Publications & Events

Welcome to our Publications and Events page, where you can explore our latest research findings and stay informed about significant events in our scientific community. Here, we showcase a curated collection of peer-reviewed articles, innovative studies, and comprehensive reviews that reflect our commitment to advancing knowledge. Each publication includes a summary and links to the full text for easy access.

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Events

  • TomOpt @ EGU General Assembly – Vienna, May 2022 (More info)
  • JENAS Conference – Madrid Spain, May 2022 (More info)
  • Mode Workshop – Crete Greece, September 2022 (More info)
  • WCO Technology Conference and Exhibition – Maastricht, The Netherlands: October 2022 (More info)
  • Muographers2023 Conference – Naples, Italy: June 2023 (More info) – M. Lagrange, Detector optimization in Muon Scattering Tomography
  • WCO Technology Conference – Ha Noi, Viet Nam: October 2023 (More info)
  • Milipol – Paris, France: November 2023 (More info)
  • Second MODE Workshop on Differentiable Programming for Experiment Design, Kolymbari Crete, 2022 – M. Lagrange, Detector optimization in Muon Scattering Tomography
  • Third MODE Workshop on differentiable programming for experiment design, Princeton U.S.A, 2023 – M. Lagrange, Detector optimization in Muon Scattering Tomography

Research Papers & Publications

  • Toward the End-to-End Optimization of Particle Physics Instruments with Differentiable Programming – Tommaso Dorigo, Andrea Giammanco, Pietro Vischia (editors), et al. – Reviews in Physics 10 (2023) 100085
  • A Survey on Deep Learning Based Segmentation, Detection and Classification for 3D Point Clouds – Prasoon Kumar Vinodkumar; Dogus Karabulut; Egils Avots; Cagri Ozcinar; Gholamreza Anbarjafari – Entropy 25 (2023) 635
  • Cosmic-Ray Tomography for Border Security – S. Barnes, A. Georgadze, A. Giammanco, M. Kiisk, V. A. Kudryavtsev, M. Lagrange, O. L. Pinto – Instruments 7 (2023) 13
  • Analysis of Secondary Particles as a Complement to Muon Scattering Measurements – Maximilian Pérez Prada; Sarah Barnes; Maurice Stephan – Instruments; Volume 6; Issue 4; Pages: 66
  • A Comparison of Neural Networks and Center of Gravity in Muon Hit Position Estimation – Gholamreza Anbarjafari; Märt Mägi; Andrea Giammanco; Madis Kiisk; Kadir Aktas – Entropy; Volume 24; Issue 11; Pages: 1659
  • Investigation of deflection angle for muon energy classification in muon scattering tomography via GEANT4 simulations – Topuz, A. Ilker; Kiisk, Madis; Giammanco, Andrea; Mägi, Märt – Journal of Physics: Conference Series, volume 2374
  • Effect of passive metallic layers on muon energy estimation by means of deflection angle for muon scattering tomography: a comparative study based on GEANT4 simulations – Ahmet Ilker Topuz, Madis Kiisk, Andrea Giammanco, Mart Magi – Journal of Instrumentation, Volume 17
  • DOME: Discrete oriented muon emission in GEANT4 simulations – Ahmet Topuz; Madis Kiisk; Andrea Giammanco – Instruments; Volume 6; Issue 3; Pages: 42
  • B2G4: A synthetic data pipeline for the integration of Blender models in Geant4 simulation toolkit – Angel Bueno, Felix Sattler, Maximilian Perez Prada, Maurice Stephan, and Sarah Barnes.
  • TomOpt: Differential optimisation for task- and constraint-aware design of particle detectors in the context of muon tomography – Giles C. Strong, Maxime Lagrange, Aitor Orio, Anna Bordignon, Tommaso Dorigo, Andrea Giammanco, Mariam Heikal, Max Lamparth, Federico Nardi, Pietro Vischia, Haitham Zaraket. – Mach. Learn.: Sci. Technol. 5 (2024) 035002
  • Progress in End-to-End Optimization of Detectors for Fundamental Physics with Differentiable Programming – Tommaso Dorigo, Andrea Giammanco, Pietro Vischia (editors), et al. – Reviews in Physics 13 (2025) 100120
  • A Simulation of a Cosmic Ray Tomography Scanner for Trucks and Shipping Containers – A. Georgadze, A. Giammanco, V. A. Kudryavtsev, M. Lagrange, C. Turkoglu. – Journal for Advanced Instrumentation in Science, 1 (2024) 482
