Name: 15th Geant4 Collaboration Meeting
Start: 2010-10-04T08:00:00+02:00
End: 2010-10-08T18:00:00+02:00
Location: ESA/ESTEC

15th Geant4 Collaboration Meeting

from Monday 4 October 2010 (08:00) to Friday 8 October 2010 (18:00)
ESA/ESTEC (Tf building, ground floor)

: Sessions

: Talks

: Breaks

4 Oct 2010

5 Oct 2010

6 Oct 2010

7 Oct 2010

8 Oct 2010

08:00	--- Registration ---
09:00	Plenary Session I : Goals and Reports from user domains -Dr Petteri Nieminen (ESA) (until 10:40)
09:00	Welcome address Slides
09:05	The ESA Cosmic Vision programme - Dr Christian Erd (ESA) Slides
09:15	Workshop Goals - Makoto Asai Slides
09:45	Reports from users domains - HEP - Andrea Dotti (CERN) Slides
10:00	Reports from user domains - Space - Dr Giovanni Santin (ESA) Slides
10:15	Reports from user domains - Medical - Joseph Perl (Unknown) Slides
10:40	--- Break ---
11:10	Plenary Session II : Documentation / Examples / Monitoring / Testing - Joseph Perl (Unknown) (until 12:50)
11:10	Report from Performance Monitoring Team - Victor Daniel Elvira (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)) Slides
11:40	Documentation, status and issues - Dennis Herbert Wright (Stanford University) Slides
12:00	Improving examples - Makoto Asai (SLAC) Slides
12:20	How to Contribute to System Testing and Extract Results - Gunter Folger (CERN) Slides
12:40	Introduction of parallel sessions - Andreas Schaelicke (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY)) Slides

09:00	Plenary Session IV : Technical Challenges -Dr Takashi Sasaki (KEK) (until 10:40)
09:00	Architecture review report - Dr John Apostolakis (CERN) Slides
09:30	Status of SVN evaluation - Gunter Folger (CERN) Slides
09:55	Perspective on Geant4 parallelization - Koichi Murakami (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)) Slides
10:20	Discussion
10:40	--- Break ---
11:10	Plenary Session V : Hadron and ion physics validation and development -Dr John Apostolakis (CERN) (until 12:50)
11:10	Overview of validation at "low" energies (below 4 GeV) - Anton Ivantchenko (Novosibirsk State University) Prof. Vladimir Ivantchenko (CERN, ESA) Slides
11:22	Overview of validation at transition and high energies (above 5 GeV) - Sunanda Banerjee (Fermilab) Dr Julia Yarba (Fermilab) Slides
11:34	Overview of ion-ion validation - Dr Tatsumi Koi (SLAC) Vladimir Uzhinskiy (Joint Inst. for Nuclear Research (JINR)) Slides Ion-Ion-Overview-Koi.pptx Uzhi_aC.pdf Uzhi_aC.ppt
11:46	Validation infrastructure: improvements and status - Julia Yarba (Unknown) Slides
11:54	Discussion on validation
12:09	Recent data/MC comparisons - Sunanda Banerjee (Fermilab) Slides
12:19	Recent improvements of Bertini model - Michael Kelsey (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory-Unknown-Unknown) Dennis Herbert Wright (Stanford University) Slides
12:34	The pre-compound and evaporation models: status and recent improvements - Jose Manuel Quesada Molina (Depto. de Fis. Atom., Mole. y Nucl.-Universidad de Sevilla-Unkno) Slides

09:00	Plenary Session VI : New physics model development and physics list - Michel Maire (LAPP) (until 11:20)
09:00	Physics Lists from a pedestrian - Dr Marc Verderi (LLR IN2P3/Ecole polytechnique) Slides
09:20	Multiple scattering and Em builders - vladimir ivanchenko (cern) Slides
10:10	Overview of physics_lists module - Gunter Folger (cern) Slides
10:55	improvement of FTF model - Vladimir Uzhinskiy (cern) Slides
11:20	--- Break ---
11:30	Plenary Session VII : Evolution of key interfaces - Peter Gumplinger (Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zurich/ETH (ETH)) (until 12:50)
11:30	Presentation of Reverse MC - Laurent Desorgher (SpaceIT GmbH)
11:50	A Proposal for an Introduction of a Simple Variable Density Approach - Prof. Vladimir Ivantchenko Slides
12:10	GetVelocity() - Makoto Asai (SLAC) Hisaya Kurashige (Kobe University) Slides
12:30	Architecture Review: Feedback - Dr John Apostolakis (CERN) Document

