17th Geant4 Collaboration Meeting

Europe/Paris
Maison Saint-Yves

Maison Saint-Yves

1 rue Saint Eman, 28000 Chartres, France
Description
The 17th Geant4 Collaboration Meeting will take place in Chartres, France, from Monday 10th to Friday 14th of September 2012. It will be hosted in the Maison Saint-Yves, 1 rue Saint Eman, 28000 Chartres, which will provide both meeting rooms and lodging.

This is a Geant4 Collaborators only meeting.

The main web page of this collaboration meeting, including registration forms is here.
    • 08:30 09:00
      Registration
    • 09:00 10:30
      Plenary session 1 : Opening Addresses

      Welcome, meeting goals, known issues and reports on user requirements from various application domains.

      Convener: Dr Ivana Hrivnacova (Universite de Paris-Sud 11 (FR))
      • 09:00
        Welcome (workshop logistics) 10m
        Speaker: Dr Marc Verderi (Ecole Polytechnique (FR))
        Slides
      • 09:10
        Meeting goals 20m
        Speaker: Makoto Asai (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US))
        Slides
      • 09:30
        Report from user domains : HENP 15m
        Speakers: Dr Alberto Ribon (CERN), Witold Pokorski (CERN)
        Slides
      • 09:45
        Report from user domains : Space 15m
        Speaker: Dr Giovanni Santin (ESA)
        Slides
      • 10:00
        Report from user domains : Medical 15m
        Speaker: Joseph Perl (CERN)
        Slides
      • 10:15
        Report from user domains : LBE 15m
        Speaker: Dennis Wright (SLAC)
        Slides
    • 10:30 11:00
      Break 30m
    • 11:00 12:30
      Plenary session 2 : Open Requirements / Collaboration Tools

      This session focuses on open requirements, ongoing activities and developments related to tools for Geant4 code development, maintenance, validation and release.

      To join this session you can either
      - call +41227676000 (Main), and enter access code: 0157809 , or
      - use the URL https://audioconf.cern.ch/call/0157809

      Conveners: Dr Jose Manuel Quesada Molina (Universidad de Sevilla (ES)), Mr Laurent Garnier (LAL-IN2P3-CNRS)
      • 11:00
        CMS requirements on multi-threading 15m
        Speakers: Dr Christopher Jones (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US)), Elizabeth Sexton-Kennedy (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))
        Slides
      • 11:15
        LHCb requirements on CMake configuration 15m
        Speaker: Witold Pokorski (CERN)
        Slides
      • 11:30
        CMake, CMakeLists.txt and SVN 15m
        Speaker: Dr Benjamin Morgan (University of Warwick)
        Paper
        Slides
      • 11:45
        Unit test and integration test 15m
        Speaker: Gunter Folger (CERN)
        Slides
      • 12:00
        Performance monitoring 15m
        Speaker: Dr Soon Yung Jun (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))
        Slides
      • 12:15
        Testing Geant4 using Cmake/Ctest/Cdash 15m
        Speaker: Dr Pere Mato Vila (CERN)
        Slides
    • 12:30 14:00
      Lunch break 1h 30m
    • 14:00 15:30
      Parallel session 1A : New EM model developments

      Discussion on new EM models and interfaces

      Remote access is arranged via EVO. This allows you to connect also via telephone or using Skype.
      1) To connect via evo use the reservation URL
      http://evo.caltech.edu/evoNext/koala.jnlp?meeting=MDMaM82D2uDuDM9I9DD99D

      2) To use the EVO Phone Bridge, using the meeting ID: 578 8781
      Telephone Numbers for this are available at http://evo.caltech.edu/evoGate/telephone.jsp

      3) To use Skype (tm) call EVO (username: evo.phone) and follow the instructions at http://evo.caltech.edu/evoGate/Documentation/extclient/skype/skype.html

