BIG PHYSICS Symposium
Control, Diagnostic and Measurement for Physics Systems and Experiments
Monday August 2, 2010
Meeting Room 8 (A, B, C)
REGISTRATION 7:30-8:30
COTS Technology for Measurement, Diagnostics and Control
Dr. James Truchard, President and CEO, National Instruments
Thomson Scattering Diagnostics on COMPASS Tokamak
Dr. Daniel Kaminski, Division Director, ELCOM
Detection of Fast Transients in Superconducting Magnets Using the Entube Sensor
Dr. Juan Lizarazo, Senior Scientist Engineer Associate, Lawrence Berkeley National Labs
BREAK 10:00-10:30
Rapid Application Development Environment for Software Infrastructure at CERN
Dr. Alessandro Raimondo, Industrial Control Scientist, CERN
Use if LabVIEW FPGA in Accelerator Instrumentation
Dr. Willem Blokland, Scientist, ORNL
Data Acquisition System of the TJ-II Fusion Device
Dr. Jesus Vega, Scientist, CIEMAT
LUNCH 12:00-12:30
An Overview of ITER and US Efforts
Dr. James Van Dam, Director-Institute of Fusion Studies and ITER US Chief Scientist
Fusion Enabled Fission Nuclear Energy-Green, Plentiful, Sustainable
Dr. Swadesh Mahajan, Senior Research Scientist, Institute of Fusion Studies, University of Texas
ITER Remote Handling: Requirements and Challenges of a Common Interfacing and Control Strategy
Ignazio Piacentini, CEO, Imaging Lab
New Technologies for Timing, Triggering, and Synchronization: White Rabbit and Others
Adam Ullrich, Group Manager, National Instruments
Using NI Hardware Platforms in Linux Environment
Dr. Al Vrancic, Chief Architect, National Instruments
BREAK 3:00-3:30
Future Beam Diagnostics at LANSCE: Wire Scanners and BPPMs using COTS Technology
James Sedillo, Los Alamos National Lab
Upgrading Data Acquisition and Control System of LANSCE LINAC
Dolores Baros, Los Alamos National Lab
NI Platforms for High Power Ultra Fast Lasers
Jean-Francois David, Arcale
- All presentations will be 30 minutes long
* The presentations from the 2010 Big Physics Symposium can be found in the document section of this community.
