20th Geant4 Collaboration Meeting

Sep 28, 2015, 8:00 AM → Oct 2, 2015, 6:00 PM US/Central

Wilson Hall - One West

The 20th Geant4 Collaboration Meeting took place at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois, U.S.A., from September 28 thru October 2, 2015. This was a collaborator-only five-day event to discuss technical and organizational aspects of the Geant4 Collaboration.
Please visit the Collaboration Meeting Registration Site for further information regarding the meeting.

Monday, September 28

8:30 AM → 9:00 AM Registration

Convener: Ms Cynthia M. Sazama (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory)

9:00 AM → 10:30 AM Plenary 1 - Opening Addresses / Open Requirements

Conveners: Dr Krzysztof Genser (Fermilab), Dr V. Daniel Elvira (Fermilab)

9:00 AM Welcome to Fermilab

Speaker: Dr Robert Roser (Fermilab)

9:10 AM Meeting Logistics

Speaker: Dr V. Daniel Elvira (Fermilab)

Slides G4MeetingLogistics-V2.pdf

9:20 AM Meeting Objectives

Speaker: Dr Makoto ASAI (SLAC)

Slides MeetingGoals.pdf

9:30 AM Geant4 user requirements from HEP Energy Frontier Experiments

Speaker: Dr Alberto Ribon (CERN)

Slides requirements_hep_experiments.pdf

9:42 AM Geant4 user requirements from Intensity Frontier Experiments

Speaker: Dr Robert Hatcher (FNAL/CD)

Slides Geant4_2015_IF_Requirements_Plenary_Slides-v3.pdf

9:54 AM Geant4 user requirements from Cosmic and Underground Experiments

Speaker: Dr Dennis Wright (SLAC)

Slides UnderGroundReq.pdf

10:06 AM Geant4 user requirements from Medical Domain

Speaker: Joseph Perl (SLAC)

Slides MedicalRequirementsFermilab_20150928a.pdf

10:18 AM Geant4 user requirements from Space Domain

Speaker: Dr Giovanni Santin (ESA / ESTEC)

Slides GSantin_Geant415_User_requirements_Space_v12.pdf

10:30 AM → 11:00 AM Coffee Break

11:00 AM → 12:45 PM Parallel 1A - New EM Models

Upgrade EM models: multiple scattering, low-energy models

Conveners: Dr Paul Gueye (Hampton University), Prof. Vladimir Ivantchenko (CERN)

11:00 AM Welcome

Speaker: Paul Gueye (Hampton University)

11:05 AM Goudsmit-Saunderson multiple scattering model

Speaker: Mihaly Novak (CERN)

Slides MihalyNovakGeant4CollaborationMeetingNewEMModels.pdf

11:35 AM Status of G4DNA Chemistry

Speaker: Karamitros Mathieu (CENBG/CNRS)

Slides G42015_-_chem.pdf G42015_-_chem.pptx

12:05 PM A Novel, Moment-Preserving Electron Transport Method

Speaker: David Dixon (UNM)

Slides DavidDixonGeant4CollaborationMeetingNewEMModels.pdf

12:35 PM EM mini-Forum

11:00 AM → 12:45 PM Parallel 1B Computing Performance

Results and Issues from experiments
Performance profiling and benchmarking
Discussion

Conveners: Soon Yung Jun (Fermilab), Dr V. Daniel Elvira (Fermilab)

11:00 AM G4CP Results and Issues from LHC experiments

Speaker: Dr John Apostolakis (CERN)

Slides Computing-Performance-ATLAS-CMS-2015-09-28-v4.pdf

11:25 AM G4CP Results and Issues from Intensity Frontier

Speaker: Dr Robert Hatcher (FNAL/CD)

Slides Geant4_2015_IF_Performance-v3.pdf

11:50 AM TAU

Speaker: Boyana Norris (University of Oregon)