09:00	Plenary Session VIII : Status/progress reports of developments (1) - Koichi Murakami (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)) (until 10:40)
09:00	Kernel : latest updates and plans - Hisaya Kurashige (Kobe University) Slides
09:25	Geometry: recent and on-going developments - Dr Gabriele Cosmo (CERN) Slides
09:50	Generic Processes & Material : latest updates and plans - Dr Marc Verderi (LLR IN2P3/Ecole polytechnique) Slides
10:15	Scoring : latest updates and plans - Tsukasa Aso (TNCT) Slides
10:40	--- Break ---
11:10	Plenary Session IX : Status/progress reports of developments (2) -Dr Gabriele Cosmo (CERN) (until 12:50)
11:10	CMake configuration management system in Geant4 - Dr Benjamin Morgan (University of Warwick, STFC) Slides
11:40	Recent & planned developments in Visualization - Joseph Perl (Unknown) Slides
12:10	UI & Interfaces: latest updates - Koichi Murakami (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)) Slides
12:35	Advanced examples: updates & plans - Dr Francesco Romano (INFN/LNS) Francesco Romano (Unknown) Slides

09:00	Plenary Session X : Summary reports from the parallel sessions - Sebastien Laurent Incerti (Unknown) (until 10:40)
09:00	P1-A New EM models and interfaces - Dr Andreas Schaelicke (DESY Zeuthen) Slides
09:10	P1-B Discuss recent changes in Vis - Joseph Perl (Unknown)
09:20	P2-A EM validation results - Sebastien Laurent Incerti (Unknown)
09:30	P2-B Migration to svn and to cmake - Gunter Folger (CERN)
09:40	P3-A Cross section re-design (Hadron-1) - Vladimir Uzhinskiy (Joint Inst. for Nuclear Research (JINR)) Slides
09:50	P3-B Technical aspects of proposed multi-threading approach - Dr John Apostolakis (CERN) Slides
10:00	P4-A Review of existing biasing options - Dr Marc Verderi (LLR IN2P3/Ecole polytechnique) Slides
10:10	P4-B Qt at other Vis work remaining for December release - Joseph Perl (Unknown)
10:20	P5-A Validation suite (Hadron-2) - Dr Julia Yarba (Fermilab) Slides
10:30	P5-B Performance improvements - Victor Daniel Elvira (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)) Slides
10:40	--- Break ---
11:10	Plenary Session XI : Collaboration Matters and Future Developments -Dr Marc Verderi (LLR IN2P3/Ecole polytechnique) (until 13:00)
11:10	P6-A Transition region/shower shape (Hadron-3) - Andrea Dotti (CERN) Slides
11:20	P6-B Development planning and review of open issues (1) (Geometry) - Dr Gabriele Cosmo (CERN) Slides
11:30	P7-A New models and requirements (Hadron-4) - Dr Tatsumi Koi (SLAC) Slides
11:40	P7-B Development planning and review of open issues (2) (Geometry) - Makoto Asai (SLAC)
11:50	Geant4 9.4 release - Dr Gabriele Cosmo (CERN) Slides
12:05	Report from the Publication Board - Dennis Herbert Wright (Stanford University) Slides
12:25	Credibility - Bugzilla, HyperNews, Requirement tracking - Makoto Asai (SLAC) Dr Marc Verderi (LLR IN2P3/Ecole polytechnique)
12:40	Perspective and workshop closeout - Makoto Asai (SLAC) Dr Marc Verderi (LLR IN2P3/Ecole polytechnique)

