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The 6th International Workshop on Personal Computers and Particle Accelerator Controls
October 24-27, 2006
CEBAF Center
Jefferson Lab
Newport News, VA USA
Program
The workshop will consist of plenary sessions and poster sessions. No parallel sessions will be held. If you plan on presenting a poster at the workshop, the display space available is 4 feet x 4 feet per poster.
| Monday, October 23 | ||
| 5:30 - 7:30 | Evening Registration & Welcome Reception | |
Tuesday, October 24 | ||
| 8:00 - 9:00 | Morning Registration and Continental Breakfast | |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Opening Ceremony | |
| 9:30 - 10:00 | "TANGO control system status" | J.-M. Chaize (ESRF, France) |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | "The new control system for future low-emittance light source PETRA 3 at DESY: from conceptual design work to realization" | R. Bacher (DESY, Germany) |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:00 - 11:20 | "Status of the SCSS Prototype Accelerator and Control System" | T. Ohata (JASRI/Spring8, Japan) |
| 11:20 - 11:40 | "Migrating the STAR Slow Controls System to PCs" | J. Fujita (Creighton Univ, USA) |
| 11:40 - 12:00 | "Using the common device interface in TINE" | P. Duval (DESY, Germany) |
| 12:00 - 1:30 | Lunch | |
| 1:30 - 1:50 | "The interconnection of TINE and STARS" | T. Kosuge (KEK, Japan) |
| 1:50 - 2:10 | "Embedding a TANGO device into a digital BPM" | G. Gaio (ELETTRA, Italy) |
| 2:10 - 2:30 | "Control system for the FFAG complex in KURRI" | M. Tanigaki (Kyoto Univ, Japan) |
| 2:30 - 2:50 | "Operational experience with synchrotron light interferometers for CEBAF experimental beam lines" | P.Chevtsov (JLab, USA) |
| 2:50 - 3:00 | Group Photo - CEBAF Center Lobby | |
| 3:00 - 3:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 3:30 - 3:50 | "Beyond PCs: Accelerator Controls on Programmable Logic" | M. Plesko (Cosylab, Slovenia) |
| 3:50 - 4:10 | "Mono for cross-platform control system environment" | H. Nishimura (LBNL, USA) |
| 4:10 - 4:30 | "A configurable Interlock system for RF stations at XFEL" | M. Penno (DESY, Germany) |
| 4:30 - 4:50 | "PC-based magnetic field mapping for superconducting cyclotron (SCC) at VECC" | S. Pal (VECC, India) |
| 4:50 - 5:10 | "MCS-8 eight axis embedded motion control system" | R.Gajsek (Cosylab, Slovenia) |
| 5:10 - 5:30 | "Ethernet based embedded system for FEL diagnostics and controls" | J.Yan (JLab, USA) |
| 5:30 - 7:00 | TINE meeting - CEBAF Center L102/L104 | |
Wednesday, October 25 | ||
| 8:30 - 9:00 | Continental Breakfast | |
| 9:00 - 9:20 | "Virtual machines for EPICS softioc management" | G.Lawson (SNS, USA) |
| 9:20 - 9:40 | "MicroIOC: PC and control system longevity" | A.Podborsek (Cosylab, Slovenia) |
| 9:40 - 10:00 | "Beam line control at EMBL Hamburg" (movie 1) (movie 2) (movie 3) | U. Ristau (EMBL, Germany) |
| 10:00 - 10:20 | "DAQ based high level software applications using MATLAB" | R. Kammering (DESY, Germany) |
| 10:20 - 10:30 | Conference Information | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:00 - 11:20 | "Ethernet based fieldbus functionality for neutron scattering experiments with PROFINET IO" | H. Kleines (FZ Juelich, Germany) |
| 11:20 - 12:00 | "XML Tutorial" | D. Quock (ANL, USA) |
| 12:00 - 1:30 | Lunch Break | |
| 1:30 - 1:50 | "EPICS SCA Clients on .NET x64" | H. Nishimura (LBNL, USA) |
| 1:50 - 2:30 | "The Project Management Tutorial" | M. Plesko (Cosylab, Slovenia) |
"Posters in Pills" Session | ||
| 2:30 - 2:35 | "Standardization of the PSI accelerator control systems" | A. Mezger (PSI. Switzerland) |
| 2:35 - 2:40 | "Status of ISAC Control System" | Ch. Payne (TRIUMF, Canada) |
| 2:40 - 2:45 | "First operation with SPARC control system" | G. Di Pirro (INFN, Italy) |
| 2:45 - 2:50 | "EPICS ArchiveViewer Project Status" | S. Chevtsov (SLAC, USA) |
| 2:50 - 2:55 | "Device Address Redirection as a Tool in the TINE Control System" | S. Herb (DESY, Germany) |
| 2:55 - 3:00 | "Web GUIs for the TANGO control system" | L. Zambon (ELETTRA, Italy) |
| 3:00 - 3:05 | "A Communication Protocol for a Distributed Control System with LabVIEW" | L. Catani (INFN, Italy) |
| 3:05 - 3:10 | Coffee Break | |
| 3:10 - 5:00 | Poster Session | |
| 6:00 - 7:00 | Networking Reception and Mariner's Museum visit | |
| 7:00 - 8:00 | Conference Dinner and talk by Dr. Fred Dylla, JLab's Chief Technology Officer and Free Electron Laser project Program Manager "From a Spark in Vacuum to Sparking the Vacuum" | |
Thursday, October 26 | ||
| 8:30 - 9:00 | Continental Breakfast | |
| 9:00 - 9:20 | "User requirements for the PETRA3 control system at DESY" | M. Bieler (DESY, Germany) |
| 9:20 - 9:40 | "Off-line analysis goes on-line! or controls ain't just buttons, flashing lights and sliders" | M. Lomperski (DESY, Germany) |
| 9:40 - 10:00 | "Control systems design a user's perspective" | I. Carlino (JLab, USA) |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | USER'S PERPECTIVES - DISCUSSION | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:00 - 11:20 | "A prototype of a beam steering assistant tool for accelerator operations" | P. Chevtsov (JLab, USA) |
| 11:20 - 11:40 | "Application of interest: a relational database approach to managing control system software applications" | D. Quock (ANL, USA) |
| 11:40 - 12:00 | "Accelerator management with web-based GIS" | A. Yamashita, T. Ohata (Spring-8, Japan) |
| 12:00 - 1:30 | Lunch Break | |
| 1:30 - 1:50 | "GIS at Jefferson Lab" | T. Larrieu (JLab, USA) |
| 1:50 - 2:20 | "Status of the CEBAF control system at JLAB" | M. Bickley (JLab, USA) |
| 2:20 - 3:00 | "Supercomputing research at Jefferson Lab" | C. Watson (JLab, USA) |
| 3:00 - 3:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 3:30 - 5:00 | Jefferson Lab Tour | |
| 5:30 - 7:30 | IPC Meeting, CEBAF Center L102/L104 | |
Friday, October 27 | ||
| 8:30 - 9:00 | Continental Breakfast | |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | "Control system studio" | M. Clausen (DESY, Germany) |
| 9:30 - 10:30 | Living on the Web (part 1) (part 2) | D. Neal (Computer Sciences Corporation) |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | Summary, Isamu Abe Prize, Closing PCaPAC 2006 Summary, L. Catani PCaPAC 2006 - A Personal Memory, M. Plesko | |
| 12:00 pm | Optional Busch Gardens Amusement Park Event | |