</span></span><span style=""><span lang="EN-CA"></span></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in; line-height:normal"><span style=""><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Please pass this information on to graduate students and post-docs who might be interested. A second circular
with more details will be released when the application/registration process opens in the coming weeks.</span></i></span><span style=""><span lang="EN-CA"></span></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in; line-height:normal"><span style=""><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">About the School:</span></u></b></span><span style=""><span lang="EN-CA"></span></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in; line-height:normal"><span style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">TSI/GRIDS2018 (tsi.triumf.ca) is aimed at graduate students and post-docs for whom particle and radiation detection
plays an important role in their work, and who would like to gain hands-on experience with detectors and associated instrumentation technology. The goal of the school is to provide an introduction to practical aspects of radiation detection in nuclear, particle,
and astroparticle physics <span style="color:black">as well as in nuclear medicine so</span> that participants achieve a working knowledge of the origin of data produced by commonly employed detector systems. </span></span><span style=""><span lang="EN-CA"></span></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in; line-height:normal"><span style=""><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Objectives:</span></u></b></span><span style=""><span lang="EN-CA"></span></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in; line-height:normal"><span style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue"" lang="EN-CA">GRIDS will offer a diversified program, combining plenary lectures from leading experts with hands-on
laboratory experience with typical detector and instrumentation technologies</span></span><span style=""><span lang="EN-CA"></span></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in; line-height:normal"><span style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Participants will develop a basic understanding of the interactions of particles with matter that are relevant to
radiation detection, and of the physical mechanisms for collecting energy deposited by radiation. Operational principles will be covered for commonly employed detectors suitable for measurements of energy, momentum, timing, and particle identification. Low
background environments and radio-frequency and electronic techniques will be discussed. Participants will explore design and decision-making in the field of radiation detection with focus on</span></span><span style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
</span></span><span style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">the rationale, limitations, and breadth of detector applications and development.
</span></span><span style=""><span lang="EN-CA"></span></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in; line-height:normal"><span style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Participants will also develop laboratory skills to</span></span><span style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
</span></span><span style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">operate commonly used equipment for radiation detection in a safe and effective manner, identify common problems associated with operating particle physics detectors,
and work as a team to experiment using a detector assembly.</span></span><span style=""><span lang="EN-CA"></span></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in; line-height:normal"><span style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Details about plenary speakers and laboratory experiments will be available in the coming weeks.</span></span><span style=""><span lang="EN-CA"></span></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in; line-height:normal"><span style=""><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Application and Registration Procedure:</span></u></b></span><span style=""><span lang="EN-CA"></span></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in; line-height:normal"><span style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Applications along with letters of reference will be accepted via the GRIDS website. The school will host up to
20 participants. Those chosen to participate will be invited to complete the registration process, also via the GRIDS website.</span></span><span style=""><span lang="EN-CA"></span></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in; line-height:normal"><span style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Partial support will be available from CPARC and other agencies.</span></span><span style=""><span lang="EN-CA"></span></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in; line-height:normal"><span style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">The application process will open in early May 2018.
</span></span><span style=""><span lang="EN-CA"></span></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in; line-height:normal"><span style=""><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">For further information:</span></u></b></span><span style=""><span lang="EN-CA"></span></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in; line-height:normal"><span style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Visit the school website at </span></span><a href="http://tsi.triumf.ca/" id="LPlnk619141" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true"><span style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">http://tsi.triumf.ca/</span></span><span style=""></span></a><span style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">
for more information, including travel and accommodations. </span></span><span style=""><span lang="EN-CA"></span></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in; line-height:normal"><span style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Additional questions can be forwarded to
</span></span><span style=""></span><a href="mailto:tsi@triumf.ca" id="LPlnk790133" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true"><span style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">tsi@triumf.ca</span></span><span style=""></span></a><span style=""><span lang="EN-CA"></span></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in; line-height:normal"><span style=""><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Organizing Committee:</span></u></b></span><span style=""><span lang="EN-CA"></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue"" lang="EN-CA">Tony Noble, CPARC/Queen’s (co-chair)</span></span><span style=""><span lang="EN-CA"></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue"" lang="EN-CA">Nathalie Ouellette, CPARC (co-chair)</span></span><span style=""><span lang="EN-CA"></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue"" lang="EN-CA">Marcello Pavan, TRIUMF (co-chair)</span></span><span style=""><span lang="EN-CA"></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue"" lang="EN-CA">Pietro Giampa, TRIUMF</span></span><span style=""><span lang="EN-CA"></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue"" lang="EN-CA">Fabrice Retiere, TRIUMF</span></span><span style=""><span lang="EN-CA"></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue"" lang="EN-CA">Isabel Trigger, TRIUMF</span></span><span style=""><span lang="EN-CA"></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue"" lang="EN-CA">Mark Chen, Queen’s</span></span><span style=""><span lang="EN-CA"></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue"" lang="EN-CA">Philippe Di Stefano, Queen's</span></span><span style=""><span lang="EN-CA"></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue"" lang="EN-CA">Ken Clark, CPARC/Queen’s/TRIUMF</span></span><span style=""><span lang="EN-CA"></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue"" lang="EN-CA">Alan Robinson, University of Montreal</span></span><span style=""><span lang="EN-CA"></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica Neue"" lang="EN-CA">Doug Bryman, UBC</span></span><span style=""></span><span lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
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