Name: ICFDT8 8th International Conference on Frontier in Diagnostic Technologies
Start: 2026-10-19T08:50:00+00:00
End: 2026-10-21T18:00:00+00:00
Location: Frascati

ICFDT8 8th International Conference on Frontier in Diagnostic Technologies

from Monday, October 19, 2026 (8:50 AM) to Wednesday, October 21, 2026 (6:00 PM)

Monday, October 19, 2026

9:15 AM Welcome and conference opening

9:15 AM - 9:30 AM
Room: Sala Bruno Brunelli
9:30 AM Imaging and medical application
9:30 AM - 10:40 AM
Room: Sala Bruno Brunelli
Contributions

9:30 AM CHEMINFORMATICS AND HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING FOR ILLICIT DRUG INTELLIGENCE: TOWARD A STANDARDIZED FRAMEWORK FOR NPS AND COMPLEX MIXTURE ANALYSIS - giuliano iacobellis (RaCIS)

10:00 AM How Multimodal Imaging Is Redefining Precision Medicine - Francesca Palermo (CNR-NANOTEC)

10:20 AM Beyond Absorption: New Detector Concepts for Spectral, Phase-Contrast, and Time-Resolved X-ray Imaging - Ralf Hendrik Menk (Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste)
10:40 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:40 AM - 11:10 AM
Room: Leonardo Pieroni
11:10 AM Inertial fusion
11:10 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: Sala Bruno Brunelli
Contributions

11:10 AM Diagnostics for Inertial Fusion Beyond NIF and OMEGA - Thomas Cowan (HZDR (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden - Rossendorf))

11:30 AM Laser interaction with foam targets for the generation of laser-driven sources of particles and radiation for diagnostics of plasma - Sebastian Busch

11:50 AM Applications and potential of XFEL radiation for foams and hydrodynamic instabilities - Victorien Bouffetier (Helmholtz Zentrum Dresden Rossendorf)

12:10 PM X-ray Phase Contrast Imaging in Inertial Fusion Experiments - REMOTE - Xu Zhao
12:30 PM Fusion products
12:30 PM - 1:10 PM
Room: Sala Bruno Brunelli
Contributions

12:30 PM The High-Resolution Neutron Spectrometer at ITER - Anders Hjalmarsson (Uppsala University)
1:10 PM Lunch
Lunch
1:10 PM - 2:10 PM
Room: Leonardo Pieroni
2:10 PM Industrial and cold plasmas
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM
Room: Sala Bruno Brunelli
Contributions

2:10 PM From Discharge Physics to Reactive Chemistry: an Integrated Diagnostic Path to Plasma Agriculture. - Domenico Aceto (CNR - ISTP)

2:30 PM The Modular Diagnostics Platform (MDP): A Standardized, Port-Integrated Architecture for Utility-Scale Fusion Plasma - Georgy Subbotin (Next Step Fusion S.a.r.l)
2:50 PM Cultural heritage
2:50 PM - 4:20 PM
Room: Sala Bruno Brunelli
Contributions

2:50 PM Advanced Spectroscopic Characterization Across Diverse Cultural Heritage Materials: A Synergistic Approach Using LIF, Raman, LIBS, and Multi- and Hyperspectral Imaging - Valeria Spizzichino (ENEA)

3:20 PM Multi-analytical non-destructive approach for the study of Iron Age swords from Torre Galli necropolis at UniCal STAR facility - Riccardo Cristoforo Barberi (Dipartimento di Fisica e IR STAR, Università della Calabria, 87036 Rende (CS), Italia)

3:40 PM Application of Raman micro-spectroscopy and confocal optical microscopy for monitoring and supporting the conservation/consolidation strategies of ancient papers - Francesca Bonfigli (ENEA C.R. Frascati- NUC-TECFIS-MNF) Sabina Botti (ENEA C.R. Frascati- NUC-TECFIS-MNF)

4:00 PM AI-assisted conservation of Korean paintings and radiation-accelerated aging of the painting substrates - Gunsu YUN (Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH))
4:20 PM Poster session A
4:20 PM - 5:15 PM
Room: Corridor
Contributions

4:20 PM Simulation study of a compact D-T neutron spectrometer based on a single-crystal CVD diamond stack using Geant4 - Longyong Liao (NIFS)

4:20 PM Irradiation cavity of the GENeuSIS Neutron Assembly - Marta Damiano (tor vergata university)

