RITC Report to AdCom

Chuck Melcher

March 6, 2010

2009 NSS/MIC RegistrationIEEE Member 517One Day Only 59non-IEEE Member 602IEEE Student 186non-IEEE Student 169Retired/Unemployed 17Continuing Education Program Only 5Complimentary 57Life Member 9Exhibit Personnel Only 77Exhibitor 58Miscellaneous Items 1

Total: 1757

2009 NSS-MICWhere did they come from?

Workshops and Special Sessions

• Nuclear Technology in the Oil Well Logging Industry• Data Intensive Computing beyond the LHC• Contrast in Neutron Imaging• Nuclear Techniques Applied to Cultural Heritage• Nuclear Forensics - From Mutually Assured Destruction to

Mutually Assured Detection• Workshop on High Performance Medical Imaging (HPMI) 2009• New Technologies in Hadron Therapy• Special Women in Engineering (WIE) Session:

Fostering better use of the talent pool of women in science & Engineering

• STIR User's Meeting: Open Source Software for Tomographic Image Reconstruction

Continuing Education

TotalIntegrated Circuit Front Ends for Nuclear Pulse Processing 59Nuclear Science for Security Applications 50Medical Imaging Fundamentals 44Nuclear Power and Other Environmentally Clean Alternatives 6Physics and Design of Detectors for SPECT and PET 85Programming and Medical Applications Using Graphics Hardware 43Statistical Methods for Image Reconstruction 60

TOTAL: 347

NSS-MIC 2010: Knoxville, TN

2010 NSS MIC RTSDStatus Report February 2010

The January planning meeting was held 23 January in Knoxville.

The food and beverage contracts were agreed with the Knoxville Convention Center (KCC). One or two events may be held offsite and contracts were obtained for these events.

The review of the space and the meeting requirements (keeping in mind the comments from the 2009 CIP questionnaire) showed that we may need more space, especially for posters. In addition, the rules for poster placement in the KCC have changed since the original planning. To keep the meeting all in one building, an additional 49k ft 2 room has been reserved.

The Technical Program Chairs have proposed plenary and invited speakers, who are being contacted and invited.

Approximately xx booths have been sold.

Fund raising is continuing. Contributions have already been received from DOE and Siemens. It is expected that a high level of student support will be available.

The companion tours were almost completely organized, but a contract was not signed because an agreement in the terms could not be reached. A new company has been located and a contract with them is under review and is expected to be signed shortly.

The final call for papers was mailed. US Domestic was sent non-profit rate and international was sent first class. The delivery time for international was over 5 weeks. The long delivery time is being investigated.

The hotel reservation website is open. Included on this page is information about the local area and transportation from the airport.

The abstract submission and registration software is being modified and will be posted to the website when available.

The Technical Chairs will meet in Knoxville in June to finalize the program.

Future NSS-MIC Conferences

• 2010: Knoxville; Ron Keyser• 2011: Valencia; David Townsend• 2012: Anaheim; Tom Lewellen• 2013: Seoul

Request for Technical Co-sponsorship

2010 IEEE Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security

4 technical tracks; 2 are of interest for NPSS:Border securityCounter-WMD techniques

Dick Lanza and Zane Bell are members of the Technical Program Committee

TPC responsibilities:attend monthly teleconferencesparticipate in conference organizationselect invited speakersdevelop tutorialsreview submitted papersassist track chairs decide on best paper in each track