DRD1 Gaseous Detectors Simulation School 2026

from Monday, 18 May 2026 (08:00) to Friday, 22 May 2026 (23:00)
UniBa - Centro Polifunzionale per gli Studenti (Aula Leogrande)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
18 May 2026
19 May 2026
20 May 2026
21 May 2026
22 May 2026
AM
08:30
Registration & Welcome (until 10:00)
08:30 Registration  
09:00 Welcome by the Rector of the University of Bari - Prof. Roberto Bellotti (University of Bari)  
09:10 Welcome by the director of INFN - Vito Manzari (INFN - Bari)  
09:20 Welcome by the director of the Physics Department - Prof. Sebino Stramaglia (University of Bari)  
09:30 Welcome to GDSimS 2026 School - Federica Simone (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT)) Marcello Abbrescia (Bari Physics Department and INFN) Piet Verwilligen (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT))  
10:00
Lectures (until 11:00)
10:00 Introduction to Gaseous Detectos & Radiation-Matter interactions (I) - Heinrich Schindler (CERN)  
11:00 --- Coffee Break ---
11:30
Lectures (until 13:30)
11:30 Physics Modelling & Monte-Carlo Techniques (I) - Paulo Fonte  
12:30 Physics Modelling & Monte-Carlo Techniques (II) - Paulo Fonte  
13:00 Physics Modelling & Monte-Carlo Techniques - Discussion Session - Paulo Fonte  
09:00
Lectures (until 11:00)
09:00 Introduction Radiation - Matter interactions (II) - Heinrich Schindler (CERN)  
10:00 Finite Element Methods (I) - Prof. Giuseppe Vacca (University of Bari)  
11:00 --- Coffee break ---
11:30
Lectures (until 13:30)
11:30 Finite Element Methods (II) - Prof. Giuseppe Vacca (University of Bari)  
12:30 Finite Element Methods (III) - Prof. Giuseppe Vacca (University of Bari)  
13:00 Finite Element Methods - Discussion Session - Prof. Giuseppe Vacca (University of Bari)  
09:00
Lectures (until 11:00)
09:00 Electron Transport (I) - Prof. Gerjan Hagelaar (CNRS & University of Toulouse)  
10:00 Electron Transport (II) - Prof. Gerjan Hagelaar (CNRS & University of Toulouse)  
11:00 --- Coffee break ---
11:30
Lectures (until 13:30)
11:30 Electron Transport (III) - Prof. Gerjan Hagelaar (CNRS & University of Toulouse)  
12:30 Plasma Physics & Gaseous Detectors - Prof. Emile Carbone (INRS Quebec)  
13:00 Electron Transport - Discussion Session - Prof. Gerjan Hagelaar (CNRS & University of Toulouse)  
09:00
Lectures (until 11:00)
09:00 Introduction Radiation - Matter interactions (III) - Heinrich Schindler (CERN)  
10:00 Signal Induction (I) - Werner Riegler (CERN)  
11:00 --- Coffee break ---
11:30
Lectures (until 13:30)
11:30 Signal Induction (II) - Werner Riegler (CERN)  
12:30 Signal Induction (III) - Werner Riegler (CERN)  
13:00 Signal Induction - Discussion Session - Werner Riegler (CERN)  
09:00
Lab exercises (until 11:00)
09:00 Full detector exercise (I) - Dr Philip Hauer (University of Bonn (DE)) Riccardo Farinelli (INFN Bologna (IT)) Djunes Janssens (CERN) Dario Stocco (ETH Zurich (CH))   (Aula Leogrande, OrientaLab, BaLab, Aula Formazione)
11:00 --- Coffee break ---
11:30
Lab exercises (until 13:00)
11:30 Full detector exercise (I) - Dario Stocco (ETH Zurich (CH)) Djunes Janssens (CERN) Riccardo Farinelli (INFN Bologna (IT)) Dr Philip Hauer (University of Bonn (DE))   (Aula Leogrande, OrientaLab, BaLab, Aula Formazione)
PM
13:30 --- Lunch Break ---
15:00
Lab exercises (until 16:30)
15:00 Physics Modelling & Monte-Carlo Techniques - Exercises (I) - Dario Stocco (ETH Zurich (CH))   (Aula C)
15:00 Physics Modelling & Monte-Carlo Techniques - Exercises (I) - Dario Stocco (ETH Zurich (CH))   (Aula Leogrande)
16:30 --- Coffee break ---
17:00
Lab exercises (until 18:30)
17:00 Physics Modelling & Monte-Carlo Techniques - Exercises (II) - Dario Stocco (ETH Zurich (CH))   (Aula Leogrande)
17:00 Physics Modelling & Monte-Carlo Techniques - Exercises (II) - Dario Stocco (ETH Zurich (CH))   (Aula C)
19:00
Poster session (until 20:15) (Chiostrina del Carrubo (Palazzo Ateneo))
19:00 Verification of neutron multiplicity spectrum anomaly in high Z materials with Geant4 simulations - Mr Aheesh Chandrakant Hegde (AstroCeNT, CAMK, Polish Academy of Sciences (PL))  
19:05 Development of a New Eco-Friendly Gas Mixture for the PICOSEC-Micromegas Detector - Matteo Brunoldi (Pavia University and INFN (IT))  
