Members and organisation
About 200 researchers and graduate students in Denmark use CERN either by contributing and participating directly in the experiments or by carrying out theoretical work related to CERN physics.
The organization of NICE is schematically depicted in the following organization chart. Five Danish Universities are directly represented.
The NICE board (‘bestyrelse’) consists of all group leaders (or their representatives) of ongoing experiments at CERN that have Danish participation. The board has established an executive committee consisting of 3 members to handle daily matters in an efficient manner.
The board has established an advisory committee (‘følgegruppe’) that includes representatives from Industry, the Big Science secretariat, computing, etc. with the following mandate (in Danish).
Kommissorium for NICE følgegruppen.
- at følge og rådgive omkring igangværende danske videnskabelige aktiviteter omkring CERN
- at være sparringspartner og inspirationskilde for bestyrelsen
- at sikre størst mulig bredde i den danske udnyttelse af det danske CERN medlemskab, herunder at undersøge og fremme mulighederne for at forøge deltagelse af danske forskere i CERN’s programmer indenfor såvel eksperiment som teori.
- at fremme ingeniørmæssig og industriel participation, samt dansk returværdi
- at bidrage til udvikling af nationale strategier omkring Big science, herunder i særdeleshed acceleratorbaseret forskning
- at forholde sig til nye nationale og internationale udviklinger og udgøre et rådgivende råd for faglige kredse såvel som for myndigheder
- at fremme tværfaglig udnyttelse og spredning af CERN relaterede aktiviteter, herunder avanceret computing ( f.eks. HPC, GRID og BigData),
- at fremme videns overførsel og uddannelse, herunder at planlægge samlende aktiviteter i Danmark
Current composition of the board:
- Center director and chair of the board: Professor Jens Jørgen Gaardhøje, KU, NBI,
- Vice chair: Lektor Karsten Riisager, AU, IFA.
Additional members:
- Professor Ian Bearden, KU, NBI
- Professor Ulrik Uggerhøj, AU, IFA
- Professor Jeff Hangst, AU, IFA
- Lektor Karsten Riisager, AU, IFA.
- Lektor Stefania Xella , KU, NBI
Current composition of the Executive Committee:
- Professor Jens Jørgen Gaardhøje, KU, NBI,
- Lektor Karsten Riisager, AU, IFA.
Current Composition of the advisory group ( ‘Følgegruppe’):
- Chair: Professor Ulrik Uggerhøj, AU, IFA
Additional members:
- Kontorchef Johnny Mogensen, FI, UFM.
- Adm. Direktør Jørgen Kunter Pedersen, Danfysik A/S
- Daglig leder Centerchef, ph.d. Nikolaj Zangenberg
- Professor Jens Jørgen Gaardhøje, KU, NBI.
- Lektor Stefania Xella, KU, NBI
- Seniorforsker Josva Kleist, AAU.
- Institutleder Jan W. Thomsen, KU, NBI.
- Underdirektør Steen Pedersen, DTU, IT.