Slides TAU.pdf

12:15 PM Memory Leakage Monitoring

Speakers: Dr Andrea Dotti (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), Dr Gabriele Cosmo (CERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research), Soon Yung Jun (Fermilab)

Slides memory-leak-syjun.pdf unique_ptr.cc

12:35 PM Discussion

12:45 PM → 2:00 PM Lunch Break

2:00 PM → 3:30 PM Plenary 2 - Updates of GUI/Vis, examples, cmake, etc

Conveners: Ivana Hrivnacova (IN2P3/IPN Orsay), Mr Laurent GARNIER (OSUR / INSU / CNRS)

2:00 PM Update on CMake build

Speaker: Dr Ben Morgan (University of Warwick)

Slides Geant42015-Plenary2-BenMorgan.pdf

Slides With Notes Geant42015-Plenary2-BenMorgan-WithNotes.pdf

2:20 PM Update on analysis

Speakers: Guy BARRAND (LAL), Ivana HRIVNACOVA (IPN Orsay)

Slides analysis.pdf

2:40 PM Update on Vis & GUIs

Speaker: Mr Laurent GARNIER (OSUR / INSU / CNRS)

Transparents

• 2015-Plenary-Vis-UI-Update_Chicago.pdf
• 2015-Plenary-Vis-UI-Update_Chicago.ppt
• VisThread.mov

3:00 PM Update on Basic & Extended Examples

Speaker: Ivana HRIVNACOVA (IPN Orsay)

Slides examples_plenary_v1.pdf

3:15 PM Update on Advanced Examples

Speaker: Francesco ROMANO (INFN LNS)

Slides romano_advanced_examples_WK2015.pdf

3:30 PM → 4:00 PM Coffee Break

4:00 PM → 6:00 PM Plenary 3 - Tools, documents, third general paper

• Drupal migration
• Physics validation tools
• User's guide overhaul
• Final go for the third general paper

Conveners: Dr Dennis Wright (SLAC), Dr Hans Wenzel (Fermilab)

slides PaperPlenary.ppt

4:00 PM Drupal Migration

Speakers: Dr Alberto Ribon (CERN), Dr Gunter Folger (CERN)

Slides Migration_to_Drupal.pdf Migration_to_Drupal.pptx

4:30 PM Physics validation tools

Speaker: Dr Hans Wenzel (Fermilab)

Slides Plenary.pdf Plenary.pptx

5:00 PM Users' Guides and physics list documentation

Speaker: Dr Michael Kelsey (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

Slides kelsey_DocWG_10.2.pdf

5:30 PM The general Geant4 paper

Speaker: Dr Dennis Wright (SLAC)

Slides PaperPlenary.pdf

6:15 PM → 8:00 PM Reception

Tuesday, September 29

8:30 AM → 10:30 AM Parallel 2A - New EM Validation Results

Various EM validations

Conveners: Daren Sawkey (Varian Medical Systems), Prof. Vladimir Ivantchenko (CERN)

8:30 AM Multiple scattering upgrade: better lateral displacement (L. Urban)

Slides msc.pdf

9:00 AM Validation of multiple scattering angle

Speaker: Daren Sawkey (Varian Medical Systems)

Slides sawkey_emsc.pdf

9:20 AM Systematic test of gamma-ray models with NIST data (S. Guatelli)

Slides guatelli1.pdf

9:40 AM Therapeutic C-12 Range benchmarking in Geant4

Speaker: Susanna Guatelli (Univ of Wollongong)

Slides guatelli2.pdf

10:00 AM Recent validation results from the ESA ROSSINI2 project

Speaker: Dr Giovanni Santin (ESA / ESTEC)

Slides Rossini2-simulations_v05.pdf

10:20 AM Discussion

8:30 AM → 10:30 AM Parallel 2B - Updates in vis

What's new in vis
Problems with Qt5
How to test vis
+ discussion

Conveners: Joseph Perl (SLAC), Mr Laurent GARNIER (OSUR / INSU / CNRS)

