Protecting ALMA’s Digital Future: BeSafe Cybersecurity Training 2025
At ALMA, protecting our digital assets and ensuring the security of our information are fundamental priorities. We are pleased to announce that the BeSafe Cybersecurity Training 2025 is now underway, enhancing our staff's knowledge and skills to address the growing cyber threats.Why is this training necessary? Cybersecurity awareness is...
Our first decade: Héctor Alarcón
His present is in Chile, but his memory takes him to the United States. Specifically, to Socorro, New Mexico. It was there that Héctor Alarcón's relationship with ALMA began 15 years ago.There he was testing the antenna prototypes at the Atacama Test Facility (ATF), and when...
Stargazing from the OSF
The location of our observatory is a true privilege that not only allows us to obtain astronomical data but also dazzles us with the wonders of the Universe that can be seen from the OSF with the naked eye. This is recognized by María Jesús López,...
ALMA’s Spa: our pool and sauna improvements
At the end of a day's work at the OSF, there is nothing better than a dip in the pool. An experience that will now be even better, given the improvements made to the structure by the Contract Facility Group (CFG) and Hospitality. They installed a...
Shifting in orbit: internal movements at ALMA
Our collaborators have worked, on average, 9.5 years at the observatory. This has undoubtedly been a period of great personal and professional growth, which has been reflected in the different positions that many of them have climbed along the way. Jorge Morgado can attest to that....
An ALMA for everyone
This week is the deadline to answer the Respect, Diversity and Inclusion (RD&I) survey, a key part of our roadmap as it will allow us to know what everyone thinks about these issues. As a previous step, we held talks at OSF and SCO, where we...
Closing the workshop
Many have ended their working years with us, leaving an indelible mark in ALMA. Now it is the turn of Carlos Rivera, our welding mechanic, who after 14 years is saying goodbye by making use of the Exceptional Union Quota Retirement Agreement for workers over 60...