Course on semiconductor radiation detectors in Barcelona July 3-7, 2023

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, and 2021.

Detailed schedule is available here: https://indico.icc.ub.edu/event/176/timetable/#all.detailed

Course on semiconductor detectors
The core of the 7th 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 3rd to the 7th July 2023 and it will be in-person. The course is divided into four sections: Sensors and Interconnects, Microelectronics, Detector Technologies, and Applications.

Objectives

•  Explain fundamentals of interaction of radiation with matter and signal formation.
•  Understand different solid state radiation and photon detection technologies (including monolithic sensors, CMOS imagers, SPAD sensors, etc).
•  Review detector analog and digital pulse processing readout circuits (with emphasis in microelectronics and ASIC design).
•  Provide an insight of packaging and advanced interconnect technologies (hybrid sensors, 3D integration, etc).
•  Survey the use of radiation and photon detectors in industrial applications.
•  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
Rafael Ballabriga (CERN)
Massimo Caccia (U. Degli Studi Dell'Insubria)
Michael Campbell (CERN)
Ricardo Carmona Galán (IMSE-CNM/CSIC-US)
Edoardo Charbon (EPFL)
Perceval Coudrain (CEA)
David Gascón (ICCUB)
Alberto Gola (FBK)
Daniel Hynds (U. Oxford)
Frank Koppens (ICFO)
Angelo Rivetti (INFN)
Ángel Rodríguez Vázquez (US)
Antonio Rubio (UPC)
Dennis Schaart (TU Delft)
Francesc Serra-Graells (IMB-CNM/CSIC)
Renato Turchetta (IMASENIC)
 
Organization Team
Joan Mauricio (ICCUB)
Sergio Gómez (Serra Hunter - UPC)
Eduardo Picatoste (ICCUB)
Andreu Sanuy (ICCUB)
Rafael Ballabriga (CERN)
David Gascón (ICCUB)
Daniel Guberman (ICCUB)
Esther Pallarés (ICCUB)
Anna Argudo (ICCUB)

Some interesting talks on the schedule:

Contribution: Introduction to Semiconductors detectors
Time and Place: (Jul 3, 2023 - Jul 3, 2023)
Presenter: : Daniel Hynds

Contribution: Introduction to Semiconductors detectors
Time and Place: (Jul 3, 2023 - Jul 3, 2023)
Presenter: : Daniel Hynds

Contribution: Introduction to CMOS
Time and Place: (Jul 3, 2023 - Jul 3, 2023)
Presenter: : Francesc Serra-Graells

Contribution: Hybrid pixels and FE electronics
Time and Place: (Jul 4, 2023 - Jul 4, 2023)
Presenter: : Rafael Ballabriga

Contribution: Signal conditioning, digitization and Time pick-off
Time and Place: (Jul 4, 2023 - Jul 4, 2023)
Presenter: : Angelo Rivetti

Contribution: Sensor integration and packaging
Time and Place: (Jul 4, 2023 - Jul 4, 2023)
Presenter: : Perceval Coudrain

Contribution: Monolithic pixel detector + CMOS
Time and Place: (Jul 5, 2023 - Jul 5, 2023)
Presenter: : Renato Turchetta

Contribution: SPAD + Cryogenic
Time and Place: (Jul 5, 2023 - Jul 5, 2023)
Presenter: : Edoardo Charbon

Contribution: Embedded in-sensor intelligence for analog-to-information
Time and Place: (Jul 5, 2023 - Jul 5, 2023)
Presenters: : Ricardo Carmona Galán; Ángel Rodríguez-Vázquez

Contribution: SiPMs
Time and Place: (Jul 6, 2023 - Jul 6, 2023)
Presenter: : Alberto Gola

Contribution: Electronics for Fast Detectors
Time and Place: (Jul 6, 2023 - Jul 6, 2023)
Presenter: : David Gascon Fora

Contribution: Introduction to fast timing applications in medical physics
Time and Place: (Jul 7, 2023 - Jul 7, 2023)
Presenter: : Dennis R. Schaart

Contribution: Quantum applications of detectors
Time and Place: (Jul 7, 2023 - Jul 7, 2023)
Presenter: : Massimo Caccia

Contribution: Graphene
Time and Place: (Jul 7, 2023 - Jul 7, 2023)
Presenter: : Frank Koppens

Contribution: Electronics beyond CMOS (such as Carbon Nanotubes)
Time and Place: (Jul 7, 2023 - Jul 7, 2023)
Presenter: : Antonio Rubio