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"I am inherently a curious person, and I am always questioning everything. *Fundamental science strikes me as being an ideal home for the curious."
"My trajectory towards fundamental physics was not straightforward."
"I started with Medicine as my parents are both medical doctors, this path was not for me though."
"At the library of the university, I discovered the physics textbooks and fell in love with the topic instantly."
"LHCb is one of the four experiments located on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN."
"One of the primary roles of this experiment is to study the difference between matter and anti-matter as well as search for signatures of particles beyond the Standard Model."
"Particle physics is a discipline that requires a very diverse set of skills, there is room for people with many interests."
"Some may prefer detectors building, data processing, data analysis, machine learning, phenomenology and/or collaboration with theorists."
"What we bring to society is subtle, there is really an urge to continue to understand fundamental concepts of nature."
"Some of the questions we try to address on everyday basis may seem disconnected from daily matters and to some extent they are."
"The heart of fundamental physics is to push further human knowledge, even if maybe we face too many meetings and compilation errors."
"There is a high level of training of young PhD students."
"Particle Physics by its complexity is one of the best schools to learn critical thinking."
"I have been elected Physics Coordinator of the LHCb experiment, my two-year mandate starts on August 1rst, 2022."
"The Run 3 of the LHC is also starting now, so the next coming months will be very challenging and exciting for me and for all our community."
"I obtained a BSc in Physics in 1986 at the University of Science and Technologies at Algiers."
"I moved to France in October 1987, where I obtained an MSc in Nuclear Physics."
"I was awarded a PhD in nuclear and particle physics from the University of Grenoble in 1990."
"I am currently a research director at CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France), physicist in the experimental field of nuclear physics, particle physics and cosmology."
"I work at CERN (European Organization for Particle Physics) on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and I am a member of the ATLAS experiment."
"I contributed to the major discovery of this century in particle physics, the Higgs boson."
"I took part in a heavy ion collision experiment at CERN's super proton synchrotron (SPS), the NA50 experiment."
"I was also a member of a NASA space experiment, AMS, for the search for antimatter in space."
"In my efforts to promote science, technology and know how for developing countries, I served in the "physics for development" committees of the European Physical Society (EPS)."
"I co-founded with the SFP (French Physics Society), a series of fundamental physics schools for the Maghreb region called EPAM."
"I directed the school, which took place in Morocco/Taza."
"I co-founded the African strategy for fundamental physics and its applications (ASFAP)."
"I am participating in the work of the ASI committee (African Synchrotron Initiative)[xvii], a Think-Tank mandated by the African Academy of Sciences (AAS)."
"My activities in science mediation and outreach are about physics."
"I coordinated the exhibition "La Science taille XXelles" which took place in Grenoble."
"I founded the association “Parité Science” in the Alps."
"I am member of the board of administration of the association “Femmes et Sciences"
"I and my research group measure manifestations of quantum mechanics — using ultrafast lasers at the femtosecond and attosecond timescale to test fundamentals of quantum mechanics."
"Our research has a broad impact on chemistry, biology, material science, and environmental science."
"It’s important to mentor the next generation of women physicists and increase significantly their number."
"The first and also the last time when I saw these lifts was at the University of Miskolc: the elevators without doors which never stop."
"I felt myself at home, as there are a lot of nice places to visit and honestly, the calmness of the city helped a lot during the exams"
"We want to understand these processes, and ultimately we want to control them to achieve desired outcomes."
"I preferred studying alone. I always prepared study plans for exams and studying alone helped me to respect this agenda."
"Promoting cultural parks is crucial for attracting visitors and ensuring their long-term sustainability. This can be achieved through various strategies, including the development of educational programs, immersive experiences, tourist circuits, a dedicated website, and active engagement on social media. By implementing these initiatives, cultural parks can enhance their visibility, draw more visitors, and amplify their cultural and economic impact on the region."
"We must maintain a strong partnership with the authorities and economic stakeholders surrounding each cultural park to ensure the provision of financial, technical, and logistical support for park management, all in support of local social and economic development."
"First, we need to network the cultural parks, which I believe is an excellent way to promote cooperation, the sharing of knowledge and resources, and to strengthen the cultural and economic impact of these parks."
"Strategic investments are being made to improve the performance of the sector and strengthen the position of Algeria on the continental telecommunications market."
"There is already an opening to the digital industry in the content sector, "which is very easy to set up and doesn't require much investment or heavy infrastructure."
"Has a significant industrial base in electronic and electrotechnical technologies, and is therefore well-suited to developing applied research on these particular technologies."
"Two new submarine telecommunications cables will increase the internet speed in Algeria."
"Access to the web would be restricted during the first hour of exams between 20 June and 25 June in order to prevent information about the tests being shared on social media."