Workshops
2016
22.11.-23.11. in Bergen
Agenda
Tuesday, 22.11.: Presentations
09.00 Bergen pCT – Dieter
09.30 Padua pCT – Piero
10.00 Beam test results with FOCAL prototype - Helge
11.15 Simulations – Ilker (+ Helge + Jarle)
12:00 Software infrastructure – Boris
13.30 Proton CT reconstruction, Helge E. S. Pettersen
Hardware
14.00 Radiation levels - Jarle
14.45 Hardware: sensors, mechanical & electrical integration
15.15 Readout concept - Haakon
Wednesday, 23.11.: Hands-on
09.00 pCT simulation & pCT reconstruction software
Minutes: File:pCT_planning_Nov_2016.pdf
- ASK slides direct here or link to new page
- Monte Carlo code overview and comparison, Ilker Meric
2017
15.09. in Bergen
Agenda
Friday, 15.09.: Presentations
09.00 – 09.20 WP5 – Chip integration onto PCBs (D. Röhrich)
09.20 – 10.10 WP1 – Monte Carlo simulations for the optimization of detector geometry (H. E. S. Pettersen)
10.10 – 10.35 WP1 – Monte Carlo simulations of the expected radiation environment, Jarle Rambo Sølie (Slide 17 and 18 contains new flux calculations for the FPGAs)
10.30 – 10.40 Break
10.40 – 11.00 WP3 – Initial considerations for the pCT readout (O. Grøttvik)
11.00 – 11.45 WP7 – Most likely path (MLP) estimation (M. Richter)
11.45 – 12.00 WP5 – Potential cooling schemes (H. Shafiee)
12.00 – 12.30 Lunch break
12.30 – 14.00 WP meetings (Each WP plans activities for the rest of the year)
14.00 – 16.00 Group discussion (meeting back in the bachelor room)
06.11 - 07.11 in Bergen / Meeting with UU
Monday, 06.11., room 456, IFT:
09:30 – 10:15 General Overview (Dieter)
10:15 – 11:15 Detector layout specification (Helge)
11:30 – 12:00 Radiation environment (Jarle)
13:00 – 16:00 Mounting of chips on PCBs
Tuesday, 07.11., room 456, IFT:
09:00 – 12:00 Discussions on mechanical aspects of the pCT prototype
13:00 – 14:00 Interface to readout electronic (Ola)
14:00 – 16:00 Towards a FoCal prototype
07.03 Wednesday (Teaching lab 260, Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen)
2018
07 - 08.03 in Bergen
07.03 Wednesday (Teaching lab 260, Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen)
09.30 – 09.45 Welcome (Dieter R.)
09.45 – 10.15 Sensor characterization; beam test results of sensor chips (Andreas S. , data from Australia / Susmita A., Viljar E., data from Oslo, WP2)
10.15 – 10.45 Latest on the detector simulations / Detector design specs. (Helge)
10.45 – 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 – 11.30 Initial MLP implementations / considerations (Jarle)
11.30 – 12.00 Updates on computing environment / DAQ system (WP4)
12.00 – 13.00 Lunch
13.00 – 14.00 Updates on the mechanical design: support structure + cooling (Hesam)
14.00 – 15.00 Updates on the development of read-out electronics (WP3)
15.00 – 16.00 Outlook and discussions
08.03 Thursday (Bachelorrommet, 3rd floor, Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen)
09.30 – 10.30 Short presentations of the ongoing MSc projects with relevance to the pCT-project
10.30 – 11.30 Activities of Kharkiv team for pCT/FoCal projects: current status (Ihor T.)
11.30 – 12.00 Introduction to topological data analysis (Nello B.)
12.00 – 12.30 Discussions on applications of topological data analysis to pCT
12.30 – 16.00 Rest of the day is reserved for WP-meetings. Those WPs with interdependencies should have meetings with each other to clarify challenges and plan activities.