Second Biennial African School on Fundamental Physics and its Applications

from Sunday, July 15, 2012 (8:00 AM) to Wednesday, August 8, 2012 (6:00 PM)
Kumasi, Ghana

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
Jul 15, 2012
Jul 16, 2012
Jul 17, 2012
Jul 18, 2012
Jul 19, 2012
Jul 20, 2012
Jul 21, 2012
Jul 22, 2012
Jul 23, 2012
Jul 24, 2012
Jul 25, 2012
Jul 26, 2012
Jul 27, 2012
Jul 28, 2012
Jul 29, 2012
Jul 30, 2012
Jul 31, 2012
Aug 1, 2012
Aug 2, 2012
Aug 3, 2012
Aug 4, 2012
Aug 5, 2012
Aug 6, 2012
Aug 7, 2012
Aug 8, 2012
AM
8:00 AM
Arrival (until 7:00 PM) ()
9:00 AM Theory Recaps, overview, theoretical fundation of particle physics - Jan Govaerts (Catholic University of Louvain)   ()
9:00 AM
Theory Week (until 6:00 PM) ()
10:30 AM --- Break ---
11:00 AM Theory Recaps, overview, theoretical fundation of particle physics - Jan Govaerts (Catholic University of Louvain)   ()
9:00 AM Theory Recaps, overview, theoretical fundation of particle physics - Jan Govaerts (Catholic University of Louvain)   ()
9:00 AM
Theory Week (until 6:00 PM) ()
10:30 AM --- Break ---
11:00 AM Standard Model of Particle Physics - Jan Govaerts (Catholic University of Louvain)   ()
9:00 AM Standard model of particle physics - Jan Govaerts (Catholic University of Louvain)   ()
Slides
9:00 AM
Theory Week (until 6:00 PM) ()
10:30 AM --- Break ---
11:00 AM Standard model of particle physics - Jan Govaerts (Catholic University of Louvain)   ()
11:45 AM Nuclear Physics - Ketevi Adikle Assamagan (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))   ()
9:00 AM Monte Carlo Generators - Peter Skands (CERN)   ()
Transparents
9:00 AM
Theory Week (until 6:00 PM) ()
10:30 AM --- Break ---
11:00 AM Monte Carlo Generators - Peter Skands (CERN)   ()
Slides
9:00 AM Astroparticle physics and cosmology - Mathieu de Naurois (CNRS)   ()
Slides
9:00 AM
Theory Week (until 6:00 PM) ()
10:30 AM --- Break ---
11:00 AM Astroparticle physics and cosmology - Mathieu de Naurois (CNRS)   ()
8:00 AM Free Time or Excursion 1   ()
Cape Coast Castle
Kakum National Park
8:00 AM
Free time (until 7:00 PM) ()
9:00 AM
Experiment Week (until 6:00 PM) ()
9:00 AM Particle interactions with mater, experimental fundation of particle physics - Simon Connell (University of Johannesburg (ZA))   ()
Slides
10:30 AM --- Break ---
11:00 AM Particle interactions with mater, experimental fundation of particle physics - Simon Connell (University of Johannesburg (ZA))   ()
9:00 AM
Experiment Week (until 6:00 PM) ()
9:00 AM Object Identification and Data Analysis - Simon Connell (University of Johannesburg (ZA))   ()
Slides
10:30 AM --- Break ---
11:00 AM Object Identification and Data Analysis - Simon Connell (University of Johannesburg (ZA))   ()
9:00 AM
Experiment Week (until 6:00 PM) ()
9:00 AM Neutrino Physics, Kaons and B-meson Studies - Herman White (FNAL)   ()
10:30 AM --- Break ---
11:00 AM Collider Physics - Tord Johan Carl Ekelof (Uppsala University (SE))   ()
Slides
9:00 AM
Experiment Week (until 6:00 PM) ()
9:00 AM Practical session - data analysis with ROOT - Heather Gray (CERN)   ()
10:30 AM --- Break ---
11:00 AM Heavy ion physics - Zabulon Vilakazi (iThemba Lab. for Accel. Based Sci. (ZA))   ()
Slides
9:00 AM
Experiment Week (until 6:00 PM) ()
9:00 AM Practical Session - Geant-4 simulation - Andrea Dotti (CERN)   ()
Exercises on C++
Link to Geant4 exercises
Slides
10:30 AM --- Break ---