12:50	--- Lunch break ---
14:10	Plenary Session III : EM Physics Validation and Development - Sunanda Banerjee (Fermilab) (until 15:50)
14:10	Photon Models Validation & New Penelope08 Models - Dr Luciano Pandola (INFN-LNGS) Slides
14:35	PIXE & Atomic Deexcitation - Alfonso Mantero (Unknown) Alfonso Mantero
15:00	Geant4-DNA Status & Update - Sebastien Laurent Incerti (Unknown) Mathieu Karamitros (Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux-Gradignan (CENBG)) Mathieu Karamitros
15:25	EM Standard + Interfaces Updates - Prof. Vladimir Ivantchenko (CERN, ESA) Slides
15:50	--- Break ---
16:20	Parallel 1-B : Discuss Recent Changes in Vis - Joseph Perl (Unknown) (until 18:00)
16:20	Highlights of Current Beta and What's Left for December Release - Joseph Perl (Unknown) Slides
16:30	Qt: Current status, remaining work to move from Beta to Full Release - Mr Laurent GARNIER (LAL-IN2P3-CNRS) HTML Slide Slides
17:00	gMocren and other new Volume Visualization Developments - Joseph Perl (Unknown) Slides
17:20	How and why we updated the Vis usage in almost all of the Examples - John Allison (University of Manchester) Slides
17:50	Discussion
16:20	Parallel 1-A : New EM models and interfaces -Dr Schaelicke Andreas (DESY, Zeuthen) (until 18:00)
16:20	Validation of scattering models at high energies (by phone) - Orjan Dale (University of Bergen) Slides
16:40	Simulation of Energy Deposition in Gases - Mary Tsagri Slides
16:50	Fluctuation model upgrade - Michel Maire (LAPP) Slides
17:10	An first attempt to lower the delta rays production down to 50 eV - Jean-Etienne Sauvestre (CEA, France) Slides
17:30	Problems and requirements of space users - Dr Giovanni Santin (ESA) Slides
18:00	--- Reception drink ---

12:50	--- Lunch break ---
14:10	Parallel 2-A : New EM validation results - Sebastien Laurent Incerti (Unknown) (until 15:50)
14:10	Validation of electron, proton and alpha ranges - Dr C. Zacharatou Slides
14:30	Electron Energy Backscatter: Systematic comparison of Geant4 9.3 simulation against experimental data - Dr A. Lechner Dr A. Schaelicke Slides
14:50	Multiple scattering model validation at low energy in water for Dose point kernels and pencil beam kernels (comparisons with EGSnrc and MCNP4C) - Mr Y. Perrot
15:10	Validations of the standard EM physics for Radiotherapy applications (comparisons with measurements and EGSnrc) - Mr Y. Perrot
15:30	Fano cavity results - M. Maire Slides
14:10	Parallel 2-B : Migration to svn and to cmake - Gunter Folger (CERN) (until 15:50)
14:10	Migration from cvs to svn - Przemyslaw Adam Paprocki (Warsaw University of Technology) Slides
14:45	Working with Geant4 svn repository - tutorial - Przemyslaw Adam Paprocki (Warsaw University of Technology) Slides
15:00	Migration to cmake - Dr Ben Morgan (University of Warwick)
15:50	--- Break ---
16:20	Parallel 3-A : Cross section re-design (Hadron-1) - Vladimir Uzhinskiy (Joint Inst. for Nuclear Research (JINR)) (until 18:00)
16:20	Current Status of Hadron-hadron Cross Section Theory Slides
16:50	Hadron-Nucleus and Nucleus-Nucleus Cross Sections
17:25	Technical Details of Implementation and Unification of Geant4 Hadronic Cross Sections Slides
16:20	Parallel 3-B : Technical aspects of proposed multi-threading approach -Dr John Apostolakis (CERN) (until 18:00)
16:20	G4 MT prototype - how could code be integrated? - Xin Dong (Northeastern University) Slides
17:00	Other Parallelism Options
17:15	Discussion
19:00	Steering Board working dinner - Makoto Asai (SLAC) (until 21:00)

12:50	--- Lunch break ---
14:10	Parallel 4-B : Qt at other Vis work remaining for December release - Joseph Perl (Unknown) (until 15:50)
14:10	Parallel 4-A : Review of existing biasing options -Dr Marc Verderi (LLR IN2P3/Ecole polytechnique) (until 15:50)
14:10	Introduction - Dr Marc Verderi (LLR IN2P3/Ecole polytechnique) Slides
14:20	Review of biasing options in other packages - Dr John Apostolakis (CERN)
14:30	Biasing options in the hadronics : Leading Particle, (Total) Cross Section, Radioactive Decay - Dennis Herbert Wright (Stanford University) Slides
14:40	Reverse MC - Laurent Desorgher (SpaceIT GmbH)
14:50	Biasing option in GPS - Fan Lei (Unknown) Slides
15:00	Geometrical biasing + Weight window technique - Alexander Howard (Unknown) Slides
15:10	Scoring & biasing + Wrapper process - Makoto Asai (SLAC)
15:20	Implemented confidence level estimators - Dr Tatsumi Koi (SLAC) Slides
15:30	Discussion
15:50	--- Break ---
16:20	Parallel 5-A : Validation suite (Hadron-2) -Dr Julia Yarba (Fermilab) (until 18:00)
16:20	Validation Status Report - Dennis Herbert Wright (Stanford University) Slides
16:35	Latest Validation Results at Intermediate Energies - Sunanda Banerjee (Fermilab) Slides
16:50	Discussion of Hadronic Validation - Dr Julia Yarba (Fermilab) Minutes
17:10	Status Report on the Validation Framework - Dr Julia Yarba (Fermilab) Slides
17:25	Summary of the EM Validation - Dr Andreas Schaelicke (DESY, Zeuthen) Slides
17:40	Joint Validation Discussion with EM Group - Dr Julia Yarba (Fermilab) Minutes
16:20	Parallel 5-B : Geant4 Computing Performance - Victor Daniel Elvira (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)) (until 18:00)
16:20	Introduction - Victor Daniel Elvira (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)) Slides
16:30	The FAST profiler and its application to G4 - Marc Paterno (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)) Slides
16:50	Perfmon (HP) and PTU (Intel) use on simple G4 applications - Dr John Apostolakis (CERN) Slides
17:10	CMS Performance Survey Efforts - Dr Peter Elmer (PRINCETON UNIVERSITY) Slides
17:20	Discussion on strategy/plan for 2011 - all
18:30	Banquet (until 22:00)

