This year’s workshops comprise a range of exciting topics and will include talks given by leading scientists. The broad themes of this year’s workshops include impactful applications, the results and role of emerging technologies, the optimization of detection and imaging through advanced hardware and software algorithms, the development of multimodality image reconstruction algorithms and platforms, and the use of artificial intelligence in the field of nuclear imaging.
Although some presentations will be given by experts, the proposed workshops will be also the venue for researchers to present and discuss their work within the specific areas targeted by each workshop. For those wishing to present their work, you will be cordially encouraged to submit your contributions. More instructions and deadlines will be included in this page as details become available.
We warmly welcome interested early-career or experienced researchers to attend and contribute to the discussions of new ideas in the following areas.
The planned workshops include:
Quantum Technologies and Sensing Workshop
Workshop Date: Sunday, 27 October 2019
Submission Deadline: 1 October 2019
Quantum technologies and sensors offer unprecedented sensitivity in many areas, exploiting quantum effects in particles, coherence or entanglement. Examples of quantum sensors include atomic vapours and clocks, and SQUIDs. This workshop is for researchers interested in quantum effects including (but not limited to):
- Fundamentals of quantum technologies and detection
- Quantum magnetic sensing of charge flow, cellular and brain activity, surveying, and/or imaging
- Gravity sensing and its applications in mining, engineering and homeland security sectors
- Manipulation of light and its transport
- Quantum clocks and timing applications
Chairs and Organizers
- Ian Shipsey, Oxford University
- Marcel Demarteau, Argonne National Laboratory
- Jason Hogan, Stanford University
Emergence and perspectives of artificial intelligence (AI) methods in radiation-based imaging sciences
Workshop Date: Saturday, 2 November 2019 – 13:30-18:30
Submission Deadline: 1 October 2019
This workshop aims to provide both a general introduction as well as in-depth elucidation of AI methods state-of-the-art and future perspectives for radiation-based medical imaging. We aim to provide both an overview of the basic concepts and methods in AI, and how these methods are increasingly applied in imaging including radiology and nuclear medicine/molecular imaging. We will review state-of-the-art applications in several areas (e.g., image reconstruction, image segmentation, radiomics and predictive modelling, etc.). We will also discuss current challenges, limitations, and ways forward. We intend to provide the attendees with deeper understanding of emerging AI techniques and applications, and tools needed for translation of these methods to routine clinical imaging, with the potential to significantly improve diagnosis, prognosis and treatment response assessment, and to take a significant step towards realization of precision (personalized) medicine. We also aim to provide a venue for significant Q&A as well as panel discussions. Finally, four slots of 15 min (12 for presentation + 3 for discussion) are scheduled to accommodate scientific presentations selected based on submitted summaries.
Summaries can be submitted until September 1st and should consist of an abstract (max 300 words) and 2-page (max) summary.
This workshop is co-organized in collaboration with the PREDICT consortium, a H2020 European-funded innovative training networks consisting of 15 PhD students across 6 academic and 4 private partners on the topic of radiomics.
Chairs and Organizers:
- Mathieu Hatt, INSERM
- Arman Rahmim, University of British Columbia
- Philippe Lambin, Maastricht University
- Dimitris Visvikis, University of Brest
Open Data Libraries Workshop
Workshop Date: Sunday, 27 October 2019
Submission Deadline: 1 October 2019
Physics data libraries are the common physics foundations of all the particle transport codes used in experimental particle/nuclear/astro/medical physics, detector R&D and engineering applications. Experimental benchmarks for their validation make up the reliability of simulations. The topic is of fundamental importance for all the experimental activities related to NSS-MIC scope.
The workshop will aggregate a wide variety of scientists to address the topic from multiple perspectives: the evaluated library providers (theorists, evaluators and managers of the main data libraries produced worldwide), the national and international agencies that distribute them, developers of major Monte Carlo codes that use them for physics modeling (such as EGS, FLUKA, Geant4, ITS, MCNP, Penelope, PHITS etc.), the maintainers of public experimental data collections and the experimental community in its double role of end users and benchmark data providers.
Chairs and Organizers
- David Brown, Brookhaven National Laboratory
- Maria Grazia Pia, CERN
Instrumentation and Measurement in Nuclear Media Workshop
Workshop Date: Sunday, 27 October 2019
Submission Deadline: 1 October 2019
The main topic of the workshop deals with research and innovation in the fields of instrumentation and measurement techniques applied in and used for nuclear energy development and optimization needs.
Hence, the workshop will be organized in two parts:
The part 1 will treat and discuss measurement and instrumentation performances, limitations, challenges and perspectives applied to nuclear research reactors as well as nuclear power reactors.
The part 2 will be dedicated to nuclear fuel cycle measurements and instrumentation (fuel measurement, reprocessing process control and assay, radioactive waste management, spent fuel measurement and characterization, spent fuel & nuclear material control).
It is expected to have overview/review talks given by recognized experts in the field of nuclear measurement and instrumentation in the above domains. We also encourage young researchers and scientists as well as PhD students to present and discuss their works and research studies.
An important part of this workshop will be dedicated to discussion, exchange and interaction among the participants.
Chairs and Organizers
- Abdallah Lyoussi, CEA Cadarache Research Center, France
- Malcom Joyce, Lancaster University, UK
Robotics and Autonomous Platforms in the Nuclear Industry
Workshop Date: Sunday, 27 October 2019
Submission Deadline: 1 October 2019
For some years robotic systems have been used in the nuclear industry for a variety of requirements due to their ability to survive in environments that are hazardous to humans, perform repetitive tasks and to carry out precision operations. This workshop is for researchers interested in robotics and autonomous platforms in nuclear applications, including (but not limited to):
- Remote-operated and tele-operated machines designed for use in the nuclear sector
- Autonomous systems and the use of artificial intelligence for assisting in nuclear activities
- Walking (hexapod), twin-armed manipulators and wheeled robots, submersibles and remote deployment systems
- The resilience of these systems in harsh environments
- The impact of these systems on task management, remote assessment and reconnaissance activities
Chairs and Organizers
- Barry Lennox, University of Manchester
- Malcom Joyce, Lancaster University, UK
