Name: US-Japan workshop on 4D tracking - status and future planning
Start: 2026-02-24T13:45:00-10:00
End: 2026-02-27T18:45:00-10:00
Location: No location set

US-Japan workshop on 4D tracking - status and future planning

from Tuesday, 24 February 2026 (13:45) to Friday, 27 February 2026 (18:45)

Monday, 23 February 2026
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
14:00 Welcome and Introduction - Jennifer Ott (University of California,Santa Cruz (US))
Welcome and Introduction
- Jennifer Ott (University of California,Santa Cruz (US))
14:00 - 14:15
14:15 Overviews: MAPS
MAPS
14:15 - 14:45
Contributions

14:15 Review of on-going international R&D on MAPS - Gabriele Giacomini (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))
14:45 Overviews: Chips and AI/ML chips
Chips and AI/ML chips
14:45 - 15:10
Contributions

14:45 Review of 4D ASICs - Gabriele D'Amen (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))
15:10 Accelerator Tour

15:10 - 16:20

16:20 Cofee break
Cofee break
16:20 - 16:30
16:30 Discussions and Planning: Activity Planning
Activity Planning
16:30 - 17:10
Contributions

16:30 QA and discussion on MAPS and AI/ML

16:50 Workshop activity planning
17:10 Electronics Lab: Lab prep
Lab prep
17:10 - 18:10
Wednesday, 25 February 2026
09:00 Overviews: Invited talks on MAPS
Invited talks on MAPS
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 The MiniCactus line of CMOS timing sensors with and without internal amplification in LFoundry 150 nm technology - Philippe Schwemling (Université Paris-Saclay (FR))

09:30 CASSIA development - Heinz Pernegger (CERN)

09:55 MadPix development - Umberto Follo

10:20 Discussion
10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 Overviews: TCAD designs prep and run
TCAD designs prep and run
11:00 - 12:30
Contributions

11:00 TCAD simulation at BNL - Chandanie Kutwaru

11:20 TCAD simulation at KEK - Koji Nakamura (KEK High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (JP))

11:40 TCAD simulation at UCSC - Taylor Shin

12:00 TCAD Simulations at TexasTech - Timo Hannu Tapani Peltola (Texas Tech University (US))

12:20 Hands-on TCAD prep and submission
12:30 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:30 - 14:00
14:00 Scientific Results: MAPS and Electronics
MAPS and Electronics
14:00 - 15:00
Contributions

14:00 Laser tests of a MACLGAD prototype at BNL - Maya Nicole Mancini (Brandeis University (US))

14:20 EICROC0 testing results (BNL) - Maya Nicole Mancini (Brandeis University (US))

14:40 Si-Ge BJT ASIC testing results in Japan - Issei Horikoshi (University of Tsukuba (JP)) Issei Horikoshi (University of Tsukuba)
15:00 Scientific Results: Test-beams and lab results
Test-beams and lab results
15:00 - 16:15
Contributions

15:00 AC-LGAD laboratory testing at UCSC - Simone Michele Mazza (University of California,Santa Cruz (US))

15:15 Thin films collaboration - Earl Russel Tang Almazan (University of California,Santa Cruz (US)) Earl Russell Almazan

15:30 TI-LGAD testing and zero mass tracking - Adam Molnar

15:45 First measurement of SiEM device - Mahiro Kobayashi (University of Tsukuba (JP))

16:00 KEK AC-LGAD testbeam and irradiation - Tatsuya Masubuchi (University of Osaka (JP))
16:15 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:15 - 16:40

16:40 Overviews: TCAD designs prep and run
TCAD designs prep and run
16:40 - 17:30
17:30 Discussions and Planning: AI/ML implementation
AI/ML implementation
17:30 - 19:00
Contributions

17:30 AI/ML activcities at BNL Instrum. Dept. - Prashansa Mukim (Brookhaven National Laboratory) Soumyajit Mandal

17:50 AI/ML activities at FNAL - Giuseppe Di Guglielmo (Fermilab)

18:10 ML implementations for AC-LGAD (Brown, BNL and Zuriuch) - Gaetano Barone (Brown University)

18:30 QA and discussion on AI/ML
Thursday, 26 February 2026

09:00 Overviews: TCAD designs prep and run
TCAD designs prep and run
09:00 - 10:30

10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00

11:00 Overviews: TCAD designs prep and run
TCAD designs prep and run
11:00 - 12:30

12:30 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:30 - 14:00
14:00 Scientific Results: Radiation Tolerance
Radiation Tolerance
14:00 - 15:00
Contributions

14:00 Update on Single Event Burnout - Abraham Tishelman-Charny (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US)) Gabriele D'Amen (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))

14:20 Single Event Burnout using 70 MeV Proton beam at RARiS - Masato Terada (The University of Osaka (JP))

14:40 Radiation-Tolerance Improvement Studies of the LGAD Gain Layer in HPK Sensors - Yua Murayama (University of Tsukuba (JP))
15:00 Scientific Results: Test-beams and lab results
Test-beams and lab results
15:00 - 16:30
Contributions

15:00 Test beam and Irradiation opportunities - Simone Michele Mazza (University of California,Santa Cruz (US))

15:10 Gain suppression studies - Mohamed Hijas Mohamed Farook (University of New Mexico (US))

15:25 LGAD Gain Suppression measurements at CENPA - Jessie J Yang

15:40 High bandgap materials (SiC/Diamond) - Andreas Gsponer (University of California,Santa Cruz (US))

15:55 SiC production and testing - Abraham Tishelman-Charny (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US)) Gabriele D'Amen (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US)) Stefania Antonia Stucci (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))

16:10 UH linear accelerator status - Niels Killian Noal Bidault (CERN) Siqi Li (University of Hawaii Manoa)
16:30 Cofee break
Cofee break
16:30 - 17:00

17:00 Overviews: TCAD designs prep and run
TCAD designs prep and run
17:00 - 17:50

18:00 Social Dinner

18:00 - 20:30
Friday, 27 February 2026

09:00 Overviews: TCAD designs prep and run
TCAD designs prep and run
09:00 - 10:00

10:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:00 - 10:30
10:30 Electronics Lab: Hands-on lab activity
Hands-on lab activity
10:30 - 12:30
Contributions

10:30 AC-LGAD read out by TimePix3 - Adib Shaker Christopher Ward Paul Bell (University of Lund) Paul Bell (MAX IV Laboratory Lund University)

11:00 Experience with AARDVARC readout ip - Ka Wa Ho (Brown University (US))

11:20 Experience with AARDVARC readout chip at Syracuse - Andrew Jay Dowling

11:40 The FCFD devellopment - Irene Dutta (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))

12:00 Experience with ITK strip readout at BNL - Maya Nicole Mancini (Brandeis University (US))

12:05 Si-Ge BJT ASIC demonstration - Issei Horikoshi (University of Tsukuba) Issei Horikoshi (University of Tsukuba (JP)) Koji Nakamura (KEK High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (JP))

12:10 HP-SOC chip - Simone Michele Mazza (University of California,Santa Cruz (US))
12:30 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:30 - 14:00

14:00 Discussions and Planning: Closeout
Closeout
14:00 - 15:00

15:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:00 - 15:30

15:30 Electronics Lab: Hands-on lab activity
Hands-on lab activity
15:30 - 17:00