Name: 23rd Geant4 Collaboration Meeting
Start: 2018-08-27T08:00:00+02:00
End: 2018-08-31T18:00:00+02:00
Location: No location set

23rd Geant4 Collaboration Meeting

from Monday, August 27, 2018 (8:00 AM) to Friday, August 31, 2018 (6:00 PM)

Monday, August 27, 2018

8:00 AM

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM Welcome by Mr. Holger Radner, vice Mayor of Lund - Holger Radner (Vice Mayor, Lund)

9:10 AM Opening remarks - Makoto Asai (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US)) Marc Verderi (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))

9:15 AM Open requirements - LHC and other HEP energy frontier experiments - Mihaly Novak (CERN)

9:30 AM Open requirements - HEP intensity and cosmic frontier experiments - Krzysztof Genser (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (US))

9:45 AM Open requirements - Nuclear physics and engineering, material science - Dennis Herbert Wright

10:00 AM Open requirements - Space science and engineering - Giovanni Santin (ESA)

10:15 AM Open requirements - Medical and bio science - Pedro Arce (CIEMAT)
10:30 AM break
break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions

11:00 AM Updates on Geant4 Documentation - Alexander Howard (Imperial College (GB))

11:15 AM Updates on Geant4 Website/Drupal - Gunter Folger (CERN)

11:30 AM Updates on Geant4 Development Tools: CMake, Data - Benjamin Morgan (University of Warwick (GB))

11:45 AM Geant4 Git Migration: Timetable and Discussion - Benjamin Morgan (University of Warwick (GB)) Gabriele Cosmo (CERN) Gunter Folger (CERN)
12:30 PM lunch break
lunch break
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM New 5D gamma conversion model - Denis Robert Leon Bernard (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)) Igor Semeniouk (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))

2:20 PM New model of 3 gamma annihilation - Andrei Alkin (M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (RU))

2:40 PM Models for simulation of Gold nanoparticles - Dosatsu Sakata (University of Tsukuba (JP))

3:00 PM New PIXE cross sections and validation of Auger electrons - Susanna Guatelli
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM Profiling for low energy physics - Kihyeon Cho

2:15 PM Medcial Domain - Susanna Guatelli

2:30 PM ALICE - Ivana Hrivnacova (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))

2:45 PM ATLAS - John Apostolakis (CERN)

3:00 PM CMS - Victor Daniel Elvira (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))

3:15 PM Intensity Frontier - Krzysztof Genser (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (US)) Soon Yung Jun (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))
3:30 PM break
break
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM
4:00 PM - 5:40 PM
Contributions

4:00 PM Geant4 low-energy models for electron transport in liquid water - I. Kyriakou

4:20 PM New low energy elastic model for gammas - M. Omer

4:40 PM CPA100 models for Geant4-DNA - M. C. Bordage

5:00 PM Validation of the Geant4 EM physics for modelling high energy synchrotron beamlines - S. Guatelli
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Contributions

4:00 PM Documentation update - Alexander Howard (Imperial College (GB))

4:20 PM Documentation Discussion 1 - Alexander Howard (Imperial College (GB))

4:30 PM Documentation Discussion 2 - Alexander Howard (Imperial College (GB))

4:45 PM Videos - Laurent Garnier
Tuesday, August 28, 2018
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM Update of Standard EM Models - Mihaly Novak (CERN)

9:30 AM Status of Standard EM libraries - Vladimir Ivantchenko (CERN)

10:00 AM Status of Low-energy EM Physics - Sebastien Incerti (CNRS/IN2P3)
10:30 AM break
break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions

11:00 AM High Energy Hadronic Models: Status and Plans - Gunter Folger

11:20 AM Low Energy Hadronic Models: Status and Plans - Laurent Desorgher

11:40 AM Hadronic Validation: Status and Plans - Dennis Wright

12:00 PM Hadronic Model Discussion
12:30 PM lunch break
lunch break
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM Very High Energy Models - Khaled Abdellatif

2:15 PM FTF and QGS Models: Status and Plans - Gunter Folger

2:30 PM INCL++ Status and Plans - Jean-Christophe David

2:45 PM Bertini Cascade Staus and Plans - Dennis Wright

3:00 PM Discussion
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM Sub-event parallelism - Makoto Asai (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US))