8:30 AM Updates in Vis

Speakers: Joseph Perl (SLAC), Mr Laurent GARNIER (OSUR / INSU / CNRS)

Transparents 2015-Parallel-Updates_in_vis_Chicago.ppt

8:50 AM Multithreading visualisation

Speaker: John Allison (Geant4 Associates)

Transparents Vis_in_MT_mode.pptx

9:15 AM Problems with Qt driver

Speaker: Mr Laurent GARNIER (OSUR / INSU / CNRS)

Transparents 2015-Parallel-Qt5Problems_Chicago.ppt

9:25 AM How to test vis

Speaker: Mr Laurent GARNIER (OSUR / INSU / CNRS)

Transparents 2015-Parallel-Vis-testing_Chicago.ppt

9:50 AM Discussion

8:30 AM → 10:30 AM Parallel 2C - Solid State Physics

Presentations:
- Phonon (SLAC), ElectronHolePropagation (SLAC), Channeling (INFN), Low Energy Micro Electronic (CEA)
Discussions:
- Crystal processes: what are needed? produce a list
- Crystal structure: how to? produce a global strategy
- Solid State Physics: who is interested/who finances? produce a list

Conveners: Dr Enrico Bagli (INFN), Dr Makoto ASAI (SLAC)

8:30 AM G4CMP - Phonon

Speaker: Dr Michael Kelsey (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

Movie e-hole_movie.mpeg singlePhonon.mpeg

Slides kelsey_G4CMP.pdf

8:50 AM G4CMP - charge-carrier

Speaker: Dr Michael Kelsey (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

9:10 AM MicroElec

Speaker: Dr Mélanie Raine (CEA)

Slides G4CollabMeeting_280915.pptx

9:30 AM Channeling

Speaker: Dr Enrico Bagli (INFN)

Slides ebagli_151001_channeling.pptx

9:50 AM Discussion

10:30 AM → 11:00 AM Coffee Break

11:00 AM → 12:45 PM Parallel 3A - Hadronic models: development & validation - part I

String models (FTF and QGS), intra-nuclear cascade models (BERT, BIC, INCLXX), Precompound-evaporation, elastic scattering.

Conveners: Dr Alberto Ribon (CERN), Dr Julia Yarba (FNAL)

11:00 AM Geant4 String Models

Speaker: Dr Alberto Ribon (CERN)

Slides string_models.pdf

11:35 AM Geant4 Cascade Models

Speaker: Dr Michael Kelsey (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

Slides kelsey_Cascade_10.2.pdf

11:55 AM Status Report on the Varied Model Parameters Interface (Bertini)

Speaker: Dr Julia Yarba (FNAL)

Slides G4Wkshop-2015-bertini-params.pdf

12:15 PM Status of the Precompound Model

Speaker: Prof. Vladimir Ivantchenko (CERN)

Slides DeexModule.pdf

12:35 PM Discssion

11:00 AM → 12:45 PM Parallel 3B -Basic and Extended Examples

• presentation of new extended examples - discussion:
• status of Work Plan 2015 Items
• physics lists provided in hadronics examples

Conveners: Ivana Hrivnacova (IN2P3/IPN Orsay), Dr Peter Gumplinger (TRIUMF)

11:00 AM medical/dna examples

Speakers: Mathieu Karamitos (Notre Dame Radiation Laboratory, University of Notre-Dame, Indiana), Dr SEBASTIEN INCERTI (CNRS/IN2P3)

Slides SIncerti-examples.pptx

11:25 AM exoticphysics/ucn example

Speaker: Dr Peter Gumplinger (TRIUMF)

Slides UCNExample.pdf UCNExample.pptx

11:35 AM parameterisation/Par02

Speaker: Dr Alberto Ribon (CERN)

Slides example_parameterisation_Par02.pdf

11:45 AM biasing/GB04

Speaker: Marc Verderi (LLR, Ecole polytechnique)

Slides 3B_-_parallel_-_GB04_and_Beyond.pdf

11:50 AM eventgenerator/basicPrimary

Speaker: Michel Maire (IN2P3/LAPP)

