23rd Geant4 Collaboration Meeting
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Plenary 1 - Opening address / open requirements¶Conveners: Luis Gerardo Sarmiento Pico, Xiaoxiao Cai (ESS/DTU)
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Opening remarks¶Speakers: Makoto Asai (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US)), Marc Verderi (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))
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Open requirements - LHC and other HEP energy frontier experiments¶Speaker: Mihaly Novak (CERN)
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Open requirements - HEP intensity and cosmic frontier experiments¶Speaker: Krzysztof Genser (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (US))
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Open requirements - Nuclear physics and engineering, material science¶Speaker: Dennis Herbert Wright
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Open requirements - Space science and engineering¶Speaker: Giovanni Santin (ESA)
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Open requirements - Medical and bio science¶Speaker: Pedro Arce (CIEMAT)
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Plenary 2 - Collaboration tools, documentation, web¶
- Git, Drupal
- Documentation enhancements
- Web page enhancements
Conveners: Benjamin Morgan (University of Warwick (GB)), Alexander Howard (Imperial College (GB))-
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Updates on Geant4 Documentation¶Speaker: Alexander Howard (Imperial College (GB))
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Updates on Geant4 Development Tools: CMake, Data¶Speaker: Benjamin Morgan (University of Warwick (GB))Geant4 Data Questionnaire Responses
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Geant4 Git Migration: Timetable and Discussion¶Speakers: Benjamin Morgan (University of Warwick (GB)), Gabriele Cosmo (CERN), Gunter Folger (CERN)
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lunch break
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Parallel 1A - New EM physics models¶
Discussion on EM physics models
Conveners: Prof. Vladimir Ivantchenko (CERN), Mihaly Novak (CERN)-
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New 5D gamma conversion model¶Speakers: Denis Robert Leon Bernard (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)), Igor Semeniouk (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))
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New model of 3 gamma annihilation¶Speaker: Andrei Alkin (M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (RU))
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Parallel 1B - Computing performance¶
- Results and issues from HEP experiments and Other fields
- Performance profiling and benchmarking (tools and applications)
- Discussions
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Parallel 2B - Documentation working session¶
Documentation, videos, web pages
Conveners: Alexander Howard (Imperial College (GB)), Laurent Garnier-
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Documentation update¶
update on the current status of the Geant4 documentation and request for inputs for future features.
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Documentation Discussion 1¶
- release schedule and location of development documents (for
public access?) - What about beta releases?
Speaker: Alexander Howard (Imperial College (GB)) - release schedule and location of development documents (for
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Documentation Discussion 2¶
- Alternative formats? Should we consider epub, mobi, whatever or just pdf and html?
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Videos¶
Videos for Geant4
- tutorials
- demonstrations
- publicity/outreach
Content - what should we make videos of?
Maintenance/keeping up-to-dateSpeaker: Laurent Garnier
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Plenary 3 - Electromagnetic Physics Updates¶
EM physics models updates (including physics lists)
Conveners: Vladimir Ivantchenko (CERN), Sebastien Incerti (CNRS/IN2P3)- 30
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Plenary 4 - Physics updates 2¶
Hadronic physics models updates (including physics lists)
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Parallel 3A - Status of development and validation of hadronic physics models, part I¶
Review and discussion of the major hadronic physics models, starting from high-energy and going down in (projectile) energies.
This is the first part, covering string models, cascade models, and (if time allows) precompound and de-excitation models.Conveners: Julia Yarba, Dennis Herbert Wright -
Parallel 3B - Near-term kernel developments¶
Discuss and plan the near-term development items. Items include but not limited to:
- Sub-event parallelism
- Unified tracking mechanism for exotic particles (ions, muonic atoms, radicals, hyper-nuclear, phonon, e/h)
- Revisit / retreat production thresholds and physics process framework
- Refactoring transportation
- Use of HPC
- Extending crystal structure capabilitiesConveners: Makoto Asai (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US)), Gabriele Cosmo (CERN)-
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Sub-event parallelism¶Speaker: Makoto Asai (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US))
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Unified tracking mechanism for exotic particles (ions, muonic atoms, radicals, hyper-nuclear, phonon, e/h)¶Speakers: Makoto Asai (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US)), Hisaya Kurashige (Kobe University (JP))
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Revisit / retreat production thresholds and physics process framework¶Speaker: Marc Verderi (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))
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Refactoring transportation¶Speakers: Makoto Asai (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US)), Gabriele Cosmo (CERN)
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Extending crystal structure capabilities¶Speaker: Enrico Bagli (Universita e INFN, Ferrara (IT))
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TiMemory performance monitoring¶Speaker: Jonathan Madsen (Lawerence Berkeley National Laboratory)
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Open discussion¶
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Parallel 4A - Status of development and validation of hadronic physics models, part II¶
Review and discussion of the major hadronic physics models, starting from high-energy and going down in (projectile) energies.