12:50	--- Lunch break ---
14:10	Parallel 6-A : Transition region/shower shape (Hadron-3) - Andrea Dotti (CERN) (until 15:50)
14:10	Transition Region: Recent Results and Progress - Andrea Dotti (CERN) Slides
14:25	Extending FTF to Lower Energies - Vladimir Uzhinskiy (Joint Inst. for Nuclear Research (JINR)) Slides
14:40	Extending Bertini to Higher Energies - Michael Kelsey (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory-Unknown-Unknown) Slides
14:55	Shower Moments: A Compact Representation of Shower Shapes - Andrea Dotti (CERN) Slides
15:05	Selected Results from LHC and CALICE Calorimeters on Shower Shapes - Andrea Dotti (CERN) Slides
15:20	Discussion: Validating a Transition Region and Model Aspects Affecting Shower Shapes - Andrea Dotti (CERN) Slides
14:10	Parallel 6-B : Development planning and review of open issues (1) (Geometry) -Dr Gabriele Cosmo (CERN) (until 15:50)
14:10	A Geant4 Magnetic Field Manager - Laurent Desorgher (SpaceIT GmbH) Slides
14:30	Voxelised geometries intersected with a volume - Mr Pedro Arce (CIEMAT) Slides
14:50	Layered mass geometries - Dr Shrin Enger (University Laval, Quebec) Slides
15:00	A new shape: G4TorusStack - Peter Gumplinger (Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zurich/ETH (ETH)) Slides
15:20	Discussion on open issues and future developments Slides
15:50	--- Break ---
16:20	Parallel 7-A : New models and requirements (Hadron-4) -Dr Tatsumi Koi (SLAC) (until 18:20)
16:20	The SAID Database, Cross Sections and Geant4 Models - Dr Frederick Jones (TRIUMF) Slides
16:35	Future Development of INCL/ABLA - Dr Pekka Kaitaniemi (Saclay/Helsinki) Slides
16:50	QMD and Low Energy Neutron Development - Dr Tatsumi Koi Slides
16:55	Pi->n,gamma experiments? - Alexander Howard (Unknown) Slides
17:00	Discussion: Medium Term Model Development Slides
17:18	De-excitation following radioactive decay - Dr Luciano Pandola (INFN-LNGS) Slides
17:21	Radio Active Decay - Michel Maire (LAPP) Slides
17:23	Discussion: Hadronic Physics Not Covered by Current Models Slides
17:41	Discussion: Integration of Precompound/De-excitation with Other Models Slides
17:45	G4Fragment & G4VPreCompoundModel - Prof. Vladimir Ivantchenko (CERN, ESA)
17:50	G4ExcitationHandler - Jose Manuel Quesada Molina (Depto. de Fis. Atom., Mole. y Nucl.-Universidad de Sevilla-Unkno)
17:55	Using PreCompound with Bertini - Michael Kelsey (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory-Unknown-Unknown) Slides
16:20	Parallel 7-B : Development planning and review of open issues (2) (Geometry) - Makoto Asai (SLAC) (until 17:10)
17:10	Improving examples - Makoto Asai (SLAC) (until 18:00)

14:00	Steering Board meeting - Makoto Asai (SLAC) (until 15:40)
16:00	Oversight Board + Steering Board joint meeting -Dr Amber Boehnlein (FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY) Makoto Asai (SLAC) (until 18:00)

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