Slides basicPrimaryNew.pdf

11:55 AM parallel/MPI/ex03

Speaker: Dr Andrea Dotti (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

Slides MPI_Examples_short.pdf

12:05 PM Work plan items & discussion

Speaker: Ivana HRIVNACOVA (IPN Orsay)

Slides examples_parallel.pdf

12:45 PM → 2:00 PM Lunch Break

2:00 PM → 3:30 PM Plenary 4 - Updates of Kernel, Geometry

Conveners: Dr Alexander Howard (ETH, Zurich), Marc Verderi (LLR, Ecole polytechnique)

2:00 PM Geometry Updates

Speakers: Dr Gabriele Cosmo (CERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research), Dr John Apostolakis (CERN)

Slides Geometry+Persistency-Updates.pptx

2:15 PM Random Number Generators - the MixMax Generator

Speakers: Dr Gabriele Cosmo (CERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research), Dr John Apostolakis (CERN)

Slides MIXMAX-G4Collab-2015-09-29-v0.3.pdf

2:30 PM Updates on Run, Event and Detector

Speakers: Dr Andrea Dotti (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), Dr Makoto ASAI (SLAC)

Slides StatusOfRunEventDetector.pdf

2:50 PM Trackinfo Enhancements

Speaker: Marc Verderi (LLR, Ecole polytechnique)

Slides 4_-_plenary_-_AdditionalTrackInformation.pdf

3:20 PM Discussion

Speaker: Dr Alexander Howard (ETH, Zurich)

3:30 PM → 4:00 PM Coffee Break

4:00 PM → 6:00 PM Plenary 5 - Updates on Hadronic Physics (including validation)

Conveners: Dr Alberto Ribon (CERN), Dr Julia Yarba (FNAL)

4:00 PM Overview of Geant4 Hadronic Models Development

Speaker: Dr Alberto Ribon (CERN)

Slides hadronic_highlights.pdf

4:15 PM Radioactive Decays Status and Plans

Speaker: Dr Dennis Wright (SLAC)

Slides RDMPlenary.ppt

4:35 PM ParticleHP and NeutronHp Status and Plans

Speaker: Dr Pedro Arce (CIEMAT)

Slides G4ParticleHP.Validation.pdf

4:55 PM GND/LEND Status and Plans

Speaker: Dr Tatsumi Koi (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

Slides Status_of_LEND_update.pdf

5:10 PM Status of Geant4 Hadronic Validation

Speaker: Dr Julia Yarba (FNAL)

Slides G4Wkshop-2015-HAD-Val-status.pdf

5:25 PM Discussion

Wednesday, September 30

8:30 AM → 10:30 AM Parallel 4A - Hadronic models: development & validation - part II

ParticleHP & NeutronHP, Radioactive Decay, QMD, gamma- and lepto-nuclear interactions, cross-sections.

Conveners: Dr Alberto Ribon (CERN), Dr Michael Kelsey (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

8:30 AM Developments in muon-nuclear models

Speakers: Dr Dennis Wright (SLAC), Dr Kevin Lynch (York College/CUNY)

Slides MuonNuclear-Lynch.pdf

8:50 AM Progress on Radioactive Decay and PhotoEvaporation database

Speakers: Dr Dennis Wright (SLAC), Dr Laurent Desorgher (SapceIT GmbH)

Slides G4Radecay.pptx

9:10 AM Angular Correlations in PhotoEvaporation

Speaker: Prof. Vladimir Ivantchenko (CERN)

Slides G4NuclearPolarization.pdf

9:30 AM Requests for development in low-energy hadronics

Speaker: Dr Michael Taylor (University of Manchester)

Slides G4_2015_Taylor.pdf

9:50 AM Discussion

8:30 AM → 10:30 AM Parallel 4B - Geometry & Transport

Status & plans and recent developments in USolids/VecGeom
Extensions to testing suite and effects on using coarse/precise safety calculation Open issues in transportation and transport in field.

