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Sunday, April 17, 2005
Time
11:00 - 5:00 Registration
1:00 - 5:00 MCNP Workshop (Set-up and Run by MCNP Development Team) - Ballroom H
6:00 - 9:00 Reception - Ballrooms E/F
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Monday, April 18, 2005
Time Ballroom E Meeting Room 4 Meeting Room 5 Meeting Room 6
7:00 - 5:00 Registration
7:15 - 8:30 Continental Breakfast
8:00 Opening Remarks
8:15 The Future Of High-End And Scientific Computing By Jack Wells
9:00 Quantum Monte Carlo: Successes And Challenges By Malvin H. Kalos
9:45 Break
Methods And Nuclear Data Advancements In Proton Transport Fuel Cycle And Waste Management Applications Verification And Computer Implementation: Computational Science GEANT4 Physics
10:00 Extending The Bertini Cascade Model To Kaons By Dennis H. Wright 10:00 ALEPH: An Efficient Approach To Monte Carlo Burn Up By Wim Haeck Application Of A Java-Based, UNIVEL Geometry, Neutral Particle Monte Carlo Code To The Searchlight Problem By Charles Wemple GEANT4 Low Energy Electromagnetic Physics By Maria Grazia Pia
10:25 The Liège Intranuclear Cascade Model. Present Status. By Thierry Aoust 10:25 Integrated KENO Monte Carlo Transport For 3-D Depletion With SCALE By Stephen Bowman MCNP-POLIMI Modeling For The Active Well Coincidence Counter By Sara Pozzi GEANT4 Atomic Relaxation Models By Maria Grazia Pia
10:50 MCNP5 For Proton Radiography By H. Grady Hughes 10:50 Development Of Radioactivity Estimation Code System After Shut Down Of FBR By Takeshi Sugita Verification And Validation Of MERCURY: A Modern Monte Carlo Particle Transport Code By Richard Procassini Hadronic Physics Simulation Engines For GEANT4 By Johannes Wellisch
11:15 Implementing The Bertini Intra-Nuclear-Cascade In The GEANT4 Hadronic Framework By Aatos Heikkinen 11:15 Methods Of Integrating Computer Aided Design For Monte Carlo Simulations By Peter Caracappa Initialization Bias Suppression Of An Iterative Monte Carlo Calculation By Yann Richet
11:40 Handbook Of Secondary Particle Production And Transport By High Energy Heavy Ions By Takashi Nakamura 11:40 Application Of SCALE 4.3 Code System To The VVR-S Reactor Spent Fuel Storage Analysis By Daniela Ene A Critical Review Of The Weight Window Generator In MCNP By J. Eduard Hoogenboom
12:05 Lunch - Ballroom F/G 12:05 Lunch - Ballroom F/G Lunch - Ballroom F/G Lunch - Ballroom F/G
Tomographic Models for Radiation Protection Dosimetry Reactor Applications (1) Verification And Computer Implementation: Computational Science (cont.) Verification And Computer Implementation: Graphics & Analysis
1:15 GSF Male And Female Adult Voxel Models Representing ICRP Reference Man By Keith Eckerman 1:15 Monte Carlo Applications In Fusion Technology By Ulrich Fischer Dynamic Load Balancing Of Parallel Monte Carlo Transport Calculations By Richard Procassini XPERT – A Package For Geometry Definition, Verification And Visualisation By James Tickner
1:45 Effective Dose Ratios For The Tomographic Max And Fax Phantoms By Richard Kramer 1:40 The Applications Of Monte Carlo Codes To Romanian TRIGA And CANDU Reactors By Elena Daniela Gugiu Development Of Vectorized High-Energy Monte Carlo Code, MVP-JHET By Kazuaki Kosako Animation Of MCNP Particle Tracks In Moritz By Kenneth Van Riper
2:05 Reference Korean Human Models: Past, Present and Future By Choonsik Lee 2:05 Calculation Of The Mixed Neutron-Gamma Reference Fields Characteristics By Jaroslav Kluson Ultra-High Speed Monte Carlo Computing Techniques Using Field Programmable Gate Arrays By Alexander Pasciak EGS Particle Trajectory And Geometry Display Program CGVIEW By Yoshihito Namito
2:25 The UF Family of Pediatric Tomographic Models By Wesley Bolch and Choonik Lee 2:30 Hybrid Monte Carlo-Deterministic Analysis Of The Fission Fragment Magnetic Collimator Reactor Systems By Pavel Tsvetkov Experience With Software Process In Physics Projects By Barbara Mascialino Integrated Interactive Visualization For KENO By Stephen Bowman
2:45 Development And Anatomical Details Of Japanese Adult Male/ Female Voxel Models By Tomoaki Nagaoka
3:05 Break 2:55 Break Break Break