      Convener: Dr Giovanni Santin (ESA)
      • 14:00
        New Compton model 20m
        Speaker: Jeremy Brown
        Slides
      • 14:20
        The X-Ray Rayleigh scattering model for EM standard package 10m
        Speaker: Vladimir Grichine (Russian Academy of Sciences (RU))
        Slides
      • 14:30
        The MuElec extension for microdosimetry in Silicon 20m
        Speaker: Melanie Raine
        Slides
      • 14:50
        Modeling biological structures with protein data bank 20m
        Speaker: Jonathan Madsen
      • 15:10
        Atomic deexcitation modelling 20m
        Speaker: Alfonso Mantero
        Slides
    • 14:00 15:30
      Parallel session 1B: Testing and QA

      Performance checks.
      Experience in testing shifts.
      Tests using CMake/CDash.

      Convener: Gunter Folger (CERN)
      • 14:00
        Regular performance monitoring - tools, process, and results 20m
        Speaker: Dr Soon Yung Jun (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))
        Slides
      • 14:20
        Profiling Geant4 with Dtrace and reordering execution for performance gain 15m
        Speaker: Efstathios Kamperis
        Slides
      • 14:35
        Performance of ATLAS G4 simulation 10m
        Speaker: Elmar Ritsch (University of Innsbruck (AT))
        Slides
      • 14:45
        Performance of CMS G4 simulation 10m
        Speaker: Victor Daniel Elvira (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))
        Slides
      • 14:55
        cvmfs to distribute Geant4 15m
        Speaker: Andrea Dotti (Geant 4 Associates International Experts in Radiation Simulatio)
        Slides
      • 15:10
        Testing shifts - experience and topics for improvement; guided discussion 20m
    • 15:30 16:00
      Break 30m
    • 16:00 18:00
      Parallel session 2A : New EM validation results

      Discussion on validation results for EM physics

      Remote access is arranged via EVO. This allows you to connect also via telephone or using Skype.
      1) To connect via evo use the reservation URL
      http://evo.caltech.edu/evoNext/koala.jnlp?meeting=MDMaM82D2uDuDM9I9DD99D

      2) To use the EVO Phone Bridge, using the meeting ID: 578 8781
      Telephone Numbers for this are available at http://evo.caltech.edu/evoGate/telephone.jsp

      3) To use Skype (tm) call EVO (username: evo.phone) and follow the instructions at http://evo.caltech.edu/evoGate/Documentation/extclient/skype/skype.html

      Convener: Prof. Vladimir Ivantchenko (CERN)
      • 16:00
        Validation of high energy muon scattering using L3 data 20m
        Speaker: Michael Schenk
        Slides
      • 16:20
        American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Task Force Group on Monte Carlo Validation Sets: Geant4 related findings 20m
        Speaker: Mr Ioannis Sechopoulos
        Slides
      • 16:40
        Validation of gamma processes 20m
        Speaker: Anton Ivantchenko (Geant 4 Associates International Experts in Radiation Simulatio)
        Slides
      • 17:00
        NCC proton therapy validation activities 20m
        Speaker: Dr Se Byeong Lee
        Slides
      • 17:20
        RBE computations in Geant4 medical applications 20m
        Speaker: Francesco Romano (Unknown)
      • 17:40
        Discussion on validation and Physics List 20m
        Speaker: Prof. Vladimir Ivantchenko (CERN)
    • 16:00 18:00
      Parallel session 2B : Parallelization Efforts

      The focus of this session is on particular topics in Parallelisation:
      - Geant4MT: open/new requirements and the potential for porting to new threads;
      - Novel parallelization efforts including GPU porting and vectorization.

      Notes:
      1) Time slots without a speaker are for discussions.
      2) The timetable is in nearly final version. Please notify in case of errors or issues.

      This session will use the EVO system. The Id of the meeting is 5782381.
      To join you can either
      a) call one of the EVO phone bridge phone numbers near you. After the meeting Id you will be asked for a second number - enter "3296". The phone bridge numbers can be found at http://evo.caltech.edu/evoGate/telephone.jsp
      b) use Skype and the EVO-Skype bridge - you need to use the same meeting id and use the same 2nd number "3296". Instructions are available at
      http://evo.caltech.edu/evoGate/Documentation/extclient/skype/skype.html
      c) use the Evo client - best only if you are familiar with it. To do this follow "Video Services" in the tab on the left and follow the link to join. The number you need is "1984".

