Version 1.9   07-October-2003

Geant4 Workshop 2003 Agenda

September 2 - 6, 2003      TRIUMF, Vancouver


Tuesday through Friday      12:30 - 13:30

--- Geant4 TRIUMF Lunchtime Tutorials ---
(Auditorium)

Tuesday 2 Sept.       Introducing Geant4 Makoto Asai
Wednesday 3 Sept.       Electromagnetic Physics in Geant4 Michel Maire
Thursday 4 Sept.       Hadronic Physics in Geant4 (PPT) or PDF Hans-Peter Wellisch
Friday 5 Sept.       Analysis Tools: Exploiting Component Architecture through AIDA, HepRep, JAS and WIRED Massimiliano Turri


Tuesday, 2nd September

--- Opening Plenary Session ---
Geant4 in Large Experiments and Experimental Frameworks
(Auditorium)

08:30 - 09:00 Registration and coffee

09:00 - 09:15 Welcome, J.-M. Poutissou
09:15 - 09:30 Workshop goals and announcements, P.Gumplinger

09:30 - 10:40

Invited Presentations From Large Experiments: Focus on Validation (open to public)
(P.Gumplinger)

09:30 - 09:50 Babar, D.Wright
09:50 - 10:10 Geant4 Physics Validation in ATLAS, A.Dell'Acqua
10:10 - 10:40 Results from the LCG Validation Project, A.Ribon

10:40 - 10:55 Coffee break

10:55 - 12:15

Invited Presentations From Large Experiments: Frameworks and Validation (open to public)

10:55 - 11:20 The Status of HARP - Hadron Production Experiment at CERN, V.Ivantchenko
11:20 - 11:40 Validation of Geant4 in CMS, P.Arce
11:40 - 12:00 Virtual Monte Carlo with Geant4: ALICE experience, A.Dell'Acqua (for I.Hrivnacova, ALICE)
12:00 - 12:15 Geant4 in Space: thoughts on the past and perspectives of the future, P.Niemenin

12:15 - 13:30 Lunch

13:30 - 15:30

Collaboration News and Reports
(F.Jones)

13:30 - 13:50 Cycles of History, J.-P.Wellisch
13:50 - 14:20 Overview of the Geant4 Collaboration: the balance between development, maintenance and support activities, J.Apostolakis
14:20 - 14:35 Geant4 Physics Book, M.G.Pia
14:35 - 15:05 LHC Computing Grid, J.Apostolakis
15:05 - 15:30 Discussion

15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break (Auditorium)

16:00 - 18:00 Parallel Working Sessions
     A: Optical photon and transportation issues
     B: Geant4 Physics Book
     F: Kernel and its evolution


Wednesday, 3rd September

--- Development, Interactive Framework, Software Process ---
(Auditorium)

08:30 - 10:35

New Developments in Kernel, Interactive Framework, Analysis
(K.Amako)

08:30 - 08:50 Recent Developments in the Geometry and Future Plans, G.Cosmo
08:50 - 09:10 Cuts By Region, RunManager Restructuring and Performance Issues, M.Asai
09:10 - 09:25 Event Biasing in the Geant4 Hadronic Physics Frameworks, J.-P.Wellisch
09:25 - 09:40 Importance Biasing, J.Apostolakis (for M.Dressel)
09:40 - 09:55 Process Based Cross-Section Biasing, F.Lei
09:55 - 10:15 Gean4E (Error Progagation and Track Fitting), P.Mendez Lorenzo
10:15 - 10:35 Visualisation/Analysis Frameworks: AIDA/JAS3/HEPREP/WIRED, J.Perl

10:35 - 10:55 Coffee break

10:55 - 12:15

Software Acceptance and Release Process
Testing, Validation, QA

(G.Cosmo)

10:55 - 11:35 The Current Release and Validation Process: an analysis and perspectives, G.Cosmo
11:35 - 11:55 Integration Testing, S.Sadilov
11:55 - 12:15 Statistical Testing Framework and Tools, M.G.Pia

12:15 - 13:30 Lunch

13:30 - 14:45 TOUR OF TRIUMF   (meet in Auditorium)
     Tour Guides: Stan Yen, Des Ramsay, Joel Rogers, Dave Morris

14:45 - 16:00 Parallel Working Sessions
     C: Validation and statistical testing
     D: Interactive visualization and analysis
     F: Kernel and its evolution

16:00 - 16:15 Coffee break (Auditorium)

16:15 - 18:00 Parallel Working Sessions
     D: Interactive visualization and analysis
     H: Software management, configuration, acceptance testing
     I: Biasing

18:00 TSB Meeting


Thursday, 4th September

--- Physics Processes, Comparisons and Validation ---
(Auditorium)

08:30 - 10:00

Electromagnetic Physics
(M.G.Pia)

