ISOTDAQ 2026 - International School of Trigger and Data AcQuisition

Name: ISOTDAQ 2026 - International School of Trigger and Data AcQuisition
Start: 2026-07-01T08:00:00+03:00
End: 2026-07-10T15:30:00+03:00
Location: Bucharest, Romania

1 Jul 2026, 08:00 → 10 Jul 2026, 15:30 Europe/Bucharest

Bucharest, Romania

Support: Kate ROSS (School's Administrator)

isotdaq.schools@cern.ch

Wednesday 1 July
- Wed 1 Jul
- Thu 2 Jul
- Fri 3 Jul
- Sat 4 Jul
- Sun 5 Jul
- Mon 6 Jul
- Tue 7 Jul
- Wed 8 Jul
- Thu 9 Jul
- Fri 10 Jul
- 08:30 → 09:00
  
  Registration 30m
- 09:00 → 09:10
  
  Welcome and Introduction 10m
  
  isotdaq_surveys_2026.pdf
  
  isotdaq_surveys_2026.pptx
- 09:10 → 10:10
  
  Introduction to data acquisition 1h
  
  Speaker: Andrea Negri (Pavia University and INFN (IT))
  
  ISOTDAQ2026.anegri.pdf
- 10:10 → 10:30
  
  Coffee Break 20m
- 10:30 → 11:30
  
  Introduction to trigger 1h
  
  Speaker: Gokhan Unel (University of California Irvine (US))
  
  unel_Trigger_2026.pdf
- 11:30 → 12:30
  
  DAQ hardware 1h
  
  Speaker: Vincenzo Izzo (University Federico II and INFN, Naples (IT))
  
  isotdaq2026.IZZO.DAQ-HW_Extended.pdf
- 12:30 → 13:30
  
  Lunch 1h
- 13:30 → 14:30
  
  Introduction to detector readout 1h
  
  Speaker: Gokhan Unel (University of California Irvine (US))
  
  unel_DAQDET_26-compressed.pdf
- 14:30 → 15:30
  
  Introduction to VME bus 1h
  
  Speaker: Markus Joos (CERN)
  
  ISOTDAQ_2026_VMEbus.pdf
  
  ISOTDAQ_2026_VMEbus.ppt
- 15:30 → 16:00
  
  Coffee Break 30m
- 16:00 → 17:00
  
  Memory and Storage systems for DAQ 1h
  
  Speaker: Enrico Gamberini (CERN)
  
  Memory and Storage systems for DAQ
  
  memory_storage_isotdaq2026.pdf
- 17:00 → 18:00
  
  LabVIEW 1h
  
  Speaker: Adriaan Rijllart (CERN)
  
  ISOTDAQ_LabVIEW_2026_GEB-AR.pdf
  
  ISOTDAQ_LabVIEW_2026_GEB-AR.pptx
- 18:30 → 19:30
  
  Welcome Drink 1h
  
  The Welcome Drink will take place on the 1st floor of PRECIS building (where lunch and coffee breaks are)
Thursday 2 July
- Wed 1 Jul
- Thu 2 Jul
- Fri 3 Jul
- Sat 4 Jul
- Sun 5 Jul
- Mon 6 Jul
- Tue 7 Jul
- Wed 8 Jul
- Thu 9 Jul
- Fri 10 Jul
- 09:00 → 10:00
  
  TDAQ design: from test beam to medium size experiment 1h
  
  Speaker: Roberto Ferrari (INFN Pavia (IT))
  
  mediumsizedaq2026_m.pdf
- 10:00 → 10:30
  
  Coffee Break 30m
- 10:30 → 11:30
  
  GPU in HEP: online high quality trigger processing 1h
  
  Speaker: Gianluca Lamanna (Universita & INFN Pisa (IT))
  
  lamanna_isotdaq_2026.pdf
  
  lamanna_isotdaq_2026.pptx
- 11:30 → 12:30
  
  Networking for data acquisition systems 1h
  
  Speaker: Petr Zejdl (CERN)
  
  isotdaq-2026-network.pdf
- 12:30 → 13:30
  
  Lunch 1h
- 13:30 → 15:30
  
  Lab 1 2h
- 15:30 → 16:00
  
  Coffee Break 30m
- 16:00 → 18:00
  
  Lab 2 2h
Friday 3 July
- Wed 1 Jul
- Thu 2 Jul
- Fri 3 Jul
- Sat 4 Jul
- Sun 5 Jul
- Mon 6 Jul
- Tue 7 Jul
- Wed 8 Jul
- Thu 9 Jul
- Fri 10 Jul
- 09:00 → 10:00
  
