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== To Do == | == To Do == | ||
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*Coding FPGA to interface the new daughter board utilising Zmod Port | *Coding FPGA to interface the new daughter board utilising Zmod Port | ||
*Investigating Bragg Curve Fitting | |||
*Bragg Curve Fitting inside FPGA | |||
*Investigating Naoki attempts in fitting Bragg curve using minimiser | |||
*Exploring ML approach for bragg curve fitting | |||
== Dates and Progress == | == Dates and Progress == | ||
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|21 - 23 February 2024 || Valencian Proton Therapy Facility Workshop | |21 - 23 February 2024 || Valencian Proton Therapy Facility Workshop | ||
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|25 April 2024 || CDT Industrial Partner Presentations | |25 April 2024 || CDT Industrial Partner Presentations | ||
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|30 April - 1 May 2024 || Beam Test at UCLH: Quarc, Temperature (NPL) and Pixel Sensor (Birmingham) | |30 April - 1 May 2024 || Beam Test at UCLH: Quarc, Temperature (NPL) and Pixel Sensor (Birmingham) | ||
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This section highlights the events/activities that have been done throughout the PhD. It also includes what have been learned and important key takeaways (From the most recent to the oldest one). | This section highlights the events/activities that have been done throughout the PhD. It also includes what have been learned and important key takeaways (From the most recent to the oldest one). | ||
'''(Oct 2024 - Nov 2024)''' | |||
*Curve Fitting and its implementation on FPGA started | |||
*Curve Fitting on FPGA started | |||
**Fittings started on Linear Regression application | **Fittings started on Linear Regression application | ||
**Discuss and seek for guidance from Naoki - suggested to check HLS4ML and Vitis | **Discuss and seek for guidance from Naoki - suggested to check HLS4ML and Vitis | ||
**Understanding the working principal of data processing and Bragg curve fitting | |||
**Exploring naoki work on Bragg Curve fitting in cpp using TF1 and Minuit minimiser | |||
*CDT DISI Partner Event Fall | |||
**Created an A0 Poster on what will be done throughout the PhD journey | |||
**Presenting a 2 minutes spotlight talk to industrial partner | |||
*Hadron Therapy Workshop status and perspectives, plans for next generation facilities (Remote) | *Hadron Therapy Workshop status and perspectives, plans for next generation facilities (Remote) | ||
'''(Jul 2024 - Sep 2024)''' | |||
*Phystat - Statistics meets Machine Learning Workshops by Imperial College London (Online) | *Phystat - Statistics meets Machine Learning Workshops by Imperial College London (Online) | ||
**Various algorithm, statistical model and Machine Learning application in HEP and Astrophysics world | **Various algorithm, statistical model and Machine Learning application in HEP and Astrophysics world | ||
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**Recapped on Radiobiology and particle interactions | **Recapped on Radiobiology and particle interactions | ||
**Scintillators and luminescent materials for detector | **Scintillators and luminescent materials for detector | ||
**Monte Carlo | **Monte Carlo simulation insight | ||
*Initiate the creation of PBT Group Github organisation for Collaborative workspace. | *Initiate the creation of PBT Group Github organisation for Collaborative workspace. | ||
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**Learning on Hierarchical programming and IP components in Vivado | **Learning on Hierarchical programming and IP components in Vivado | ||
**Learning FTDI (USB driver management) | **Learning FTDI (USB driver management) | ||
**Creating Github repository documenting a stable ground for DAQ using Nexys Video FPGA | |||
**Presenting the Workflow of current FPGA coding for DAQ process | |||
*STFC Summer School in Liverpool: | *STFC Summer School in Liverpool: | ||
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**Highlighting session about: Neural Network, Clustering and Data Visualisation, Publishing Code | **Highlighting session about: Neural Network, Clustering and Data Visualisation, Publishing Code | ||
'''(Jun 2024)''' | |||
*PTCOG62 Conference in Singapore | *PTCOG62 Conference in Singapore | ||
**Education session includes medical aspects of PBT, standard procedure in QA, etc | **Education session includes medical aspects of PBT, standard procedure in QA, etc | ||
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**Networking with people from the same field of research | **Networking with people from the same field of research | ||
'''(Apr 2024 - May 2024)''' | |||
*Science Communication Workshop | *Science Communication Workshop | ||
**Tips for good presentation slides and skills | **Tips for good presentation slides and skills | ||
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**Testing supply voltage in each node of DaQ | **Testing supply voltage in each node of DaQ | ||
**Formulating consistent working DaQ with the latest Matt Version FPGA code | **Formulating consistent working DaQ with the latest Matt Version FPGA code | ||
**Setting up data acquisition process on MacBook M2 Chips | |||
* | '''(Oct 2023 - Mar 2024)''' | ||
*Group Project with Peak.AI | |||
**Working on RL PPO implementation for supply chain inventory management | |||
**Working on META-RL MAML algorithm for supply chain inventory management | |||
*Testing and Categorising types of different USB-C 3.x Cable regulating in the market | *Testing and Categorising types of different USB-C 3.x Cable regulating in the market | ||
