Name: ISOTDAQ 2016 - International School of Trigger and Data Acquisition
Start: 2016-01-24T08:00:00+02:00
End: 2016-02-03T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Weizmann Institute of Science

Monday, January 18, 2016
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Thursday, January 21, 2016
Friday, January 22, 2016
Saturday, January 23, 2016
Sunday, January 24, 2016

7:30 PM Get together and buffet dinner
Get together and buffet dinner
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center

Monday, January 25, 2016

9:00 AM Welcome
Welcome
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center
9:15 AM Introduction to detector readout - Gokhan Unel (University of California Irvine (US))
Introduction to detector readout
- Gokhan Unel (University of California Irvine (US))
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center
10:15 AM Introduction to data acquisition - Andrea Negri (Universita e INFN, Pavia (IT))
Introduction to data acquisition
- Andrea Negri (Universita e INFN, Pavia (IT))
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center
11:15 AM Coffee
Coffee
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center
11:45 AM Introduction to trigger - Francesca Pastore (Royal Holloway, University of London)
Introduction to trigger
- Francesca Pastore (Royal Holloway, University of London)
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center
12:45 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center
1:45 PM DAQ hardware - Andrea Negri (Universita e INFN, Pavia (IT))
DAQ hardware
- Andrea Negri (Universita e INFN, Pavia (IT))
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center
2:45 PM Introduction to VME bus - Markus Joos (CERN)
Introduction to VME bus
- Markus Joos (CERN)
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center
3:45 PM Coffee
Coffee
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center
4:15 PM Trigger hardware - Francesca Pastore (Royal Holloway, University of London)
Trigger hardware
- Francesca Pastore (Royal Holloway, University of London)
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center
5:15 PM Microcontrollers - Mauricio Feo (CBPF - Brazilian Center for Physics Research (BR))
Microcontrollers
- Mauricio Feo (CBPF - Brazilian Center for Physics Research (BR))
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
9:00 AM PCIexpress - Paolo Durante (CERN)
PCIexpress
- Paolo Durante (CERN)
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center
10:00 AM LabVIEW - Eran Castiel (National Instruments)
LabVIEW
- Eran Castiel (National Instruments)
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center
11:00 AM Coffee
Coffee
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center
11:30 AM Waveform digitizing and signal processing - Stefan Ritt (Paul Scherrer Institute)
Waveform digitizing and signal processing
- Stefan Ritt (Paul Scherrer Institute)
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center
12:30 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center

1:30 PM Lab 1
Lab 1
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center

3:30 PM Coffee
Coffee
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center

4:00 PM Lab 2
Lab 2
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
9:00 AM Modular electronics - Markus Joos (CERN)
Modular electronics
- Markus Joos (CERN)
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center
10:00 AM DAQ software - Enrico Pasqualucci (Universita e INFN, Roma I (IT))
DAQ software
- Enrico Pasqualucci (Universita e INFN, Roma I (IT))
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center
11:00 AM Coffee
Coffee
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center
11:30 AM TDAQ design: from test beam to medium size experiment - Roberto Ferrari (INFN Pavia (IT))
TDAQ design: from test beam to medium size experiment
- Roberto Ferrari (INFN Pavia (IT))
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center
12:30 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center

1:30 PM Lab 3
Lab 3
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center

3:30 PM Coffee
Coffee
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center

4:00 PM Lab 4
Lab 4
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center

6:00 PM Snack
Snack
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center
6:30 PM Evening lecture - Archeology and Science: integrating the visible and invisible data - Elisabetta Boaretto (Weizmann Institute)
Evening lecture - Archeology and Science: integrating the visible and invisible data
- Elisabetta Boaretto (Weizmann Institute)
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center
Thursday, January 28, 2016
9:00 AM A scalable, portable DAQ system design - Martin Lothar Purschke (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))
A scalable, portable DAQ system design
- Martin Lothar Purschke (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center
10:00 AM Programming for today's physicist and engineers - Joschka Lingemann (CERN)
Programming for today's physicist and engineers
- Joschka Lingemann (CERN)
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center
11:00 AM Coffee
Coffee
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center
11:30 AM Threaded programming - Erkcan Ozcan (Bahcesehir University BAU (TR))
Threaded programming
- Erkcan Ozcan (Bahcesehir University BAU (TR))
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center
12:30 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center