2:12 PM Unified tracking mechanism for exotic particles (ions, muonic atoms, radicals, hyper-nuclear, phonon, e/h) - Makoto Asai (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US)) Hisaya Kurashige (Kobe University (JP))

2:24 PM Revisit / retreat production thresholds and physics process framework - Marc Verderi (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))

2:36 PM Refactoring transportation - Makoto Asai (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US)) Gabriele Cosmo (CERN)

2:48 PM Use of HPC - Jonathan Madsen (Lawerence Berkeley National Laboratory)

3:00 PM Extending crystal structure capabilities - Enrico Bagli (Universita e INFN, Ferrara (IT))

3:12 PM TiMemory performance monitoring - Jonathan Madsen (Lawerence Berkeley National Laboratory)

3:24 PM Open discussion
3:30 PM break
break
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Contributions

4:00 PM Results from CMS Test Beam and Run 2 - S. Banerjee, V. Ivantchenko - Sunanda Banerjee (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US)) Vladimir Ivantchenko (CERN)

4:15 PM INCL++ Parameter Study - Jean-Christophe David - Jean-Christophe David

4:30 PM FTF Configuration Interface - Julia Yarba - Julia Yarba (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US)) Julia Yarba

4:45 PM FTF + Bertini Parameter Study - Robert Hatcher - Robert William Hatcher (Fermilab)

5:15 PM Discussion
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Contributions

4:00 PM Updates on solids modelling in VecGeom - Gabriele Cosmo (CERN)

4:20 PM Latest developments in navigation with VecGeom - Sandro Christian Wenzel (CERN)

4:40 PM Investigations in the ATLAS geometry - Evgueni Tcherniaev (Russian Academy of Sciences (RU))

5:00 PM Updated field thresholds for looping particles - John Apostolakis (CERN)

5:20 PM Review of open issues and discussion
Wednesday, August 29, 2018
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM Hadron Therapy Validation - Susanna Guatelli

9:15 AM High Precision Hadron Models: Status and Plans - Pedro Arce

9:30 AM Radioactive Decay Model: Status and Plans - Laurent Desorgher

9:45 AM Precompound and Deexcitation Models - Vladimir Ivantchenko

10:00 AM Discussion
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM Introduction - Alexander Howard (Imperial College (GB)) Marc Verderi (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))

9:10 AM Variance reduction using multi-stage simulations - Pete Truscott

9:30 AM Update on Channeling - Enrico Bagli (Universita e INFN, Ferrara (IT))

9:45 AM Update on Generic Biasing - Marc Verderi (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))

10:00 AM Having a Differential Cross-Section Class - Marc Verderi (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))

10:10 AM Discussion on open issues
10:30 AM break
break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Contributions

11:00 AM Biasing in Geant4 - an Update - Marc Verderi (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))

11:20 AM Validation Strategies and Tools - Gunter Folger (CERN)

11:40 AM Discussion
12:00 PM

12:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Thursday, August 30, 2018
9:00 AM Kernel, GUI/Vis, examples updates
Kernel, GUI/Vis, examples updates
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM Status of multithreading / Kernel updates - Jonathan Madsen (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

9:20 AM GUI / Vis updates / Intercom updates - John Allison Makoto Asai (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US))

9:40 AM Examples updates - Ivana Hrivnacova (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))

9:55 AM Analysis updates - Guy Barrand (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))

10:15 AM Geometry updates - Gabriele Cosmo (CERN)
10:30 AM break
break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions

11:00 AM Migration to C++11/14/17 - Benjamin Morgan (University of Warwick (GB))

11:30 AM Integrating R&D outcomes - Makoto Asai (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US))

12:00 PM Git openness - Gabriele Cosmo (CERN) Pere Mato Vila (CERN)
12:30 PM lunch break
lunch break
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM Physics List Factory - an Update - Robert William Hatcher (Fermilab)

2:20 PM Geant4 val - Dmitri Konstantinov (Institute for High Energy Physics of NRC Kurchatov Institute (R)

2:40 PM DoSSiER - Hans-Joachim Wenzel (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))

3:00 PM (Extension of 7A) - Introduction - Marc Verderi (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)) Witold Pokorski (CERN)