08:30 - 08:50 Overview of EM Physics Developments, M.Maire
08:50 - 09:10 Model Approach for Standard EM Physics, V.Ivantchenko
09:10 - 09:25 EM Physics: Multiple Scattering, M.Maire
09:25 - 09:30 Overview of Low Energy EM Physics Developments, M.G.Pia
09:30 - 09:50 G4 LowE Bremsstrahlung Angular Generators, A.Trindade
09:50 - 10:10 Implementation of Penelope physics in Geant4, L.Pandola
10:10 - 10:30 Precision Validation of EM Physics, M.G.Pia

10:00 - 10:15 Coffee break

10:15 - 12:15

Hadronic Physics
(J.-P.Wellisch)

10:15 - 10:35 Physics Lists for Hadronic Physics Use-Cases, J.-P.Wellisch
10:35 - 10:55 Hadronic Processes in Babar, D.Wright
10:55 - 11:15 Proton Scattering at Grazing Incident Angles, R.Nartallo
11:15 - 11:35 Overview of Hadronic Physics Developments, J.-P.Wellisch
11:35 - 11:55 Electro- and Gamma-Nuclear Physics, Mikhail Kosov
11:55 - 12:15 String Parton Models, G.Folger

12:15 - 13:30 Lunch

13:30 - 14:30

Hadronic Physics
(J.-P.Wellisch)

13:30 - 13:50 The Binary Cascade, J.-P.Wellisch
13:50 - 14:10 ` Bertini INC Cascade with Isotope Production Models, A.Heikkinen
14:10 - 14:30 Verification Suite for Hadronics in the Cascade Energy Range, V.Ivantchenko

14:30 - 16:00 Parallel Working Sessions
     E: Hadronic physics including ion physics
     G: Data handling and persistency
     J: Low Energy Electromagnetic Physics

16:00 - 16:15 Coffee break (Auditorium)

16:30 Bus leaves TRIUMF for Grouse Mountain

 

18:00

--- Workshop Dinner and Social Event ---
Timber Room, Peak Chalet, Grouse Mountain

18:00 Reception
19:00 Dinner


Friday, 5th September

--- User Presentations, Applications, and Special Topics ---
(Auditorium)

08:30 - 10:10

User Presentations: Applications of Geant4 (open to public)
(M.Asai)

08:30 - 08:50 KEK Geant4 Users Workshop: a selection of presented user applications, K.Murakami, KEK
08:50 - 09:10 TWIST Simulation with Geant4, M.Quraan, TRIUMF
09:10 - 09:30 Simulations of TIGRESS and SCEPTAR: Gamma/Beta Spectroscopy at TRIUMF, M.Schumaker, TRIUMF
09:30 - 09:50 GLAST Simulation, T.Burnett
09:50 - 10:10 Applications in Medical and Astrophysics Experiments, P.Rodrigues, LIP

10:10 - 10:30 Coffee break

10:30 - 12:15

User Presentations: Applications of Geant4 (open to public)
(F.Lei)

10:30 - 10:55 Geant4 as a High Precision Dosimetry Toolkit for Radiation Therapy Applications, J.-F. Carrier, Univ. Laval
10:55 - 11:15 The DESIRE Project: simulating the radiation environment of the International Space Station, T.Ersmark, KTH
11:15 - 11:35 ESA's GAIA Mission, G.Santin, ESA
11:35 - 11:55 GEANT4 Applications on Modeling Radiation Environment and Proton irradiation Effects on Components, A.Keating, ESA
11:55 - 12:15 SEPTIMESS, F.Lei, QinetiQ

12:15 - 13:30 Lunch

13:30 - 14:50

User Presentations: Applications of Geant4 (open to public)
(D.Wright)

13:30 - 13:50 Next Linear Collider, N.Graf, SLAC
13:50 - 14:10 Simulating a Dark Matter Prototype Detector and understanding characterisation response to Alphas, Gammas and Neutrons, A.Howard, Imperial College London
14:10 - 14:30 ZEP III: A Simulation Tool for the Zeplin 3 Dark Matter Detector, H.Araujo, Imperial College London
14:30 - 14:50 Photon Readout Simulations of Plastic Scintillator Strips with Embedded WLS Fibers, J.-P.Archambault, U. of Alberta

14:50 - 15:10

Special Topics (open to public)

14:50 - 15:10 Parallelism in Geant4, G.Cooperman, NEU

15:10 - 15:30 Coffee break (Auditorium)

15:30 - 17:30

--- Geant4 Proto-Technical Forum ---
(open to developers and users)
Themes: Requirements, Usability, Support Issues


Saturday, 6th September

--- Closing Plenary Session ---
(Auditorium)

09:00 - 09:40
Interfacing Physics Packages
(G.Folger)

09:00 - 09:20 An Interface for Using EGS4 Physics Processes in Geant4, K.Murakami, KEK
09:20 - 09:40 Interfacing JQMD to Geant4, T.Koi, SLAC

09:40 - 10:45

Collaboration Business
(P.Gumplinger)

09:40 Collaboration Agreement and Licensing, R.Mount

10:45 - 11:10 Coffee break

11:10 - 12:15

Activity Reports and Plans
(P.Gumplinger)

Parallel Session Reports

12:15 - 12:30 Closing Remarks, J.Apostolakis
12:30 - 12:40 Workshop Closing


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