  • Geant4 simulation study of low-Z material detection using muon tomography – Anzori Sh. Georgadze and Vitaly A. Kudryavtsev. – Journal of Instrumentation, 18(12), C12014.
  • Optimisation of muon portals for border controls using TomOpt – Z. Daher, M. Lagrange, S. Alvarez, G. C. Strong, F. Bury, T. Dorigo, A. Giammanco, A. Orio, P. Vischia, H. Zaraket.
  • Scattering-Based Machine Learning Algorithms for Momentum Estimation in Muon Tomography – F. Bury and M. Lagrange – Published 21 December 2023 • © 2023 The Author(s)
  • Optimisation of Muon Tomography Scanners for Border Control Using TomOpt – Z. Daher, S. Alvarez, T. Dorigo, A. Giammanco, M. Lagrange, G. C. Strong, P. Vischia, H. Zaraket. – Journal of Instrumentation, Volume 18, December 2023
  • Optimization of a cosmic muon tomography scanner for cargo border control inspection – Z. Zaher, H. Lay, T. Dorigo, A. Giammanco, V. Gulik, C. Hrytsiuk, V. A. Kudryavtsev, M. Lagrange, T. Metspalu, G. C. Strong, C. Turkoglu, P. Vischia. – Proceedings of Muographers’24
  • Muon imaging for illicit cargo detection: a simulation-based study – Anzori Sh. Georgadze – Journal of Instrumentation 20(06):P06053
  • Design and Simulation of a Muon Detector Using Wavelength-Shifting Fiber Readouts for Border Security – Anzori Sh. Georgadze – Instruments 2025, 9(1)
  • Rapid cargo verification with cosmic ray muon scattering and absorption tomography – Anzori Sh. Georgadze – Journal of Instrumentation 19(10):P10033
  • Automated object detection for muon tomography data – Anzori Sh. Georgadze – Journal of Instrumentation, 19(07): C07004
  • Simulation study into the detection of low- and high-z materials in cargo containers using cosmic ray muons – Anzori Sh. Georgadze – Acta Physica Polonica B Proceedings Supplement, 17(1), 1-A2
  • Muons for cultural heritage – Marwa Moussawi, Andrea Giammanco, Vishal Kumar, Maxime Lagrange. – PoS(Muon4Future2023)029
  • Investigation of the Impact of Magnetic Fields on Scattering Muography Images – H. Basiri, T. Kin, E. Cortina Gil, A. Giammanco. – Journal for Advanced Instrumentation in Science, 1 (2024) 490
  • Toward using cosmic rays to image cultural heritage objects – Andrea Giammanco, Marwa Al Moussawi, Matthieu Boone, Tim De Kock, Judy De Roy, Sam Huysmans, Vishal Kumar, Maxime Lagrange, Michael Tytgat – iScience 28 (2025) 112094
  • Stand-alone cosmic-ray tomography with secondary particles – Pérez Prada, M., Barnes, S., Stephan, M – Journal for Advanced Instrumentation in Science, 1, (2024)
  • Improving cosmic-ray tomography of shipping containers with secondary particles – Pérez Prada, M., Stephan, M., Barnes, S.
  • Cosmic-ray tomography of shipping containers: A combination of complementary secondary particle and muon information using simulations. – Pérez Prada, M., Bueno Rodríguez, A., Stephan, M., Barnes, S. – Journal of Applied Physics, 2025
  • B2G4: A synthetic Data Pipeline for the Integration of Blender Models in Geant4 Simulation Toolkit, – Á. B. Rodriguez, F. Sattler, M. P. Prada, M. Stephan, and S. Barnes, – JAIS 2024, 476 (2024)
  • A Comprehensive Framework towards the Seamless Integration of Muon Reconstruction Algorithms with Machine-Learning – F. A. Sattler, J. M. Alameddine, Á. Bueno Rodriguez, M. Stephan, and S. Barnes: – Journal of Applied Physics, 2025
  • Pillar Embedding Visualization for Muon Scattering Tomography – Á. Bueno Rodriguez, F. Sattler, B. Carrillo Perez, M. Perez Prada, J. M. Alameddine, M. Stephan, and S. Barnes – Journal of Applied Physics, 2025
  • Deep Learning for 3D Reconstruction, Augmentation, and Registration: A Review Paper – Vinodkumar, Prasoon Kumar; Karabulut, Dogus; Avots, Egils; Ozcinar, Cagri; Anbarjafari, Gholamreza – Entropy, 2024
  • 3D Reconstruction and Denoising of high-Z materials from Muon Tomography using 3D CNN – Kumar Vinodkumar, Prasoon; Avots, Egils; Ozcinar, Cagri; Anbarjafari, Gholamreza – Signal Image and Video Processing, 2025