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09:30
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Participants registration
(until 10:00)
(Main Conference Hall)
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10:00
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Opening
(until 10:30)
(Conference hall)
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10:05
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Workshop Logistics
-
Pablo Cirrone
(Unknown)
(Main Conference Hall)
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10:10
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Workshop Goals and Opportunities
(Conference hall)
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10:30
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Plenary Session I - HEP and Hadronics
(until 13:00)
(Main Conference Hall)
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10:30
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Geant4 applications in high-energy physics
-
Margar Simonyan
(lapp-Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules-In)
(Main Conference Hall)
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11:15
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Geant4 Hadronic Physics Performance: Recent validation and developments
-
Jose Manuel Quesada Molina
(Depto. de Fis. Atom., Mole. y Nucl.-Universidad de Sevilla-Unkno)
(Main Conference Hall)
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12:00
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Geant4 applications for astroparticle and rare-event physics
- Mr
Markus Horn
(Ph.D.student)
(Main Conference Hall)
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12:45
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--- Short break ---
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09:00
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Plenary Session II - Space and Physics
(until 11:00)
(Main Conference Hall)
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09:00
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Applications of Geant4 in space
- Dr
Giovanni Santin
(ESA)
(Main Conference Hall)
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09:45
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Geant4 EM Physics Performance: Recent developments and validation
- Dr
Ziad Francis
(Main Conference Hall)
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10:15
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Physics performance: topical discussion
- Dr
Alberto Ribon
(CERN)
(Main Conference Hall)
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11:00
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Cofee/Tea Break
(until 11:30)
()
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11:30
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Plenary Session III - Medical and Physics Lists
(until 13:00)
(Main Conference Hall)
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11:30
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Applications of Geant4 in Proton Radiotherapy at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
- Prof.
Jeremy C. POLF
(UTMD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, US)
(Main Conference Hall)
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12:15
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Physics Lists
(Main Conference Hall)
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08:40
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Plenary Session IV - News from Geant4 and Computing Performance
(until 10:40)
(Main Conference Hall)
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08:40
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News from Geant4: Recent Developments (non-physics)
-
Ivana Hrivnacova
(Main Conference Hall)
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09:00
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News from Geant4: Best Practices
-
Joseph Perl
(Unknown)
(Main Conference Hall)
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09:15
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News from Geant4: Demo of Visualization Capabilities
-
John Allison
(Main Conference Hall)
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09:30
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News from Geant4: Upcoming Geant4 Releases
- Dr
John Apostolakis
(CERN)
(Main Conference Hall)
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09:45
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Topic C: Computing Performance - Presentation
-
Daniel Elvira
(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL))
(Main Conference Hall)
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10:10
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Topic C: Computing Performance - Discussion
-
Victor Daniel Elvira
(Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL))
(Main Conference Hall)
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10:40
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Cofee/Tea Break
(until 11:10)
()
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11:10
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Technical Forum
(until 12:40)
(Conference hall)
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08:40
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Organized excursion
(until 16:40)
()
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08:40
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Plenary Session I - Goals, Challenges and Performance
(until 10:40)
(Main Conference Hall)
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08:40
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Workshop Goals
- Dr
John Apostolakis
(CERN)
(Main Conference Hall)
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09:10
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Emerging requirements from user domains - HEP
-
Andrea Dotti
(INFN Sezione di Pisa (INFN))
(Main Conference Hall)
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09:15
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Emerging requirements from user domains - Nuclear Physics and Underground experiments
-
Luciano Pandola
(INFN-INGS)
(Main Conference Hall)
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09:20
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Emerging requirements from user domains - Astrophysics and Space Applications
-
Alfonso Mantero
(IN2P3/CENBG)
(Main Conference Hall)
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09:25
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Emerging requirements from user domains - Medical applications
-
susanna guatelli
(University of Wollongong)
(Main Conference Hall)
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09:30
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Emerging requirements from user domains - Shielding and industrial applications
- Dr
Tatsumi Koi
(SLAC)
(Main Conference Hall)
