Sixth MODE Workshop on Differentiable Programming for Experiment Design

Session

Applications in Medical Physics and Other Applications

3 Sept 2026, 09:00

OAC conference center, Kolymbari, Crete, Greece.

Conveners

Applications in Medical Physics and Other Applications

• Lorenzo Arsini ("Sapienza" University of Rome)

Applications in Medical Physics and Other Applications

• There are no conveners in this block

189. Towards Fully Automated Radiotherapy Planning through Differentiable Dose Models and Hybrid Optimisation

Carlo Mancini Terracciano

03/09/2026, 09:00

Applications in Medical Physics, and Other Applications

Talk

Automated radiotherapy treatment planning remains an open challenge. Current optimisation workflows typically require substantial human intervention to select beam configurations, define planning strategies, and iteratively balance competing clinical objectives. Moreover, many relevant treatment parameters are either optimised separately or selected using heuristic or experience-driven...

160. Differentiable simulation and optimization of superconducting quantum sensors

Nathan Campioni (La Sapienza, Università degli studi di Roma)

03/09/2026, 09:30

Applications in Medical Physics, and Other Applications

Talk

QSOpt (Quantum Sensing Optimization) is an end-to-end differentiable simulation and machine-learning optimization framework for open quantum networks composed of superconducting qubits, bosonic modes and input-output channels with user-defined interactions. The advancements in quantum technologies have sparked interest in employing quantum systems as sensors, with superconducting quantum...

153. Optimizing ground-based gravitational wave detector design through differentiable programming and reinforcement learning

Daniel Lanchares (Universidad de Oviedo - ICTEA)

03/09/2026, 10:00

Applications in Astro-HEP and Neutrino Physics

Talk + poster

Over the last decades, the race for achieving a deeper understanding through more precise measurements has led physics experiments to grow increasingly complex, making their design and operation a superhuman task, even for large collaborations. Optimizing is one of the greatest hurdles of the design process, given the large dimensionality of the space of possible choices for geometry,...

192. Hybrid optics for imaging endoscopy: where co-design can happen

Francesco Ferranti

06/09/2026, 12:00

Applications in Medical Physics, and Other Applications

Talk

Miniaturized imaging probes play a critical role in the development of fiber-optic microendoscopy. Scanning fiber endoscopy techniques, incorporate compact distal scanning probes paired with micro-objective elements such as gradient refractive index (GRIN) lenses. However, systems relying solely on GRIN optics often experience off-axis aberrations, which reduce image quality particularly...

193. Differentiable Molecular Modeling: Learning Interaction Potentials from Experiment and Simulation

Jan Eckwert (Technical University of Munich)

06/09/2026, 12:30

Applications in Medical Physics, and Other Applications

Talk + poster

Machine-learning interatomic potentials offer a flexible and efficient way to represent complex potential-energy surfaces and enable molecular simulations at scales beyond those accessible to electronic-structure methods. They are commonly trained in a bottom-up manner using labeled reference data, such as energies and forces obtained from density functional theory. While such models can...