Detector Awards

Detector Awards

The annual CMS Detector Awards are an acknowledgement to the CMS members that recently gave or are currently giving substantial and outstanding contributions to the project and construction of CMS detectors or parts of them, or in general implementations of upgrade projects.
The original detector achievement awards for construction can be found here.
The detector awards have recently been restarted in 2016 in recognition of work for the CMS phase II detector upgrade and the awards are presented to the recipients the year after.

On the right, you can find a link to check the list of awardees and their work, organised by years.

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Detector Awards 2016

Detector Awards 2016

Detector Awards 2016

Pictures from the Detector Awards ceremony can be found here: https://cds.cern.ch/record/2258164 

Tracker
Silvan STREULI PSI   For long standing and outstanding work in the design and construction of the new low mass BPIX with integrated CO2 cooling loops and of the related tools for assembly and installation in CMS.
Helmut STEININGER HEPHY engineer For outstanding contributions to the firmware development of the past and the new pixel detector FED.

L1 Trigger
Thomas GORSKI Wisconsin engineer For crucial contributions to the upgraded trigger algorithms on the evolutionary path to the full calorimeter trigger upgrade.
Alessandro THEA RAL   For the long-standing and fundamentally important contribution to both the Phase-1 upgrade and subsequent operations of the Level-1 trigger system.

HCAL
Vladmir EPSHTEYN Moscow-ITEP engineer For his critical work on analyzing and interpreting the radiation damage of the HCAL scintillators and WLS fibers.
Kevin PEDRO FNAL postdoc For outstanding contributions to the development of the offline software for the phase 1 hardware upgrade for HF and HE and for the development of the simulation and studies of the Radiation damage to the HE scintillator.

Muon
Flavio LODDO BARI engineer For the crucial contribution to the design and finalization of the VFAT3 front-end electronics of the GE1/1 project.
Simranjit Singh CHHIBRA Bologna   In recognition of his crucial contributions on developing, testing, and implementing the Alignment Position Errors (APE) in muon track reconstruction contributing to the success of the muon reconstruction, especially at high muon momenta.

DAQ
Jeroen HEGEMAN CERN   For essential contributions to the integration the new TCDS (Trigger Control Distribution System) in the phase-I upgrade Trigger and Data Acquisition subsystems.

BRIL
Jessica Lynn LEONARD DESY   For crucial contributions to the BRIL system. After being the author of the online read-out software for the custom-built real-time histogramming units (RHU) she has been in charge of the commissioning and operation of the full BCM1F system.
Moritz GUTHOFF CERN   For the excellent contribution in optimizing the frontend sensor choices for the Fast Beams Conditions Monitor, BCM1F and for the many contributions to the radiation simulation code of CMS.
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Detector Awards 2017

Detector Awards 2017

Detector Awards 2017

Tracker
Pirmin Berger ETH For significant contributions to the construction, testing and commissioning of the Phase-1 pixel vertex detector of CMS.
Davide Ceresa CERN For the development of the Macro Pixel ASIC (MPA), the readout chip for the innovative Pixel-Strip modules for the Tracker Upgrade.
Laurent Charles Strasbourg For outstanding work over several years on the conception of the Phase 1 Pixel DAQ system, and for successfully bringing it into production. 
Gabrielle Hugo CERN For decisive software and simulation contributions to the large Phase-2 Tracker Upgrade project.
Stella Orfanelli CERN For valuable contributions to beam halo monitoring; for the serial powering for the Phase-2 pixel detector; and for contributions to the design of the overall electronics architecture of the detector.

Muon
Dominico Dattola INFN Torino For long-standing and essential contribution to developing the design and integration of infrastructures for the Drift Tube Chambers and Barrel Resistive Plate chambers, and for vital commitment in studying and implementing new shielding to reduce radiation effects on the Muon detectors.
Minho Kang Korea U. For outstanding contributions to the production and quality control of the RPC gaps for CMS RPC RE4/3, 4/2 at KODEL (Korea Detector Laboratory), and for invaluable work on developing a new generation of RPC for the RE3/4-1 chambers for the Phase-2 Muon Upgrade.
Katerina Kuznetsova Florida/ PNPI For outstanding contributions over several years in leading the wide-ranging program of CSC longevity tests and performance studies in high background environments, as expected at HL-LHC, using the SPS muon test beam and the GIF++ high-intensity gamma source.

CT-PPS
Mirko Berretti Helsinki For unsurpassed contributions to the development, construction, installation and commissioning of the CT-PPS diamond timing detectors, as leading designer and project coordinator.

ECAL
David Bailleux Fermilab For outstanding contributions to all technical aspects of the ECAL, and for dedication to the ECAL laser system.
Thierry Romanteau Polytechnique For outstanding contributions to the development of the ECAL trigger concentrator card firmware.
Floris Thiant Polytechnique For outstanding contributions to the development and implementation of the ECAL trigger automatic masking software.

HCAL
Edward Laird Brown For critical contributions to the Phase-1 upgrade of the HCAL front- and back-end electronics, and for playing a leading role in commissioning one upgraded wedge of HE (HEP17) in CMS.
Daniel Noonan Florida Tech For playing a leading role in the Phase-1 upgrade of the HF detector.

HGCAL
Zoltan Gecse Fermilab For many important contributions to the design and development of the HGCAL project, impacting many aspects of the design.

DAQ
Frank Glege CERN For playing a leading role in the design and implementation of the Detector Control System, and for the integration of all sub-detectors into the DAQ.
Andre Holzner UCSD For crucial contributions to many aspects of the CMS data acquisition, in particular the networking and monitoring for Run 2.