  PCIexpress 1h
  
  Speaker: Alberto Perro (CERN)
  
  pcie_isotdaq26_aperro.pdf
- 10:00 → 10:30
  
  Coffee Break 30m
- 10:30 → 11:30
  
  Programming for today’s physicist and engineers 1h
  
  Speaker: Philipp Brummer (CERN)
  
  ISOTDAQ 2026 - Programming for today’s physicists and engineers (1).pdf
- 11:30 → 12:30
  
  TDAQ for space experiments 1h
  
  Speaker: Valentina Scotti
- 12:30 → 13:30
  
  Lunch 1h
- 13:30 → 15:30
  
  Lab 3 2h
- 15:30 → 16:00
  
  Coffee Break 30m
- 16:00 → 18:00
  
  Lab 4 2h
- 19:00 → 00:00
  
  Social Dinner @ Caru' cu Bere in the Wine Cellar (CRAMA) 5h CRAMA (While Cellar) (Caru' cu Bere)
  
  CRAMA (While Cellar)
  
  Caru' cu Bere
  
  https://maps.app.goo.gl/e5NZyVNayjoyF71m6
  
  The place which keeps immortal the spirit of old Bucharest: Caru’ cu bere (The beer wagon). At the foundation of Caru’ cu bere’s identity lays a history of more than 140 years, starting with the Mircea brothers, among which Mircea Nicolae as the founder, his legacy and the historical building.
  
  To reach Caru' cu Bere, you can take the subway which is 1 minute walking distance from Hotel Yesterday: https://maps.app.goo.gl/vx4SW2N26YQGKvaz7 (25 minutes) - one subway journey is 1E (5RON) and you can pay it by card.
Saturday 4 July
- Wed 1 Jul
- Thu 2 Jul
- Fri 3 Jul
- Sat 4 Jul
- Sun 5 Jul
- Mon 6 Jul
- Tue 7 Jul
- Wed 8 Jul
- Thu 9 Jul
- Fri 10 Jul
- 09:00 → 10:00
  
  Optical links 1h
  
  Speaker: Alberto Perro (CERN)
  
  hispeed_isotdaq26_aperro.pdf
- 10:00 → 10:30
  
  Coffee Break 30m
- 10:30 → 11:30
  
  Frontend electronics & ADC’s (zoom lecture) 1h
  
  Speaker: Suerfu Burkhant
  
  2026-07 ISOTDAQ Frontend Electronics.pdf
- 11:30 → 12:30
  
  Introduction to Neural Networks 1h
  
  Speaker: Satchit Chatterji
  
  Intro to Neural Networks.pdf
  
  Intro to Neural Networks.pptx
- 12:30 → 13:30
  
  Lunch 1h
- 13:30 → 15:30
  
  Lab 5 2h
- 15:30 → 16:00
  
  Coffee Break 30m
- 16:00 → 18:00
  
  Lab 6 2h
Sunday 5 July
- Wed 1 Jul
- Thu 2 Jul
- Fri 3 Jul
- Sat 4 Jul
- Sun 5 Jul
- Mon 6 Jul
- Tue 7 Jul
- Wed 8 Jul
- Thu 9 Jul
- Fri 10 Jul
- 09:00 → 18:00
  
  Free Day 9h
Monday 6 July
- Wed 1 Jul
- Thu 2 Jul
- Fri 3 Jul
- Sat 4 Jul
- Sun 5 Jul
- Mon 6 Jul
- Tue 7 Jul
- Wed 8 Jul
- Thu 9 Jul
- Fri 10 Jul
- 09:00 → 10:00
  
  Trigger hardware 1h
  
  Speaker: Tigran Mkrtchyan (CERN)
  
  Trigger Architectures and Hardware.pdf
- 10:00 → 10:30
  
  Coffee Break 30m
- 10:30 → 11:30
  
  Introduction to FPGAs 1h
  
  Speaker: Hannes Sakulin (CERN)
  
  2026_07_06_FPGA_Lecture_HS_exp.pdf
- 11:30 → 12:30
  
  DAQ software 1h
  
  Speaker: Enrico Pasqualucci (Sapienza Universita e INFN, Roma I (IT))
  
  DAQ_software_ISOTDAQ_2026.pdf
  
  DAQ_software_ISOTDAQ_2026.pptx
- 12:30 → 13:30
  
  Lunch 1h
- 13:30 → 15:30
  
  Lab 7 2h
- 15:30 → 16:00
  
  Coffee Break 30m
- 16:00 → 18:00
  
  Lab 8 2h
Tuesday 7 July
- Wed 1 Jul
- Thu 2 Jul
- Fri 3 Jul
- Sat 4 Jul
- Sun 5 Jul
- Mon 6 Jul
- Tue 7 Jul
- Wed 8 Jul
- Thu 9 Jul
- Fri 10 Jul
- 09:00 → 10:00
  