4:20 PM Multi-Instrument Spectral Classification of Psychotropic Substances Using Machine Learning model - Alessandro Puleio (University of Rome Tor Vergata)

4:20 PM Machine Learning-Assisted Structural Diagnostics of the DTT Vacuum Vessel Through Modal Reconstruction - Gabriele Liuzzo (Department of Economics, Engineering, Society and Business Organization (DEIM), University of Tuscia, Largo dell’ Università, 01100 Viterbo, Italy)

4:20 PM Optimized AI analysis of vibration data for damage assessment of structures - Ivan Roselli (ENEA)

4:30 PM FBG Based Structural Health Monitoring for the Conservation of the Ponari Nymphaeum - Cristina Mazzotta (ENEA)

4:30 PM Fiber Optic Sensor Networks for Continuous Structural Monitoring of Water Pipeline Bridges: Data Analysis and Scalability - Davide Vicca (ENEA)

4:30 PM A Neural Network Approach for DTT Plasma Profile Reconstruction validated on data-driven TCV kinetic surrogates - Tayyaba Sajid (Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’, Via del Politecnico 1, 00133 Rome, Italy)

4:30 PM Cross-border radiological emergency planning: ARIES software simulation and GIS mapping of projected dose for an accident scenario at the Krško nuclear power plant - Federico Mancinelli (1. Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata (Italy) 2. International Master Courses in Protection against CBRNe events, University of Rome Tor Vergata (Italy))

4:30 PM A multi-window neural-network model for line-profile-based temperature estimation in low-temperature plasma optical emission diagnostics - Natalja Zorina (Institute of Atomic Physics and Spectroscopy, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Latvia)

4:30 PM DAIMoND: Development of an AI-Monitored Neutron Diagnostic - Matteo Hakeem Kushoro (Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca)

4:31 PM Cryogenic response of Distributed Optical Fiber Sensor coatings under cyclic thermal shocks - Emilia Di Micco
coffe break
coffe break
4:20 PM - 4:50 PM
Room: Leonardo Pieroni
5:15 PM Short Orals
5:15 PM - 6:05 PM
Room: Sala Bruno Brunelli
Contributions

5:15 PM The Motion Magnification for large historical and modern structures - VINCENZO FIORITI (ENEA TERIN-ICER-ICS)

5:25 PM Soft X-rays detection for plasma temperature measurement at the ABC laser facility - Leonardo Manzoni (Sapienza, Università di Roma)

5:35 PM Electro-optical probing for electromagnetic pulses measurements in laser-matter interaction - Benoist Grau (University of Rome Tor Vergata)

5:45 PM Digital Pulse-Processing Electronics for Fusion Diagnostics: Performance and Perspectives across Neutron and Plasma Detectors - Matteo Bianchini (CAEN S.p.A.)

5:55 PM Prototype of a remote LIBS system for the chemical characterization of tungsten-based PFCs - Salvatore Almaviva (FSN-TECFIS_DIM)
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
9:00 AM Precision Measurement
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Sala Bruno Brunelli
Contributions

9:00 AM Towards Four-Dimensional Particle Detection: Spatial and Temporal Precision with Gas Detectors and Emerging MPGD Technologies - Gianfranco Morello Marco Poli Lener (INFN _laboratori Nazionali di Frascati)

9:20 AM High-Precision Laser Ranging: From Lunar Reflectors to the GUEST Mission - Nicolò Burzillà (INFN LNF)

9:40 AM Advanced diagnostic techniques for a 4 ppm measurement of the antihydrogen Ground-State Hyperfine Splitting in the ALPHA experiment at CERN - Germano Bonomi (University of Brescia and INFN Pavia)
10:00 AM Fusion machines (including subtopics on: measurements of temperature and density; DTT and East tokamaks)
10:00 AM - 10:40 AM
Room: Sala Bruno Brunelli
Contributions

10:00 AM Closing the Loop: Why Fusion Power Demands a New Diagnostic Blueprint - Alexandru Boboc (UKAEA)

10:20 AM Bayesian inference for data integration and diagnostic optimization in fusion devices - Geert Verdoolaege (Ghent University)
10:40 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:40 AM - 11:10 AM
Room: Leonardo Pieroni
11:10 AM Precision Measurement
11:10 AM - 11:50 AM
Room: Sala Bruno Brunelli
Contributions

11:10 AM From Conventional to Cutting-Edge: A Journey Through Free-Electron Lasers and the Plasma Frontier - Alessio Del Dotto (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

11:30 AM Diagnostic technologies in high-sensitivity experiments to detect ultra-rare events - Giovanni Mazzitelli (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
11:50 AM Fusion machines (including subtopics on: measurements of temperature and density; DTT and East tokamaks)
11:50 AM - 12:50 PM
Room: Sala Bruno Brunelli
Contributions

11:50 AM Overview of the DTT diagnostic systems - Filippo Bagnato (DTT S.c.a.r.l.)

