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SUMMARY:63rd Culham Plasma Physics Summer School
DESCRIPTION:The 63rd Culham Plasma Physics Summer School is a two-week introductory programme at UKAEA’s Culham Campus.  It covers fundamental plasma physics and its applications\, including fusion\, astrophysics and low-temperature plasmas. \n\n\n\nThe Culham Plasma Physics Summer School features: \n\n\n\n\nan introduction to the basic principles of plasma physics through lectures by experts and problem-solving sessions\n\n\n\nsessions on fusion plasmas\, solar\, space and astrophysical plasmas\, laser plasmas\, industrial applications\, and data analysis\n\n\n\ntours of fusion facilities like the Joint European Torus (JET) and the Mega Amp Spherical Tokamak (MAST) Upgrade\n\n\n\nsocial events\n\n\n\nopportunities for networking and detailed discussions with course lecturers\n\n\n\n\nThe course director is Dr Michael Fitzgerald and the co-ordinator is Andrew Wise. Lecturers are from the UKAEA\, the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) together with leading European universities – all renowned experts in their fields. \n\n\n\n\nDeadline for registrations: 19 June 2026 – Payment in full by 26 June 2026 \n\n\n\n\nCosts\n\n\n\nRegistrationAccommodationTotal£440£1025£1465\n\n\n\nBank transfer details for payment\nSort Code: 83-27-23  \n\n\n\nAccount No. 00102300  \n\n\n\nIBAN No. GB54RBOS83272300102300  \n\n\n\nSwift/BIC Code: RBOSGB2L  \n\n\n\n\nFunding schemes\nStudents based in the European Union may be able to claim travel and accommodation funding for this summer school from FuseNet. Registration before the summer school is required. Visit www.fusenet.eu/funds for more details.  \n\n\n\nWe may be able to waive the registration fee (£440) for a few students originating from countries with a Human Development Index (HDI) value below 0.85. Please send a CV and a supporting statement to our course co-ordinator from your academic supervisor before 31 March. Preference will be given to students from countries with the lowest HDI and most relevant background.  \n\n\n\nWe will let applicants know of the results shortly after the deadline so that they can plan their travel.  \n\n\n\n\nWho can attend?\n\n\n\nThe Culham Plasma Physics Summer School is aimed at Masters and early-career PhD students. Students must be over 18 and generally will be in their final year of undergraduate or first year of post graduate study. We assume no previous knowledge of the subject\, but familiarity with electromagnetism and applied mathematics at first degree level will be helpful. \n\n\n\nEvents\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLectures\n\n\n\nAll lectures are in the Culham lecture theatre\, with the exception of those on the Tuesday of week 2\, which are on the Harwell site. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProblem sessions\n\n\n\nProblem sessions are in the Culham lecture theatre. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBanquet\n\n\n\n19:00 Thursday (week 2)St Edmund Hall Queen’s Ln\, Oxford OX1 4AR \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThames boat trip\n\n\n\n20:00 Friday (week 1)Boat departs from Folly Bridge\, Oxford\, OX1 4JU \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPoster session\n\n\n\nOne of the main benefits of the Culham Plasma Physics Summer School is the exchanges between the students. To facilitate this\, there is an informal poster session. The main objective is to enable students who are working in related areas to meet for discussions. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you want to organise a poster session\, there is no need to tell us the title in advance – just bring your poster along. For poster sessions you will need: \n\n\n\n\na brief outline of the area in which you are working – there is no expectation of original work. \n\n\n\na poster which fits the space 0.95 m wide and 1.2 m high – this is the only constraint for presentation  \n\n\n\n\nNote: It is NOT possible to print your poster at Culham Campus. \n\n\n\nTimetable\n\n\n\nRead the full timetable for the 63rd Culham Plasma Physics Summer School 2026. \n\n\n\n\nGo to the timetable\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccommodation\n\n\n\n\n\nAccommodation is provided at the William R Miller building\, Dawson street\, Oxford. This is a modern annexe building of St Edmund Hall (situated approximately 10 minutes walk from the main college) and has 45 en-suite rooms available. \n\n\n\nYou can view the facilities on the University rooms website – but please do not book accommodation through this site. We have a block booking including a continental breakfast (served in the common room at 07:50) for the summer school. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTransport\n\n\n\nGetting to Oxford\n\n\n\n\n\nBy road\n\n\n\nExit the A34 at Abingdon. Travel East\, through the town and exit on the A415.There are signs for Culham Campus / Culham Science Centre about 3 miles after crossing the river Thames. \n\n\n\n\n\nBy rail\n\n\n\nDidcot Station is within 5 miles of Culham Campus on the main line between London Paddington and Bristol Temple Meads. Culham station is approximately 10 minutes walk from the site. \n\n\n\n\n\nBy air\n\n\n\nOxford Tube and Oxford Bus Company operate a frequent and inexpensive service from Heathrow and from Gatwick to Oxford. \n\n\n\n\n\nBetween Oxford and Culham Campus\n\n\n\nCoach times\n\n\n\nA coach will be provided for the daily return journey between Oxford and Culham Campus every weekday. Departure time is 08:30 from Oxford. \n\n\n\nOn the second Tuesday of the school\, the bus will leave earlier at 08:00 for Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell. \n\n\n\nReturn time varies according to timetable. Latest return at 17:00. \n\n\n\nOn the final day of the school\, the return coach will also stop at the central Oxford bus station. Students need to check out of the accommodation in the morning of the final Friday (unless staying for extra days) \n\n\n\nOn arrival\n\n\n\nRegistration will take place at the provided accommodation (the William Miller building) between 16:00 and 19:00 on the Sunday ahead of the first week. Please bring photo ID to registration as we need to issue Culham Campus passes at this time. \n\n\n\nStudents accommodated elsewhere (for example\, students who live locally or who have made their own arrangements)\, or who arrive too late to register on the Sunday\, should register at the summer school desk at Culham during the coffee and lunch breaks. Those registering on site will need to collect site passes from the Culham reception on the first Monday morning of the school (photo ID required). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n63rd Culham Plasma Physics Summer School event details\n\n\n\nDate\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBanner image: The Starry Night (1889) by Vincent van Gogh. The pattern of light and dark in this image has been shown to closely follow the mathematical structure of turbulent flow. JL Aragón et al. Turbulent Luminance in Impassioned van Gogh Paintings J Math Imaging Vis (2008) 30: 275–283. \n\n\n\nImage credit: MOMA\, The Museum of Modern Art.
URL:https://www.ukaea.org/event/63rd-culham-plasma-physics-summer-school/
LOCATION:Culham Campus\, Abingdon\, Oxfordshire\, OX14 3DB\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Remote Operations in Challenging Environments Training Course
DESCRIPTION:What does it take to maintain or decommission a plant using remotely operated robots and cameras?\n\n\n\nThis course aims to provide managers\, designers and operators with a broad view of the Remote Operations specialism including: \n\n\n\n\ndesign and specification of remotely operated equipment\n\n\n\nrules for tool design\n\n\n\nsoftware infrastructure must-haves for efficiency\, safety and accountability\n\n\n\nrisk reduction measures in high consequence environments\n\n\n\nbuilding a remote operations team – people\, processes and culture\n\n\n\nplant design considerations\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWho this course is for?\n\n\n\nThis course is designed for professionals involved in strategy\, design and operations from organisations: \n\n\n\n\nat the concept design stage – seeking to understand how to ‘design for remote’ and its impact on commercial viability\n\n\n\nwithout remote operations experience – needing to learn how to develop a functioning system and build a successful team\n\n\n\naiming to operate ‘safer\, faster\, more cost‑effectively’ – looking to introduce human-in-the-loop remote operations\n\n\n\nlooking to upskill their workforce in remote operations while leveraging existing remote infrastructure and facilities\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOur approach\n\n\n\nInteractive and engaging courses: discussions and hands-on sessions reinforce the core principles. \n\n\n\nUse of industry-leading robotic equipment at RACE for firsthand experience. \n\n\n\nUniversal application of principles: While the principles taught have been developed in the fusion sector\, they are relevant to any environment where remote equipment is used and mistakes could be costly. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRemote handling at UKAEA\n\n\n\nRACE is the UKAEA’s centre for Remote Applications in Challenging Environments. Its Remote Handling Team has been remotely maintaining the Joint European Torus (JET)\, a fusion machine located in Oxfordshire\, since the 1980s. Currently\, in its decommissioning phase\, JET is being stripped from the inside out using teleoperated equipment deployed on robotic booms. \n\n\n\nWith over 30\,000 hours of in-vessel operational experience\, RACE provides training and consultancy services to remote handling teams in the UK\, the US\, Sweden and Fukushima in Japan\, spanning the fusion\, big science and nuclear decommissioning sectors. \n\n\n\nUtilising robotics to perform tasks ensures the safety of personnel by keeping them out of hazardous environments\, speeds up task completion and reduces costs. Such specialised experience is rare in the industry due to the time required to develop it. Through this course\, we aim to share our knowledge and equip professionals across various sectors with the essential skills for remote operations. \n\n\n\n\n\nThe Remote Handling Training Course – developing skills with UKAEA.\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent details\n\n\n\nDates\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation
URL:https://www.ukaea.org/event/remote-operations-in-challenging-environments-training-course/
LOCATION:Culham Campus\, Abingdon\, Oxfordshire\, OX14 3DB\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Third Visualizing Offline and Live Data with AI (VOLDA) workshop - 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Third Visualizing Offline and Live Data with AI (VOLDA) workshop will take place at The Cosener’s House\, Abingdon\, United Kingdom. The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) organises the workshop. \n\n\n\nVOLDA brings together the fusion community to explore advanced scientific visualisation\, digital twin environments\, and interactive data interpretation workflows\, alongside artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques that support insight generation from complex fusion experiments and simulations. \n\n\n\nOver 3 days\, the workshop will focus on practical experience\, lessons learned\, and innovative approaches for visualising\, analysing\, and interacting with large-scale fusion data from offline simulation outputs to live experimental streams. \n\n\n\nThe programme will include invited and contributed presentations\, structured discussions\, and opportunities for collaboration across research organisations and industry. \n\n\n\nAbstract submission\n\n\n\nWe invite authors to submit abstracts aligned with the conference topics of the Third Visualizing Offline and Live Data with AI (VOLDA) Workshop – 2026. \n\n\n\nAll submissions must come through the online submission system.  The programme committee will review submissions for relevance and scientific quality.  \n\n\n\nThe workshop offers two contribution categories: \n\n\n\n\nContributed Presentation – accepted submissions will be oral presentations within the technical programme.\n\n\n\nDiscussion Contributions – accepted submissions will be structured interactive sessions and roundtable discussions.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\nParticipation in the workshop is by acceptance of abstract only.  \n\n\n\nWe will notify authors of the outcome of the review process. Once an abstract is accepted\, we will invite presenting authors and discussion participants to complete the registration process. The registration form will be available at a later date. We will provide instructions to accepted participants. \n\n\n\nParticipation is moderated\, and places are limited due to room capacity. \n\n\n\nWho can attend\n\n\n\nThe workshop is intended for researchers\, designers\, engineers\, and developers working in scientific visualisation\, fusion data interpretation\, digital twins\, interactive diagnostic systems\, real-time data platforms\, and AI and ML applications supporting insight generation in fusion research. \n\n\n\nWe particularly welcome participants developing or applying advanced visualisation workflows\, immersive and XR tools\, and interactive systems for exploring complex experimental and simulation data. \n\n\n\nDue to high demand and limited availability\, please register only if you are confident you can attend. \n\n\n\nKey dates\n\n\n\n\nWorkshop dates: 27 to 29 October 2026\n\n\n\nAbstract submission deadline: 30 April 2026\n\n\n\nNotification of Acceptance: 10 May 2026\n\n\n\n\nNote: We may close submissions early if capacity is reached. \n\n\n\n\n\nVisas and Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA)\n\n\n\nCheck if you need a visa or ETA on the UK government website. We recommend applying at least 16 weeks before the event. \n\n\n\nIf you require an invitation letter\, please email the organising team with your full name\, organisation\, and nationality as stated in your passport. \n\n\n\nWe encourage International participants to submit their abstracts as early as possible to allow sufficient time for visa processing. \n\n\n\n\n\nEvent details\n\n\n\nDate\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation
URL:https://www.ukaea.org/event/volda-workshop-2026/
LOCATION:The Cosener’s House\, 15-16 Abbey Cl\, Abingdon\, OX14 3JD
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