Second Announcement of the 2nd IAEA TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEETING ON CONTROL, DATA ACQUISITION AND REMOTE PARTICIPATION ON FUSION RESEARCH Lisboa, Portugal, 19 - 21 July 1999

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and "Instituto Superior Técnico" (IST) on behalf of the Association EURATOM/IST, with the collaboration of the "International Energy Agency", will organize the "2^nd IAEA Technical Committee Meeting on Control, Data Acquisition and Remote Participation on Fusion Research", hereinafter referred to as the Meeting.

The Meeting will take place at "Anfiteatro do Complexo Interdisciplinar do Instituto Superior Técnico" in Lisboa. It will begin at 9.00 a.m. on Monday July 19^th and end at 4.00 p.m. on Wednesday July 21^st 1999.

The main objective of the Meeting is to present and discuss new developments and perspectives in the areas of control, data acquisition and remote participation for fusion research around the world.

2 - List of Topics

The Meeting will cover the following topics:

• Machine control and monitoring

• Plasma control

• Control and data acquisition systems for diagnostics

• Special techniques for long duration discharges

• Signal processing

• Data base techniques for information storage and/or retrieval

• User interfaces to control and data acquisition systems

• Impact of new computer languages

• Operating system requirements for present and future fusion experiments

• Techniques for remote participation in fusion experiments

3 - Programme of the Meeting

The Meeting will include:

• Contributed papers, which will be presented orally or displayed as posters

• Panels for discussion of specific matters

The oral talks will last 15 minutes plus 5 minutes for discussion. The total available space for each poster is 180 cm (width) by 120 cm (height).

Time	19 July	Time	20 July	Time	21 July
9.00	Opening Session	9.00	O16 + O17 + O18	9.00	O19 + O20 +O21
9.20	O1 + O2 + O3	10.00	Coffee Break		O22
10.20	Coffee Break	10.20	Posters	10.40	Coffee Break
10.40	O4 + O5 + O6			11.00	O23 + O24 + O25
11.40	Programme Committee				O26 + O27
12.30	LUNCH	12.30	LUNCH	12.40	LUNCH
14.00	O7 + O8 + O9	14.00	Social	14.00	PANEL
	O10		Programme
15.20	Coffee Break			15.50	Closing Session
15.40	O11 + O12 + O13
	O14 + O15

 
Session 1 - Control and Monitoring

	O1	-	Automatic setting of machine control with physics operation parameters
			D. Zasche, G. Neu, G. Raupp, W. Treutterer, T. Zehetbauer and ASDEX Upgrade Team
	O2	-	Control and plasma data acquisition system for LHD experiment
			S. Yamaguchi, M. Shoji, M. Emoto, J. Kariya, H. Okumura, Y. Teramachi, K. Tamura and LHD Data Processing Group
	O3	-	Remodeling of JT-60 discharge control system
			I. Yonekawa, T. Totsuka, H. Akasaka, M. Sueoka, S. Takano and K. Kurihara
	O4	-	New developments for the control and data acquisition system of the reflectometry on ASDEX-Upgrade
			V. Grossmann, J. Santos, P. Varela, M. Tavares, M. Manso
	O5	-	A distributed real-time system for event-driven control and dynamic data acquisition on a fusion plasma experiment
			J. Sousa, A. Combo, A. Batista, D. Trotman, J. Waterhouse and C.A.F. Varandas
	O6	-	Plasma control at JET
			M. Lennholm, T. Budd, F. Milani, F. Sartori, A. Goodyear, M. Gadeberg and R. Felton

