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Physicist working on FELs and #MachineLearning for particle accelerators @astecstfc @cockcroft_news @DaresburyLab @PartAccelBeams @STFC_Matters @UKRI_News

Heswall, UK
Joined November 2019
The UK XFEL poject, led by @STFC_Matters, held a Townhall meeting @Plymuni to discuss the benefits that a next generation XFEL could bring to quantum computing, AI applications and fundamental physics. cockcroft.ac.uk/2024/02/02/u… xitter.cf/cockcroft_news/status/…
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Incredible couple of days! Inspiring talks, vital connections, and brilliant ideas. Thank you @QUBelfast for hosting, and to all of our speakers for making the meeting what it was. #xfel @STFC_Matters
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🌊TOUR STARTS THIS WEEKEND! 🌊 And not gonna lie, ticket sales are low across the board. I’m fairly sure it’s not because we’re crap, but if you do plan on coming along, buying in advance is a huge help so we avoid cancellations 🤪 beforebreakfast.co.uk/live
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Dave’s @UKXFEL poster is getting some nice attention 👍 #ipac23 #xfel
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Come and join us at our 'Ion Beams at a UK XFEL' Workshop in Manchester on the 18th of May. Find out more at xfel.ac.uk #ionbeams #UKXFEL #XFEL
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A big thank you to our friends @psich_en for spending this week talking to us about all things #XFEL and for showing us around their beautiful facility in the Swiss countryside 😍 (Spotted some @STFC_Matters kit in there too!) So, Danke schön from the @UKXFEL team 👍
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As we consider options for @UKXFEL, this is a very useful record of our past FEL projects (and happily back to being open access!) @STFC_Matters #UKXFEL royalsocietypublishing.org/d…
Elaine Seddon of the Cockcroft Institute @astecstfc @STFC_Matters together with ex-ASTeC Director Mike Poole have published an open access article @RSocPublishing reviewing close to 45 years of the history of free-electron laser projects in the UK. cockcroft.ac.uk/2023/03/01/h…
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Excellent coverage of the @UKXFEL project by @andyextance @ChemistryWorld #UKXFEL @STFC_Matters
Very much enjoying covering the fricking enormous laser beat right now, including my latest at @chemistryworld. Went to a meeting in January that explained what the point of the UK building a >£1B x-ray laser would be. Lots of juicy details! ⚛️💥chemistryworld.com/news/uk-b…
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A workshop on particle accelerator-related running races would be great too! Satellite event + race @IPAC_23?
Todays Daresbury Accelerators 5k handicap race started and finished at Dipolehenge. Find out more in Mondays talks -> iop.eventsair.com/h-uk-pa-20… (more about the particle accelerator it came from, not the running race). 😁
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Quick 🏃‍♀️! Make sure you register by 4th March to join me at the #History of UK #Particle #Accelerators #event. Looking forward to seeing you there! 🤩 Register here: iop.eventsair.com/h-uk-pa-20… #history #physics @iop_conferences @PartAccelBeams #UKatCERN
Want to know more about great #particle #accelerators that were built in the UK? ⚛️ Join us online, or in person at @SciTecDaresbury or @RutherfordApLab. You can register now: iop.eventsair.com/h-uk-pa-20… @PartAccelBeams @iop_history @PhysicsNews @STFC_Matters #UKatCERN
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I am so grateful for all the people that came together at the 1st collaboration workshop on Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Accelerators!
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Interested in how #particle #accelerators have developed in the UK? Then join me at a #History of UK Particle Accelerators event in March. You can resister now! iop.eventsair.com/h-uk-pa-20… @PartAccelBeams @STFC_Matters @iop_history @PhysicsNews @cockcroft_news @RutherfordApLab
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In this week’s podcast I speak to John Collier from the @CLF_STFC about why the UK planning a #UKXFEL @STFC_Matters 👇
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Excellent summary by @Mike_Banks @PhysicsWorld on the UK community’s drive to harness the power of next generation X-ray sources. There was a palpable energy and positivity that will hopefully underpin a bold move by @STFC_Matters and the UK Govt. It was an honor to be there!
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Good to see sustainability is being considered for a possible future #ukxfel
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A brilliant launch for the next phase of #UKXFEL! Thanks very much to everyone who contributed
That’s a wrap. Thank you to all of our wonderful speakers today, to the ⁦@royalsociety⁩ for hosting, and to everyone that attended or listened online. #XFEL #UKXFEL ⁦@STFC_Matters⁩ 💫
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European XFEL
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Why, in 2000, did Blair approve the building of an expensive synchrotron at Didcot (Harwell, near Oxford) and not Daresbury (near Manchester)? Why the South and not in the North? Anyone want a thread on the story, with archive docs? I promise to be rude about Oxford profs…
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