Conveners: Dr Gabriele Cosmo (CERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research), Dr John Apostolakis (CERN)

8:30 AM Recent developments in USolids/VecGeom, status & plans

Speaker: Dr Sandro Christian Wenzel (CERN PH/SFT)

Slides VecGeomFermilabG4Meeting.pdf

9:00 AM Interfacing USolids/VecGeom in Geant4

Speaker: Guilherme Lima (Fermilab)

Slides 150930-lima-g4collab-vecgeomIntegration.pdf

9:20 AM Extensions to testing suite and effects on using coarse/precise safety calculation

Speakers: Dr Gabriele Cosmo (CERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research), Dr Tatiana Nikitina (CERN PH/SFT)

Slides G4Collaboration-meeting-Testing-2015.pdf

9:40 AM Open issues in transportation and transport in field

Speaker: Dr John Apostolakis (CERN)

Slides Issues-in-Transport-and-Field-2015-09-30-v3.pdf

10:00 AM Discussion

Slides problem-reports.pdf

10:30 AM → 11:00 AM Coffee Break

11:00 AM → 12:30 PM Plenary 6 - Updates on EM Physics

Conveners: Daren Sawkey (Varian Medical Systems), Dr Peter Gumplinger (TRIUMF)

11:00 AM Update on standard EM physics

Speaker: Prof. Vladimir Ivantchenko (CERN)

Slides Geant4EMStatus.pdf

11:30 AM Update on Low Energy / DNA physics

Speaker: Dr SEBASTIEN INCERTI (CNRS/IN2P3)

Slides SIncerti-LowE-EM.pdf

12:00 PM Validation of EM physics

Speaker: Daren Sawkey (Varian Medical Systems)

Slides sawkey.pdf

12:20 PM Discussion

12:30 PM → 1:15 PM Luch Break

1:15 PM → 10:30 PM Excursion

Thursday, October 1

8:30 AM → 10:30 AM Parallel 5A - Physics Lists and Validation Tools WG Matters

mprovement of documentation; Physics Lists Factory; Report FNAL Validation Webpage ; ProcessLevel Validation Tool (t.b.c.).

Conveners: Dr Andrea Dotti (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), Dr Robert Hatcher (FNAL/CD)

8:30 AM FNAL Validation Update

Speaker: Dr Hans Wenzel (Fermilab)

Slides wenzel wenzel

8:50 AM A new Process Level Validation Tool

Speaker: Dr Andrea Dotti (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

Slides ProcessLevelTesting.pdf

9:20 AM Physics Lists in Extended Examples

Speakers: Ivana HRIVNACOVA (IPN Orsay), Ivana Hrivnacova (IN2P3/IPN Orsay)

Slides physics_lists.pdf

9:30 AM Physics List Factory Update

Speaker: Dr Robert Hatcher (FNAL/CD)

Slides Geant4_2015_PhysicsListFactory-Update.pdf

9:40 AM Discussion on Physics List documentation

8:30 AM → 10:30 AM Parallel 5B - Biasing & Channeling

Session devoted to biasing and in general with any physics which interaction laws divert from standard exponential one, like channeling.
Status of biasing
- recent development
- use of G4VTrackInformation - what is needed
Status of channeling

Conveners: Dr Enrico Bagli (INFN), Marc Verderi (LLR, Ecole polytechnique)

8:30 AM Session Introduction

Speakers: Dr Enrico Bagli (INFN), Marc Verderi (LLR, Ecole polytechnique)

Slides 5B_-_parallel_-_Introduction.pdf

8:35 AM Status of Geant4 Reverse MC

Speaker: Dr Giovanni Santin (ESA / ESTEC)

Slides GSantin_Geant415_Reverse_MC_v03.pdf

8:55 AM Generic-based versus Standard Geometrical Importance Biasing

Speaker: Dr Alexander Howard (ETH, Zurich)

