Course on semiconductor radiation detectors

13 Jul 2026, 08:00 → 17 Jul 2026, 17:30 Europe/Madrid

Aula Magna Enric Casassas (Facultat de Física)

 

The Barcelona Techno Weeks are a series of events that focus on a specific technological topic of interest for both academia and industry. These events include keynote presentations by world experts, networking activities, and a comprehensive course on solid state radiation detection. CERN and ICCUB organized three editions of the Techno Week in the past, which focused on semiconductor radiation detectors in 2016, 2018, 2021 and 2023.

Course on semiconductor detectors

The core of the 8th Techno Week is a comprehensive in-person course on solid state radiation detection, which covers topics such as the physics of interaction of radiation with matter, signal formation in detectors, different solid state radiation and photon detection technologies, detector analog and digital pulse processing readout circuits, detector packaging and advanced interconnect technologies and the use of radiation and photon detectors in scientific and industrial applications. The event also includes a participant poster session, presentations from industry professionals and a series of laboratories and social events.

The next edition will take place from the 13th to the 17th July 2026 and it will be in-person. The course is divided into four sections: Sensors and Interconnects, Microelectronics, Detector Technologies, and Applications.

Objectives

1. Explain fundamentals of interaction of radiation with matter and signal formation.
2. Understand different solid state radiation and photon detection technologies (including monolithic sensors, CMOS imagers, SPAD sensors, etc).
3. Review detector analog and digital pulse processing readout circuits (with emphasis in microelectronics and ASIC design).
4. Provide an insight of packaging and advanced interconnect technologies (hybrid sensors, 3D integration, etc).
5. Survey the use of radiation and photon detectors in industrial applications.
6. Present new trends in radiation and photon detection.

In addition to the lectures from experts, the event includes a participant poster session and presentations from industry professionals combined with a series of laboratories and social events. 

 

Who it is aimed at

The event is aimed at researchers, postdocs, PhD students, and industry professionals working in fields such as particle detectors, astronomy, space, medical imaging, scientific instrumentation, material analysis, neutron imaging, process monitoring and control. It offers a good opportunity for young researchers to meet with senior experts from academia and industry.

Lecturers

• Gerard Ariño-Estrada (IFAE)
• Rafael Ballabriga (CERN)
• Marco Carminati (Politecnico di Milano)
• Edoardo Charbon (EPFL)
• Perceval Coudrain (CEA)
• David Gascón (ICCUB)
• Alberto Gola (FBK)
• Sergio Gómez (UPC)
• Carlos Granja (Advacam, VSB-TU Ostrava)
• Daniel Hynds (U. of Oxford)
• Boris Korzh (U. Geneva)
• Carla Marin (ICCUB)
• Andrei Nomerotski (CTU)
• Angelo Rivetti (TIFPA and INFN Torin)
• Dennis Schaart (TU Delft)
• Francesc Serra (CNM)
• Walter Snoeys (CERN)
• Renato Turchetta (IMASENIC) 

 

Organization Team 

Scientific Organizing Committee

• Rafael Ballabriga (CERN), Co-Chair
• David Gascón (ICCUB-IEEC), Chair
• Sergio Gomez (Serra Hunter- UPC)
• Daniel Guberman (ICCUB)
• Joan Mauricio (ICCUB)
• Eduardo Picatoste (ICCUB)
• Andreu Sanuy (ICCUB)

 

Local Organizing Committee

• Anna Argudo (ICCUB)
• Esther Pallarés (ICCUB)

 

          

 

ICCUB industrial collaborations in microelectronics and related technologies

There’s a strong industrial participation in the Barcelona Technoweek. Companies participate giving lectures and talks in industrial sessions, in the industrial exhibition and as sponsors. 

Acknowledgements

This event is part of the grant CEX2019-000918-M funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033  

 

 

 

 

Sponsors

 

 

This event is part of the grant ED2024-153684-T funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033

 

 

 

 

 

Formulari d'inscripció. Informació detallada_eng.docx

Poster Techno Week 2026.pdf

Monday 13 July

08:00 → 09:00 Registration

09:00 → 09:10 Welcome

Speaker: Domènec Espriu (ICCUB)

09:10 → 10:00 Introduction to interactions of radiation with matter

Speaker: Daniel Hynds

10:00 → 10:50 Classification of detectors

Speaker: Daniel Hynds

10:50 → 11:10 Coffee break

11:10 → 12:00 Signal conditioning, digitization and Time pick-off

Speaker: Angelo Rivetti (INFN)