3:25 Dose Calculation Using Japanese Voxel Phantoms For Diverse Exposures By Kimiaki Saito 3:20 Convergence Time And Fidelity In Monte Carlo Shielding By Andrew Hodgdon Parallel Monte Carlo Particle Transport And The Quality Of Random Number Generators: How Good Is Good Enough? By Richard Procassini Conversion Of Computer Aided Design (CAD) Output Files To Monte Carlo N-Particle (MCNP) Input Files By Randy Schwarz
3:45 Stylized Versus Tomographic Models: An Experience On Anatomical Modeling At RPI By X. George Xu 3:45 Precision Neutronics Calculations To Resolve Nuclear Power Safety-Related Tasks By Elena Mitenkova Development Of The ADEIS Variance Reduction Methodology For Coupled Electron-Photon Transport By Benoit Dionne Feasibility Study Of MCNP In A Grid Computing Environment By Nicholas Difrancesco
4:05 Use Of MCNP With Voxel-Based Image Data For Internal Dosimetry Applications By Michael Stabin 4:10 A Package For Computing Isotopic Burnup and Actinide and Fission Product Recovery For Code TDMCC By Vladimir Tarasov CAD Interface For Monte Carlo Particle Transport Codes By Haileyesus Tsige-Tamirat
4:25 Application Of Voxel Phantoms For Internal Dosimetry At IRSN Using A Dedicated Computational Tool By Isabelle Aubineay-Laniece Verification Of Geometrical Perturbation Calculations For The IBR-2 By Anatoli Rogov
4:45 The Use Of Voxel-Based Human Phantoms In FLUKA By Larry Pinsky 4:35 Adjourn Adjourn Adjourn
5:05 The Future Of Tomographic Modeling In Radiation Protection And Medicine (Panel discussion)
5:25 Adjourn
7:00 - 8:00 MCNPX Open House in Meeting Room 4 (Setup and Run by MCNPX Development Team) - An opportunity to meet informally with the MCNPX developers and users. Some new capabilities of the MCNPX Monte Carlo radiation transport code will be demonstrated. Complimentary refreshments will be served.
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Tuesday, April 19, 2005
Time Ballroom E Meeting Room 4 Meeting Room 5 Meeting Room 6
7:00 - 5:00 Registration
7:15 - 8:30 Continental Breakfast
8:00 Opening Remarks
8:15 The FLUKA Code: Physics And Applications By Alberto Fasso`
9:00 Electron/Photon Transport And Its Applications By John Garth
9:45 Break
Methods Advancements In Electron Transport Space And Aviation Applications Verification And Computer Implementation: Algorithms Medical Applications (1)
10:00 Monte Carlo Simulation Of Electrons Backscattered From Surface Carbon Films By Maurizio Dapor Radioprotection For Interplanetary Manned Missions By Maria Grazia Pia Parton String Models In GEANT4 By Johannes Wellisch Layered Shielding Design For PET Clinics By Robert Metzger
10:25 A Generalized Boltzmann Fokker-Planck Electron Transport Method By Brian Franke A Library For Simulated X-Ray Emission From Planetary Surfaces By Barbara Mascialino MCNPX 2.5.0 – New Features Demonstrated By Gregg McKinney Radiotherapy Treatment Planning By Adjoint And Forward Transport And Analysis By Michael Kowalok
10:50 A Model For Multiple Scattering In GEANT4 By Laszlo Urban HETC-HEDS Radiation Transport Code Development And Benchmarking for Cosmic Ray Shielding Applications in Space By Thomas Miller Issues Related To The Use Of MCNP Code For An Extremely Large Voxel Model VIP-MAN By Tim Goorley A Monte Carlo Solution For External Beam Photon Radiotherapy Verification By Mary Chin
11:15 GEANT4 "Standard" Electromagnetic Physics Package By Vladimir Ivanchenko Simulation Of TEPC Response To Cosmic Radiation During Dedicated Flight Campaign By Sofia Rollet Improvements In Keno V.A To Support TSUNAMI-3D Sensitivity Calculations By Bradley Rearden Modeling Of PTV And OARS For Adjoint Monte Carlo Treatment Planning By Moshe Goldstein
11:40 The Monte Carlo Sampling Of Electron Transport By Individual Collision Technique By Victor Belousov Enhanced Electron And Photon Fluxes In Thunderstorm Electric Fields And The Initiation Of Lightning Discharge By Tatsuo Torii An Upgraded Multidetector Pulse Height Tally For MCNP By Andriy Berlizov GEANT4 Simulation Of An Accelerator Head For Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy By Barbara Mascialino
12:05 Lunch - Ballroom F/G Lunch - Ballroom F/G Lunch - Ballroom F/G Lunch - Ballroom F/G
Methods And Nuclear Data Advancements in Neutron Transport (1) Reactor Applications (2) Verification And Computer Implementation: Algorithms (cont.) Medical Applications (1 cont.)
1:25 Investigation Of Quasirandom Sequences For Simulating Neutral Particle Transport By James Tickner Overview Of The Monte Carlo Calculations Of The Belgian MTR BR2 By Silva Kalcheva A Geometry Equivalence Method In Monte Carlo Simulation For Aerial Radiation Survey By Liu Xing Huang Monte Carlo Simulation For Radiotherapy In A Distributed Computing Environment By Maria Grazia Pia
1:50 The Binary Cascade By Johannes Wellisch Accuracy Of MICROX-2 For PBR Analysis Using Monte Carlo Technique By Nathanael Hudson The GEANT4 Kernel: Status And Recent Developments By Makoto Asai Accelerated Monte Carlo Dose Calculations By Extraction Of Machine Based Incident Fluence Maps From A 3D Planning System By Siarhei Spirydovich
2:15 Improved Monte Carlo Adaptation Of Heterogeneous Coarse-Mesh Transport Method By Farzad Rahnema Code TDMCC for Monte Carlo Computations of Spatial Reactor Core Kinetics By Vladimir Tarasov A Toolkit For Statistical Comparison Of Data Distributions By Barbara Mascialino Assessment Of X-Ray Spectra And Quality Control Parameters Using the Monte Carlo Method By Sergio Gallardo
2:40 Pulse-Height Tallies With Variance Reduction By John Hendricks Estimation Of Viscous Sublayer Thickness And Distribution of Impurities Concentration In Nucleate Boiling By Gholam Jahanfarnia Conversion Of Combinatorial Geometry To Voxel Based Geometry In Moritz By Kenneth Van Riper Preliminary Development Of A 4D Anatomical Model For Monte Carlo Simulations By Chengyu Shi
3:05 Break Break Break Break
3:30 Stochastic Geometry For MCNP5 By Forrest Brown Monte Carlo Method Treatment Of Stochastic Geometry In A Pebble Bed Reactor By Yi-Kang Lee Figures Of Merit In Monte Carlo Isotopic Inventory Methods By Paul Wilson Monte Carlo Calculated Response Of The PRM-WC2 Well-Type Ionization Chamber By Tim Bohm
3:55 The Neutron_hp Neutron Transport Code By Johannes Wellisch Strength And Weakness Of MCNPX: Experience Gained From MYRRHA ADS Calculations By Edouard Malambu A Functional Expansion Method For Monte Carlo Eigenvalue Calculations By David Griesheimer Checking A Monte Carlo Facility For Whole Body Counting During In Vivo Experiment By Nikolay Borisov
4:20 Monte Carlo Methods Development For A Continuous-Energy Version Of KENO By Michael Dunn Application Of Coupled Monte-Carlo And Burn-Up Method For Detailed Neutronic Analysis For The FRJ-2 Research Reactor On High Performance Computers By Wolfgang Bernnat Monte Carlo Simulations For The Interpretation Of Environmental Monitoring Data By Marko Maucec Monte Carlo Study On A New Concept Of A Scanning Photon Beam System For IMRT By Anna Wysocka
4:45 Correlated Neutron Emission In Fission With Monte-Carlo Methods By Sebastien Lemaire Statistical Sampling Improvement In Tiny Regions Of Critical Systems By Paulo Siqueira Thermal Neutron Scattering Simulation Using Free Gas Model And Short Collision Time Approximation By Maxim Malkov Fast Monte Carlo Dose Calculations For All Particles: ORANGE By Steven Van Der Marck
Monte Carlo Model Of Ionization Chambers Used For Activity Measurements By Veronika Olsovcova
5:10 Adjourn Adjourn Adjourn Adjourn
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Wednesday, April 20, 2005
Time Ballroom E Meeting Room 4 Meeting Room 5 Meeting Room 6
7:00 - 5:00 Registration
7:15 - 8:30 Continental Breakfast
8:00 Opening Remarks
8:15 Particle And Heavy Ion Transport Code System; PHITS By Koji Niita
9:00 Monte Carlo Methods & MCNP5 Code Development By Forrest Brown
9:45 Break
Methods And Nuclear Data Advancements In Heavy Ion Transport Shielding Applications Dosimetry Applications (1) Verification And Computer Implementation: Experiments & Benchmarks
10:00 Ion Transport Simulation Using GEANT4 Hadronic Physics By Tatsumi Koi CANDU-SEU Enrichment Effects On Spent Fuel Monte Carlo Shielding Analysis By Cristina Alice Margeanu Key Role Of Monte Carlo Modeling For Dosimetry Studies At The ENEA-Radiation Protection Institute By Gianfranco Gualdrini MCWO - Linking MCNP And ORIGEN2 For Fuel Burnup Analysis By Gray Chang