Slides Biasing_Alex.pdf Biasing_Alex.pptx

9:25 AM Status of Channeling, and requirements from Parallel 2C 'Solid State Physics'

Speaker: Dr Enrico Bagli (INFN)

Slides ChannelingRequirements.pdf

9:55 AM Status of Generic Biasing

Speaker: Marc Verderi (LLR, Ecole polytechnique)

Slides 5B_-_parallel_-_StatusGenBiasing.pdf

10:15 AM General Discussion

8:30 AM → 10:30 AM Parallel 5C - Field transport working session

Working session to address open issues in field transport:
- calculation of normals
- spin tracking
- multi-level locator

Conveners: Dr Gabriele Cosmo (CERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research), Dr John Apostolakis (CERN)

8:30 AM Short update on Stepper Development

Speaker: Dr John Apostolakis (CERN)

8:55 AM Working session - investigation of 'Locator' issue

10:30 AM → 11:00 AM Coffee Break

11:00 AM → 12:45 PM Parallel 6A - Low-energy Hadronic Physics

More extensive discussions about ParticleHP & NeutronHP, and Radioactive Decay. And any other topics of interest for low-energy hadronic physics.

Conveners: Dr Alberto Ribon (CERN), Dr Dennis Wright (SLAC)

11:00 AM Radioactive decay in super-heavy nuclei

Speaker: Dr Luis Sarmiento (Lund University)

Slides Pico-G4Collaboration2015.pdf

11:15 AM TARC Validation

Speaker: Dr Alexander Howard (ETH, Zurich)

Slides TARC_Alex.pdf TARC_Alex.pptx

11:30 AM NeutronHP-ParticleHP Merger

Speaker: Dr Tatsumi Koi (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

Slides Merging_NeutronHP_and_ParticleHP_.pdf

11:45 AM Low Energy Requirements

12:00 PM Plans for Low Energy Hadronics

Speakers: Dr Alberto Ribon (CERN), Dr Dennis Wright (SLAC)

Slides LowHad.pdf

11:00 AM → 12:45 PM Parallel 6B - C++11 Migration

CMake features,
C++ 11 RNG + MT features,
Details on C++ 11 features we suggest to use,
Mini-course comparing pre-c++ 11 and c++ 11 code

Conveners: Dr Andrea Dotti (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), Dr Ben Morgan (University of Warwick)

11:00 AM C++11 Compilers support

Speaker: Dr Andrea Dotti (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

Slides c++11_compilers.pdf

11:20 AM CMake Support for C++11/14/1z

Speaker: Dr Ben Morgan (University of Warwick)

GitHub Repo for Demo Project https://github.com/drbenmorgan/cmake-compile-features

Slides Geant42015-Parallel6b-BenMorgan.pdf

11:40 AM Mini Course on C++11 Features

Speaker: Ivana Hrivnacova (IN2P3/IPN Orsay)

Slides c++11_guidelines_v1.pdf

12:45 PM → 2:00 PM Lunch Break

2:00 PM → 3:30 PM Plenary 7 - C++11/14 migration, MT/MPI

Which C++11 features to use/avoid,
Coding guidelines, tips for MT/MPI

Conveners: Dr Ben Morgan (University of Warwick), Mr Jonathan Madsen (Texas A&M University)

2:00 PM Summary of C++11 Taskforce Work

Speaker: Dr Andrea Dotti (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

Slides C++11_Task_Force_Report.pdf

2:20 PM C++11 Style Guidelines Document

Speaker: Ivana Hrivnacova (IN2P3/IPN Orsay)

Slides c++11_guidelines_document.pdf

2:40 PM MPI Status and Upcoming Work

Speaker: Dr Andrea Dotti (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

Slides MPI_Status_and_outlook.pdf

3:00 PM Intro to C++11 atomics and proposal for G4atomic

Speaker: Mr Jonathan Madsen (Texas A&M University)

Slides Geant4_Fermilab_Atomics_presentation.pdf

3:30 PM → 4:00 PM Coffe Break and Group Photo

4:00 PM → 6:00 PM Parallel 7A - Technical Aspects Related to Hadronic Physics

Speed up of cross sections.
Any other topic not fully covered in the other hadronic sessions.