11:00 AM Practical Session - Geant-4 simulation - Andrea Dotti (CERN)   ()
Material here:
8:00 AM
Forum & Outreach Day - July 28th (until 8:00 PM) ()
Minutes
paper
10:00 AM Introduction remarks and ASP2012 - Peter Amoako-Yirenkyi (PMB/KNUST) Christine Darve (ESS)   ()
Slides
10:10 AM Address from the Ghana Officials – Policy Leader   ()
10:30 AM Physics and its Medical Applications in Africa - Zeblon Vilakazi Manjit Dosanjh   ()
Slides
10:50 AM The Transformation and Re-shaping of Physics in SA - Simon Connell (President - South African Institute of Physics)   ()
Slides
11:10 AM Coffee break   ()
11:30 AM The Road Map for Discoveries – The Large Hadron Collider and the Higgs Boson - Albert DE ROECK   ()
Slides
11:50 AM The Road Map for Discoveries for Africa - Herman White (FNAL)   ()
Slides
12:10 PM LUNCH   ()
2:10 PM The SESAME Project and the Impact of Synchrotron Radiation on Science and Society in Developing Countries - Herman Winick   ()
Slides
2:30 PM The Road map of Applied Physics with compact accelerator based systems - Luca Serafini (INFN)   ()
Slides
2:50 PM Raising Hope and Scientists: Building School in Africa - Christine Darve (European Spallation Source)   ()
Slides
3:10 PM Student Poster Session and Open Session   ()
6:00 PM ASP2012 BANQUET- at International Center for Innovative   ()
8:00 AM
Free time (until 7:00 PM) ()
9:00 AM
Accelerators & Applications (until 6:00 PM) ()
9:00 AM Particle accelerator physics - Lyn Evans (Imperial College Sci., Tech. & Med. (GB))   ()
10:30 AM --- Break ---
11:00 AM Particle accelerator physics - Lyn Evans (Imperial College Sci., Tech. & Med. (GB))   ()
9:00 AM
Accelerators & Applications (until 6:00 PM) ()
9:00 AM Neutron Sources - Christine Darve (European Spallation Source)   ()
10:30 AM --- Break ---
11:00 AM Neutron Sources - Christine Darve (European Spallation Source)   ()
Slides
11:30 AM Accelerator Instrumentation - Christine Darve (European Spallation Source)   ()
Paper
Slides
9:00 AM
Accelerators & Applications (until 6:00 PM) ()
9:00 AM Beam Physics for Advanced Accelerators and Radiation Sources - luca serafini (INFN-Milan)   ()
10:30 AM --- Break ---
11:00 AM Beam Physics for Advanced Accelerators and Radiation Sources - luca serafini (INFN-Milan)   ()
Slides
9:00 AM
Accelerators & Applications (until 6:00 PM) ()
9:00 AM Solar Energy Applications - Prof. S. Y. Mensah (University of Cape Coast, Ghana)   ()
Slides
10:30 AM --- Break ---
11:00 AM Solar Energy Applications - S.Y. MENSAH (University of Cape Coast, Ghana)   ()
Slides
9:00 AM
Accelerators & Applications (until 6:00 PM) ()
9:00 AM Medical applications - Thierry Muanza   ()
10:30 AM --- Break ---
11:00 AM Practical Session - Geant-4 simulation - Andrea Dotti (CERN)   ()
Material here:
8:00 AM Free Time or Excursion 2   ()
9:00 AM
AfricaGrid (until 6:00 PM) ()
9:00 AM Welcome and Introduction   ()
Slides
9:15 AM The Use of Grid Computing Technology in HEP - Prof. Jae Yu (University of Texas at Arlington (US))   ()
Slides
9:45 AM Introduction to High Throughput Computing (lecture) - Scot Kronenfeld (UW-Madison)   ()
10:00 AM Running HTC jobs locally with Condor, Part 1 (hands-on) - Scot Kronenfeld (UW-Madison)   ()
10:30 AM --- Coffee Break ---
11:00 AM Running HTC jobs locally with Condor, Part 2 (hands-on) - Scot Kronenfeld (UW-Madison)   ()
9:00 AM
AfricaGrid (until 6:00 PM) ()
9:00 AM Intro to grids and overlay systems (lecture) - Robert Quick (Indiana University)   ()
