11–14 Aug 2025
Crowne Plaza Knoxville
US/Eastern timezone

Workshop 5: Data processing of neutron total scattering and how to avoid pitfalls along the way

Organizer: Yuanpeng Zhang

This workshop is a satellite workshop with the SHUG 2025 conference to be held at ORNL. The workshop aims at providing general users knowledge of neutron total scattering techniques with experience in data processing, the importance of which is usually underestimated during data analysis. In most cases, the difficulty in data analysis and/or the potential for wrong conclusions drawn from the analysis originates from a lack of understanding of the data processing and that the data can often be improperly processed. Though the data reduction and processing is expected to be done by the instrument team, the complexity of the total scattering data in terms of scaling data onto the absolute level and the sample specific contributions means in most cases careful post-processing is necessary. Through this workshop, general users will be taught about the importance of each of the data post-processing steps, especially when trying to perform reverse Monte Carlo (RMC) modeling. You will learn how the data is processed, the importance of each step and how to perform post-processing of your data.

Registration is limited to 34 attendees.

Here is the link to the same workshop in previous years, Click Me.

Location: TBD

Participants of this workshop are expected to have basic knowledge and understanding for the total scattering technique since the workshop is going to dive into some in-depth details about the data processing in preparation for further analysis.

Tentative Agenda

08:30 – 09:00

09:00 – 09:15

09:15 – 10:30

Registration and Reception

Opening Remarks

Introduction to Neutron Total Scattering and Data Analysis Tools

 

Yuanpeng Zhang

Thomas Proffen

 & Matthew Tucker

     
10:30 – 10:50 Coffee Break  
     
10:50 – 11:30 Data Reduction for Neutron Total Scattering – Part-1 Yuanpeng Zhang
     
11:30 – 12:00 Machine learning and phase transition Dayton Kizzire
12:00 – 13:00 Break  
     
13:00 – 13:30 Data Reduction for Neutron Total Scattering – Part-2 Yuanpeng Zhang
13:30 – 14:00 Computer Setup & Break  
     
14:00 – 15:00 Data Processing Hands-on – Part-1 Matthew Tucker
     
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break  
     
15:30 – 16:30 Data Processing Hands-on – Part-2  
     
16:30 – 17:00 Poll and Discussion  
17:00 – 17:15 Summary and Close-out Yuanpeng Zhang