Conveners: Dr Alberto Ribon (CERN), Dr Andrea Dotti (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

4:00 PM Status of Fast Cross-Section

Speaker: Dr Andrea Dotti (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

Slides Cross_Section.pdf

4:20 PM Report from CALICE results and shower shape discussion

Speaker: Dr Andrea Dotti (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

Slides CALICE_report.pdf

5:10 PM Validation low-mass single diffraction model

Speakers: Dr Alberto Ribon (CERN), Prof. Vladimir Grichine (LPI)

Slides grichine_lowmassd_Sep2015.pdf

5:20 PM Validation of kaon-proton elastic scattering

Speakers: Dr Alberto Ribon (CERN), Prof. Vladimir Grichine (LPI)

Slides grichine_kpElastic_Sep2015.pdf

5:30 PM Deletion policy of physics processes for MT

Speaker: Dr Tatsumi Koi (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

Slides Deletion_of_physics_process,_model_and_cross_section.pdf

4:00 PM → 6:00 PM Parallel 7B - Vectors and coprocessors

Vector Framework and Scheduler/Coprocessor Broker
Vectorized Geometry/Interface to Geant4
Vector Physics Models
Coprocessor Applications

Conveners: Dr John Apostolakis (CERN), Soon Yung Jun (Fermilab)

4:00 PM GATE GPU

Speaker: Julien Bert

Slides GATE_GPU_Bert.pdf

4:30 PM GeantV: Status and Plan

Speaker: Andrei Gheata (CERN)

Slides GeantV_status_G4Users_2015.pptx

5:00 PM Performance of VecGeom

Speaker: Sandro Wenzel (CERN)

Slides FermilabG4MeetingVectorSession.pdf

5:30 PM Vector Physics Model

Speaker: Soon Yung Jun (Fermilab)

Slides vector-physics-syjun.pdf

5:50 PM Discussion

6:00 PM → 7:00 PM Time for travel

7:00 PM → 10:00 PM Collaboration Dinner

Friday, October 2

8:30 AM → 10:30 AM Plenary 8 - Report from Parallel Sessions

Parallel 1A-5C (10 minutes each)

Conveners: Andrew Green (Northern Illinois University), Dr Enrico Bagli (INFN)

8:30 AM Parallel session 1A

Speakers: Daren Sawkey (Varian Medical Systems), Dr Paul Gueye (Hampton University), Prof. Vladimir Ivantchenko (CERN)

Slides new_models.pdf

8:40 AM Parallel session 1B

Speakers: Soon Yung Jun (Fermilab), Dr V. Daniel Elvira (Fermilab)

Slides session1B-summary.pdf

8:50 AM Parallel session 2A

Speakers: Daren Sawkey (Varian Medical Systems), Prof. Vladimir Ivantchenko (CERN)

Slides validation.pdf

9:00 AM Parallel session 2B

Speakers: Joseph Perl (SLAC), Mr Laurent GARNIER (OSUR / INSU / CNRS)

Transparents 2015-Parallel-resume_Chicago.pdf 2015-Parallel-resume_Chicago.ppt

9:10 AM Parallel session 2C

Speakers: Dr Enrico Bagli (INFN), Dr Makoto ASAI (SLAC)

Slides ps2c.pdf

9:20 AM Parallel session 3A

Speakers: Dr Alberto Ribon (CERN), Dr Julia Yarba (FNAL)

Slides Summary3A.pdf

9:30 AM Parallel session 3B

Speakers: Ivana Hrivnacova (IN2P3/IPN Orsay), Dr Peter Gumplinger (TRIUMF)

Slides examples_parallel_summary_v1.pdf

9:40 AM Parallel session 4A

Speakers: Dr Alberto Ribon (CERN), Dr Michael Kelsey (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