This is the second part, covering the remaining major models not covered in the first part, e.g. ParticleHP, Radioactive Decay, etc.Conveners: Krzysztof Genser (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (US)), Dennis Herbert Wright-
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Results from CMS Test Beam and Run 2 - S. Banerjee, V. Ivantchenko¶Speakers: Sunanda Banerjee (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US)), Vladimir Ivantchenko (CERN)
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INCL++ Parameter Study - Jean-Christophe David¶Speaker: Jean-Christophe David
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FTF Configuration Interface - Julia Yarba¶Speakers: Julia Yarba (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US)), Julia Yarba
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FTF + Bertini Parameter Study - Robert Hatcher¶Speaker: Robert William Hatcher (Fermilab)
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Discussion¶
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Parallel 4B - Geometry working session¶
- Performance & optimisations
- Integration with VecGeom
- Review of open issues
Conveners: Gabriele Cosmo (CERN), John Apostolakis (CERN)- 55
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Latest developments in navigation with VecGeom¶Speaker: Sandro Christian Wenzel (CERN)
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Investigations in the ATLAS geometry¶Speaker: Evgueni Tcherniaev (Russian Academy of Sciences (RU))
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Updated field thresholds for looping particles¶Speaker: John Apostolakis (CERN)
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Review of open issues and discussion¶
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Parallel 5A - Low energy hadronic physics¶
This session is dedicated to low-energy hadronic physics, in particular for topics that were either not covered in the second hadronic parallel session, or discussed/presented only briefly during the previous parallel session and that need further time.
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Parallel 5B - Biasing¶
Update the current status of biasing options and discuss about work plan
Conveners: Marc Verderi (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)), Alexander Howard (Imperial College (GB))-
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Introduction¶Speakers: Alexander Howard (Imperial College (GB)), Marc Verderi (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))
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Variance reduction using multi-stage simulations¶Speaker: Pete Truscott
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Update on Channeling¶Speaker: Enrico Bagli (Universita e INFN, Ferrara (IT))
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Update on Generic Biasing¶Speaker: Marc Verderi (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))
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Having a Differential Cross-Section Class¶Speaker: Marc Verderi (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))
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Discussion on open issues¶
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Plenary 5 - Generic process, physics validation and validation tools¶
- Biasing updates
- Physics validation strategies and tools
Conveners: Gunter Folger (CERN), Hans-Joachim Wenzel (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))
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Plenary 6 - Kernel, GUI/Vis, examples updates: Kernel, GUI/Vis, examples updates¶Conveners: Laurent Garnier, Takashi Sasaki (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (JP))
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Status of multithreading / Kernel updates¶Speaker: Dr Jonathan Madsen (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
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GUI / Vis updates / Intercom updates¶Speakers: John Allison, Makoto Asai (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US))
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Examples updates¶Speaker: Ivana Hrivnacova (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))
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Analysis updates¶Speaker: Guy Barrand (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))
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Plenary 7 - Code evolution strategies¶
- Git openness
- C++11/14/17
- Integrating longer-term R&D outcomes
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Parallel 6A - Open topics in physics lists and validation tools¶
DoSSiER
process level/ physics list level tests
Physics list documentation, userDoc & generated doc
Geant validation DB
Template removal in physics lists, if progress
Physics lists factories,
Physics lists examples & documentationConveners: Gunter Folger (CERN), Hans-Joachim Wenzel (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))-
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Physics List Factory - an Update¶Speaker: Robert William Hatcher (Fermilab)
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Geant4 val¶Speaker: Dmitri Konstantinov (Institute for High Energy Physics of NRC Kurchatov Institute (R)
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DoSSiER¶Speaker: Hans-Joachim Wenzel (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))
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(Extension of 7A) - Introduction¶Speakers: Marc Verderi (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)), Witold Pokorski (CERN)
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(Extension of 7A) - Machine Learning in simulation & discussion¶
Presentation of what could bring Machine Learning to simulation, and discussion on it.