      Convener: Dr John Apostolakis (CERN)
      • 16:00
        Goals of session 5m
        Speaker: Dr John Apostolakis (CERN)
        Slides
      • 16:05
        C++ 11 Threads and Geant4-MT 15m
        Perspectives on the potential benefits and issues with porting Geant4-MT to C++ 11 threads.
        Speaker: Dr Marc Paterno (Fermilab)
        code
        Paper
        Slides
      • 16:20
        Geant4-MT: Addressing requirement for dispatch-type parallelism 15m
        How to address the requirement for co-working with TBB (dispatch model of parallelism) ? - Analysis of requirement - Discussion of impact - Conclusions and actions
      • 16:35
        Parallel Geant4 beyond Multi-threading - Introduction 5m
        Introduction / context
        Speaker: Dr John Apostolakis (CERN)
        Slides
      • 16:40
        G4 on GPU: Improving Navigation in Voxel geometries 10m
        Speaker: Dhruva Tirumala Bukkapatnam
        Slides
      • 16:50
        G4 on GPU: Propagation in Field and EM Bremstrahlung process 30m
        Results from prototypes with GPUs, Vectors. Information on hardware evolution, including MIC.
        Speakers: Mr Philippe Canal (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US)), Dr Soon Yung Jun (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))
      • 17:20
        G4 on GPU: SLAC/Stanford/Nvidia/KEK prototype 15m
        Speaker: Koichi Murakami (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (JP))
        Slides
      • 17:35
        G4 on GPU: Discussion 10m
      • 17:45
        Report on Vector Prototype 15m
        Speaker: Andrei Gheata (CERN)
        Slides
    • 18:15 19:30
      Welcome Wine & Chesse
    • 09:00 10:30
      Plenary session 3 : Electromagnetic physics (Std-EM, LowE-EM)

      This session focuses on the recent, major developments in electromagnetic physics, both for standard and low-energy. A summary of the status of the validation of electromagnetic physics will be also presented.

      Conveners: Sebastien Laurent Incerti (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)), Prof. Vladimir Ivantchenko (CERN)
      • 09:00
        Validation of Geant4 versus EGS 20m
        Speaker: Dr Yann Perrot
        Slides
      • 09:20
        Geant4 EM physics progress by ESA 20m
        Speaker: Giovanni Santin (Universita degli Studi di Trieste)
        Slides
      • 09:40
        EM physics for LHC 25m
        Speaker: Prof. Vladimir Ivantchenko (CERN)
        Slides
      • 10:05
        Geant4-DNA progress 25m
        Speaker: Sebastien Laurent Incerti (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))
    • 10:30 11:00
      Break 30m
    • 11:00 12:30
      Plenary session 4 : Hadronic physics

      This session focuses on the recent, major developments in hadronic physics, and their impact in user applications. A summary of the status of the validation of hadronic physics will be also presented.

      Conveners: Dr Alberto Ribon (CERN), Dennis Herbert Wright (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US))
      • 11:00
        Status of Hadronic Shower Simulation for LHC 25m
        Speaker: Andrea Dotti (Geant 4 Associates International Experts in Radiation Simulatio)
        Slides
      • 11:25
        Recent Developments in Fritiof (FTF) Model 25m
        Speaker: Vladimir Uzhinskiy (Joint Inst. for Nuclear Research (RU))
        Slides
      • 11:50
        Using Bertini Cascade for Lepto-nuclear and Stopping Processes 25m
        Speaker: Michael Kelsey (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US))
        Slides
      • 12:15
        Discussion 15m
        Speakers: Dr Alberto Ribon (CERN), Dennis Herbert Wright (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US))
    • 12:30 14:00
      Lunch break 1h 30m
    • 14:00 15:35
      Parallel session 3A : Hadronic Validation

      Current coverage of hadronic validation:
      - Which are the tests covering hadronics?
      - Are all models tested?
      - Missing tests and work plan.