Slides summary_parallelSession_4A_(1).pdf

9:50 AM Parallel session 4B

Speakers: Dr Gabriele Cosmo (CERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research), Dr John Apostolakis (CERN)

Slides Parallel-Summary-Geometry-and-Field-2015-10-02.pdf

10:00 AM Parallel session 5A

Speakers: Dr Andrea Dotti (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), Dr Robert Hatcher (FNAL/CD)

Slides Parallel5A_Report.pdf

10:10 AM Parallel session 5B

Speakers: Dr Enrico Bagli (INFN), Marc Verderi (LLR, Ecole polytechnique)

Slides 8_-_plenary_-_report_5B.pdf

10:20 AM Parallel session 5C

Speakers: Dr Gabriele Cosmo (CERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research), Dr John Apostolakis (CERN)

Slides https://indico.fnal.gov/getFile.py/access?contribId=9&sessionId=25&resId=0&materialId=slides&confId=9717

10:30 AM → 11:00 AM Coffee Break

11:00 AM → 12:30 PM Plenary 9 - Report from Parallel Sessions / Closing Session

Parallel 6A-7B (10 minutes each),
Collaboration matters, release schedule

Conveners: Dr Luis Sarmiento (Lund University), Dr Makoto ASAI (SLAC)

11:00 AM Parallel session 6A

Speakers: Dr Alberto Ribon (CERN), Dr Dennis Wright (SLAC)

Slides LowHadSummary.pdf

11:10 AM Parallel session 6B

Speakers: Dr Andrea Dotti (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), Dr Ben Morgan (University of Warwick)

Slides Geant42015-Parallel6b-Report.pdf

11:20 AM Parallel session 7A

Speakers: Dr Alberto Ribon (CERN), Dr Andrea Dotti (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

Slides Parallel7A_Report.pdf

11:30 AM Parallel session 7B

Speakers: Dr John Apostolakis (CERN), Soon Yung Jun (Fermilab)

Slides session7B-summary.pptx

11:40 AM Release schedule

Speaker: Dr Gabriele Cosmo (CERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Slides Geant4-Release-10.2.pdf

12:00 PM Next collaboration meeting

Speaker: Dr Enrico Bagli (INFN)

Slides G421_FerraraLR.pptx

12:10 PM Closing remarks

Speakers: Dr Makoto ASAI (SLAC), Marc Verderi (LLR, Ecole polytechnique)

Slides ClosingRemarks.pdf

12:30 PM → 12:35 PM Adjourn

12:35 PM → 1:30 PM Lunch Break

1:30 PM → 3:00 PM Geant4 Technical Forum

Technical Forum

Conveners: Dr Makoto ASAI (SLAC), Marc Verderi (LLR, Ecole polytechnique)

1:30 PM Welcome

Speaker: Tim Meyer (Fermilab)

1:40 PM General status report and prospects

Speaker: Dr Makoto ASAI (SLAC)

Slides Geant4GeneralStatus.pptx

1:50 PM Physics status report and prospects

Speaker: Dr Dennis Wright (SLAC)

Slides TF_CosInt.pdf

2:00 PM Requirements of Intensity Frontier experiments

Speaker: Dr Laura Fields (Fermilab)

Slides G4TechForum_IFRequirements_Fields_1Oct2015.pdf

2:30 PM Requirements from LZ experiment

Speaker: Dr Carl Vuosalo (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Slides Geant4_LZ_reqs_v6.pdf

2:40 PM Requirements from CDMS experiment

Speaker: Dr Dennis Wright (SLAC)

Slides UnderGroundReq.pdf

2:50 PM Open discussion

3:00 PM → 3:30 PM Coffee Break

3:30 PM → 5:00 PM Steering Board Meeting

Conveners: Dr Makoto ASAI (SLAC), Marc Verderi (LLR, Ecole polytechnique)

3:30 PM → 5:30 PM Tours of Experimental Areas