19:10 Design, construction and operation of a drift chamber prototype for the SAND inner tracker of the DUNE Experiment - Francesco Chiapponi (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT))  
19:15 Characterizing HXR interactions in a GEM-based SXR tokamak diagnostic using a hybrid Geant4/Garfield++ approach with precomputed cascades - Michal Adam Jagielski (National Centre for Nuclear Research (PL))  
19:20 Impact of environmental pressure and temperature variations on triple-GEM detector gas gain - Erik Ehlert (Rheinisch Westfaelische Tech. Hoch. (DE))  
19:25 Simulation Studies and Initial Results from the 27Al(α,p)30Si Cross Section Measurement with TACTIC - Annabelle Cyster (University of York)  
19:30 Signal integrity simulations of the Large Area Micromegas for the AMBER experiment at CERN - Lorenzo Maria Marcellino (Universita e INFN Torino (IT))  
19:35 Development of 5mm diameter thin walled straw tubes for transverse profile measurement in the CERN North Experimental Area. - Robert Garbrecht Larsen (CERN)  
19:40 Characterization of a dual-readout calorimeter prototype with e+ and μ+ data for applications at the FCC - Julia Scamardella (University Federico II and INFN, Naples (IT))  
19:45 Optimization of the strip design in Floating Strip Micromegas based on signal formation studies - Max Meurer  
19:50 GridPix Detector as an Advanced Alternative to IXPE GPD: Experimental Characterization and Validation with GEANT4 Simulations. - Ms Saba Imtiaz (Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali ,Roma Italy (INAF))  
19:55 Stability Study of a Single-Mask Triple GEM Detector under X-ray Irradiation - Mr SUBIR MANDAL (Bose Institute)  
20:00 Predicting RPC Detector Efficiency with Eco-Friendly Gas Mixtures Using a Dense Neural Network - Dr Giulia Giannandrea (Pavia University and INFN (IT))  
20:05 LHCb Muon system towards Upgrade 2 - Francesco Debernardis (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT))  
20:10 Development and performance studies of a MPGD-Based Hadronic Calorimeter for Future Colliders. - Mr Muhammad Ali (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT))  
19:00 --- Welcome cocktail ---
13:30 --- Lunch Break ---
15:00
Lab exercises (until 16:30)
15:00 Finite Element Methods - Exercises (I) - Piet Verwilligen (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT))   (Aula Leogrande)
15:00 Finite Element Methods - Exercises (I) - Piet Verwilligen (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT))   (Aula C)
16:30 --- Coffee break ---
17:00
Lab exercises (until 18:30)
17:00 Finite Element Methods - Exercises (II) - Piet Verwilligen (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT))   (Aula Leogrande)
17:00 Finite Element Methods - Exercises (II) - Piet Verwilligen (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT))   (Aula C)
13:30 --- Lunch Break ---
15:00
Social Event (until 22:00)
13:30 --- Lunch Break ---
15:00
Lab exercises (until 16:30)
15:00 Electron transport exercises - Marnik Metting van Rijn   (Aula C)
15:00 Electron transport exercises - Marnik Metting van Rijn   (Aula Leogrande)
16:30 --- Coffee break ---
17:00
Lab exercises (until 18:30)
17:00 Signal Induction exercises - Djunes Janssens (CERN)   (Aula Leogrande)
17:00 Signal Induction exercises - Djunes Janssens (CERN)   (Aula C)
13:00 --- Lunch Break ---
14:30
Lab exercises (until 16:30)
14:30 Full detector exercise (II) - Dr Philip Hauer (University of Bonn (DE)) Riccardo Farinelli (INFN Bologna (IT)) Djunes Janssens (CERN) Dario Stocco (ETH Zurich (CH))   (Aula Leogrande, OrientaLab, BaLab, Aula Formazione)
16:30 --- Coffee break ---
17:00
Lab exercises (until 18:00)
17:00 Full detector exercise (II) - Dario Stocco (ETH Zurich (CH)) Djunes Janssens (CERN) Riccardo Farinelli (INFN Bologna (IT)) Dr Philip Hauer (University of Bonn (DE))   (Aula Leogrande, OrientaLab, BaLab, Aula Formazione)
18:00
Wrap-Up & Conclusion - Piet Verwilligen (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT)) (until 18:30)
18:00 Closing by DRD1 Spokepersons - Dr Maksym Titov (IRFU, CEA Saclay, Université Paris-Saclay (FR)) Eraldo Oliveri (CERN)  
18:10 Closing by the GDSims Organizers - Marcello Abbrescia (Bari Physics Department and INFN) Piet Verwilligen (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT))