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Practical Information |
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How to apply |
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Date and Place
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The 30th CERN School of Computing will
be held at Importanne Resort* in Dubrovnik, Croatia, from
Monday 20 August to Friday, 31 August 2007(1)
(1) Students will have to arrive on the
Sunday
19 August
and leave on the Saturday 01 September 2007.
* Note
that this hotel hotel may sometimes be referred to with its previous
name: Hotel Neptun
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Country |
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information on Croatia
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the currency, visas
... on the following link:
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Participation |
The School is open to
postgraduate students and research workers with a few years'
experience in elementary particle physics, in computing or in
related fields. The number of participants will be limited to
80. Applicants may come from CERN Member States as well as from countries that are not Member
States of CERN.
Personal contacts and
informal discussions among the participants during leisure time are
an important aspect of the School. For this reason,
participants are
asked to note that they should not be accompanied by family members
or friends.
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Accommo-dation
Hotel Address
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Participants will be accommodated in the
Importanne Resort* situated in the town of
Dubrovnik and will be lodged in comfortable double
rooms with private bathrooms (that is, they will share the double
room with a schoolmate)
Importanne Resort Dubrovnik*
Kardinala Stepinca 21
20000 Dubrovnik
Croatia
Tel: +385 20 440 100
Fax: +385 20 440 200
* Note
that this hotel hotel may sometimes be referred to with its previous
name: Hotel Neptun
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Map |
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Language |
The working language
of the School will be English. There will be no simultaneous
translation. Participants should therefore have sufficient
understanding of English to enable them to benefit from the School.
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Registration |
Participants should reach Dubrovnik for registration during the
afternoon or early evening of Sunday,
19 August 2007.
Registration will take place at the reception of the Hotel Neptun
from 13:00 to 19:00.
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Participants should note
that lunch on the day of arrival (Sunday 19 August 2007) is not provided,
but the dinner is.
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The School will
end on the morning of Saturday 01 September 2007, after breakfast.
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Travel |
The Dubrovnik airport
is located at 20 km from the Importanne Resort (Hotel
Neptun)
Two
special CSC buses will be arranged on Sunday 19 August at
12:15 and 16:15 from the
airport to the Hotel. The special CSC buses will be identified with
a CSC logo.
However, if you prefer to take another
bus, please note that the ATLAS Bus are available upon arrival of
every regular flight for a transfer to downtown Dubrovnik (the
ticket price is 35 kn ~4 euros). This bus stops at Pile square
(entrance old town) and then you will take the bus nr. 6 ‘Pile-Babin
Kuk’ to the last station. The ATLAS bus stops also at the main bus
station and then you have to take the bus nr. 7 ‘Kantafig-Babin Kuk’
(the ticket price is 8 kn ~1 euro). Note that this last bus stop
is at ~50m to the Hotel Neptun. (Public buses:
Libertas Dubrovnik)
The transport via the two special CSC
buses is free or charge, but you will bear the cost of any other
transportation means (taxi, regular bus, …).
You can find a map of
Dubrovnik and the surroundings via
http://www.dubrovnik-apartments.com/mapa_velika.htm
The old town:
http://www.dubrovnik-apartments.com/mapa_grad.htm or
http://web.tzdubrovnik.hr/gradmapa.jpg
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Liability
and Insurance |
Participation
in the CERN School of Computing and in all activities
organized in the framework thereof (whether by CERN or by
third parties) is at the participant's own risk and neither
CERN nor the third parties concerned accept any liability
with regard thereto. Equipment and materials made available
to participants during the CERN School of Computing are
made available on an "as-is-basis" without any warranties
express or implied. Their use shall be under the sole
responsibility and at the sole risk of the participants.
Participants
shall be solely responsible and liable regarding their
property and CERN shall have no liability in case of
loss, theft or damage thereof.
Participants shall ensure that, there shall at all times
during the latter's participation in the CERN School of
Computing be insurance cover against illnesses and
accidents valid in the place of venue, and against
disability and death resulting from illnesses and accidents
of the participants. The participant shall hold CERN free
and harmless from, and indemnify it for any cost or expense
resulting from the situation where any part of the insurance
cover detailed above is not in place.
By his registration in the CERN School of Computing the
participant acknowledges that he takes note and accepts the above.
