The main deliverables of DAWN will be scientific publications, degrees (~50 MSc and ~25 PhD), and materials for education, recruitment and outreach (Theme 5). An Education, Dissemination and Exploitation (EDE) plan will be created at the startup and maintained throughout the project period.
T5.1 - Scientific dissemination. We will publish our centre results (publications, patents, books, conference proceedings, workshops, software packages) using open access as much as possible and according to IPR agreements. Publications will be made in international renowned high impact scientific and technological journals (peer-reviewed) of particle and astroparticle physics and computing. Open science publication strategies will be used and developed as part of the project. Students and young staff will strategically participate in key conferences aimed at boosting their career.
WT5.2 - Particle and Astroparticle education & training (university level). It is urgent to set up state of the art training and courses for young talented researchers in Norway. Experimental astroparticle physics is missing and particle physics courses are scarce for PhD students. We aim at developing a new curriculum based on physics analysis and discovery packages using new open data (T5.5), including a special Master/PhD winter school with individual follow up of each student.
T5.3 - School Science training & recruitment (pupils 12-18 years old). Particle and astrophysics are often the main inspiration for studying natural sciences. It is urgent to make a change as the number of natural sciences students in Norway are plummeting. We aim to expand our yearly Particle Physics masterclasses for high schools and develop a novel astroparticle master class bringing modern concepts and new discoveries to young pupils using open data (T5.5). We will work on a program to support teachers based on the development of muon detectors inspired by The Extreme Energy Events Project (EEE).
T5.4 - Communication. We will organise conferences, workshops (new Nordic DM workshop) and invite leading researchers to Norway during with the aim to make our research centre a dynamic, highly attractive, internationally visible, and an excellent workplace for all. We will strengthen our current collaboration with media (e.g. Abels t\aa rn, TV, newspapers, blogs) which is key to reach out to the public and inform about the wonders of science with the goal of attracting more students to physics. We aim to collaborate with Museums in Oslo and Bergen (e.g. Vil Vite, Science and Technical Museums) for science and art exhibitions.
T5.4 - Open Science. The scientific community is committed to make scientific research more open, collaborative, and responsive to societal needs and interests. We aim to develop educational material exploiting open data from global scientific collaborations (HEP+) engaging the public with the access to world-leading experiments through material for e.g. data handling, starter kit for analysis tasks, realistic statistical interpretations, machine learning tutorials.