      Status of the validation for LHC experiments.

      Validation coverage and results for INCLXX

      Convener: Julia Yarba (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))
    • 14:00 15:30
      Parallel session 3B : Tools for Development and Testing of Geant4 Libraries and Applications

      Building Geant4 with CMake.
      Developer Use Cases and Requirements for the Geant4 CMake system
      Testing Geant4 using CMake/CTest/CDash.
      Development of unit and integration tests.
      Development and Deployment of Tools for Building Geant4 Applications.
      Documentation of CMake/CTest/CDash for Geant4 Developers.
      Documentation for Users on Building Geant4 and Applications.
      Best Practice for Building Geant4 Examples

      Convener: Dr Benjamin Morgan (University of Warwick)
      • 14:00
        Introduction and Aims 10m
        Speaker: Dr Benjamin Morgan (University of Warwick)
        Slides
      • 14:10
        Topics from Attendees 10m
        Addition of discussion topics, comments, ideas from audience
        Speaker: Dr Benjamin Morgan (University of Warwick)
        Slides
    • 15:30 16:00
      Break 30m
    • 16:00 18:00
      Parallel session 4A : Hadronic Issues
      • False hadronic interactions (no final state, primary continues), and primary killed / not killed
      • Nuclear recoils : generated or suppressed?
      • Production of excited fragments with delayed decay (isomers)
      • How to set parameters/options of hadronic models for users and developers?
      • Extracting the FTF quasi-elastic model, as an alternative to CHIPS quasi-elastic
      Convener: Gunter Folger (CERN)
      • 16:00
        Production of excited fragments with delayed decay (isomers) 10m
        Speaker: Prof. Vladimir Ivantchenko (CERN)
        Slides
      • 16:10
        Models for quasi-elastic 20m
        Speaker: Witold Pokorski (CERN)
        Slides
      • 16:30
        Nuclear recoils: when to generate or supress 20m
        Slides
      • 16:50
        False/Failed hadronic interactions 20m
        Slides
      • 17:10
        Setting options/parameters for hadronic models 20m
        Slides
    • 16:00 18:00
      Parallel session 4B : Visualization

      Visualization status and plans.
      Installation and configuration issues specifically related to visualization tools.

      Convener: Joseph Perl (CERN)
      • 16:00
        Updates to OpenInventor Visualization 20m
        Speaker: Fred Jones
      • 16:20
        Updates to Qt Visualization 20m
        Speaker: Mr Laurent Garnier (LAL-IN2P3-CNRS)
        Slides
      • 16:40
        Challenges of Vis Testing on so many Diverse Platforms 20m
        Speaker: Joseph Perl (CERN)
        Slides
      • 17:00
        Visualization for Geant4.10 30m
        Speaker: John Allison (University of Manchester (GB))
      • 17:30
        General Discussion 30m
        Speaker: Joseph Perl (CERN)
    • 19:30 21:30
      Steering Board working dinner
    • 09:00 10:30
      Plenary session 5 : Ongoing Developments I (Non-Physics)

      This session focuses on ongoing activities and developments related to the following modules, working groups and areas: Run and Event, Tracking, Geometry and Transport, Particles and Track, Persistency, Documentation, Examples, Detector Response, GUI, Visualization and Analysis.

      Conveners: Dr Benjamin Morgan (University of Warwick), Koichi Murakami (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (JP))
      • 09:00
        Developments in Geometry 15m
        Speaker: Dr Gabriele Cosmo (CERN)
        Slides
      • 09:15
        New Developments in Analysis 15m
        Speaker: Dr Ivana Hrivnacova (Universite de Paris-Sud 11 (FR))
      • 09:30
        Progress in Extended Examples 20m
        Speaker: Dr Ivana Hrivnacova (Universite de Paris-Sud 11 (FR))
      • 09:50
        Status and Evolution of Geant4 GUI 15m
        Speaker: Mr Laurent Garnier (LAL-IN2P3-CNRS)
        Slides
      • 10:05
        Updates on Run, Event and Detector WG 15m
        Speaker: Makoto Asai (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US))
        Slides
      • 10:20
        Physics List 10m
        Speaker: Gunter Folger (CERN)
        Slides
    • 10:30 11:00
      Break 30m
    • 11:00 12:30
      Plenary session 6 : Towards Geant4 version X, part 1

