MICE Collaboration Meeting — CM31

The Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE) collaboration meeting — CM31 will be held at the University of Mississippi from Friday, October 28, 2011 until Monday, October 31, 2011.

The meeting will start in room 133 of Holman Hall at 8:30 AM Friday morning. Saturday and Sunday the meeting will be in rooms 101 and 109 Lewis Hall and conclude in room 103B Lewis Hall at noon on Monday.

Photos

Making our Mark at Taylor Grocery

Pavel's Photos or (Slide Show)

Agenda

Registration

Conference Fee: $20 for Coffee Breaks and the Box Lunch on Friday

 

Participants
Name	Institution	E-mail
Ruslan Asfandiyarov	University of Geneva	ruslan.asfandiyarov@cern.ch
Victoria Blackmore	University of Oxford	v.blackmore1@physics.ox.ac.uk
Alain Blondel	Université de Geneve	alain.blondel@cern.ch
Daniel Bowring	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	dbowring@lbl.gov
Ulisse Bravar	University of New Hampshire	ulisse.bravar@unh.edu
Alan Bross	Fermilab	bross@fnal.gov
John Cobb	Oxford University	j.cobb@physics.ox.ac.uk
Linda Coney	University of California — Riverside	lconey@fnal.gov
Lucien Cremaldi	University of Mississippi	cremaldi@phy.olemiss.edu
Allan DeMello	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	ajdemello@lbl.gov
Adam Dobbs	Imperial College London	a.dobbs07@imperial.ac.uk
Raymond Gamet	University of Liverpool	gam@hep.ph.liv.ac.uk
Michael Green	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	magreen@lbl.gov
Pierrick Hanlet	Illinois Institute of Technology	hanlet@fnal.gov
Gail Hanson	University of California — Riverside	Gail.Hanson@ucr.edu
Terry Hart	University of Mississippi	tlh@fnal.gov
Christopher Heidt	University of California — Riverside	Cheid001@ucr.edu
Gene Kafka	Illinois Institute of Technology	gkafka@iit.edu
Daniel Kaplan	Illinois Institute of Technology	kaplan@iit.edu
Peter Lane	Illinois Institute of Technology	Plane1@iit.edu
Maria Leonova	Fermilab	mleonova@fnal.gov
Derun Li	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	dli@lbl.gov
Matthew Littlefield	Brunel University	matthew.littlefield@brunel.ac.uk
Ken Long	Imperial College	K.Long@Imperial.AC.UK
Tianhuan Luo	University of Mississippi	tianhluo@gmail.com
Trey Lyons	University of Mississippi	gtlyons@olemiss.edu
Oleg Lysenko	University of Chicago	olysenko@fnal.gov
Henry Nebrensky	Brunel University	J.Nebrensky@brunel.ac.uk
Andy Nichols	Rutherford Appleton Laboratory	andy.nichols@stfc.ac.uk
Edward Overton	University of Sheffield	e.overton@shef.ac.uk
Roy Preece	Rutherford Appleton Laboratory	Roy.Preece@STFC.AC.UK
Durga Rajaram	Illinois Institute of Technology	durga@fnal.gov
Chris Rogers	Rutherford Appleton Laboratory	chris.rogers@stfc.ac.uk
David Sanders	University of Mississippi	sanders@phy.olemiss.edu
Edward Santos	Imperial College	e.santos10@imperial.ac.uk
Pavel Snopok	Illinois Institute of Technology	snopok@gmail.com
Don Summers	University of Mississippi	summers@phy.olemiss.edu
Yagmur Torun	Illinois Institute of Technology	torun@iit.edu
Christopher Tunnell	Oxford University	c.tunnell1@physics.ox.ac.uk
Steve Virostek	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	spvirostek@lbl.gov
Michael Zisman	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	mszisman@lbl.gov

Transportation

The best airport to get to Oxford, Mississippi is Memphis, Tennessee. Memphis has flights to Amsterdam, Chicago, Los Angeles, Atlanta...
You will need to rent a car to drive the 68 miles to Oxford.

Directions

A Word of Warning

Please note: if you are following along with a map, State Highway 6 is sometimes marked as US 278. However, you will not see any US 278 signs on the route.

From Memphis International Airport

Follow signs for I-240 from the airport. Take I-240 west (toward Downtown/Little Rock/St. Louis) to I-55 south (Exit 26, toward Jackson, Mississippi). At Batesville (Exit 243A), take Highway 6 east towards Oxford. After approximately 20 miles, exit at Coliseum Drive and turn left. Turn right at the four-way stop onto Hill Drive. Follow Hill Drive to a four-way stop at All-American Way. Continue straight. Visitors are allowed to park in this parking area; Lewis Hall is the large building to the west.

From Jackson, Mississippi

Take I-55 north (toward Grenada and Memphis) to Batesville. At Batesville (Exit 243A), take Highway 6 east towards Oxford. After approximately 20 miles, exit at Coliseum Drive and turn left. Turn right at the four-way stop onto Hill Drive. Follow Hill Drive to a four-way stop at All-American Way. Continue straight. Visitors are allowed to park in this parking area; Lewis Hall is the large building to the west.

Parking

During the week visitor parking on campus on University Avenue between Coulter and Ventress Halls, as well as the Circle. On the weekend you may park in any lot.

Maps

A good map of the campus that shows the Visitor Parking is seen here. Holman Hall is northeast of the green marker and Lewis Hall is just south of it.

Campus Map

Accommodations

We have reserved a block of 40 rooms until 7 October for $129/night at Hampton Inn — Oxford
103 Ed Perry Blvd.
Oxford, MS 38655
USA
+1-662-234-5565
Use the group code "UPC" at http://www.hilton.com to get the $129 rate.
Or email Gina.Rounsaville@hilton.com for a reservation and the $129 rate.

Other possible hotels:
The Inn at OleMiss on campus http://theinnatolemiss.com/ (limited rooms)
Holiday Inn Express Oxford http://www.holidayinn.com/
Super 8 Oxford http://www.super8.com/ (budget)

Social Events

Local

Dinner Saturday Night at Taylor Grocery (Catfish) ($15 - $20 + wine)
Blues Archive — J.D. Williams Library
Rowan Oak — William Faulkner's Home
Mary Buie Museum — Millington-Barnard Scientific Instrument Collection

General Area

Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale Mississippi
B.B. King Museum in Indianola, Mississippi
Mississippi Blues Trail
Graceland — Elvis Presley's Home in Memphis, Tennessee

Computing

For the meetings in Lewis Hall the following will be available:

Wireless access:
SSID: "MICE Guest Network"
Password: "cm31xxxx" where "xxxx" is the usual MICE password.

Skype: Username "umisshep". or
EVO: "MICE CM31" in Community "Universe"; Phone Bridge ID: 112916.
N.B. These are mutually exclusive so please let the Session Convener know which one you would prefer.