9:45 AM Running jobs remotely with glideinWMS (hands-on) - Robert Quick (Indiana University)   ()
10:30 AM --- Coffee Break ---
11:00 AM The Grid and how overlay systems use them (lecture) - Robert Quick (Indiana University)   ()
9:00 AM
AfricaGrid (until 5:00 PM) ()
9:00 AM Lecture: Introduction to Analysis Example tutorial - Prof. Patrick Skubic (University of Oklahoma)   ()
9:30 AM Tutorial: Analysis Example - Julia Ann Gray (State University of New York (US)) Prof. Patrick Skubic (University of Oklahoma) Prof. Jae Yu (University of Texas at Arlington (US)) Dick Greenwood Jr (Louisiana Tech University (US))   ()
10:30 AM --- Coffee ---
11:00 AM Analysis Example Continued   ()
PM
6:00 PM Welcome Address - Ketevi Adikle Assamagan (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))   ()
12:30 PM --- Lunch ---
2:00 PM Nuclear Physics - Ketevi Adikle Assamagan (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))   ()
3:30 PM --- Break ---
4:00 PM Nuclear Physics - Ketevi Adikle Assamagan (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))   ()
4:30 PM Colloquium on particle physics - Jonathan R. Ellis (CERN)   ()
Slides
12:30 PM --- Lunch ---
2:00 PM Beyond the standard model of particle phyiscs - Jonathan R. Ellis (CERN)   ()
Slides
3:30 PM --- Break ---
4:00 PM Beyond the standard model of particle physics - Jonathan R. Ellis (CERN)   ()
Slides
5:30 PM Discussion Session - Jan Govaerts (Catholic University of Louvain) Ketevi Adikle Assamagan (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US)) Jonathan R. Ellis (CERN)   ()
12:30 PM --- Lunch ---
2:00 PM Nuclear Physics - Ketevi Adikle Assamagan (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))   ()
3:30 PM --- Break ---
4:00 PM Nuclear physics - Ketevi Adikle Assamagan (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))   ()
12:30 PM --- Lunch ---
2:00 PM Practical session on Monte Carlo Generators - Peter Skands (CERN)   ()
Tutorial
3:30 PM --- Break ---
4:00 PM Practical session on Monte Carlo Generators - Peter Skands (CERN)   ()
12:30 PM --- Lunch ---
2:00 PM Astroparticle physics and cosmology - Mathieu de Naurois (CNRS)   ()
Slides
3:30 PM --- Break ---
4:00 PM Astroparticle physics and cosmology - Mathieu de Naurois (CNRS)   ()
12:30 PM --- Lunch ---
2:00 PM Particle detectors - Ulrich Goerlach (Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (FR))   ()
Slides
3:30 PM --- Break ---
4:00 PM Particle detectors - Ulrich Goerlach (Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (FR))   ()
12:30 PM --- Lunch ---
2:00 PM Practical session - data analysis with ROOT - Heather Gray (CERN)   ()
3:30 PM --- Break ---
4:00 PM Practical session - data analysis with ROOT - Heather Gray (CERN)   ()
12:30 PM --- Lunch ---
2:00 PM Discussion seminars with each of 3 students groups - Oliver Baker (Yale University) Herman B White (FNAL) Tord Johan Carl Ekelof (Uppsala University (SE)) Steve Guy Muanza (Universite d'Aix - Marseille II (FR))   ()
4:00 PM --- Break ---
4:30 PM Colloquium - future prospects of experimental particle physics - Albert De Roeck (CERN)   ()
Slides
12:30 PM --- Lunch ---
2:00 PM Discussion seminars with each of 3 student groups - Tord Johan Carl Ekelof (Uppsala University (SE)) Prof. Oliver Baker (Yale University) Herman B White (FNAL) Steve Guy Muanza (Universite d'Aix - Marseille II (FR))   ()
4:00 PM --- Break ---