      Work targets and their plan toward the major release in 2013
      is discussed. This first session puts emphasis on multi-threading
      capability.
      - release schedule and deadlines
      - merging Geant4-MT into the main development thread
      - foreseen key interface changes in kernel classes due to multi-threading
      - foreseen key interface changes in classes users commonly use due to multi-threading
      - how to make an application migrated
      - migration strategy for examples
      - GUI/Vis for multi-threading

      Individual presentations should be reasonably short, and at least half of the session time should be used for discussion.

      Conveners: Dr Marc Verderi (Ecole Polytechnique (FR)), Takashi Sasaki (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization)
      • 11:00
        Merging Geant4-MT to the main development trunk and deadlines 25m
        Speaker: Dr Gabriele Cosmo (CERN)
        Slides
      • 11:25
        Foreseen key interface changes in kernel and common users classes 15m
        Speaker: Makoto Asai (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US))
        Slides
      • 11:40
        How to migrate an application to Geant4 MT 10m
        Speaker: Makoto Asai (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US))
        Slides
      • 11:50
        Geant4-MT migration and Examples issues 15m
        Speaker: Dr Ivana Hrivnacova (Universite de Paris-Sud 11 (FR))
        Slides
      • 12:05
        Geant4-MT migration and Visualization issues 12m
        Speaker: Joseph Perl (CERN)
      • 12:17
        Geant4-MT migration and GUI issues 13m
        Speaker: Koichi Murakami (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (JP))
        Slides
    • 12:30 14:00
      Lunch break 1h 30m
    • 14:00 15:30
      Parallel session 5A : Ion-Ion interactions

      Talk on "Ion/Ion validation in Geant4 for space applications"
      Talk on "Recent development and nucleus-nucleus extension of INCL++"
      Talk on "Status of Charged Particle HP"
      Discussion on "Interfaces, hadronic model organization and requirements for low energy ion-ion reactions"

      Convener: Jose Manuel Quesada Molina (Universidad de Sevilla (ES))
      • 14:00
        Ion/Ion validation in Geant4 for space applications 20m
        Speaker: Anton Ivantchenko (Geant 4 Associates International Experts in Radiation Simulatio)
        Slides
      • 14:20
        Recent development and nucleus-nucleus extension of INCL++ 20m
        Speaker: Davide Mancusi
        Slides
      • 14:40
        Status of Charged Particle HP 20m
        Speaker: Mr Pedro Arce (CIEMAT)
        Slides
      • 15:00
        Interfaces, hadronic model organization and requirements for low energy ion-ion reactions 20m
        Speaker: Dennis Herbert Wright (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US))
        Slides
    • 14:00 15:30
      Parallel session 5B : Geometry WG working session

      Review of open issues and developments

      Convener: Dr Gabriele Cosmo (CERN)
      • 14:00
        Unified Solids 30m
        Speaker: Marek Gayer (CERN)
        Slides
      • 14:30
        CAD to GDML converter 10m
        Speaker: Emmanuel Delage (Laboratoire de Physique Corpusculaire (LPC))
        Slides
      • 14:40
        Surface-normal on global coordinates issue 20m
        Speaker: Dr John Apostolakis (CERN)
        Slides
      • 15:00
        Review of thread-safety for sharable data in geometry classes 20m
        Speaker: Dr John Apostolakis (CERN)
        Slides
      • 15:20
        Discussion 10m
    • 15:30 16:00
      Break 30m
    • 16:00 18:00
      Parallel session 6A : Rethinking the Hadronic Framework
      • Cross sections: review and clean-up; use of factory-based mechanism to assure single instantiations of the same cross section used by different entities
      • Removing some inheritance layers to improve performance/maintenance
      • Solving the HP problem: split it from the framework?
      • Consistent treatment of stopping and in-flight processes; clean-up and removal of old models.
      • Re-examine framework rules, such as default cross sections
      Convener: Dennis Herbert Wright (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US))
      slides
      • 16:00
        Introduction of Main Issues 20m
        Speaker: Dennis Herbert Wright (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US))
        Slides
      • 16:20
        Collection of Other Issues 20m
      • 16:40
        Discussion and work 1h 20m
        Slides
    • 16:00 18:00
      Parallel session 6B : Visualization Working Session

      This will be a work session of the vis group.

