IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society

07/27/2026

Last week we held the "University of Osaka Hamadohri Environmental Radiation Measurements International School" in the Hamadohri province around the Fukushima reactor plant. The students learned about the different kinds radiation, half-lifes of different radioactive nuclei, and how to measure radiation. We took soil samples and analyzed them, visited the Fukushima Daiichi plant and the "Interim Storage Facility" for radioactive contaminated soil, and also met with local residents of the area who had lived through the 2011 tsunami and subsequent nuclear accident.

07/08/2026

We are pleased to announce that the registration is now open, and the preliminary online program for the 2026 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference, and Room-Temperature Semiconductor Detector Conference (2026 IEEE NSS MIC RTSD) is now available at https://nssmic.ieee.org/2026/

The conference will take place from 7-14 November at the Granada Conference & Exhibition Centre in Granada, Spain, bringing together scientists and engineers from around the world working on radiation detection, instrumentation, medical imaging, and semiconductor detector technology.

07/06/2026

The IEEE Nuclear & Plasma Sciences Society is launching the NPSS Intern Project, a mentored leadership-development opportunity for students, postdoctoral trainees/fellows, and early-career professionals interested in becoming actively involved in NPSS Technical Committee activities. The applications process is now open.

Applications Now Open The IEEE Nuclear & Plasma Sciences Society is launching the NPSS Intern Project, a mentored leadership-development opportunity for students, postdoctoral trainees/fellows, and early-career professionals interested in becoming actively involved in NPSS Technical Committee activi...

06/19/2026

The wait is over! We are excited to announce that the official challenge for the IEEE HART HardwAIre Challenge has been revealed, and the application portal is now open.

The Challenge: Your team’s mission is to design and implement a complete wireless sensor node capable of monitoring temperature and transmitting the data to a reader system. The key requirement is that your hardware must explicitly integrate artificial intelligence—either by using AI to assist in the design process, or by incorporating AI into the operation of the prototype itself. Your solution will be judged on key performance indicators including lowest cost, minimal size and weight, lowest energy consumption, and maximum communication range. See here:

Are you ready to blend artificial intelligence with practical hardware engineering? We are thrilled to announce the IEEE HART HardwAIre Challenge, a global hands-on competition that tasks student teams with designing, building, and testing innovative hardware solutions.

06/18/2026

RADECS 2026 – Registration open
The local organizers welcomed the RADECS Steering Board, the Technical Committee and the Thematic workshop chairs to Prague.

At the Steering meeting, the committee got first-hand insights into the progress of the conference organization and had the chance to visit the selected venues.
At the Meld meeting, the Technical Committee met to discuss the ranking and acceptance of the reviewed abstracts, selected the best candidates for the student awards, and prepared a preliminary scientific program.
At the Thematic Workshop Dry Run we could get a glimpse into the expert presentations that will make this year's workshop a highlight of the conference.

RADECS 2026 CONFERENCE RADiation and its Effects onComponents and Systems Conference 28 September – 2 October 2026  Registration is OPEN.Early registration fee deadline is 30 July 2026.  Late News paper submission are open until:4 July 2026 SIGN UP FOR THE NEWSLETTER RADECS What is RADECS? R...

06/05/2026

A special time-sensitive announcement for IEEE Students and Graduate Students:
Get ready for the new IEEE HART HardwAIre Challenge: Build the Future of Intelligent Hardware!
https://ieee-aess.org/post/announcement/get-ready-new-ieee-hart-hardwaire-challenge-build-future-intelligent-hardware

05/29/2026

More updates from the Real-Time conference. Last night we had the award session, where 4 students received the outstanding student paper awards. The winners are
María Molina-Delicado, Complutense University of Madrid
Cesar Gonzalez, Technical University of Madrid
German Arranz, Technical University of Madrid
Lorenzo Saccaro, University of Padova
Congratulations to all!

We then met the winner of the prestigious 2026 "Computer Applications in Nuclear and Plasma Sciences" (CANPS) award: Stefan Ritt (PSI). A well-deserved award for creating and leading the MIDAS DAQ System, and many years of service to the CANPS community. Congratulations Stefan!

05/29/2026

Catching up with the events at the 2026 Real-Time conference... On Wednesday we had the well-attended "Women in Engineering" event, led by WIE chair Audrey Corbeil Therrien. The pictures show Audrey opening the meeting, and the large attendance at the event. (Re-posted with the picture in the right orientation :-) )

05/26/2026

The participants of the 25th IEEE Real-Time conference that is currently underway in La Biodola, Italy. https://indico.global/event/14708/

05/25/2026

Some first-day impressions from the floor of the 25th IEEE Real-Time conference on Elba Island, Italy. Conference Chair Luca Galli is opening the conference. After that, Vesna Sossi, former NPSS President and Division IV Director-elect gave us a warm welcome, and introduced us to the IEEE and NPSS. Then the scientific program started with session chair Martin Grossmann introducing the first invited speaker Dr. Qiyu Peng with a report on "Data Acquisition and Processing for Next-Generation PET".