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09:40
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On improving Geant4 performance, robustness and easing code maintenance
-
Krzysztof Genser
(Fermilab)
(Main Conference Hall)
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10:40
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Coffee/Tea Break
(until 11:10)
()
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11:10
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Plenary Session II - SVN and multi-core
(until 12:40)
(Main Conference Hall)
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11:10
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Migration to SVN
-
Gunter Folger
(CERN)
(Main Conference Hall)
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11:40
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Multi-core & multi-threading: Report from pilot prototyping project
-
Xin Dong
(Northeastern University)
(Main Conference Hall)
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12:10
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Multi-core & multi-threading: Tips on how to write "thread-safe" code in Geant4
-
Gene Cooperman
(Unknown)
(Main Conference Hall)
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08:40
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Plenary Session III - Hadronic modeling and validation
(until 10:40)
(Main Conference Hall)
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08:40
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New developments for Bertini cascade
-
Dennis Herbert Wright
(Stanford University)
(Main Conference Hall)
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09:05
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Recent developments for CHIPS
- Dr
Mikhail Kosov
(CERN, ITEP(MOSCOW))
(Main Conference Hall)
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09:30
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Recent developments for FTF
-
Vladimir Uzhinskiy
(Joint Inst. for Nuclear Research (JINR))
(Main Conference Hall)
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09:55
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Validation of Geant4 models in transition energy region
- Dr
Alberto Ribon
(CERN)
(Main Conference Hall)
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10:25
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Discussion
(Main Conference Hall)
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10:40
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Coffee/Tea Break
(until 11:10)
(Room: "Break room")
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11:10
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Plenary Session IV - Physics Lists and Metrics
(until 12:40)
(Main Conference Hall)
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11:10
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Physics Lists improvement and documentation
(Main Conference Hall)
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12:10
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Metrics for comparing Simulation against data
(Main Conference Hall)
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08:40
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Plenary Session V - EM Physics Validation and Development
(until 10:40)
(Main Conference Hall)
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08:40
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New developments and validation for standard EM
- Prof.
Vladimir Ivantchenko
(CERN, ESA)
(Main Conference Hall)
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09:05
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Migration of low-energy physics to common EM design
-
Luciano Pandola
(Unknown)
(Main Conference Hall)
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09:30
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New high energy models and validation tools
-
Andreas Schaelicke
(Main Conference Hall)
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09:55
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Simulating Scintillator Light Collection Using Measured Optical Reflectance
-
Peter Gumplinger
(Main Conference Hall)
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10:20
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General Discussion
(Main Conference Hall)
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10:40
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Coffee/Tea Break
(until 11:10)
()
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11:10
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Plenary Session VI - Testing, Analysis and CAD/GDML
(until 13:00)
(Main Conference Hall)
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11:10
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A stable interface to read and write IAEA phase-space files in Geant4
- Mr
Miguel A. Cortes-Giraldo
(University of Sevilla)
(Main Conference Hall)
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12:10
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test49:Geant4+ROOT
(Main Conference Hall)
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12:30
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Getting CAD Geometries into Geant4 - Discussion
(Main Conference Hall)
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08:40
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Plenary Session VII - Summary from the parallel sessions
(until 10:20)
(Main Conference Hall)
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08:40
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II - Model development and comparison with experiments
- Dr
Mikhail Kosov
(CERN, ITEP(MOSCOW))
(Main Conference Hall)
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08:50
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III - Performance of Brachytherapy Realistic Application (work session)
-
Joseph Perl
(Main Conference Hall)
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09:00
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IV - Hadronic Code Improvement
- Prof.
Vladimir Ivantchenko
(CERN, ESA)
(Main Conference Hall)
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09:10
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V - Physics lists : documentation and X - Configure tool / New system testing
-
Gunter Folger
(CERN)
(Main Conference Hall)
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09:20
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VI - Low-energy EM
-
Sebastien Laurent Incerti
(Main Conference Hall)
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09:30
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I - Physics Tables - and Multi-core
- Dr
John Apostolakis
(CERN)
(Main Conference Hall)
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09:40
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VII - Hadronics validation and testing
- Prof.