4:30 PM Statistical analysis - Simon Connell (University of Johannesburg (ZA))   ()
12:30 PM --- Lunch ---
1:15 PM ATLAS Virtual Tour   ()
Webcast
2:00 PM Discussion seminars with each 3 student groups - Herman B White (FNAL) Tord Johan Carl Ekelof (Uppsala University (SE)) Prof. Oliver Baker (Yale University) Steve Guy Muanza (Universite d'Aix - Marseille II (FR))   ()
4:00 PM --- Break ---
4:30 PM Heavy ion phyiscs - Zabulon Vilakazi (iThemba Lab. for Accel. Based Sci. (ZA))   ()
Slides
12:30 PM --- Lunch ---
2:00 PM Recaps, overview - Particle beam dynamics, beam optics, instrumentations, light sources, applications - Leonid Rivkin (Paul Scherrer Institute & EPFL)   ()
3:30 PM --- Break ---
4:00 PM Recaps, overview - Particle beam dynamics, beam optics, instrumentations, light sources, applications - Leonid Rivkin (Paul Scherrer Institute & EPFL)   ()
12:30 PM --- Lunch ---
2:00 PM Synchrotron Light - Herman Winick (SLAC)   ()
3:30 PM --- Break ---
4:00 PM Particle beam instrumentation - Anne Dabrowski (CERN)   ()
Slides
12:30 PM --- Lunch ---
2:00 PM Light sources and their applications - Herman Winick   ()
3:30 PM --- Break ---
4:00 PM Practical Session - Geant-4 simulation - Andrea Dotti (Geant 4 Associates International Experts in Radiation Simulatio)   ()
Geant4 Material here:
Slides
12:30 PM --- Lunch ---
2:00 PM Medical Applications - Thierry Muanza   ()
Transparents
3:00 PM Particle beam instrumentation - Anne Dabrowski (CERN)   ()
Slides
4:30 PM --- Break ---
5:00 PM Colloquium - Particle accelerators and applications - Philippe Lebrun (CERN)   ()
Slides
12:30 PM --- Lunch ---
2:00 PM Digital Library - Annette Holtkamp (CERN)   ()
Slides
3:30 PM --- Break ---
4:00 PM Digital Library - Annette Holtkamp (CERN)   ()
Slides
5:30 PM Students Presenting Physics in their Country   ()
2:00 PM
College Fair (until 5:00 PM) ()
2:00 PM Indiana University - Robert Quick (Indiana University)   ()
2:20 PM University of Texas at Arlington - Prof. Jae Yu (University of Texas at Arlington (US))   ()
Slides
2:40 PM The University of Oklahoma - Prof. Patrick Skubic (University of Oklahoma) Patrick Skubic (University of Oklahoma (US))   ()
Slides
3:00 PM Louisiana Tech University - Dick Greenwood Jr (Louisiana Tech University (US))   ()
Slides
3:20 PM Stony Brook University - Julia Ann Gray (State University of New York (US))   ()
Slides
12:30 PM --- Lunch ---
2:00 PM More about Condor (lecture) - Scot Kronenfeld (UW-Madison)   ()
2:30 PM More about HTC with Condor, Part 1 (hands-on) - Scot Kronenfeld (UW-Madison)   ()
3:30 PM --- Coffee Break ---
4:00 PM More about HTC with Condor, Part 2 (hands-on) - Scot Kronenfeld (UW-Madison)   ()
12:00 PM Introduction to security (lecture) - Robert Quick (Indiana University)   ()
12:30 PM --- Lunch ---
2:00 PM Introduction to distributed storage (lecture) - Dr Horst Severini (University of Oklahoma (US))   ()
2:30 PM Using distributed storage (hands-on) - Dr Horst Severini (University of Oklahoma (US))   ()
3:30 PM --- Coffee ---
4:00 PM Using distributed storage, part 2 (lecture) - Dr Horst Severini (University of Oklahoma (US))   ()
5:00 PM Using distributed storage, part 2 (hands-on) - Dr Horst Severini (University of Oklahoma (US))   ()
12:30 PM --- Lunch ---
2:00 PM Student Surveys   ()
2:30 PM AfricaGrid Wrap-up - Prof. Jae Yu (University of Texas at Arlington (US))   ()
Slides
4:30 PM --- Coffee ---