Archives of Hans Falk Hoffmann
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Identity Statement [Top]
Reference code(s)
CERN-ARCH-HOFFMANN-001 to 102
Title
Archives of Hans Falk Hoffmann
Date(s)
Jan 1989 to Oct 2003
Level of description
Sub-fonds
Extent of the unit of description
87 Boxes, 102 items, 10 linear meters
Context [Top]
Name of creator
Hans Falk Hoffmann
Administrative history
Hoffmann studied physics at the Physics Institute of the University of Bonn (Germany). After obtaining his diploma and completing his thesis in 1972, he started work at CERN as a physicist in the ISR-Experimental support group (led by Franco Bonaudi) as a liaison physicist for the Split Field Magnet Facility (SFM) and also for experiments R105 (Measurement of high transverse momentum charged particles) and R702 (Search for Charmed Particles and Electron Pairs at the ISR). He participated in the ISR Long Range Planning Group on future colliders like LSR (Large Storage Ring project), LSR e-p, CHEEP (CERN Energy Electron-Proton facility).
In 1976 he worked on the proposal and realization of the monopole experiment R109 (Search for Magnetic Monopoles Using the Superconducting Solenoid) at the ISR.
In 1978 he was appointed as technical coordinator of the UA1 experiment.
From 1985 to 1989 he was a member of the DESY directorate (Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron, Hamburg) responsible for central technical services including computing. In 1990 he became a member of the CERN Directorate, responsible for technical support until 1993.
In 1994 he was technical co-ordinator of ATLAS Collaboration.
In 1999 Hoffmann was appointed as Director for Technology Transfer and Scientific Computing (1999-2003), responsible for establishing Technology Transfer and Outreach at CERN and for the computing infrastructure for the LHC experimental programme, the LHC Computing Grid.
He engaged in many projects, such as the EU DataGrid, Crossgrid, DataTAG and EGEE (European Grid Infrastructure) and was member of ESTA, the European Science and Technology Assembly.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Veyrat Myriam in May 2014
Content & Structure [Top]
Scope and content
This record group covers the period between 1989 to 2003 when Hoffmann was Director for Administration and Technologies Tasks and then Director for Technology Transfer and Scientific Computing at CERN.
It contains agreements, minutes, and memoranda of understanding (MoU), invitations, reports and notes. Most of these documents concern Hadron Therapy, DESY (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron), ESTA (European Science and Technology Assembly), Energy Amplifier, AKE (ArbeitsKreis Energie), TAB (Technology Advisory Board), ETT (Education and Technology Transfer Division), relations with CERN Member States and Non-Member State.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Nothing was destroyed.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
System of arrangement
The original order has been preserved.
Conditions of access and use [Top]
Conditions governing access
See file level description and the CERN operational circular No 3: rules applicable to archival material and archiving at CERN. In general, records on any subject that are over 30 years old, and all records of a purely scientific nature, may be consulted.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright is retained by CERN, no reproduction without permission.
Language / scripts of material
Most of the material is written in English, some in French and German, and a few in other languages.
Finding aids
Listed to file level in the CERN Archives Database.
Description control [Top]
Archivist's note
Description prepared by Céline Strub.
Date(s) of description
Geneva, the 14th August 2018