Vladimir Ivantchenko
(CERN, ESA)
(Main Conference Hall)
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09:50
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VIII - Kernel
-
Makoto Asai
(SLAC)
(Main Conference Hall)
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10:00
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IX - Multiple scattering and single scattering
- Prof.
Vladimir Ivantchenko
(CERN, ESA)
(Main Conference Hall)
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10:10
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XI - EM - new models and validation
-
Andreas Schaelicke
(Main Conference Hall)
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10:20
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Coffee/Tea Break
(until 10:50)
(Room: "Break room")
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10:50
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Plenary Session VIII - Future developments and challenges
(until 12:00)
(Conference hall)
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10:50
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Next release
-
Gabriele Cosmo
(Conference hall)
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11:10
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Architecture review
-
Makoto Asai
(SLAC)
(Conference hall)
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11:30
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Outlook
- Dr
John Apostolakis
(CERN)
(Conference hall)
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13:00
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Lunch
(until 14:30)
()
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14:30
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Parallel Session I - Hadronic Physics Validation
(until 16:00)
(Room "Azzurra")
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14:30
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Nuclear beams in extended media: issues of nuclear fragmentation
- Dr
Igor Pshenichnov
(Frankfurt Institite for Advanced Studies (FIAS) and Institute for Nuclear Research (INR), Moscow)
(Room "Azzurra")
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14:50
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Test of Hadronic Models in GEANT4 using the BESIII Data
- Dr
Guofu Cao
(Institute of High Energy Physics) Prof.
Huaimin Liu
(Institute of High Energy Physics)
(Room "Azzurra")
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15:10
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Beam Test and Simulation Results with Highly Granular Calorimeters for the ILC
- Mr
Benjamin Lutz
(Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY))
(Room "Azzurra")
|
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15:30
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slic & lcdd: A Detector Response Simulation Program
-
Norman Graf
(SLAC)
(Room "Azzurra")
|
|
14:30
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Parallel Session II - EM Physics: Validation and Applications
(until 16:00)
(Room "52")
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14:30
|
Validation of Geant4 EM physics for gamma rays against the SANDIA, EPDL97 and NIST databases
-
Zhang Qiwei
(INFN-LNS)
(Room "52")
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15:00
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Evaluation of absorbed fractions for beta-gamma radionuclides in ellipsoidal volumes of soft tissue through Geant4
- Dr
Ernesto Amato
(University of Messina)
(Room "52")
|
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15:20
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Complete Monte Carlo simulation of the optical response of the WArP detector for direct Dark Matter search
- Dr
Francesco Di Pompeo
(Gran Sasso National Laboratory)
(Room "52")
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16:00
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Coffe/Tea break
(until 16:30)
()
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16:30
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Parallel Session III - Medical
(until 18:50)
(Room "Azzurra")
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16:30
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From imaging to dosimetry: Geant4-based study on the application of Medipix2 to neutron personnel dosimetry.
- Dr
S. Guatelli
(University of Wollongong, Australia)
(Room "Azzurra")
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16:50
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Skin Dosimetry in MRI-guided Radiotherapy (MRIgRT)
- Mr
Bradley Oborn
(Centre for Medical Radiation Physics)
(Room "Azzurra")
|
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17:10
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Geant4-based studies to characterise the tissue-equivalence of SOI and diamond microdosimeter detectors, under development at CMRP.