Speaker: Marilena Bandieramonte (CERN)
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Parallel 6B - Basic, Extended and Advanced Examples¶
Presentation of development in extended and advanced examples
Discussion: Status of Work Plan 2018 ItemsConveners: Ivana Hrivnacova (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)), Susanna Guatelli-
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Current status of the Geant4 Advanced Examples¶Speaker: Susanna Guatelli
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Hadrontherapy: status, recent updates, and new developments¶Speaker: G. Petringa
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B&E Examples WG: Work plan items¶Speaker: Ivana Hrivnacova (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))
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New extended/physicslists category¶Speaker: Ivana Hrivnacova (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))
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New extensibleFactory example¶Speaker: Robert William Hatcher (Fermilab)
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DICOM2 + Proposal for new demonstration of using statistic tools¶Speaker: Jonathan Madsen (Lawerence Berkeley National Laboratory)
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Parallel 7A - Medium- and longer-term R&Ds¶
Discuss R&D activities related to machine learning, parallelism, vectorization in general, and Geant-V status, use of co-processor, etc.
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Parallel 7B - Git Workflows for Development and Testing Geant4¶
Feedback on current Git workflow
Current issues, identify missing/needed features
Public/Private Development and integration with Issue tracking
Working session on adding tools for workflow and to assist testingConveners: Benjamin Morgan (University of Warwick (GB)), Gunter Folger (CERN)
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Parallel 8A - Technical aspects of hadronic physics and remaining topics¶
This fourth, and last hadronic parallel session is meant to cover technical aspects of hadronic physics, as well as any other topic which needs further discussions or relevant presentations that could not be included in the previous three parallel sessions.
Conveners: Gunter Folger (CERN), Dennis Herbert Wright-
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ProtonHP: Status and Problems - Pablo Cirrone¶
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Discussion of ParticleHP Maintenance - Michel Maire¶
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(Extension of 7A) - Vectorisation of RND engines¶Speakers: John Apostolakis (CERN), Soon Yung Jun (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))
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(Extension of 7A) - Optical Photon Mediator for Vectorization, GPU and FastSim¶Speaker: Soon Yung Jun (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))
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(Extension of 7A) - Discussion¶
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Parallel 8B - Updates on Vis¶
- Global update on vis
- Qt driver status
- Other drivers status
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Plenary 8 - Summary of parallel sessions¶
Reports from parallel sessions
Conveners: Dr Jonathan Madsen (Lawerence Berkeley National Laboratory), Xiaoxiao Cai (ESS/DTU)-
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Report on Parallel Session 1A and 2A¶
Report from EM physics parallel sessions
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Report on Parallel Session 1B¶Speakers: Soon Yung Jun (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US)), Gunter Folger (CERN)
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Report on Parallel Session 2B¶Speakers: Alexander Howard (Imperial College (GB)), Laurent Garnier
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Report on Parallel Session 3B¶Speakers: Makoto Asai (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US)), Gabriele Cosmo (CERN)
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Report on Parallel Session 4B¶Speakers: Gabriele Cosmo (CERN), John Apostolakis (CERN)
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Report on Parallel Session 5B¶Speakers: Marc Verderi (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)), Alexander Howard (Imperial College (GB))
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Report on Parallel Session 6A¶Speakers: Gunter Folger (CERN), Hans-Joachim Wenzel (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))
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Report on Parallel Session 6B¶Speakers: Ivana Hrivnacova (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)), Susanna Guatelli
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Report on Parallel Session 7B¶Speakers: Benjamin Morgan (University of Warwick (GB)), Gunter Folger (CERN)
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Plenary 9 - Summary of parallel sessions / closing session¶
Reports from parallel sessions
Release schedule
Next meeting
Closing remarksConveners: Luciano Pandola (INFN-LNS), Paul Gueye (Hampton University)-
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Report on Parallel Session 3A, 4A, 5A and 8A¶
Reports on hadronic physics parallel sessions
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Report on Parallel Session 7A¶Speakers: Marc Verderi (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)), Witold Pokorski (CERN)
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Closing remarks¶Speakers: Makoto Asai (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US)), Marc Verderi (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))
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Steering Board meeting¶Conveners: Makoto Asai (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US)), Marc Verderi (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))
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