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Cost |
The cost of the School per
participant comprises three components:
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The
Fees: 300 Euros
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The
Living Expenses: 1000 Euros
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The
Travel Expenses to
and from the school location
The sum of the Fees plus the Living
Expenses, that is 1300 Euros,
should be paid to the account
below prior to the school. This
amount covers
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tuition
and handouts
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lunch,
two daily coffee breaks, dinner and accommodation in double
rooms at the Importanne Resort, from dinner on Sunday,
19 August to breakfast on Saturday,
01 September 2007.
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some
social activities, of which details will be given at a later
time..
Note
on costs
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Participants are warned that all meals except the closing dinner will have a common,
buffet-style,
menu. There will be no a-la-carte facility. It will not be
possible to accommodate special dietary restrictions.
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Participants arriving before Sunday evening 19th of August or
leaving after Saturday 1st of September will be entirely on
their own: the school will neither arrange for their
accommodation nor will cover any cost associated to their
extended stay.
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Any extra cost incurred during the stay
(including private excursions, private expenses at hotel,
private transport costs, private meals, ...) will not be born by
the school organization.
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Any cost incurred by a participant not
following the official excursion or social programme (e.g.
meal cost of a participant not attending an excursion which
includes a meal) will not
be born by the school organization.
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Travel |
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The
sum of 1300 Euros does not include travel expenses from the
participants' working place to the Importanne Resort and back.
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Participants are on their own to organize their travel
to and from the school location. The school does not organize travel
tickets for participants, nor it advances money for travel
expenses, even though the participant will benefit from a
partial or total reimbursement of these expenses.
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Method of
payment |
Part or all of the Fees and Living
Expenses above, as well as part or all of the travel costs may be reimbursed
to participants
eligible for grants that CERN has obtained from the European Union
6th Framework Programme. See
Grants to
cover living costs, travel costs and fees.
The sum
of 1300 euros should be paid prior to the school into the following
account upon receipt of the letter of acceptance.
CERN Computing and Data
a/c no. 240-FP102816.3
UBS SA. Genève
CERN
CH-1211 Geneva 23
Switzerland.
Summary
of Bank
references
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Bank Name |
UBS SA.,
Geneva |
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Account number / name |
240-FP102816.3
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CERN Computing and Data |
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IBAN |
CH2000240240FP1028163 |
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BIC |
UBSWCHZH80A |
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Grants to cover living costs,
travel costs and
fees |
As part of a European Commission 6th Framework
Programme project, part or all of the Fees and Living Expenses
above may be reimbursed. In addition, part or all of the Travel Expenses
may also be reimbursed.
See
Please
note that administrative expenses associated with visas
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Application |
See
How to apply
for details.
Candidates should ensure that
not only have they
completed the web application form, but that
a
signed formal letter of reference (on formal headed paper from
the applicant's institute/organization) from their professor or
supervisor, reaches the School Administrator (Mrs Fabienne
Baud-Lavigne) by 15th of May 2007 at the latest.
In
addition, a
certification form
(PDF
version | Word
version)
must be
filled in and signed by the applicant's professor or supervisor (and not by
the applicant) and
returned to Mrs. Fabienne Baud-Lavigne by 15th of May 2007.
Applications received after 15th of May 2007, 17:30 will not be considered.
The
selection of the participants will be made by the Advisory Committee and
participants will be informed of the outcome of their application by
the middle of June 2007.
Note: applications
are for the entire programme. It is not possible to register for one
theme only.
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Selection of
participants |
The number of
participants is limited to 80.
The
selection of the participants will be made by the Advisory Committee and
participants will be informed of the outcome of their application by
the middle of June 2007.
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Cancellation |
The CERN School of Computing Advisory Committee
reserves the right to refuse reimbursement of part or all of the fee
in the case of late cancellation. However, each case of
cancellation would be considered individually.
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Replacement |
In all cases of withdrawal or
cancellation, whether last-minute or otherwise, the choice of a
replacement, if any, will lie entirely with the Advisory Committee
and not with the laboratory or institute where the withdrawing
participant works.
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Enquiries
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All enquiries
and correspondence related to the School should be addressed to:
Mrs
Fabienne Baud-Lavigne
CERN School of Computing
CERN IT Department
CH-1211 Geneva 23
Switzerland
Telephone: +41 22 767
9136
Telefax: +41 22 766 9125
E-mail:
Computing (dot) school (at) cern (dot) ch
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