- Dr
S. Guatelli
(CMRP, University of Wollongong, Australia)
(Room "Azzurra")
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|
17:30
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Dosimetric study of photon dose distribution in lungs under different respiratory phases: comparison with GEANT4 simulations
- Dr
Barbara Caccia
(Technologies and Health Dept. Istituto Superiore di Sanità and INFN, Roma (Italy))
(Room "Azzurra")
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17:50
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Implementation of a Monte Carlo - GEANT4 Simulation for the dosimetric study of electron beams produced by a mobile accelerator for IORT
- Dr
Giorgio Russo
(Laboratorio di Tecnologie Oncologiche (LATO) HSR Giglio, Cefalù (PA), Italy)
(Room "Azzurra")
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18:10
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The role of Geant4 in the production of a database for an ion therapy Treatment Planning System
-
Germano Russo
(INFN (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare), Dipartimento di Fisica Sperimentale - Università di Torino, Italy)
(Room "Azzurra")
|
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18:30
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Geant4 based simulation of the Leksell Gamma Knife for treatment planning validation
- Dr
Francesco Romano
(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania, Italy)
(Room "Azzurra")
|
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16:30
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Parallel Session IV - Underground
(until 18:00)
(Room "52")
|
|
16:30
|
Muon Spallation Products in KamLAND
- Dr
Itaru Shimizu
(RCNS)
(Room "52")
|
|
17:00
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MonteCarlo Simulations with GEANT4 for the XENON100 Detector
- Mr
Alexander Kish
(University of Zürich)
(Room "52")
|
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17:25
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GEANT4 simulation of the Borexino solar neutrino experiment.
-
Igor Machulin
(Kurchatov Institute, Moscow)
(Room "52")
|
|
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13:00
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Lunch
(until 14:30)
()
|
|
14:30
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Parallel Session V - HEP
(until 16:00)
(Room "52")
|
|
14:30
|
The Geant4 Simulation of the ATLAS Experiment
-
Makoto Asai
(SLAC)
(Room "52")
|
|
14:50
|
ALICE Experience with Geant3, Fluka and GEANT4
-
Eva Sicking
(Institut fuer Kernphysik-Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet Mun)
(Room "52")
|
|
15:10
|
Geant4 Results from CMS
-
Sunanda Banerjee
(Fermilab)
(Room "52")
|
|
15:30
|
Geant4 Studies in the Context of Dual Readout Calorimetry Simulations
-
Krzysztof Genser
(Fermilab)
(Room "52")
|
|
14:30
|
Parallel Session VI - Medical
-
Joseph Perl
(SLAC)
(until 16:00)
(Room "Azzurra")
|
|
14:30
|
The new version of the GATE simulation platform
- Dr
Thibault Frisson
(Centre Léon Bérard)
(Room "Azzurra")
|
|
14:52
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Recent developments and features in Hadrontherapy advanced example
- Dr
Giuseppe Antonio Pablo Cirrone
(INFN - LNS)
(Room "Azzurra")
|
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15:14
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PTSsim Framework for Radiotherapy Monte Carlo
- Dr
Takashi Sasaki
(KEK)
(Room "Azzurra")
|
|
15:36
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GAMOS Framework for Medical Monte Carlo
-
Pedro Arce
(CIEMAT)
(Room "Azzurra")
|
|
16:00
|
Cofee/Tea Break
(until 16:30)
()
|
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16:30
|
Parallel Session VII - Nuclear and Space Physics
(until 18:30)
(Room "52")
|
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16:30
|
GEANT4 simulation project on the AMS facility, ARTEMIS, at LMC14 in Saclay, France
- Mrs
Anita QUILES
(CEA SACLAY LMC14)
(Room "52")
|
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16:50
|
Simulation of MEDEA Response to Neutrons
- Dr
concettina maiolino
(LNS)
(Room "52")
|
|
17:10
|
The radiation hardness assurance tests at INFN-LNS Catania
-
Francesca Renzi
(MAPrad s.r.l)
(Room "52")
|
|
16:30
|
Parallel Session VIII - Medical
(until 18:30)
(Room "Azzurra")
|
|
16:30
|
Geant4 simulation of the attenuation properties of plastic shields for beta radionuclides employed in internal radiotherapy
- Dr
Domenico Lizio
(University of Messina)
(Room "Azzurra")
|
|
16:50
|
USE OF GEANT4 CODE FOR VALIDATION OF RADIOBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OBTAINED AFTER PROTON AND CARBON IRRADIATIONS OF MELANOMA CELLS
- Prof.
