Workshops
Upcoming Workshops
Coherence workshop at the Advanced Light Source User meeting
Date: August 12-14
Location: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
https://als.lbl.gov/user-meeting/
b/l/o/g/ workshop
date: TBD
Past workshops
Accelerator and Detector Research Principal Investigators’ Meeting (DOE BES)
Date: April 16-19, 2024
Location: remote
https://www.orau.gov/2024ADRPIMeeting
Department of Energy Basic Research Needs workshop on X-ray Optics
Date: October 19–20, 2023
Location: remote
Organizers: Lahsen Assoufid (Argonne National Laboratory) and Anne Sakdinawat (SLAC National Laboratory)
Beamline and Optical Modeling school
Date: May 30–June 1 2023
Location: Berkeley, CA
Organizers: Kenneth Goldberg, Antoine Wojdyla
Website: https://go.lbl.gov/bloms2023
Description: The X-Ray Beamline Optics Modeling School 2023 will be a hands-on three-day workshop exploring the process of beamline design, specification, and modeling with modern, available tools, taught by experts in the field.
Machine Learning for X-ray and Neutron Scattering
Date: April 17–18, 2023
Location: Berkeley, CA
Organizers: Alexander Hexemer, Marcus Noack
Website: https://sites.google.com/lbl.gov/machine-learning/
Description: A gathering of experts in the fields of Machine Learning and Scattering to discuss the current advancements in these technologies. The purpose of this event is to provide a forum for the experts to share their latest research, exchange ideas, and collaborate on potential solutions to science challenges. In addition to presentations, the event will also include demonstrations of ML software and opportunities for attendees to ask questions and discuss future directions.
FLuctuation and EXcitation of Orders in the Nanoscale (FLEXON) Workshop 1
Date: January 27–28, 2023
Location: Berkeley, CA
Organizers: Sujoy Roy, Sophie Morley, Padraic Shafer (LBNL); Riccardo Comin (MIT), Roopali Kukreja, Yayoi Takamura (UC Davis)
Website: https://sites.google.com/lbl.gov/flexon-workshop-jan2023/home
Description: To study how nanoscale electronic and magnetic fluctuations and their associated novel excitations can give rise to mesoscopic charge and spin textures that profoundly influence material properties, a new beamline - FLEXON (FLuctuation and EXcitation of Orders in the Nanoscale) will be built at the ALS-U. FLEXON is a high brightness coherent soft X-ray beamline for probing roles of heterogeneity in quantum material. The beamline will have two dedicated endstations; 1. XPCS to study fluctuation and dynamics and, 2. Reflection Imaging to image and study heterogeneities. In this workshop we will bring experts to discuss transformative possibilities enabled by the FLEXON beamline.
Discussions will focus on upgrading the XPCS endstation and creating a roadmap towards developing a new imaging endstation. The workshop will foster collaboration and pave ways for outreach to new users who might be interested in complementary scattering and imaging techniques to study quantum materials.