Trigger
Karol Bunkowski Warsaw For exceptional work on the CMS Level-1 Muon Trigger.
Johannes Wittman HEPHY For crucial contributions to the successful completion of the Phase-1 upgrade of the CMS trigger project.
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Detector Awards 2018

Detector Awards 2018

Detector Awards 2018

Tracker
Martin Lipinski Aachen   For significant contributions to debugging the pixel detector DCDC converter failures, and for essential involvement in the emergency production of new converters. 
Mykyta Haranko DESY   For significant contributions to the baseline DAQ for the Phase-2 outer tracker, and for µ-DTC firmware design and implementation. 
Jarne de Clercq VUB   For significant contributions to the baseline DAQ for the Phase-2 outer tracker, and for µ-DTC firmware design and implementation. 
Kamil Cichy CERN   For significant, essential contributions to the innovative “tilted barrel” mechanics and cooling for the CMS Tracker Upgrade. 

Muon
Lorenzo Barcellan Padova   For outstanding, sustained contributions to the design, commissioning and maintenance of the DT chamber electronics. 
Andrew Peck UCLA   For outstanding, sustained contributions to design and costing of new electronics, including complex optical link planning, for the CSC and GEM muon systems. 
Nicolas Zagandis Ghent   For years of essential contributions and coordination of the RPC system including commissioning, operations and upgrades. 
Rosamaria Venditti  Bari   For years of essential contributions to the Muon system and in particular in the GEM project. 

BRIL

 
Nicolò Tosi Bologna   For key contributions to the firmware for the µTCA readout of the BCM1F Background and Luminosity detectors and of the BHM Beam Halo Monitors.

ECAL
Evgueni Vlassov Moscow/ ITEP   For unique and outstanding contributions to ECAL operations since the start of LHC collisions.
Dario Mapelli U. Milano-Bicocca   For innovative contributions to the ECAL Test Beam data-acquisition system, exploiting modern IT tools and frameworks. 

HCAL
Nadja Strobbe Fermilab   For leadership in characterisations of the frontend electronics for HF, HE and HB; and excellent leadership of the test beam for the HE and HB upgrades. 
Richard G. Kellogg Maryland   For many years of fundamental contributions to many areas of the HCAL phase-1 upgrades.

HGCAL
Erich Frahm Minnesota   For outstanding contributions to the development of the new Endcap Calorimeter. 
Damien Thienpont Polytechnique   For essential contributions to the design of the HGCAL readout ASIC. 

PPS
Enrico Robutti Genova   For years of essential contributions and leadership in the design, construction and operation of the PPS silicon tracker. 

L1TRG

 
Gregory Iles London/ IC   For sustained and outstanding contributions in designing trigger and readout electronics for CMS over many years. 
Thomas Williams RAL   For exceptional work on the Phase-1 CMS Level-1 Online Software upgrade. 

MTD

Roberta Arcidiacono

 Torino   For fundamental contributions to the development of the silicon sensors (UFSD) of the MTD end-cap detector. 
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Detector Awards 2019

Detector Awards 2019

Detector Awards 2019

MUON
Michele Bianco  CERN

For outstanding and extensive contributions to the GE11 project, including chamber construction, installation and integration as Technical Coordinator of the project.
Ian Crotty Wisconsin

For extensive important contributions to the construction, operation, and upgrade of the RPC detectors and associated systems.
Mohit Gola Univ. of Delhi

For major contributions to the GE11 GEM chamber assembly and quality control, including the development of procedures to characterize chamber performance.
Jian Wang Univ. Florida

For significant contributions to operation and upgrade of the CSC system, and notably the coordination and execution of the extensive upgrade of the on-chamber electronics during Long Shutdown 2.

L1TRG
Jia Fu Low Univ. of Florida For vital contributions to the Level-1 EndCap Muon Trigger and important studies for the Phase-2 Trigger Upgrade.
Ales Svetek Wisconsin For important firmware engineering contributions to the Level-1 Calorimeter Trigger and Phase-2 Trigger Upgrade.

HGCAL
Felice Pantaleo CERN

For important contributions to the development of reconstruction code for the HGCAL detector, including developing a novel flexible framework for event reconstruction, optimization of the layer-clustering algorithm, and development for GPU processors.
Karol Rapacz CERN

For important contributions to the HGCAL detector and systems design, including the development of the 3D model and detailed layout of the complex CO2 cooling system.
Arnaud Steen National Taiwan Univ.

For leadership in the test beam program for the HGCAL detector, including development of the overall analysis framework and detailed studies of module performance.

HCAL
Salavat Abdoulline Fermilab

For major contributions and leadership in upgrading the HCAL software to optimize operating efficiency and performance and to prepare for the front-end electronics upgrade.
Alexander Kaminskiy Moscow State Univ. For extensive contributions to the HCAL upgrade, including the DCS and DSS systems, test systems for the front-end electronics upgrade, and source calibration of the upgraded detector.

MTD
Ryan Heller Fermilab For critical contributions to the MTD detector design and prototype development, in particular developments for the characterization of LGAD sensors in lab tests and test beams.
Tahereh Niknejad LIP For important simulation work in the development of the front-end chip for the Barrel Timing Layer readout.

ECAL
Alexander Ledovskoy Univ. of Virginia For outstanding and unique contributions to the modeling and understanding of ECAL crystal and photodetector response evolution, and key contributions to the commissioning and performance optimisation for long term operation of the ECAL detector.

TRACKER
Stefan Maier KIT For outstanding contributions to the upgrade of the Outer Tracker, including development of procedures and systems in 2S module assembly and qualification and the development of a high-rate test stand for the module readout chain.
Yadira Padilla Cornell Univ. For important contributions to the mechanical design of the Inner Tracker upgrade, in particular the TFPX mechanical structure and overall integration of the Inner Tracker.
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