Ivan Petrovic
(Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia)
(Room "Azzurra")
|
|
17:10
|
Physical and Biological investigations using Geant4 Monte Carlo simulation of the beam delivery line components in particle therapy.
-
Faiza Bourhaleb
(University of Turin, Dpt experimental physics and INFN, Torino, IT)
(Room "Azzurra")
|
|
17:30
|
Simulation studies of a therapeutic proton beam delivery system
- Mr
Jungwook Shin
(National Cancer Center, Korea)
(Room "Azzurra")
|
|
17:50
|
New physics processes dedicated to nanometric scale track structure in the Geant4 toolkit
- Dr
Ziad Francis
(IRSN FRANCE)
(Room "Azzurra")
|
|
18:10
|
INVESTIGATING THE ACCURACY OF HADRONIC MODELS FOR CARBON ION THERAPY
-
Till Tobias Boehlen
(CERN/KI/SU)
(Room "Azzurra")
|
|
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12:40
|
Lunch
(until 14:10)
()
|
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14:10
|
Steering Board Meeting
(until 16:10)
(4th Floor Room)
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16:10
|
Free time
(until 20:10)
()
|
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20:10
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Social dinner in Catania
(until 23:10)
()
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12:40
|
Lunch
(until 14:10)
()
|
|
14:10
|
Parallel Session I - Particle tables and processes
(until 15:40)
(Room "Azzurra")
|
|
14:10
|
Context of session - and proposed agenda
(Room "Azzurra")
|
|
14:10
|
Parallel Session II - Model development and comparison with experiments
(until 15:40)
(Room "52")
|
|
14:10
|
Developments in INCL/ABLA
-
Pekka Kaitaniemi
(Helsinki Institute of Physics HIP)
(Room "52")
|
|
14:25
|
Progress in GEM and Precompound Models
-
Jose Manuel Quesada Molina
(Depto. de Fis. Atom., Mole. y Nucl.-Universidad de Sevilla-Unkno)
(Room "52")
|
|
14:40
|
QMD Update
- Dr
Tatsumi Koi
(SLAC)
(Room "52")
|
|
14:55
|
The ENDL Neutron Interface
- Dr
Tatsumi Koi
(SLAC)
(Room "52")
|
|
15:10
|
Ion-ion Validation from Catania
- Dr
Giacomo Cuttone
(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare - Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania, Italy)
(Room "52")
|
|
15:20
|
Discussion: Detailed vs. Simplified Neutron Capture Models
(Room "52")
|
|
15:40
|
Coffee/Tea Break
(until 16:10)
()
|
|
16:10
|
Parallel Session III - Performance of Brachytherapy Realistic Application (work session)
(until 18:10)
(Room "Azzurra")
|
|
16:10
|
Parallel Session IV - Hadronic Code Improvement
(until 18:10)
(Room "52")
|
|
16:10
|
Migration to integer Z and A
-
Gunter Folger
(CERN)
(Room "52")
|
|
16:30
|
Final state rotation
- Dr
Tatsumi Koi
(SLAC)
(Room "52")
|
|
16:50
|
Using standard Geant4 features, code speed-up
-
Dennis Herbert Wright
(Stanford University)
(Room "52")
|
|
17:10
|
Hadronic process clean-up, initialisation of models
- Prof.
