7th Allpix Squared User Workshop

from Tuesday, 28 April 2026 (12:00) to Thursday, 30 April 2026 (18:00)


        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
28 Apr 2026
29 Apr 2026
30 Apr 2026
AM
09:30
Applications and studies - Simon Spannagel (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE)) (until 10:45)
09:30 Data Generation for Spiking Neural Networks Using Allpix-Squared - Amanda Lynn Steinhebel (Oak Ridge National Laboratory - (US))  
09:55 Machine Learning–Based Enhancement of Proton Detection Simulations in Timepix3 Using Allpix Squared - Kamilla Sabirzyanova (Advacam, Prague, Czeck Republic)  
10:20 TCAD+Allpix² Simulation on MALTA2: A Depleted Monolithic Active Pixel Sensor for Future Tracking - Long Li (University of Birmingham(UK))  
10:45 Workshop photo  
10:55 --- Coffee Break ---
11:30
Applications and studies - Paul Schütze (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE)) (until 12:45)
11:30 TCAD-driven simulation of 65 nm CMOS Analog Pixel Test Structures in Allpix² within the ALICE ITS3 upgrade - Mariia Selina (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))  
11:55 Layout optimisation of the Monolithic Active Pixel Sensors for the Octopus Project - Anastasiia Velyka (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))  
12:20 Transient Simulation of Monolithic Pixel Sensor for the OCTOPUS Project - Xiyang Wang (Fudan University(CN) / University of Oxford(GB))  
09:30
Applications and studies - Håkan Wennlöf (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL)) (until 10:45)
09:30 Investigation of a Simulation Framework for the Two-Plane Imaging System - Helen Thews  
09:55 Simulation of Two-Photon-Absorption Transient Current Technique in 4H Silicon Carbide Using TCAD and Allpix Squared - Sebastian Onder (Austrian Academy of Sciences (AT))  
10:20 Tracer Detection Limits for Metal Jet Sources - Christoph Gaßner  
10:45 --- Coffee Break ---
11:15
New Features & Developments - Simon Spannagel (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE)) (until 12:15)
11:15 $/sqrt{Allpix^2}, $Allpix^2$ the history, and possible future improvements and usage - Mathieu Benoit (Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL))  
11:40 Allpix Squared - Under the Hood - Paul Schütze (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))  
PM
12:30 --- Registration & Coffee ---
13:30
Welcome & Development Overview (until 13:50)
13:30 Welcome from the local organisers - Thomas Bergauer (Austrian Academy of Sciences (AT))  
13:40 Welcome from the Allpix Squared team - Håkan Wennlöf (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL)) Simon Spannagel (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))  
13:50
New Features & Developments - Simon Spannagel (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE)) (until 15:05)
13:50 Allpix Squared: Recent Updates and Work in Progress - Håkan Wennlöf (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))  
14:15 Electrical simulation embedded within the Allpix Squared framework: new developments and use of the [NetlistWriter] module - Elio Sacchetti (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))  
14:40 Allpix Squared and SPICE simulations of the APTS-SF within the OCTOPUS project - Esteban Daude  
15:05 --- Coffee Break ---
15:45
Applications and studies - Håkan Wennlöf (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL)) (until 17:25)
15:45 Simulation of HGTD LGADs in Allpix Squared - Petja Skomina (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))  
16:10 Integrated Simulation of Low-Gain Avalanche Detectors and Readout Electronics Using Allpix² - Fatima Zahra Rimchi (Mohammed First University - Faculty Of Sciences Of Oujda)  
16:35 Study on photon and beta radiation in Timepix3 with 500 µm Si sensor - Karolína Melovská (Advacam)  
17:00 3D Vertex Reconstruction of Antiproton-Nucleus Annihilations with Timepix4 - Viktoria Kraxberger (Austrian Academy of Sciences (AT))  
17:30 --- Get-Together ---
12:45 --- Lunch ---
14:15
Applications and studies - Roberto Russo (Austrian Academy of Sciences (AT)) (until 15:55)
14:15 Predicting transient signal degradation in pcCVD diamond from charge collection distance with Allpix Squared - Mr Faiz Ur Rahman Ishaqzai (TU Dortmund, DEU Izmir, Kabul University)  
14:40 Short study on photon signal in Timepix3 detector with 1000um CdTe sensor - Katerina Sykorova  
15:05 Simulation for a SPECT readout electronics with TIGER/GEMROC readout - Damiano Cabiati (Universita e INFN Torino (IT))  
15:30 Investigating Energy Loss in High-Multiplicity Charge Sharing Events in Small-Pixel CdTe Detectors - Anthony Whittemore (The University of Texas at Austin)  
15:55 --- Coffee Break ---
16:30
Applications and studies - Anastasiia Velyka (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE)) (until 16:55)
16:30 Grazing angle studies of H2M via Allpix Squared - Ono Feyens (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))  
16:55
New Features & Developments - Anastasiia Velyka (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE)) (until 17:45)
16:55 Lookup table based vertex digitisation for accurate sensor response simulation and detector layout optimisation - Jona Dilg (University of Zurich (CH))  
17:20 Generative Surrogates for Charge Propagation Simulation - Alon Levi  
19:00 Dinner at restaurant "Beim Czaak"  
12:15 Open Discussion and close-out  
15:00 --- Social Activity ---