Latest revision as of 20:55, 22 November 2024
This is Febian's Electronic Log in completing PhD at UCL from September 2023 to September 2027
To Do
Last updated 22/11/24’’
- Coding FPGA to interface the new daughter board utilising Zmod Port
- Investigating Bragg Curve Fitting
- Bragg Curve Fitting inside FPGA
- Investigating Naoki attempts in fitting Bragg curve using minimiser
- Exploring ML approach for bragg curve fitting
Dates and Progress
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 2 October 2023 | Starting PhD Journey in PBT Group at UCL |
| 9 November 2023 | MAThRAD 2nd Workshop at Teddington |
| 8 January 2024 | Starting Industrial Project with Peak.AI |
| 18 - 31 January 2024 | Away for family vacation in US |
| 21 - 23 February 2024 | Valencian Proton Therapy Facility Workshop |
| 25 April 2024 | CDT Industrial Partner Presentations |
| 30 April - 1 May 2024 | Beam Test at UCLH: Quarc, Temperature (NPL) and Pixel Sensor (Birmingham) |
| 14 & 17 May 2024 | Science Communication Workshop |
| 8 - 17 June 2024 | PTCOG62 Annual Conference in Singapore |
| 17 - 30 June 2024 | Away on Vacation in Indonesia |
| 14 - 19 July 2024 | STFC Summer School in Data Intensive Science Liverpool |
| 9 - 12 Sep 2024 | Phystat - Statistic meet Machine Learning Workshop, Imperial College London |
| 26 Aug - 27 Sep 2024 | DKFZ 6th Summer School in Medical Physics |
| 18 - 19 Oct 2024 | HITRI Hadron Therapy Workshop: Status and Plans for Future |
| 24 Oct 2024 | CDT DIS Partner Event Fall - Spotlight talk and poster |
PhD Completed
This section highlights the events/activities that have been done throughout the PhD. It also includes what have been learned and important key takeaways (From the most recent to the oldest one).
(Oct 2024 - Nov 2024)
- Curve Fitting and its implementation on FPGA started
- Fittings started on Linear Regression application
- Discuss and seek for guidance from Naoki - suggested to check HLS4ML and Vitis
- Understanding the working principal of data processing and Bragg curve fitting
- Exploring naoki work on Bragg Curve fitting in cpp using TF1 and Minuit minimiser
- CDT DISI Partner Event Fall
- Created an A0 Poster on what will be done throughout the PhD journey
- Presenting a 2 minutes spotlight talk to industrial partner
- Hadron Therapy Workshop status and perspectives, plans for next generation facilities (Remote)
(Jul 2024 - Sep 2024)
- Phystat - Statistics meets Machine Learning Workshops by Imperial College London (Online)
- Various algorithm, statistical model and Machine Learning application in HEP and Astrophysics world
- Discussion on interpretability, data sources, samples relevance, and mismodelling.
- DKFZ 6th Summer School in Medical Physics.(Online)
- Recapped on Radiobiology and particle interactions
- Scintillators and luminescent materials for detector
- Monte Carlo simulation insight
- Initiate the creation of PBT Group Github organisation for Collaborative workspace.
- Practical FPGA and Implementation in Vivado
- Installation and run through the current Nexys Video FPGA code for DaQ (assisted by Matt)
- Follow through the STFC Training books for RTL to FPGA Basics.
- Implementation of FPGA code on easy applications (LED and Gates)
- Creating a github repository on the FPGA end-to-end guide on debugging and implementation
- Learning on Hierarchical programming and IP components in Vivado
- Learning FTDI (USB driver management)
- Creating Github repository documenting a stable ground for DAQ using Nexys Video FPGA
- Presenting the Workflow of current FPGA coding for DAQ process
- STFC Summer School in Liverpool:
- Networking with people from the same cohort
- Highlighting session about: Neural Network, Clustering and Data Visualisation, Publishing Code
(Jun 2024)
- PTCOG62 Conference in Singapore
- Education session includes medical aspects of PBT, standard procedure in QA, etc
- Open source data/tools and AI discussion in PBT
- Networking with people from the same field of research
(Apr 2024 - May 2024)
- Science Communication Workshop
- Tips for good presentation slides and skills
- Body language impact on communication
- Beam Testing at UCLH
- Helping and learn logical step by step set up
- Taking notes of the experiments taken
- Data Acquisition Process and Plotting the data using the provided code by Sonia
- Marking the USB-C configuration (which side to plug)
- Testing supply voltage in each node of DaQ
- Formulating consistent working DaQ with the latest Matt Version FPGA code
- Setting up data acquisition process on MacBook M2 Chips
(Oct 2023 - Mar 2024)
- Group Project with Peak.AI
- Working on RL PPO implementation for supply chain inventory management
- Working on META-RL MAML algorithm for supply chain inventory management
- Testing and Categorising types of different USB-C 3.x Cable regulating in the market
- 16 Cable was tested and 3 general classification of USB-C 3.x were found
- Doing literature review as part of MPHY0038 Assignment on IMPT and the emergence of AI in the field.
- Reading Saad (Previous PhD student) Thesis
- Modules Completed:
- PH4515 Statistics Course Royal Holloway (Mathematical theory behind ML)
- PHAS0102 High-Performance Computing (GPU optimisation)
- COMP0233 Research Software using Python (Basic Python and Colaborative work)
- MPHY0038 Treatment Radiation (Radiotherapy theory and highlights)
- COMP0210 Research Computing with C++ (C++ introduction)
- SPCE0038 Machine Learning with Big Data (Using python to implement ML algorithm on big data)