Name: Course on semiconductor radiation detectors
Start: 2026-07-13T08:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-07-17T17:30:00+02:00
Location: Facultat de Física

Course on semiconductor radiation detectors

from Monday, July 13, 2026 (8:00 AM) to Friday, July 17, 2026 (5:30 PM)

Monday, July 13, 2026

8:30 AM Registration
Registration
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Room: Aula Magna Enric Casassas
9:00 AM Introduction to interactions of radiation with matter - Daniel Hynds
Introduction to interactions of radiation with matter
- Daniel Hynds
9:00 AM - 9:50 AM
Room: Aula Magna Enric Casassas
9:55 AM Classification of detectors - Daniel Hynds
Classification of detectors
- Daniel Hynds
9:55 AM - 10:45 AM
Room: Aula Magna Enric Casassas
10:50 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
10:50 AM - 11:10 AM
Room: Pau Gargallo Hall
11:10 AM Signal conditioning, digitization and Time pick-off - Angelo Rivetti (INFN)
Signal conditioning, digitization and Time pick-off
- Angelo Rivetti (INFN)
11:10 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Aula Magna Enric Casassas
12:00 PM Signal conditioning, digitization and Time pick-off - Angelo Rivetti (INFN)
Signal conditioning, digitization and Time pick-off
- Angelo Rivetti (INFN)
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
Room: Aula Magna Enric Casassas
12:50 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
12:50 PM - 2:20 PM
2:20 PM ADCs - Francesc Serra-Graells (IMB-CNM (CSIC))
ADCs
- Francesc Serra-Graells (IMB-CNM (CSIC))
2:20 PM - 3:10 PM
Room: Aula Magna Enric Casassas
3:15 PM TDCs - Sergio Gómez (UB)
TDCs
- Sergio Gómez (UB)
3:15 PM - 4:05 PM
Room: Aula Magna Enric Casassas
4:05 PM Institutional welcome - Domènec Espriu (ICCUB)
Institutional welcome
- Domènec Espriu (ICCUB)
4:05 PM - 4:15 PM
Room: Aula Magna Enric Casassas
4:15 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
4:15 PM - 4:35 PM
Room: Aula Magna Enric Casassas
4:35 PM Poster session/industrial exhibition
4:35 PM - 6:00 PM
Room: Aula Magna Enric Casassas
Contributions

4:35 PM Development of a portable 3D gamma coded-aperture spectro-imager

4:50 PM Characterisation and expected performance of the LISA particle detector

5:05 PM Radiation hard beam monitors based on ultra-thin silicon carbide diodes

5:20 PM Gamma-Ray Charge-Sharing Correction in High-Resolution CdTe Detectors via Cluster Circularity Analysis

5:35 PM CROME : Cern Radiation Monitoring System
Tuesday, July 14, 2026
9:00 AM Neural networks for radiation detector processing - Marco Carminati (DEIB, Politecnico di Milano/INFN)
Neural networks for radiation detector processing
- Marco Carminati (DEIB, Politecnico di Milano/INFN)
9:00 AM - 9:50 AM
Room: Aula Magna Enric Casassas
9:55 AM Neural networks for radiation detector processing - Marco Carminati (DEIB, Politecnico di Milano/INFN)
Neural networks for radiation detector processing
- Marco Carminati (DEIB, Politecnico di Milano/INFN)
9:55 AM - 10:45 AM
Room: Aula Magna Enric Casassas
10:45 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
10:45 AM - 11:05 AM
Room: Pau Gargallo Hall
11:05 AM Sensor integration and packaging - Perceval Coudrain (CEA/LETI)
Sensor integration and packaging
- Perceval Coudrain (CEA/LETI)
11:05 AM - 11:55 AM
Room: Aula Magna Enric Casassas
12:00 PM Sensor integration and packaging - Perceval Coudrain (CEA/LETI)
Sensor integration and packaging
- Perceval Coudrain (CEA/LETI)
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
Room: Aula Magna Enric Casassas
12:50 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
12:50 PM - 2:20 PM
2:20 PM CMOS image sensors - Renato Turchetta (imasenic)
CMOS image sensors
- Renato Turchetta (imasenic)
2:20 PM - 3:10 PM
Room: Aula Magna Enric Casassas
3:15 PM Hybrid Pixels Detectors - Rafael Ballabriga (CERN)
Hybrid Pixels Detectors
- Rafael Ballabriga (CERN)
3:15 PM - 4:05 PM
Room: Aula Magna Enric Casassas
4:15 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
4:15 PM - 4:35 PM
Room: Pau Gargallo Hall
4:35 PM Poster session/industrial exhibition
4:35 PM - 6:00 PM
Room: Aula Magna Enric Casassas
Contributions