1:30 PM Lab 5
Lab 5
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center

3:30 PM Coffee
Coffee
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center

4:00 PM Lab 6
Lab 6
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center
Friday, January 29, 2016
9:00 AM Introduction to FPGAs - Hannes Sakulin (CERN)
Introduction to FPGAs
- Hannes Sakulin (CERN)
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center
10:00 AM Advanced FPGA programming - Manoel Barros Marin (CERN)
Advanced FPGA programming
- Manoel Barros Marin (CERN)
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center
11:00 AM Suggestions for Tel Aviv - Daniel Lellouch (Weizmann Institute of Science (IL))
Suggestions for Tel Aviv
- Daniel Lellouch (Weizmann Institute of Science (IL))
11:00 AM - 11:05 AM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center
11:05 AM Coffee
Coffee
11:05 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center
11:30 AM Intelligent triggering: pattern recognition with Associative Memories and other tools - Kostas Kordas (Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki (GR))
Intelligent triggering: pattern recognition with Associative Memories and other tools
- Kostas Kordas (Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki (GR))
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center
12:30 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center

1:30 PM Free time
Free time
1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center
Saturday, January 30, 2016

7:55 AM Meet for bus at Lopatie
Meet for bus at Lopatie
7:55 AM - 8:00 AM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center

8:00 AM Tour and School dinner
Tour and School dinner
8:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Sunday, January 31, 2016
9:00 AM Optical links - Paolo Durante (CERN)
Optical links
- Paolo Durante (CERN)
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center
10:00 AM Design and implementation of a monitoring system - Serguei Kolos (University of California Irvine (US))
Design and implementation of a monitoring system
- Serguei Kolos (University of California Irvine (US))
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center
11:00 AM Coffee
Coffee
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center
11:30 AM The TDAQ system of the MEG Experiment - Luca Galli (INFN)
The TDAQ system of the MEG Experiment
- Luca Galli (INFN)
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center
12:30 PM School photograph
School photograph
12:30 PM - 12:40 PM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center

12:40 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:40 PM - 1:30 PM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center

1:30 PM Lab 7
Lab 7
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center

3:30 PM Coffee
Coffee
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center

4:00 PM Lab 8
Lab 8
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center

Monday, February 1, 2016
9:00 AM Practical aspects of computer architecture for data acquisition - Niko Neufeld (CERN) Pawel Szostek (CERN)
Practical aspects of computer architecture for data acquisition
- Niko Neufeld (CERN)
- Pawel Szostek (CERN)
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center
10:30 AM Coffee
Coffee
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center

11:00 AM Lab 9
Lab 9
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center

1:00 PM Lunch
Lunch
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center

2:00 PM Lab 10
Lab 10
2:00 PM - 3:55 PM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center

3:55 PM Coffee
Coffee
3:55 PM - 4:25 PM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center

4:25 PM Lab 11
Lab 11
4:25 PM - 6:25 PM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
9:00 AM Introduction to the design of full-custom Front-End & data transmission ASICs - Ozgur Cobanoglu (Bogazici University (TR))
Introduction to the design of full-custom Front-End & data transmission ASICs
- Ozgur Cobanoglu (Bogazici University (TR))
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center
10:30 AM Coffee
Coffee
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center
11:00 AM An Introduction to medical imaging devices - Martin Lothar Purschke (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))
An Introduction to medical imaging devices
- Martin Lothar Purschke (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center
12:00 PM TDAQ for the LHC experiments - Niko Neufeld (CERN)
TDAQ for the LHC experiments
- Niko Neufeld (CERN)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center
1:00 PM Lunch
Lunch
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center

2:00 PM Lab 12
Lab 12
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center

4:00 PM Coffee
Coffee
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center

4:30 PM Lab 13
Lab 13
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center

6:30 PM Closing
Closing
6:30 PM - 6:50 PM
Room: Lopatie Conference Center
Wednesday, February 3, 2016