12:10 PM Progress on the DTT Interferometric and Polarimetric Diagnostics - Donatella Fiorucci (ENEA Research Center Frascati)

12:30 PM Neutron and runaway electron diagnostics for first plasma DTT operation - Daniele Marocco
12:50 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:50 PM - 1:50 PM
Room: Leonardo Pieroni
1:50 PM AI in support of diagnostics
1:50 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Sala Bruno Brunelli
Contributions

1:50 PM Deep Learning for data driven understanding and control of complex systems - Andrea Murari (Consorzio RFX)

2:10 PM The rise of the agents in Earth Observation - Salvatore Pinto (European Space Agency)

2:30 PM Optimising the layout of tomographic diagnostics with Genetic Programming - Ivan Wyss (Università degli studi di Roma Tor Vergata)

2:50 PM Integrating magnetic and kinetic measurements in the equilibrium reconstruction of tokamaks with Physics Based Neural Networks - Novella Rutigliano (Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata)

3:10 PM TokaLab: an open-access and open-source FAIR framework for tokamak synthetic diagnostics and inverse problems benchmarking - Riccardo Rossi (Università di Roma 2 Tor Vergata)

3:30 PM AI-ENHANCED I&C FOR HYBRID FISSION-FUSION REACTOR CONTROL - Mauro Cappelli (ENEA)

3:50 PM Improving the time resolution of bolometric tomography in TCV with modelling of AXUV-diodes - Valentina D Agostino (Enea/Tor Vergata)
4:00 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: Leonardo Pieroni
Poster session B
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Corridor
Contributions

4:00 PM Development and recent progress of advanced plasma diagnostics on Thailand Tokamak-1 - Siriyaporn Sangaroon (Mahasarakham University)

4:01 PM Maximum Likelihood SXR Tomography Inversion Framework for JT-60SA: Development and Initial Assessment Towards MHD Studies - Emmanuele Peluso (ENEA - Tor Vergata)

4:01 PM Beyond Single-Model Langmuir Probe Analysis: Cross-Regime Diagnostics for RF, ECR and Fusion-Relevant Plasma Sources - Giuseppe Castro (INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud)

4:02 PM Implementation of innovative magnetic field sensors on DTT, COMPASS-U and DEMO/VNS tokamaks - Dominik Najman (IPP CAS)

4:03 PM LIBRA: A New Free-Boundary MHD Equilibrium Code for the Analysis of PROTO-SPHERA Plasma Configurations - Daniele Iannarelli (Università la Sapienza di Roma) Francesco Napoli

4:04 PM Solution-Processed Perovskite Radiation Detectors for X-ray Diagnostics - Amir Khan (LNF-INFN & University of Rome 'Tor Vergata')

4:05 PM Design and manufacturing of the Modular Diagnostic Platform prototype - Antoine Sirinelli (Next Step Fusion)

4:06 PM Overview of DTT magnetic diagnostic - Giovanni Artaserse (ENEA NUC-DTT-OPD)

4:07 PM Simulations of expected spectra from charge exchange reactions between impurity ions and a Diagnostic Neutral Beam in the DTT tokamak - Emma Amadou Filippo Bagnato (DTT S.c.a.r.l.)

4:08 PM Generation of Synthetic Radiation Patterns for Tomographic Studies in DTT Plasmas - Gerarda Apruzzese (ENEA)

4:09 PM Study for combined Second and Third Harmonic dispersion interferometry for plasma density measurement - Francesco Filippi (ENEA)

4:10 PM An unconventional non-invasive device for monitoring low-energy ion beams - Grazia D'Agostino (INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud)

4:20 PM Energy diagnostics of the TOP-IMPLART linac proton beam using radiophotoluminescent Bragg curves in lithium fluoride detectors - Enrico Nichelatti (ENEA)
5:00 PM Short Orals
5:00 PM - 6:20 PM
Room: Sala Bruno Brunelli
Contributions

5:00 PM Side-on GEMpix detector characterization for charged-particles tracking via ⁶Li reaction products at n_TOF - Gerardo Claps (Centro Ricerche ENEA Frascati, NUC-Department and INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati)