Vladimir Ivantchenko
(CERN, ESA)
(Room "52")
|
|
17:30
|
Discussion and hands on
(Room "52")
|
|
|
12:40
|
Lunch
(until 14:10)
(Room: "Break room")
|
|
14:10
|
Parallel Session V - Physics lists : documentation
(until 15:40)
(Room "Azzurra")
|
|
14:10
|
Parallel Session VI - Low-energy EM
(until 15:40)
(Room "52")
|
|
14:10
|
Future developments and validation of G4LowE extensions: proposed projects by CMRP
-
susanna guatelli
(University of Wollongong)
(Room "52")
|
|
14:30
|
Very low energy activities at AIT
-
Marcin Latocha
(AIT, Austria)
(Room "52")
|
|
14:45
|
Extended cross sections for microdosimetry
-
Zyad Francis Francis
(Room "52")
|
|
15:00
|
General discussion about workplan and contributions
(Room "52")
|
|
15:40
|
Coffee/Tea Break
(until 16:10)
(Room: "Break room")
|
|
16:10
|
Parallel Session VII - Hadronics validation and testing
(until 18:30)
(Room "Azzurra")
|
|
16:10
|
Total Cross Section Tests at Process Level
- Dr
Mikhail Kosov
(CERN, ITEP(MOSCOW))
(Room "Azzurra")
|
|
16:30
|
Hadronic Generator Tests for Spallation and Low Energies
- Prof.
Vladimir Ivantchenko
(CERN, ESA)
(Room "Azzurra")
|
|
16:50
|
The Validation Effort at FNAL
-
Sunanda Banerjee
(Fermilab)
(Room "Azzurra")
|
|
17:10
|
Geant4 Hadronic Validation Framework
- Dr
Julia Yarba
(Fermilab)
(Room "Azzurra")
|
|
17:30
|
Plans and Discussion
(Room "Azzurra")
|
|
16:10
|
Parallel Session VIII - Kernel
(until 18:10)
(Room "52")
|
|
16:20
|
Reverse MC - status
-
Laurent Desorgher
(SpaceIT)
(Room "52")
|
|
16:50
|
Parallel world navigation - status and work plan
- Dr
John Apostolakis
(CERN)
(Room "52")
|
|
17:10
|
BREP solids by curve revolution and extrusion
-
Gabriele Camellini
(CERN)
(Room "52")
|
|
|
13:00
|
Lunch
(until 14:10)
()
|
|
14:10
|
Parallel Session IX - Multiple scattering and single scattering
(until 15:40)
(Main Conference Hall)
|
|
14:10
|
Incorporation of Goudsmit-Sounderson electron transport theory into Geant4
- Dr
Omrane Kadri
(National Center for Nuclear Sciences and Technologies)
(Main Conference Hall)
|
|
14:30
|
Multiple scattering model upgrade
-
Laszlo Urban
(Unknown)
(Main Conference Hall)
|
|
14:50
|
MSC benchmarking
-
Joseph Perl
(Unknown)
(Main Conference Hall)
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15:10
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Discussion on MSC configuration
(Main Conference Hall)
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14:10
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Parallel Session X - Configure tool / New system testing
(until 15:40)
(Room "Azzurra")
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14:10
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Replacing Configure/metaconf by modern tool(s)
- Dr
Ben Morgan
(University of Warwick)
(Room "Azzurra")
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14:40
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System testing using nightlies
(Room "Azzurra")
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15:40
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Coffee/Tea Break
(until 16:10)
()
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16:10
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Parallel Session XI - EM - new models and validation
(until 18:10)
(Main Conference Hall)
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16:10
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Range validation for electrons, protons and alpha particles
-
Christina Zacharatou Jarlskog
(Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen)
Michel Maire
(LAPP)
(Main Conference Hall)
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16:30
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ICRU'73 stopping powers
-
Anton Lechner
(Atominst. der Oest. Universitaeten - Technische Universitaet Wien)
(Main Conference Hall)
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16:50
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Fluctuation model modifications
-
Laszlo Urban
(Unknown)
Michel Maire
(Unknown)
(Main Conference Hall)
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17:10
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New test on silicon detectors
-
Frederic Dupertuis
(Main Conference Hall)
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17:30
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Discussion - Physics List options for 9.3
- Prof.
Vladimir Ivantchenko
(CERN, ESA)
(Main Conference Hall)
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16:10
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Parallel Session XII - [Available slot]
(until 18:10)
(Room "52")
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12:00
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Workshop closeout
(until 12:20)
()
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12:30
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Steering Board Meeting
(until 14:00)
(Room "52")
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