  Advanced FPGA programming 1h
  
  Speaker: Manoel Barros Marin (CERN)
  
  ISOTDAQ2026_Advanced_FPGA_Design.pdf
- 10:00 → 10:30
  
  Coffee Break 30m
- 10:30 → 11:30
  
  Microcontrollers (remote lecture) 1h
  
  Speaker: Efren Rodriguez Rodriguez (CERN)
- 11:30 → 12:30
  
  Machine learning 1h
  
  Speaker: Thomas Owen James (CERN)
  
  isotdaq_ml_2026.pdf
- 12:30 → 13:30
  
  Lunch 1h
- 13:30 → 15:30
  
  Lab 9 2h
- 15:30 → 16:00
  
  Coffee Break 30m
- 16:00 → 18:00
  
  Lab 10 2h
Wednesday 8 July
- Wed 1 Jul
- Thu 2 Jul
- Fri 3 Jul
- Sat 4 Jul
- Sun 5 Jul
- Mon 6 Jul
- Tue 7 Jul
- Wed 8 Jul
- Thu 9 Jul
- Fri 10 Jul
- 09:00 → 10:00
  
  A scalable, portable DAQ system design 1h
  
  Speaker: Martin Lothar Purschke (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))
  
  DAQ_Design2026.pdf
  
  DAQ_Design2026.pptx
- 10:00 → 11:00
  
  Timing for DAQ (remote lecture) 1h
  
  Speaker: Mehmet Ozgur Sahin (Université Paris-Saclay (FR))
  
  Timing for DAQ
- 11:00 → 11:30
  
  Coffee 30m
- 11:30 → 13:30
  
  Lab 11 2h
- 13:30 → 14:30
  
  Lunch 1h
- 14:30 → 16:30
  
  Lab 12 2h
- 16:30 → 17:00
  
  Coffee Break 30m
- 17:00 → 19:00
  
  Secret LAB 2h
  
  Speaker: Ioannis Xiotidis (CERN)
  
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  HLS4ML_Tutorial.pdf
Thursday 9 July
- Wed 1 Jul
- Thu 2 Jul
- Fri 3 Jul
- Sat 4 Jul
- Sun 5 Jul
- Mon 6 Jul
- Tue 7 Jul
- Wed 8 Jul
- Thu 9 Jul
- Fri 10 Jul
- 09:00 → 10:00
  
  Design and implementation of a monitoring system 1h
  
  Speaker: Serguei Kolos (University of California Irvine (US))
  
  OnlineMonitoringforDAQsystems2026-Bucharest.pdf
  
  OnlineMonitoringforDAQsystems2026-Bucharest.pptx
- 10:00 → 10:30
  
  Coffee Break 30m
- 10:30 → 11:30
  
  An Introduction to medical imaging devices 1h
  
  Speaker: Martin Lothar Purschke (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))
  
  MedicalImagingIntro_2026.pdf
  
  MedicalImagingIntro_2026.pptx
- 11:30 → 12:30
  
  Quantum Key Distribution - EuroQCI 1h
  
  Speaker: Mihai Carabas (National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest (RO))
- 12:30 → 13:30
  
  Lunch 1h
- 13:30 → 15:30
  
  Lab 13 2h
- 15:30 → 16:00
  
  Coffee Break 30m
- 16:00 → 18:00
  
  Lab 14 2h
Friday 10 July
- Wed 1 Jul
- Thu 2 Jul
- Fri 3 Jul
- Sat 4 Jul
- Sun 5 Jul
- Mon 6 Jul
- Tue 7 Jul
- Wed 8 Jul
- Thu 9 Jul
- Fri 10 Jul
- 09:00 → 10:00
  
  Monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana 1h
  
  Speaker: Karol Bunkowski (University of Warsaw (PL))
  
  2026_07_10_prometheus_grafana_isotdaq_KBunkowski.pdf
  
  2026_07_10_prometheus_grafana_isotdaq_KBunkowski.pptx
- 10:00 → 10:30
  
  Coffee Break 30m
- 10:30 → 11:30
  
  Modular electronics 1h
  
  Speaker: Markus Joos (CERN)
  
  ISOTDAQ_2026_Modular_electronics.pdf
  
  ISOTDAQ_2026_Modular_electronics.ppt
- 11:30 → 12:30
  
  T/DAQ for the LHC experiments and upgrades 1h
  
  Speaker: Francesca Pastore (Royal Holloway, University of London)
  
  LHC_TDAQ_seminar_2026.pdf
- 12:30 → 13:30
  
  Closing Ceremony 1h

ISOTDAQ 2026 - International School of Trigger and Data AcQuisition

Bucharest, Romania

CRAMA (While Cellar)

Caru' cu Bere