5:10 PM Simultaneous O- and X-mode plasma probing with a shared dual-polarisation reflectometer front-end: a full-wave feasibility study - Filipe da Silva (Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear do Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa)

5:20 PM MiniTRUST: A UNITUS–ASIPP China Collaboration for Tokamak Engineering and Magnetic Diagnostics - Matteo Notazio (Università degli Studi della Tuscia)

5:30 PM Design of a Diamond Camera for TCV - Silvia Cesaroni (ENEA)

5:40 PM Effects of fast particles on plasma polarimetry in high performance fusion plasmas - francesco paolo orsitto (create and enea)

5:50 PM Spatio-Temporal Deep Learning for Particle Discrimination in Timepix3 Detectors: a Diagnostic Tool for the AI Era - Francesco Cordella (ENEA)
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
9:00 AM Environmental applications and safety
9:00 AM - 9:40 AM
Room: Sala Bruno Brunelli
Contributions

9:00 AM RISK ANALYSIS EVALUATION TO IMPROVE THE RADIATION PROTECTION SYSTEM IN ITALY IN CASE OF A RADIOLOGICAL DISPERSAL DEVICE OR NUCLEAR DEVICE EXPLOSION - Andrea Malizia (Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata)

9:20 AM THz-TDS diagnostic for WEST tokamak, status and future plans - Giuseppe Galatola Teka
9:40 AM Fusion machines (including subtopics on: measurements of temperature and density; DTT and East tokamaks)
9:40 AM - 11:20 AM
Room: Sala Bruno Brunelli
Contributions

9:40 AM Density measurements for high power magnetic confinement fusion - George Vayakis (ITER Organization (IO))

10:10 AM Divertor Ion Temperature Profile Measurements at DIII-D with RFEA and PIC-Enhanced Interpretation - Bingzhe Zhao (University of Tennessee Knoxville)

10:30 AM Advances in Electron Density Calibration Techniques for the DIII-D Thomson Scattering Diagnostic - Fabio Conti (General Atomics)

10:50 AM Plasma density diagnostics and machine-learning jitter analysis for stable PWFA operation at SPARC_LAB - Romain Demitra (INFN_-LNF)

11:00 AM ECE and Thomson Scattering Diagnostics and their relation with the Electron Energy Distribution Function: Principles, Meanings, and Formulations. - Luca Senni (CNR-IAC)

11:10 AM PHYSICS BASIS OF DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN MEASUREMENTS OF ELECTRON TEMPERATURE BY ECE AND THOMSON SCATTERING AND IMPACT ON THE TEMPERATURE DIAGNOSTICS FOR FUSION MACHINES - francesco paolo orsitto (create and enea)
11:20 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM
Room: Leonardo Pieroni
11:40 AM Fusion machines (including subtopics on: measurements of temperature and density; DTT and East tokamaks)
11:40 AM - 1:30 PM
Room: Sala Bruno Brunelli
Contributions

11:40 AM Lithium Beam Emission Spectroscopy for Turbulence Studies in the EAST Pedestal and Scrape-Off-Layer: Application and Upgrade to Sodium Beam - Ran CHEN (Institute of plasma physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

12:00 PM Progress in the Development of Diagnostics for Plasma-Wall Interaction in EAST - Rong Yan

12:10 PM Research Progress of the Polarimeter/Interferometer on the EAST and BEST Tokamak - SHOUXIN Wang (Institute Of Plasma Physics Chinese Academy Of Sciences)

12:20 PM Recent Progress in Intelligent Processing of Multimodal Diagnostic Data from the EAST Tokamak - Ting Lan (Institute of plasma physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

12:30 PM Development of a Novel Twin Collinear Optically Pumped Far-Infrared Laser - Jibo Zhang

12:40 PM Preliminary Comparison of High Electron Temperature Measurements by TS and ECE on EAST under EC and LHW Heating - yiqun LI

12:50 PM Development of a dual vertical Thomson scattering diagnostic system on EAST - Yan LI

1:10 PM Application of a Near-Infrared Camera on the EAST Tokamak - wenxue fu (Institute of Plasma Physics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

1:20 PM yefan.zhu Title to be confirmed - yefan zhu
1:30 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Room: Leonardo Pieroni

2:30 PM Round table

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: Sala Bruno Brunelli

3:30 PM Phd Prize and Closing talks

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: Sala Bruno Brunelli

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