12:00 → 12:50 Signal conditioning, digitization and Time pick-off

Speaker: Angelo Rivetti (INFN)

12:50 → 14:20 Lunch break

14:20 → 15:10 ADCs

Speaker: Francesc Serra-Graells (IMB-CNM (CSIC))

15:15 → 16:05 TDCs

Speaker: Sergio Gómez (UB)

16:15 → 16:35 Coffee break

Tuesday 14 July

09:00 → 09:50 Neural networks for radiation detector processing

Speaker: Marco Carminati (DEIB, Politecnico di Milano/INFN)

09:55 → 10:45 Neural networks for radiation detector processing

Speaker: Marco Carminati (DEIB, Politecnico di Milano/INFN)

10:45 → 11:05 Coffee break

11:05 → 11:55 Sensor integration and packaging

Speaker: Perceval Coudrain (CEA/LETI)

12:00 → 12:50 Sensor integration and packaging

Speaker: Perceval Coudrain (CEA/LETI)

12:50 → 14:20 Lunch break

14:20 → 15:10 CMOS image sensors

Speaker: Renato Turchetta (imasenic)

15:15 → 16:05 Hybrid Pixels Detectors

Speaker: Rafael Ballabriga (CERN)

16:15 → 16:35 Coffee break

16:35 → 18:00 Poster session/industrial exhibition

Wednesday 15 July

09:00 → 09:50 Detectors in High Energy Physics

Speaker: Carla Marin (ICCUB)

09:55 → 10:45 Monolithic Active Pixel Sensors

Speaker: Walter Snoeys (CERN)

10:45 → 11:05 Coffee break

11:05 → 11:55 Monolithic Active Pixel Sensors

Speaker: Walter Snoeys (CERN)

12:00 → 12:50 Hybrid pixels Detectors, Photon counting CT readout electronics

Speaker: Rafael Ballabriga (CERN)

12:50 → 14:20 Lunch break

14:20 → 15:10 Applications in Quantum Science

Speaker: Andrei Nomerotski (Czech Technical University)

15:15 → 16:05 Applications in Quantum Science

Speaker: Andrei Nomerotski (Czech Technical University)

16:05 → 16:25 Coffee break

16:35 → 18:00 Industrial talks

18:00 → 20:00 Social event: Barcelona walking tour

20:00 → 22:00 Social dinner

Thursday 16 July

09:00 → 09:50 Single Photon Avalanche Diodes

Speaker: Edoardo Charbon (EPFL)

09:55 → 10:45 Cryogenic CMOS Electronics

Speaker: Edoardo Charbon (EPFL)

10:45 → 11:05 Coffee break

11:05 → 11:55 Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPMs)

Speakers: Alberto Gola (Fondazione Bruno Kessler), Carina Trippl (EPFL)

12:00 → 12:50 Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPMs)

Speakers: Alberto Gola (Fondazione Bruno Kessler), Carina Trippl (EPFL)

12:50 → 14:20 Lunch break

14:20 → 15:10 Superconducting Nanowires Single Photon Detectors (SNSPD)

Speaker: Boris Kohrz (University of Geneva)

15:15 → 16:05 Superconducting Nanowires Single Photon Detectors (SNSPD)

Speaker: Boris Kohrz (University of Geneva)

16:15 → 16:35 Coffee break

Friday 17 July

09:00 → 09:50 Introduction to fast timing applications in medical physics (basic principles)

Speaker: Dennis Schaart (Delft Uiversity of Technology)

09:55 → 10:45 Electronics for Fast Detectors

Speaker: Dr David Gascon Fora (ICCUB. Universitat de Barcelona)

10:45 → 11:05 Coffee break

11:05 → 11:55 Photon counting CT with scintillators

Speaker: Dennis Schaart (Delft Uiversity of Technology)

12:00 → 12:50 Neutron Detection

Speaker: Carlos Granja (ADVACAM)

12:50 → 14:20 Lunch break

14:20 → 15:10 Applications in space of radiation detectors

Speaker: Carlos Granja (ADVACAM)

15:10 → 16:00 State of the art in PET, trends

Speaker: Gerard Ariño-Estrada (U. of California Davis, IFAE)

16:00 → 16:05 Closing talk

Speakers: David Gascon Fora (ICCUB. Universitat de Barcelona), Rafael Ballabriga (CERN)