      Convener: Joseph Perl (CERN)
    • 09:00 10:30
      Plenary session 7 : Ongoing Developments II (Physics)

      This session focuses on the ongoing activities and developments related to the following modules, working groups and areas: Processes and Materials, Standard and Low-E EM Physics, Hadronic Physics, Physics Lists.

      Conveners: Gunter Folger (CERN), Michel Maire (LAPP)
      • 09:00
        Status of biasing in G4 15m
        Speaker: Dr Marc Verderi (Ecole Polytechnique (FR))
        Slides
      • 09:15
        New developments and tests in ReverseMC 15m
        Speaker: Laurent Desorgher (SpaceIT GmbH)
        Slides
      • 09:30
        Improvements in radioactive decay model and data 15m
        Speaker: Laurent Desorgher (SpaceIT GmbH)
        Slides
      • 09:45
        Recent and ongoing developments in hadronics 15m
        Speaker: Dr Alberto Ribon (CERN)
        Slides
      • 10:00
        Performance monitoing 15m
        Speaker: Dr Soon Yung Jun (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))
        Slides
    • 10:30 11:00
      Break 30m
    • 11:00 12:30
      Plenary session 8 : Towards Geant4 version X, part 2

      Work targets and their plan toward the major release in 2013
      is discussed. This second session puts emphasis on changes
      not directly related to multi-threading.
      - obsolete functionalities
      - new functionalities/features
      - Cmake configuration - GNUmake support(?)
      - testing/validation strategies
      - any other potential issues

      Individual presentations should be reasonably short, and at least half of the session time should be used for discussion.

      Conveners: Dr Gabriele Cosmo (CERN), Makoto Asai (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US))
      • 11:00
        Introduction 5m
        Speaker: Makoto Asai (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US))
        Slides
      • 11:05
        Run, Event & Detector WG 5m
        Speaker: Makoto Asai (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US))
        Slides
      • 11:10
        Tracking WG 5m
        Speaker: Takashi Sasaki (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization)
      • 11:15
        Geometry WG 5m
        Speaker: Dr Gabriele Cosmo (CERN)
        Slides
      • 11:20
        Particle & Track WG 5m
        Speaker: Hisaya Kurashige (Kobe University (JP))
      • 11:25
        Processes & Material WG 5m
        Speaker: Dr Marc Verderi (Ecole Polytechnique (FR))
        Slides
      • 11:30
        Standard EM WG 5m
        Speaker: Prof. Vladimir Ivantchenko (CERN)
        Slides
      • 11:35
        Low-energy EM WG 5m
        Speaker: Sebastien Laurent Incerti (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))
      • 11:40
        Hadronics WG 5m
        Speaker: Dr Alberto Ribon (CERN)
        Slides
      • 11:45
        Persistency WG 5m
        Speaker: Dr Gabriele Cosmo (CERN)
      • 11:50
        User & Category Interfaces WG 5m
        Speaker: Koichi Murakami (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (JP))
      • 11:55
        Visualization WG 5m
        Speaker: Joseph Perl (CERN)
      • 12:00
        Novice & Extended Examples WG 5m
        Speaker: Dr Ivana Hrivnacova (Universite de Paris-Sud 11 (FR))
        Slides
      • 12:05
        Advanced Examples WG 5m
        Speaker: Francesco Romano (Unknown)
        Slides
      • 12:10
        Documentation WG 5m
        Speaker: Makoto Asai (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US))
      • 12:15
        Software Management WG 5m
        Speaker: Dr Benjamin Morgan (University of Warwick)
        Slides
      • 12:20
        Testing & Quality Assurance WG 5m
        Speaker: Gunter Folger (CERN)
      • 12:25
        Physics List 5m
        Speaker: Gunter Folger (CERN)
    • 12:30 14:00
      Lunch break 1h 30m
    • 14:00 15:30
      Parallel session 7A : Tools and Strategies for Physics Validation

