[Geant4] Fwd: Geant4 Advanced Course @ CERN

[Frederick Jones]

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Subject: Geant4 Advanced Course @ CERN
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2024 11:07:25 +0000
From: Gabriele Cosmo <Gabriele.Cosmo at cern.ch>
To: geant4-announce (Geant4 announcements) <geant4-announce at cern.ch>


  As follow-up of the beginners course held recently at CERN, the
  Geant4 team in collaboration with the Technical Training team at
  CERN, will undertake an Advanced Course on Geant4 at CERN over five
  days on October 14-18th, 2024.

    https://indico.cern.ch/e/geant4_advanced_course_2024

  The course will cover key aspects of using the Geant4 toolkit for
  any type of applications:
  - creation of complex geometry setups, and tips for creating
    complicated shapes (solids);
  - creation of electromagnetic and other types of fields and
    configuring the accuracy of tracking particles in these;
  - the different methods for extracting energy deposition and other
    observables in multiple ways;
  - speeding up simulation though use of cuts (secondary thresholds);
  - using parameterisations (traditional or ML) in selected potions
    of a setup;
  - exploring the use of ‘event-biasing’ to suppress less important
    tracks (for appropriate applications);
  - adapting an applications for multi-threading;
  - customising the user interface and creating custom commands to
    configure your application and many related topics.

  The course will also cover the physics capabilities and options of
  Geant4, seeking to enable you to:
  - gain a first understanding of the physics model available (and
    their strengths and relative performance costs);
  - understand the physics configuration options (key physics lists
    and their variants);
  - make key steps in the process of choosing an appropriate physics
    list, and how to validate it (or find existing validation);
  - get first ideas for identifying alternative physics configurations
    (physics lists or parameter variation) for systematic studies.
  Extra emphasis will be paid to aspects most relevant to HEP and
  Nuclear Physics experiments.

  A limited number of places for in person participation is available
  to anyone on a first come, first served basis.
  Online (via Zoom) participation is also available.

  The cost to attend the course:
  - via Zoom: 50 Euros for those employed, 25 Euros for students;
  - in person: 150 Euros for employed, 125 Euros for students.
  Registration is required.

  Best Regards,

  Gabriele Cosmo, John Apostolakis

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