Geant4 Review 2007

Name: Geant4 Review 2007
Start: 2007-04-16T14:15:00+02:00
End: 2007-04-20T18:30:00+02:00
Location: CERN

16 Apr 2007, 14:15 → 20 Apr 2007, 18:30 Europe/Zurich

CERN

Charlie Young (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center SLAC)

Description

Review of Geant4 Collaboration, focusing on physics performance, computing performance and usability
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Monday 16 April
- Day 1 - pm 513/1-024
  
  513/1-024
  
  CERN
  
  50
  Show room on map
  - 1
    
    Introduction. Mandate
    
    Speaker: Dr Petteri Nieminen (ESA)
  - 2
    
    Geant4 Overview
    
    Speaker: John Apostolakis
    
    Slides
  - 3
    
    User presentation (LHC physics)
    
    Speaker: Tancredi Carli (CERN)
    
    Slides
  - 16:15
    
    break
  - 4
    
    User presentation (shielding)
    
    Speaker: Sayed Rokni (SLAC)
    
    Slides
  - 5
    
    Executive session
Tuesday 17 April
- Day 2 - am 32/1-A24
  
  32/1-A24
  
  CERN
  
  40
  Show room on map
  - 6
    
    Executive session
  - 7
    
    User presentation (ILC & other HEP Physics)
    
    Speaker: Erika Garutti (DESY)
    
    Slides
  - 8
    
    User presentation (HEP usability)
    
    Speaker: Gloria Corti (CERN)
    
    Slides
  - 11:30
    
    break
  - 9
    
    User presentation (medical)
    
    Speaker: Nicolas Karakatsanis (National Technical University of Athens)
    
    Slides
  - 13:00
    
    Lunch
- Day 2 -pm 513/1-024
  
  513/1-024
  
  CERN
  
  50
  Show room on map
  - 10
    
    User presentation (space)
    
    Speaker: Robert Weller (Vanderbilt)
    
    Slides
  - 11
    
    Q&A
  - 15:00
    
    break
  - 12
    
    Electromagnetic physics 'Standard' - Overview
    
    Speaker: Prof. Vladimir Ivantchenko (CERN, ESA)
    
    Slides
  - 13
    
    Q&A
  - 14
    
    The Fano cavity precision test
    
    Speaker: Michel Maire (LAPP)
    
    Slides
  - 15
    
    Q&A
  - 16
    
    Geant4 Low energy EM physics
    
    Speaker: Dr Maria Grazia Pia (INFN GENOVA)
    
    Slides
  - 17
    
    Q&A
  - 18
    
    Executive session
Wednesday 18 April
- Day 3 32/1-A24
  
  32/1-A24
  
  CERN
  
  40
  Show room on map
  - 19
    
    Executive session
  - 20
    
    Geant4 Hadronics - overview
    
    Speaker: Mr Aatos Heikkinen (Helsinki Institute of Physics)
    
    Slides
  - 21
    
    Questions
  - 22
    
    Hadronic validation: Part 1 Thin-target
    
    Speaker: Dennis Herbert Wright (Stanford University)
    
    Slides
  - 23
    
    Questions
  - 11:00
    
    break
  - 24
    
    Shower Shapes
    
    Speaker: Dr Alberto Ribon (CERN)
    
    Slides
  - 25
    
    Questions
  - 26
    
    Overview of developments - CHIPS
    
    Speaker: Dr Mikhail Kosov (CERN, ITEP(MOSCOW))
    
    Slides
  - 27
    
    Questions
  - 13:00
    
    Lunch break
  - 28
    
    Physics Lists and using hadronic physics
    
    Speaker: Gunter Folger (CERN)
    
    Slides
  - 29
    
    Questions
  - 30
    
    Hadronic Validation, part 2
    
    Speaker: Dennis Herbert Wright (Stanford University)
    
    Slides
  - 31
    
    Questions
  - 32
    Hadronics: other issues
    
    Slides
    
    ah_tarc_g4review_180407.ppt
    
    SATIF8andRelatedWorks.pdf
    
    SATIF8andRelatedWorks.ppt
  - 33
    
    Q&A
  - 16:00
    
    break
  - 34
    
    Executive session. Questions re physics.
Thursday 19 April
- Day 4 32/1-A24
  
  32/1-A24
  
  CERN
  
  40
  Show room on map
  - 35
    
    Executive session
  - 36
    
    Geometry: performance, usability, tools
    
    Speaker: Dr Gabriele Cosmo (CERN)
    
    Slides
  - 37
    
    Q&A
  - 38
    
    Performance for space applications
    
    Speaker: Dr Giovanni Santin (ESA)
    
    Slides
  - 39
    
    Q&A
  - 40
    
    CPU performance - EM
    
    Speaker: Prof. Vladimir Ivantchenko (CERN, ESA)
    
    Slides
  - 41
    
    Q&A
  - 42
    
    CPU performance - benchmarks
    
    Speaker: Dr Alberto Ribon (CERN)
    
    Slides
  - 43
    
    Q&A
  - 11:00
    
    break
  - 44
    
    Release Notes, Beta testing and QA, external interfaces, ..
    
    Speaker: Gabriele Cosmo
    
    Slides
  - 45
    
    Q&A
  - 46
    
    User-submitted classes/modules, documentation
    
    Speaker: John Apostolakis (CERN)
    
    Slides
  - 47
    
    Q&A
  - 48
    
    Event Biasing and Scoring in Geant4: a short overview
    
    Speaker: Makoto Asai (SLAC)
    
    Slides
  - 49
    
    Q&A
  - 50
    
    Usability: Visualisation and UI
    
    Speaker: Joseph Perl
    
    Slides
  - 51
    
    Q&A
  - 13:15
    
    Lunch break
  - 52
    
    Executive session
  - 15:45
    
    break
  - 53
    
    Follow-up on physics
  - 54
    
    Follow-up on usability
  - 55
    
    Executive session
Friday 20 April
- Day 5 160/1-009
  
  160/1-009
  
  CERN
  
  48
  Show room on map
  - 56
    
    Additional follow-ups
  - 57
    
    Executive session
  - 58
    
    Close out
    
    Slides

Geant4 Review 2007

CERN

513/1-024

CERN

32/1-A24

CERN

513/1-024

CERN

32/1-A24

CERN

32/1-A24

CERN

160/1-009

CERN