      Common collaboration tools for physics validation:
      1- GRID Validation
      2- CTest / CDash based physics validation
      3- FNAL Validation DataBase

      Convener: Andrea Dotti (Geant 4 Associates International Experts in Radiation Simulatio)
      • 14:00
        Experience in using Geant4 on the GRID 20m
        Speakers: Dr Alberto Ribon (CERN), Dr Giovanni Santin (ESA), Witold Pokorski (CERN)
        Slides
      • 14:20
        Prospects for FNAL validation DB 30m
        Speakers: Dr Hans-Joachim Wenzel (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US)), Julia Yarba (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))
        Slides
      • 14:50
        KISTI resources 20m
        Speakers: Prof. Kihyeon Cho (KISTI), Dr Soonwook Hwang (KiSTi Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KR))
        Slides
      • 15:10
        Experience with CTest/CDash for physics validation 20m
        Speaker: Andrea Dotti (Geant 4 Associates International Experts in Radiation Simulatio)
        Slides
    • 14:00 15:30
      Parallel session 7B : Work on Extended Examples

      Review the present status of applying coding guidelines and reviews,
      discuss the planning of remaining work.

      Convener: Dr Ivana Hrivnacova (Universite de Paris-Sud 11 (FR))
      • 14:00
        Status of Work on Extended Examples 30m
        Speaker: Dr Ivana Hrivnacova (Universite de Paris-Sud 11 (FR))
        Slides
      • 14:30
        Visualization commands in examples 15m
        Speaker: John Allison (University of Manchester (GB))
        Slides
      • 14:45
        New Classes of General Interest: G4CommandLineOptions, G4RejectionTechnique, G4StatisticalManager 20m
        Speaker: Jonathan Madsen
      • 15:05
        EM examples review; Proposal for G4UserParameters Class 15m
        Speaker: Dr Ivana Hrivnacova (Universite de Paris-Sud 11 (FR))
        Slides
      • 15:20
        AOB 10m
    • 15:30 16:00
      Break 30m
    • 16:00 18:00
      Parallel session 8A : Hadronic Discussion
      • Muon stopping
      • How to treat consistently "hybrid processes", like electro-nuclear; the problem of hadronic dependencies
      • Better modularization of the hadronic physics library, e.g. compiling G4 without CHIPS
      • Trends in G4PhysicsConstructor and complete physics lists
      • How to make hadronics workable for nuclear physics
      • Any topic that has not been properly covered during the previous four hadronic sessions, or that needs
        further discussion.
      Convener: Dr Alberto Ribon (CERN)
      • 16:00
        Muon stopping 20m
        Speaker: Krzysztof Genser (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (US))
        Slides
      • 16:20
        How to treat consistently "hybrid processes", like electro-nuclear; the problem of hadronic dependencies 20m
        Speaker: Dennis Herbert Wright (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US))
        Slides
      • 16:40
        How to make hadronics workable for nuclear physics 20m
        Speaker: Michel Maire (LAPP)
      • 17:00
        Access to Datasets 20m
        Speaker: Prof. Vladimir Ivantchenko (CERN)
        Slides
      • 17:20
        Making Bertini more physically realistic 20m
        Speaker: Michael Kelsey (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US))
        Slides
      • 17:40
        Better modularization of the hadronic physics library, e.g. compiling G4 without CHIPS 20m
        Speaker: Witold Pokorski (CERN)
    • 16:00 18:00
      Parallel session 8B : Event Biasing

      Stating about Event Biasing since mini-workshop: progress and possible show-stoppers

