The operation of the Centre is managed through a set of committees and management teams. The organisational structure is designed to support a focused, coordinated program; and to sustain the ability to deliver the sought after change over an extended period.
Operation and Management
The Centre management structure comprises of the Director, Professor Geoffrey Taylor and Associate Director Professor Anthony Thomas. The Centre is also managed by the Node Directors who manage local issues at each of the four Nodes of the Centre. The Centre Executive Committee comprises the above members who meet monthly throughout the year. Four face-to-face meetings are held during the year, one each at of the Nodes while the remainder are held by teleconference to ensure as wide participation as possible in consideration of the varied travel schedules of the members of the Executive team.
A Centre Manager supports the Director and the Executive team and oversees administrative, IT, outreach, and communications support for the Centre.
The Centre Manager also works with Node Directors to assure the proper flow of accounting information between the Centre and the Nodes. Financial statements are generated quarterly and financial reports are presented annually to the Board, with interim statements at the half-yearly meetings.
Two other key roles within the Centre comprise Outreach and Communications, and Research Computing. Outreach activities include School visits by Centre researchers and students, specific programs such as the International Masterclass and work experience weeks for high school students, and the Centre’s “Collision” program highlighting the fusion of art and science. The Centre Research Computing facility enables the Centre to maintain its pledge to the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid (WLCG) through the provision of Tier 2 compute facilities to the ATLAS experiment and also to provide local analysis support for the Centre’s experimental researchers and students.
Executive Committee
|
Director |
Adelaide Node Director Professor Anthony Thomas |
| Associate Director Professor Anthony Thomas |
Melbourne Node Director Professor Ray Volkas |
| Monash Node Director Associate Professor Csaba Balazs |
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| Centre Manager David Varvel |
Sydney Node Director Associate Professor Kevin Varvell |
Board
| Chair |
| Professor Jeremy Mould - Swinburne University of Technology |
| Ordinary Members |
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DVC (Research), University of Melbourne, represented by Professor Karen Day DVC (Research), University of Adelaide, represented by Professor Sandy Steacy DVC (Research), University of Sydney, represented by Professor Michael Thompson DVC (Research), Monash University, represented by Professor Michael Morgan Dr Adi Paterson - Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) Ms Sarah Brooker - Science in Public
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International Advisory Committee
| Professor Rolf-Dieter Heuer | Director-General, CERN, Switzerland |
| Professor John Ellis |
King’s College, UK & CERN, Switzerland |
| Professor Hiroaki Aihara |
Vice President, University of Tokyo & Assoc. Director, IPMU, Japan |
| Professor Peter Jenni |
University of Freiburg, Germany & CERN, Switzerland |
| Professor Young-Kee Kim |
University of Chicago, U.S.A |
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