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* Laptop has been ordered by '''SJ''' and '''Tony Hoare'''.
* Laptop has been ordered by '''SJ''' and '''Tony Hoare'''.
* Met with '''Jamie McClelland''' and '''Adam Gibson''' on 18th October: have been provided with reading list.
* Met with '''Jamie McClelland''' and '''Adam Gibson''' on 18th October: have been provided with reading list.
* Will take Medical Physics/CDT courses next term: ''Numerical Optimisation'' and ''Inverse Problems''.
* '''To Do''':
* '''To Do''':
** Chase up Medical Physics/CDT courses: '''MH''' sure that ''Numerical Optimisation'' course is a great foundation for ''Inverse Problems''.
** Try analysing Geant4 simulation results in Python.
** Try analysing Geant4 simulation results in Python.
** Background reading!


'''FFF''':
'''SS''':
* Introduced himself to everybody.
* Finished and submitted Literature Review.
* Contacted '''LeCroy''' again: still waiting for information.
* Setting up equipment for '''Birmingham'''.
* '''To Do''':
** Cracking back on with project.
** Take data in Birmingham!


'''MH''':
'''MH''':
* Off sick with the man flu.
* Geant4 simulation now multithreaded: using 4 cores doubles the speed of the simulation.
* Managed to run a reconstruction using data from Geant4 simulation.
* Multithreaded simulations result in multiple data files:
* Currently investigating how similar the images are to the reconstructions obtained using Gate.
** Geant4 cannot merge them itself.
* Working on implementing a multi-threaded run manager in my simulation.
** Possible to merge manually.
 
** '''RR''' suggests that merging should work automatically: will investigate.
'''OM''':
* Working on Literature Review.
* '''To Do''':
* '''To Do''':
** Will send draft to '''SJ''' 18/10/18.
** Build application for Legion cluster: need to speak to Research Computing.
** Literature review due in 22nd October.
** Test application on HEP and Legion clusters.


'''SS''':
'''FFF''':
* Working on Literature Review.
* Background reading on proton therapy: '''LK''' recommended '''Paganetti: Proton Therapy Physics'''.
* Draft copy sent to '''SJ''' for review: '''SJ''' promises he will send back comments today...
* Met with '''LK''' to discuss detector development.
* Held Skype meeting with '''Tony Price''':
* Two potential ideas for Masters project:
** Possible visit to Birmingham cyclotron 25/26 October.
** Complete range calorimeter simulations.
** '''TP''' to advise on possibility of visit and cyclotron availability.
** Front end electronics design and readout.
** Measure energy spectrum of beam.
* Will contact '''Ruben Saakyan''' to discuss options and find out more about light detection options.
** '''TP''' will make Bragg peak measurement before we start.
* '''To Do''':
** Literature review due in 22nd October.
** Speak to '''Ruben Saakyan''' and '''Anastasia Basharina-Freshville''' about setting up PMT, particularly self-trigger threshold.
** Chase up LeCroy about PMT trigger dead time.
 
'''JO''':
* Attending HEP lectures: HEP Monday and Tuesday, CDT Thursday.
* Will send laptop specs to '''SJ'''.
* '''To Do''':
** Chase up Medical Physics/CDT courses: '''MH''' sure that ''Numerical Optimisation'' course is a great foundation for ''Inverse Problems''.
** Meeting arranged with '''Jamie McClelland''' and '''Adam Gibson''' on 18th October.


'''RR''':
'''RR''':
* Looking into patent application process.
* [http://www.hep.ucl.ac.uk/pbt/wikiData/presentations/2018/RR_24_10_2018_PTQA_Range_Detector_StateOfTheArt.pdf patent application state of the art]
* Met with '''Marina Fuentes Sainz''' to discuss patent issues:
** Not enough knowledge on patent application process.
** Meeting arranged with '''Vassilios Albanis''' on Monday 29th October.
* '''To Do''':
* '''To Do''':
** Contact '''Marina Fuentes Sainz''' for more detail about patent applications.
** Meet '''Vassilios'''.


'''LK''':
'''LK''':
* Organising Heidelberg trip.
* Working on build-up simulation paper: need to check LET definition.
* Working on build-up simulation paper.
* Debugging Geant4 simulations with CentOS 7 environment.
* Rerunning Geant4 simulations with CentOS 7 environment.
* Organisation of HIT trip.
* '''To Do''':
** Measure height of scintillator stack.

Latest revision as of 12:37, 17 January 2019

Minutes for UCL Proton Calorimetry Meeting, 24th October 2018 (D17, Physics & Astronomy, UCL)

Present

Simon Jolly, Raffaella Radogna, Laurent Kelleter, Jeremy Ocampo, Saad Shaikh, Fernando Franco Felix

JO:

  • Attending HEP lectures: HEP Monday and Tuesday, CDT Thursday.
  • Going through Geant4 simulations: cannot view graphics on Windows laptop...
  • Laptop has been ordered by SJ and Tony Hoare.
  • Met with Jamie McClelland and Adam Gibson on 18th October: have been provided with reading list.
  • Will take Medical Physics/CDT courses next term: Numerical Optimisation and Inverse Problems.
  • To Do:
    • Try analysing Geant4 simulation results in Python.
    • Background reading!

SS:

  • Finished and submitted Literature Review.
  • Contacted LeCroy again: still waiting for information.
  • Setting up equipment for Birmingham.
  • To Do:
    • Cracking back on with project.
    • Take data in Birmingham!

MH:

  • Geant4 simulation now multithreaded: using 4 cores doubles the speed of the simulation.
  • Multithreaded simulations result in multiple data files:
    • Geant4 cannot merge them itself.
    • Possible to merge manually.
    • RR suggests that merging should work automatically: will investigate.
  • To Do:
    • Build application for Legion cluster: need to speak to Research Computing.
    • Test application on HEP and Legion clusters.

FFF:

  • Background reading on proton therapy: LK recommended Paganetti: Proton Therapy Physics.
  • Met with LK to discuss detector development.
  • Two potential ideas for Masters project:
    • Complete range calorimeter simulations.
    • Front end electronics design and readout.
  • Will contact Ruben Saakyan to discuss options and find out more about light detection options.

RR:

  • patent application state of the art
  • Met with Marina Fuentes Sainz to discuss patent issues:
    • Not enough knowledge on patent application process.
    • Meeting arranged with Vassilios Albanis on Monday 29th October.
  • To Do:
    • Meet Vassilios.

LK:

  • Working on build-up simulation paper: need to check LET definition.
  • Debugging Geant4 simulations with CentOS 7 environment.
  • Organisation of HIT trip.
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