10:25 An Effective Charge Scaling Model For Ionization Of Partially Dressed Helium Ions With Liquid Water By Michael Dingfelder Storage Safe Shielding Assessment For A HDR Californium-252 Brachytherapy Source By Christopher Melhus Comparing Simulation And Measurements Results Of Angular TEPC Response In Standard Radiation Fields By Sofia Rollet Analysis Of The Fourth Zeus Critical Experiment With MCNP5 By Russell Mosteller
10:50 Modeling Heavy Ion Ionization Loss In The MARS15 Code By Igor Rakhno Radiological Risk Assessment Of A Storage Facility For Radioactive Sources By Pedro Vaz Comparison Of Phantom Models For External Dosimetry Computations By Richard Olsher Comparison Of GEANT4 And MCNPX For Proton Radiation Treatment Simulations By X. George Xu
11:15 Comprehensive Cross Section Database Development For Generalized Three Dimensional Radiation Transport Codes: Report Of Completion Of Phase 1 By Thomas Miller Monte Carlo Modeling Of Natural Gamma Ray Logging Devices In Deviated And Horizontal Wellbores By Pingjun Guo Fax, A Female Adult Voxel Phantom For Radiation Protection Dosimetry By Richard Kramer Precision Validation Of GEANT4 Electromagnetic Physics By Barbara Mascialino
11:40 Implementation Of Nuclear-Nuclear Physics In The GEANT4 Radiation Transport Toolkit For Interplanetary Space Missions By Pete Truscott Study Of Secondary Particles Produced By 250 MeV Protons On Various Targets By Sofia Rollet Voxel Phantom Setup In MCNPX By Valery Taranenko Validation Of The MCNP5 Model Of The Beam Port Facility At The PSBR By Kostadin Ivanov
12:05 Lunch - Ballroom F/G Lunch - Ballroom F/G Lunch - Ballroom F/G Lunch - Ballroom F/G
Methods And Nuclear Data Advancements in Neutron Transport (2) Medical Applications (2) Dosimetry Applications (1 cont.) Verification And Computer Implementation: Experiments & Benchmarks (cont.)
1:25 Vacation Matrix Method For Correct Source Distribution In Monte Carlo Criticality Calculations By John Hendricks Dosimetric Impact Of Scattered Photon Subsources Within A Monte Carlo Photon Beam Source Model For Different Initial Mean Electron Energies By Michael Fix A General-Purpose Dosimetric System For Brachytherapy By Maria Grazia Pia Benchmark Calculations Of Sensitivities To Secondaries’ Angular Distributions By Ulrich Fischer
1:50 Convergence Criterion Of Fundamental Mode Fission Source Distribution By Chang Kim Simulations Of An Image-Guided Radiotherapy System By Robert Jeraj GEANT4 Simulation Of An Ocular Proton Beam And Benchmark Against Other Monte Carlo Codes By David Shipley Validation Of The MCNP5 Core Model Of The PSU Breazeale Research Reactor By Kostadin Ivanov
2:15 Asymptotic Equipartition Property And Undersampling Diagnostics In Monte Carlo Criticality Calculation By Taro Ueki Voxel PENELOPE For Radiotherapy Applications By Vadim Moskvin MCPTRAN.CAVITY And MCPTRAN.RZ, Monte Carlo Codes For The Simulation Of Proton Beams And Calculation of Proton Detector Perturbation Factors By Hugo Palmans Benchmark Study Of Radionuclide Production With FLUKA By Markus Brugger
2:40 Monte Carlo Sampling Of Fission Multiplicity By John Hendricks A Case Study On Patient Effective Doses During Proton Radiation Treatment By X. George Xu Effective Dose Ratios For Tomographic And Stylized Models From External Exposure To Photons By Richard Kramer Experimental Measurements And MCNP5 Modeling Of Tritium Production In Deuterated Acetone Exposed to Isotopic Neutron Source By Tatjana Jevremovic
3:05 Break Break Break Break
3:30 Fast-Neutron Scattering Angle From Inelastic Scattering By Hansem Joo A Directional Spectrum Model For A 6 MV Photon Beam From An Elekta SLi Medical Linear Accelerator By Andy Ma Monte Carlo Simulation For Airborne Gamma Ray Spectrometry By Liu Xing Huang Automated Conversion Of KENO Input Files To MCNP Input Files and Comparison of KENO and MCNP Results By Koji Sugawara
