canSAS-X

canSAS-X Workshop

• date: Sunday, October 7, 2018
• place: Peninsula Room C, Grand Traverse Resort & Spa, Traverse City, Michigan, USA
• (just before SAS2018)

Background

canSAS (Collective Action for Nomadic Small Angle Scatters) workshops and activities are self assembled/bootstrap efforts to provide a forum for SAS users and providers to come together to discuss common needs and issues, to learn from each others experiences, discuss current best practices, hear about emerging techniques, and importantly to identify areas where the field/state of the art could be improved by bringing together the people that are interested and able to work cooperatively to solve the problem (see canSAS-IX#Goals).

As of canSAS VIII in Tokai, Japan, the goal is to have a full independent workshop every three years, half way between the triennial SAS meetings, followed by some kind of forum at the SAS meetings themselves. These last have ranged in form from a half day session to just a lunch session to disseminate the status of activities. The intention is that the work agreed upon to solve current common problems will take place in the intervals between meetings, either at focused targeted workshops (see canSAS-2012), at ad-hoc gatherings of self-assembled working groups in person, or remotely.

At SAS2018 the organizers have arranged for space for sattelites the days prior and subsequent to the meeting proper and provided canSAS a day long block prior to the meeting itself.

Goals

The goals for this one-day workshop are to get a status report on activities kicked off at canSAS IX and since, prepare for the next full, free standing canSAS workshop to be held in Freising, Germany from 8 to 10 July 2019, and provide a discussion forum for current active topics.

Agenda

time	activity	title
9:30 - 10:00	plenary	Welcome and Introduction to canSAS - Paul Butler (NIST-CNR) and Adrian Rennie (Uppsala)
10:00 - 10:45	discussion	Update/discussion on canSAS-IX activities - moderator: Grethe Jensen (University of Delaware/NIST-CNR)
10:45 - 11:15	break	coffee
11:15 - 11:30	plenary	July 2019 canSAS XI meeting update - Henrich Frielinghaus (Julich)
11:30 - 12:00	discussion	NXcanSAS 2.0 discussion - Leader: Tim Snow (Diamond Light Source)
12:00 - 13:30	lunch	...
13:30 - 14:20	Discussion: Standards/Round Robins	- ISO standards Development- Leader: Michael Krumrey (PTB)
		- Geosciences validation and round robin - Leader: Paul Butler(NIST-CNR) for Larry Anovitz (ORNL)
		- Other standards/round robin possiblities - Leader: Adrian Rennie (Uppsala Uni.)
		-
14:20 - 14:35	discussion	Education and Information: SAS video competition +... - moderator Pete Jemian (ANL)
14:35 - 14:40	Group Photo	Outside if possible
14:40 - 15:10	break	coffee
15:10 - 15:50	Discussion: Analysis Software collaborative Opportunities	- Correlative Analysis and COST action - Leader: Brian Pauw (BAM)
		- Data and/or code repositories - Leader: Eliot Gann (NIST-NSLSII)
		- Other opportunities (machine learning/MD simulations etc) - Leader: Paul Butler(NIST-CNR)
		-
15:50 - 16:10	discussion	Open Mic: Other topics of interest to attendees - moderator Andrew Jackson (ESS)
16:10 - 17:00	discussion	Discussion on topics and organization of canSAS-XI - moderator: Brian Pauw (BAM)
17:00	ADJOURN	Adjourn to SAS2018 Opening Reception

Venue and Registration

• date: Sunday, October 7, 2018
• place: Peninsula Room C, Grand Traverse Resort & Spa, Traverse City, Michigan, USA
• (just before SAS2018)

Note that as a "grass roots" community effort there are generally no specific funds to support the local organizing expenses of such meetings. Instead these expenses will be covered through mostly small registration fees asked of each participant. (Expect $30 to cover the two coffee breaks). Lunch is not included.

Participants

Meeting Topics

The topics being addressed at the canSAS X workshop are:

• Status of ongoing activities
• canSAS XI planning. Practical information at http://www.fz-juelich.de/jcns/EN/Leistungen/ConferencesAndWorkshops/canSASXI/_node.html
• NXcanSAS data formats and proposed improvements.
  • improve the description of how Q should be provided in the HDF5 file
  • Other needs?
• Planning new round-robin samples/measurements/data treatment
  • Geosciences USAS: rocks/shales
  • particle sizing standards?
  • Other candidates?
• Collaborative opportunities for advancing data analysis tools
  • COST action
  • International "networking" or "collaboration grants
  • Other
• disseminate information about canSAS and to recruit active participants to canSAS activities
• Other topics as might be of interest to those present - everyone is welcome to raise ideas as to what needs to be done and how to progress. There is a specific 'Open Mic' period in the timetable.

Report on the Meeting

Everyone is encouraged to contribute to the meeting report and to post slides and other relevant material.

• The introduction to canSAS (P. Butler, A. Rennie) described briefly the activities and the success over the past 20 years since the first meeting in Grenoble, France. Particular aims for the day were reiterated with an emphasis that there are many on-going and new activities. Today there should be reports on status and plans for actions. A significant aim should be to prepare for the workshop next year in Freising, Germany (8-10 July 2019):

http://www.fz-juelich.de/jcns/EN/Leistungen/ConferencesAndWorkshops/canSASXI/_node.html

Introductory Slides. Presentation

It was noted that some people were delayed in their arrival and others would have to mention relevant themes.

• The progress on tasks identified at canSAS-IX was reviewed. Grethe Jensen led this discussion.

• The location and arrangements for canSAS-XI were presented by Henrich Frielinghaus. Slides

Local Organizing Committee

• SAS2018 organizers

Program Committee

• Paul Butler (NIST, US)
• Adrian Rennie (Uppsala University, Sweden)
• Pete Jemian (APS, US)
• Henrich Frielinghaus (JCNS, Germany)