      New aspects not (much) covered at the mini-workshop :
      - occurence biasing of charged particles
      - e.g. : forced interaction of charged pions
      - formalism, design
      - final state biasing

      Convener: Dr Marc Verderi (Ecole Polytechnique (FR))
      • 16:00
        Progress in EM 20m
        Speaker: Daren Lewis Sawkey
        Slides
      • 16:20
        Progress on occurrence biasing: formalism, ToyMC validation, case of varying cross-sections 20m
        Speaker: Laurent Desorgher (SpaceIT GmbH)
        Slides
      • 16:40
        Geometry biaising facilities 20m
        Speaker: Alexander Howard (Eidgenoessische Tech. Hochschule Zuerich (CH))
        Slides
      • 17:00
        Final state biasing: forced flight (along direction), other ? 20m
        Speaker: Dr Marc Verderi (Ecole Polytechnique (FR))
        Slides
      • 17:20
        General Discussion : -feedback on design; -plans for 9.6; -plans for X 40m
    • 19:00 21:30
      Collaboration dinner
    • 09:00 10:30
      Plenary session 9 : Parallel Session Reports

      Summaries of the topics discussed during the parallel sessions will be presented.

      Conveners: Andrea Dotti (Geant 4 Associates International Experts in Radiation Simulatio), Witold Pokorski (CERN)
      • 09:00
        Report from parallel session 1A 10m
        Speaker: Dr Giovanni Santin (ESA)
        Slides
      • 09:10
        Report from parallel session 1B 10m
        Speaker: Gunter Folger (CERN)
      • 09:20
        Report from parallel session 2A 10m
        Speaker: Prof. Vladimir Ivantchenko (CERN)
        Slides
      • 09:30
        Report from parallel session 2B 10m
        Speaker: Dr John Apostolakis (CERN)
        Slides
      • 09:40
        Report from parallel session 3A 10m
        Speaker: Julia Yarba (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))
        Slides
      • 09:50
        Report from parallel session 3B 10m
        Speaker: Dr Benjamin Morgan (University of Warwick)
        Slides
      • 10:00
        Report from parallel session 4A 10m
        Speaker: Gunter Folger (CERN)
      • 10:10
        Report from parallel session 4B 10m
        Speaker: Joseph Perl (CERN)
        Slides
      • 10:20
        Report from parallel session 5A 10m
        Speaker: Jose Manuel Quesada Molina (Universidad de Sevilla (ES))
    • 10:30 11:00
      Break 30m
    • 11:00 12:30
      Plenary session 10 : Closing Session

      Meeting wrap-up and future perspectives

      Convener: Alexander Howard (Institut fuer Teilchenphysik)
      • 11:00
        Report from parallel session 5B 10m
        Speaker: Dr Gabriele Cosmo (CERN)
        Slides
      • 11:10
        Report from parallel session 6A 10m
        Speaker: Dennis Herbert Wright (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US))
        Slides
      • 11:20
        Report from parallel session 6B 10m
        Speaker: Joseph Perl (CERN)
        Slides
      • 11:30
        Report from parallel session 7A 10m
        Speaker: Andrea Dotti (Geant 4 Associates International Experts in Radiation Simulatio)
        Slides
      • 11:40
        Report from parallel session 7B 10m
        Speaker: Dr Ivana Hrivnacova (Universite de Paris-Sud 11 (FR))
        Slides
      • 11:50
        Report from parallel session 8A 10m
        Speaker: Dr Alberto Ribon (CERN)
        Slides
      • 12:00
        Report from parallel session 8B 10m
        Speaker: Dr Marc Verderi (Ecole Polytechnique (FR))
        Slides
      • 12:10
        Release schedule 10m
        Speaker: Dr Gabriele Cosmo (CERN)
        Slides
      • 12:20
        Closing remarks 10m
        Speaker: Makoto Asai (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US))
        Slides
    • 12:30 12:30
      Collaboration meeting adjourn
    • 14:00 15:30
      Oversight Board + Steering Board joint meeting
    • 15:30 16:00
      Break 30m
    • 16:00 18:00
      Steering Board meeting