4:35 PM A low-noise Transimpedance Amplifier for Balanced Homodyne Detection - Marco Toffano (INFN Padova)

4:50 PM Overcoming Limitations of Hybrid Pixel Detectors for Clinical X-Ray Imaging

5:05 PM How to operate a compensated LGAD - Simone Galletto (Università di Torino)

5:15 PM Real-time dosimetry in electron FLASH radiotherapy using diamond Schottky pixel detectors

5:30 PM Improving spatial resolution of rectangular charge-integrating iLGADs using the 𝜂-algorithm
Wednesday, July 15, 2026
9:00 AM Detectors in High Energy Physics - Carla Marin (ICCUB)
Detectors in High Energy Physics
- Carla Marin (ICCUB)
9:00 AM - 9:50 AM
Room: Aula Magna Enric Casassas
9:50 AM Monolithic Active Pixel Sensors - Walter Snoeys (CERN)
Monolithic Active Pixel Sensors
- Walter Snoeys (CERN)
9:50 AM - 10:40 AM
Room: Aula Magna Enric Casassas
10:45 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
10:45 AM - 11:05 AM
Room: Pau Gargallo Hall
11:10 AM Monolithic Active Pixel Sensors - Walter Snoeys (CERN)
Monolithic Active Pixel Sensors
- Walter Snoeys (CERN)
11:10 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Aula Magna Enric Casassas
12:00 PM Hybrid pixels Detectors, Photon counting CT readout electronics - Rafael Ballabriga (CERN)
Hybrid pixels Detectors, Photon counting CT readout electronics
- Rafael Ballabriga (CERN)
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
Room: Aula Magna Enric Casassas
12:50 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
12:50 PM - 2:20 PM
2:20 PM Applications in Quantum Science - Andrei Nomerotski (Czech Technical University)
Applications in Quantum Science
- Andrei Nomerotski (Czech Technical University)
2:20 PM - 3:10 PM
Room: Aula Magna Enric Casassas
3:15 PM Applications in Quantum Science - Andrei Nomerotski (Czech Technical University)
Applications in Quantum Science
- Andrei Nomerotski (Czech Technical University)
3:15 PM - 4:05 PM
Room: Aula Magna Enric Casassas
4:05 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
4:05 PM - 4:25 PM
Room: Pau Gargallo Hall
4:25 PM What is RISC-V and why is the BSC working on it? - Rafael Goma Torrellas (BSC-NCS)
What is RISC-V and why is the BSC working on it?
- Rafael Goma Torrellas (BSC-NCS)
4:25 PM - 4:40 PM
Room: Aula Magna Enric Casassas The RISC-V opens standard is becoming one of the key levers to reduce external dependencies of foreign semiconductor IP and support European innovation and Industry in this area. In this talk we will revisit the concept of RISC-V and why it is important . We will provide also a quick overview of the BSC activity involving RISC-V and the role of MicroNanoSpain.
4:40 PM Latest development in FBK SIMP technologies towards 2.5D and 3D integration - ALBERTO GIACOMO GOLA (Fondazione Bruno Kessler)
Latest development in FBK SIMP technologies towards 2.5D and 3D integration
- ALBERTO GIACOMO GOLA (Fondazione Bruno Kessler)
4:40 PM - 4:55 PM
Room: Aula Magna Enric Casassas TBA
4:55 PM Empowering Discoveries and Technological Progress since 2006 - Silvia Motta
Empowering Discoveries and Technological Progress since 2006
- Silvia Motta
4:55 PM - 5:10 PM
Room: Aula Magna Enric Casassas Since 2006, DECTRIS develops and manufactures high-performance hybrid-pixel x-ray and electron detectors, which enable scientific discoveries and technological progress. The key features of DECTRIS' detectors, as well as examples of applications are presented in this talk.
6:00 PM Social event: Barcelona walking tour
Social event: Barcelona walking tour
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Room: Aula Magna Enric Casassas

8:00 PM Social dinner
Social dinner
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Thursday, July 16, 2026
9:00 AM Single Photon Avalanche Diodes - Edoardo Charbon (EPFL)
Single Photon Avalanche Diodes
- Edoardo Charbon (EPFL)
9:00 AM - 9:50 AM
Room: Aula Magna Enric Casassas
9:55 AM Cryogenic CMOS Electronics - Edoardo Charbon (EPFL)
Cryogenic CMOS Electronics
- Edoardo Charbon (EPFL)
9:55 AM - 10:45 AM
Room: Aula Magna Enric Casassas
10:45 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
10:45 AM - 11:05 AM
Room: Pau Gargallo hall
11:05 AM Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPMs) - Carina Trippl (EPFL) Alberto Gola (Fondazione Bruno Kessler)
Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPMs)
- Carina Trippl (EPFL)
- Alberto Gola (Fondazione Bruno Kessler)
11:05 AM - 11:55 AM
Room: Aula Magna Enric Casassas
12:00 PM Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPMs) - Carina Trippl (EPFL) Alberto Gola (Fondazione Bruno Kessler)
Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPMs)
- Carina Trippl (EPFL)
- Alberto Gola (Fondazione Bruno Kessler)
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
Room: Aula Magna Enric Casassas
12:50 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
12:50 PM - 2:20 PM
2:20 PM Superconducting Nanowires Single Photon Detectors (SNSPD) - Boris Korzh (University of Geneva)
Superconducting Nanowires Single Photon Detectors (SNSPD)
- Boris Korzh (University of Geneva)
2:20 PM - 3:10 PM
Room: Aula Magna Enric Casassas
3:15 PM Superconducting Nanowires Single Photon Detectors (SNSPD) - Boris Korzh (University of Geneva)
Superconducting Nanowires Single Photon Detectors (SNSPD)
- Boris Korzh (University of Geneva)
3:15 PM - 4:05 PM
Room: Aula Magna Enric Casassas
4:15 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
4:15 PM - 4:35 PM
Room: Aula Magna Enric Casassas
4:35 PM Poster session/industrial exhibition: E-poster session
E-poster session
4:35 PM - 6:00 PM
Room: Aula Magna Enric Casassas
Contributions

4:35 PM Radiation Environment Characterization with Semiconductors at Inertial Confinement Fusion Facilities

4:50 PM Thermally Induced Surface Void Formation at the Germanium/ITO Interface - Salvatore Antonino Lombardo (CNR-IMM) Stefania Maria Serena Privitera (CNR-IMM)

5:00 PM Timepix4 measurements in scattered beams from electron FLASH radiotherapy

5:15 PM 4DPHOTON, a hybrid MCP-PMT with embedded Timepix4 ASIC as pixelated anode

5:30 PM Development of in-house Ni/Au bumping and innovative flip chip hybridisation technologies for pixel detectors
Friday, July 17, 2026
9:00 AM Introduction to fast timing applications in medical physics (basic principles) - Dennis Schaart (Delft Uiversity of Technology)
Introduction to fast timing applications in medical physics (basic principles)
- Dennis Schaart (Delft Uiversity of Technology)
9:00 AM - 9:50 AM
Room: Aula Magna Enric Casassas
9:55 AM Electronics for Fast Detectors - David Gascon Fora (ICCUB. Universitat de Barcelona)
Electronics for Fast Detectors
- David Gascon Fora (ICCUB. Universitat de Barcelona)
9:55 AM - 10:45 AM
Room: Aula Magna Enric Casassas
10:45 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
10:45 AM - 11:05 AM
Room: Aula Magna Enric Casassas
11:05 AM Photon counting CT with scintillators - Dennis Schaart (Delft Uiversity of Technology)
Photon counting CT with scintillators
- Dennis Schaart (Delft Uiversity of Technology)
11:05 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Aula Magna Enric Casassas
12:00 PM State of the art in PET, trends - Gerard Ariño-Estrada (U. of California Davis, IFAE)
State of the art in PET, trends
- Gerard Ariño-Estrada (U. of California Davis, IFAE)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: Aula Magna Enric Casassas
1:00 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
2:15 PM Applications in space of radiation detectors - Carlos Granja (ADVACAM)
Applications in space of radiation detectors
- Carlos Granja (ADVACAM)
2:15 PM - 3:05 PM
Room: Aula Magna Enric Casassas
3:05 PM Neutron Detection - Carlos Granja (ADVACAM)
Neutron Detection
- Carlos Granja (ADVACAM)
3:05 PM - 3:55 PM
Room: Aula Magna Enric Casassas
4:00 PM Closing talk - Rafael Ballabriga (CERN) David Gascon Fora (ICCUB. Universitat de Barcelona)
Closing talk
- Rafael Ballabriga (CERN)
- David Gascon Fora (ICCUB. Universitat de Barcelona)
4:00 PM - 4:05 PM
Room: Aula Magna Enric Casassas

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