3:05 PM (Extension of 7A) - Machine Learning in simulation & discussion - Marilena Bandieramonte (CERN)
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM Current status of the Geant4 Advanced Examples - Susanna Guatelli

2:15 PM Hadrontherapy: status, recent updates, and new developments - G. Petringa

2:30 PM B&E Examples WG: Work plan items - Ivana Hrivnacova (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))

2:45 PM VIS, UI clean-up - John Allison

2:55 PM New OpNovice2 example - Daren Sawkey

3:00 PM New extended/physicslists category - Ivana Hrivnacova (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))

3:05 PM New extensibleFactory example - Robert William Hatcher (Fermilab)

3:10 PM DICOM2 + Proposal for new demonstration of using statistic tools - Jonathan Madsen (Lawerence Berkeley National Laboratory)
3:30 PM break
break
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Contributions

4:00 PM Geant4 tasking model - Jonathan Madsen (Lawerence Berkeley National Laboratory)

4:20 PM Geant4 + GPUs - Jonathan Madsen (Lawerence Berkeley National Laboratory)

4:30 PM GeantV status and performance - Andrei Gheata (CERN)

4:45 PM Applying vectorisation to Geant4 - Andrei Gheata (CERN)

5:00 PM Vectorisation of EM physics - Marilena Bandieramonte (CERN)

5:15 PM Vectorisation of Bertini cascade - Guilherme Lima (FermiLab (US))
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

7:00 PM

7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Friday, August 31, 2018
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM ProtonHP: Status and Problems - Pablo Cirrone

9:10 AM Discussion of ParticleHP Maintenance - Michel Maire

9:30 AM (Extension of 7A) - Vectorisation of RND engines - John Apostolakis (CERN) Soon Yung Jun (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))

9:45 AM (Extension of 7A) - Optical Photon Mediator for Vectorization, GPU and FastSim - Soon Yung Jun (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))

9:55 AM (Extension of 7A) - Discussion
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM Global update on vis - John Allison

9:10 AM Inventor driver status - Fred Jones (TRIUMF (CA))

9:20 AM Exploring G4 on Android and iOS. - Guy Barrand (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))

9:30 AM Qt driver status - Laurent Garnier

9:40 AM Other driver status

9:50 AM Open discution
10:30 AM break
break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions

11:00 AM Report on Parallel Session 1A and 2A - Vladimir Ivantchenko (CERN) Sebastien Incerti (CNRS/IN2P3) Mihaly Novak (CERN) Luciano Pandola (INFN-LNS)

11:15 AM Report on Parallel Session 1B - Soon Yung Jun (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US)) Gunter Folger (CERN)

11:23 AM Report on Parallel Session 2B - Alexander Howard (Imperial College (GB)) Laurent Garnier

11:31 AM Report on Parallel Session 3B - Makoto Asai (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US)) Gabriele Cosmo (CERN)

11:39 AM Report on Parallel Session 4B - Gabriele Cosmo (CERN) John Apostolakis (CERN)

11:47 AM Report on Parallel Session 5B - Marc Verderi (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)) Alexander Howard (Imperial College (GB))

11:55 AM Report on Parallel Session 6A - Gunter Folger (CERN) Hans-Joachim Wenzel (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))

12:03 PM Report on Parallel Session 6B - Ivana Hrivnacova (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)) Susanna Guatelli

12:11 PM Report on Parallel Session 7B - Benjamin Morgan (University of Warwick (GB)) Gunter Folger (CERN)
12:30 PM lunch break
lunch break
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM Report on Parallel Session 3A, 4A, 5A and 8A - Dennis Herbert Wright Julia Yarba Krzysztof Genser (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (US)) Gunter Folger (CERN)

2:20 PM Report on Parallel Session 7A - Marc Verderi (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)) Witold Pokorski (CERN)

2:35 PM Report on Parallel Session 8B - John Allison Laurent Garnier

2:43 PM Release schedule - Gabriele Cosmo (CERN)

2:58 PM Next collaboration meeting - Paul Gueye (Hampton University)

3:03 PM Closing remarks - Makoto Asai (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US)) Marc Verderi (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))
3:30 PM

3:30 PM - 3:45 PM

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

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