3:55 NADS: A Web Applet For Manipulation And Graphical Viewing Of Nuclear Data By Michael McKinley A Monte Carlo Study On Beam Modifier Design For Total Skin Electron Irradiations By Sung-Joon Ye Effective Dose Ratios For Tomographic And Stylized Models From Internal Exposure To Photons By Richard Kramer MCNP5 Simulation Of A Large Angle Scattering Experiment By Lester Biddle
4:20 Creation And Test Of MCNP Neutron Libraries For Neutron Capture On Germanium By Florence Loche Design Of A Moderator Assembly Delimiter For An ABNS For BNCT By Joshua Sroka A New Facility For MCNP Application In Whole Body Counting And Internal Dosimetry By Nikolay Borisov Application Of The Monte Carlo Adjoint Shielding Methodology By Roger A. Rydin
4:45 Development Of Monte Carlo Code For Coincidence Prompt Gamma Neutron Activation Analysis By Xiaogang Han Monte Carlo Investigation Of An EBT Scanner’s Fan-Shaped Beam By Frank Schultz Medical Physics Students’ Training Using MCNP Code By Al Kafi Abdullah Improved Method To Evaluate Steam Quality For Steam Injection Well Based on Neutron Albedo Measurement By Hidenori Sawamura
5:10 Adjourn Adjourn Adjourn Adjourn
7:00 - 10:30 MC2005 Conference Banquet at the Tennessee Aquarium (Attendees will meet in the Hotel lobby - First bus leaves for Aquarium at 6:45. Shuttles will run continuously to and from Aquarium until 10:30 p.m)
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Thursday, April 21, 2005
Time Ballroom E Meeting Room 4 Meeting Room 5 Meeting Room 6
7:15 - 8:30 Continental Breakfast
8:00 Opening Remarks
8:15 MCNPX And Observations From 30 Years Of Monte Carlo Code Development At LANL By John S. Hendricks
9:00 GEANT4 By Johannes Wellisch
9:45 Break
Methods Advancements In Gamma Transport Accelerator Applications Dosimetry Applications (2)
10:00 On The Choice Of Estimators For Use With Universal Detector Response Functions By James Tickner MCNPX VS. DORT For SNS Shielding Design Studies By Irina Popova Clinical Brachytherapy Dosimetry Parameters And Mixed-Field Dosimetry For A High Dose Rate Cf-252 Brachytherapy Source By Christopher Melhus
10:25 Advantages Of Analytical Transformations In Monte Carlo Methods For Radiation Transport By Michael Mckinley Consequences Of Regular And Irregular Beam Impact On The LHC Collimators By Vasilis Vlachoudis Dose Distributions For Cineangiographic Examinations Of Coronary Arteries By Helmut Schlattl
10:50 Simulation Of X-Ray Transmission Through Capillary Tubes By Monte Carlo Methods By Liu Xing Huang Dose Assessment In A 650 keV Electron Irradiator For Industrial Applications By Luís Marques Effective Dose Ratios For Tomographic And Stylized Models From External Exposure To Electrons By Richard Kramer
11:15 Direct And Adjoint Sampling Of Coherent And Incoherent Photon Scattering By Petr Androsenko MCNPX Modeling Of High Energy Neutron Interactions In CsI: Charged Particle Yields And Pulse Height Spectra By Thomas Mclean Effective Dose Ratios For Tomographic And Stylized Models From Internal Exposure To Electrons By Richard Kramer
11:40 Comparison Between The Monte Carlo Codes MCNPX and FLUKA Within The Framework Of Calculations For The TRADE Experiments By Maurizio Rosetti Proton Transport Through Non-Homogeneous Voxel Structures. By John Hunt
12:05 Lunch - Exhibit Hall C Lunch - Exhibit Hall C Lunch - Exhibit Hall C
1:30 Closeout - Ballroom E
Summary Comments - Gregg W. McKinney, International Advisory Committee Representative
Summary Comments – Bernadette Kirk, Conference General Chair
RSICC - The Role Of A Software And Data Distribution Center - Bernadette Kirk
Summary Comments – Jeffrey O. Johnson, Conference Technical Program Chair
Passing of the Baton; Site & Organization Selection for Monte Carlo 2010
3:15 Break & Meeting Adjourn
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