CHEP'04 hailed a great success

Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP) is a major series of international conferences for physicists and computing professionals in the fields of high-energy and nuclear physics, computer science and information technology.

This year, CHEP'04 took place in Interlaken, Switzerland, and was organized by CERN on the occasion of its 50th birthday.

On the last day of this successful event, 1 October, seven speakers summarized the main topics discussed during the conference: online computing; event processing; core software; distributed computing services; distributed computing systems and experiences; computer fabrics; and wide-area networking.

Lothar Bauerdick from Fermilab presented the overall conclusions: CHEP'04 had a stimulating programme and a well-thought-out schedule, including many interesting posters; the organization, facilities, networks, food and drink were all superb; and there was a wonderful "birthday party" on Wednesday. He gave thanks to all who were involved for a very successful conference!

In his closing remarks, Wolfgang von Rüden thanked all the speakers, chairs, sponsors and conference organizers for their contributions, and the delegates for attending. Before bidding farewell and wishing everybody a safe trip home, he announced the venue for CHEP'06: TIFR Mumbai, India, in February 2006.