FLUKA Collaboration Meeting in Praga

G. Battistoni, INFN Milano

Importance of this meeting

Great opportunity to be introduced to the ELI-beam communityMaybe the start of new contacts with ELI in general

Strategically important

First meeting with TRIUMF representative: Welcome!

Some stats…

• 7314 fuid(s). There are a few test cases (Pippo, Topolino, personally I appear two times plus another couple of attempts using a nickname…)

• 6876 download allowed.• 430 access to be decided

• 17 NEA users

• 1 Trial version allowed (New! as decided at the last meeting)

• 123 source allowed

• 33 Occasional Consultancy

How many people really download and update FLUKA?How many people are really using FLUKA?

Evolution of FLUKA downloads

I can produce numers from 2009 to 2012. Unfortunately in Jan 2013, during the change of system version the automatic registration of Download Date was lost (until two days ago).

Year Registrations Downloads (including updates)

2009 847 764

2010 966 842

2011 951 1085

2012 972 1364

In the period 1-17 January 2013 > 200 registrations

Some stats…: 2013 (up to Nov. 14)

• In 2013 (up to Nov. 14): 602 registrations (540 beginners)

• FLUKA discussion (up to Nov 14): 288 subscriptions to mailing lists• 53 requests of unsubscription (new modality: non-moderated)

• ~360 emails exchanged in 2013 on fluka-discuss/ ~136 threads

Top ranking in the collaboration:Alberto 48Vasilis 40Paola 28Francesco C.: 24Alfredo 23Stefan 15Giuseppe & Anna 14Anton Lechner 13Andrea M. 9

Distribution in the world (registered users

Cern: 596Germany 458Italy INFN: 316France 265NASA 40China 780Japan 169Iran 209….

Czech Republic: 53

ELI-beam accounts: 2

To be discussed / Pending issues since last Meeting

• the mandate of the non ex-officio members of the FSC expires with year end (proposal by Alfredo).

• web site and mailing list • FLUKA courses of 2014• final decision on next release• is it possible to have a repository for the “FLUKA collaboration”

version of the code?

• Electro-nuclear reactions• Photofission • Since the last meeting: muon e-productiion. FLUKA-GEANT differences?• New dpmject (Alfredo’s talk should include it)• New conversion coefficients for dose ambient equivalente• Biasing improvement• …..

Collaboration Management

PHYSICS (suggestions collected by Alberto)

Considerations for future financing in the longer term

• European FP7 project is ending

• For instance: In 2014 ENVISION European project for imaging in hadrontherapy will arrive to its end

• On this theme it will be hard to find new financing from Europe (FP7 allowed to have some young people contributing…)

• Unless strong lobbying will be put in action, Horizon2020 is not initially considering calls on the subject

• Is there some direction which can be valuable for FLUKA in future projects with external funding (with respect to ordinary programs of our institutions)? This might be crucial to find resources for young people… Is ELI a possibility?