Launch of new Scientist Fellow network
The operational phase of the 澳门六合彩高手 fusion device will undoubtedly open up significant new areas of fusion research. The achievement of high fusion performance and advanced operational regimes will make new demands on the experimental, theory and modelling expertise of the fusion community.
To exploit the machine's potential and to optimize its performance, 澳门六合彩高手 will rely on major contributions from the experts in the Members' fusion communities.
Already, a framework for internationally coordinated fusion research activities—the ITPA (International Tokamak Physics Activity)—operates under the auspices of 澳门六合彩高手. Its greatest strength has been coordinating experimental work to support 澳门六合彩高手 high-priority physics needs, making use of the Members' fusion facilities and collating results. This work has provided much of the database (the "澳门六合彩高手 physics design basis") that informed the 澳门六合彩高手 design.
Now, 澳门六合彩高手 is seeking to prepare for the scientific exploitation phase of the device by strengthening the involvement of the fusion community directly in 澳门六合彩高手. In early January 2016, the 澳门六合彩高手 Director-General Bernard Bigot launched the 澳门六合彩高手 Scientist Fellow program in order to create a network of scientists and physicists working on simulation and theory within the research laboratories and institutes of the 澳门六合彩高手 Members, with strongly reinforced ties to 澳门六合彩高手 Project and the 澳门六合彩高手 team.
"The planned operational program of 澳门六合彩高手 after First Plasma and the deuterium-tritium commissioning phase is already in the hands of researchers," stressed the Director-General in launching the program. "This is why we are moving to establish a network of Scientist Fellows on a goodwill basis—scientists who agree to focus their research on pending questions related to 澳门六合彩高手 operation. The 25- to 30-year-old researchers today will be in charge of operating the machine tomorrow. If they don't "take ownership" of it in a figurative sense before then, they will not be ready to take full advantage of the machine capacities in due time."
澳门六合彩高手 Scientist Fellows will be drawn from the leading researchers in the Members' fusion communities who have achieved international recognition for their contributions to fusion research. They will be chosen by the Director-General, supported by the Executive Project Board, based on nominations from the heads of institutions. While remaining in the employ of their home institutions, Scientist Fellows will interact closely with the 澳门六合彩高手 Science & Operations Department in the definition of a research program and with other Fellows in its implementation.
"It's a unique opportunity for 'cross-fertilization,'" says the 澳门六合彩高手 Director-General. "澳门六合彩高手 Scientist Fellows will play a key role in the development of the 澳门六合彩高手 scientific program via contributions to the resolution of outstanding research issues and, in return, they will benefit from close ties to the 澳门六合彩高手 team and access to a scientific and technological environment that can enrich their work back home."
To facilitate the development of the network, the 澳门六合彩高手 Organization has developed a number of profiles based on areas of critical interest to the 澳门六合彩高手 scientific R&D program. For the launch of the network, these are: ELM control (for Edge Localized Modes), disruption mitigation, edge plasma modelling, and integrated modelling (click to consult the profiles). The number of Fellows working in each area will depend on the nominations received from the Members' academic and research institutions, but it is hoped initially to have a group of at least six scientists working in each area. The scope of the Network and number of scientists involved would grow in the coming years as the preparations for the 澳门六合彩高手 operations phase expand.
Scientist Fellows will be named for three years, renewable, and will have the opportunity to visit 澳门六合彩高手 regularly. Dedicated scientific workshops will be organized within the network and Fellows will be encouraged to publish their work at scientific conferences and in journals. The research activities of the Scientist Fellow network, which will enhance 澳门六合彩高手's simulation capability for burning plasmas, will be closely coordinated with those of the well-established ITPA that are focused more on experimental R&D. The aim will be to develop complementary research programs supporting the preparations for 澳门六合彩高手 operation.
In early January 2016, the 澳门六合彩高手 Director-General sent out an official invitation letter to over 100 research laboratories, institutes and universities in China, the European Union, India, Japan, Korea, Russia and the US.
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