 
Session 2 - Data Handling and Processing

	O7	-	WWW interfaces for runtime relational database applications
			J.A. Stillerman, T.W. Fredian, M. Greenwald
	O8	-	Data management in the TJ-II multilayer database
			J. Vega, C. Crémy, E. Sánchez, A. Portas, J.A. Fábregas, R. Herrera
	O9	-	The MDSplus data system
			T.W. Fredian and J.A. Stillerman
	O10	-	The DIII-D computing environment: characteristics and recent changes
			B.B. McHarg
	O11	-	One trial of combination of heterogeneous computer systems in NIFS
			M. Emoto, K. Watanabe, S. Ohdachi, S. Matsunami, S. Yamaguchi, H. Okumura, LMS Group, LABCOM Group and S. Sudo
	O12	-	Data analysis software tools for enhanced collaboration at the DIII-D national fusion facility
			J. Schachter, Q. Peng and D.P. Schissel
	O13	-	Status of JT-60 data processing system
			T. Matsuda, T. Tsugita, T. Oshima, S. Sakata, M. Sato, M. Koiwa and T. Aoyagi
	O14	-	Enhanced computational infraestructure for data analysis at the DIII-D national fusion facility
			D.P. Schissel, Q. Peng, J. Schachter, T. Terpstra, B. Meyer, T.A. Casper and R. Jong
	O15	-	Novel data processing tools to localize turbulence and MHD activity from broadband reflectometry on ASDEX Upgrade
			P. Varela and M. Manso

 
Session 3 - Data Acquisition

	O16	-	The acquisition system for TORE SUPRA 1000s discharges
			B. Guillerminet, J. How and the Tore-Supra Team
	O17	-	The Java interface of MDSplus: towards an unified approach for local and remote data access
			G. Manduchi, C. Taliercio and A. Lucheta
	O18	-	Recent developments in the ASDEX Upgrade data acquisition environment
			K. Behler, H. Blank, A. Buhler, R. Drube, K. Förster, R. Merkel, G. Raupp, H. Reuter, M. Zilker and the ASDEX Upgrade Team
	O19	-	Overview of LHD diagnostics and data acquisition systems
			S. Sudo and Diagnostics Group
	O20	-	The MAST data acquisition system - system architecture
			J. Waterhouse and S.J. Manhood
	O21	-	HL-1M data acquisition system upgrading
			G. Ye
	O22	-	High speed data acquisition with the Solaris and Linux operating systems
			M. Zilker

 
Session 4 - Remote Participation

	O23	-	Remote acess to JET data and computers
			K. Blackler
	O24	-	Support and development for remote collaborations in fusion research
			T.A. Casper
	O25	-	JET computer infrastructure for remote collaboration
			J. Farthing
	O26	-	Upgrading a TEXTOR data acquisition system for remote participation using Java and Corba
			M. Korten, B. Becks, H. Blom, P. Busch, G. Kemmerling, W. Kooijman, J.G. Krom, C.T.A.M. de Laat, W. Lourens, E. van der Meer, B. Nideröst, A.A.M. Oomens, F. Wijnoltz and U. Samm
	O27	-	Technical preparations for remote participation at JET
			V. Schmidt and L. Villard

 
Posters

	P1	-	A neural network approach to evaluate density profiles from reflectometry in ASDEX Upgrade discharges with internal transport barriers.
			J. Santos and M. Manso
	P2	-	ASDEX Upgrade MHD equilibria reconstruction on distributed workstations
			W. Schneider, P. McCarthy, K. Lackner, O. Gruber, K. Behler, P. Martin and R. Merkel
	P3	-	MR-AFS: a global hierarchical file system
			H. Reuter
	P4	-	The interface amplifier and timing generator unit for control of operation of a X-ray spectrometer
			J. Sousa, A. Palmeirinha, B. Duval, C.A.F. Varandas, M. Cunha and P. Amorim
	P5	-	The new timing system of the tokamak TORE SUPRA
			D. Moulin, B. Couturier, L. Ducobu, M. Le Luyer, G. Martin, P. Paster and F. Saint Laurent
	P6	-	The control and data acquisition system of a laser in-vessel viewing system
			C. Correia, R. Pereira, N. Cruz, C. Neri, M. Riva, and C.A.F. Varandas
	P7	-	TCAqs data acquisition system
			A.N. Fagundes, W.P. Sá and P. Coelho
	P8	-	The control and data acquisition system of the TJ-II heavy ion beam diagnostic
			P. Coelho, M. Cunha, J. Sousa, C.A.F. Varandas and S. Khrebtov
	P9	-	The MAST data acquisition system-distributed implementation
			S.J. Manhood, I. Jenkins and J. Waterhouse
	P10	-	Object-oriented data handling and OODB operation of LHD mass data acquisition system
			H. Nakanishi, M. Emoto, M. Kojima, M. Ohsuma, S. Komada and LABCOM Group
	P11	-	Improvement of diamagnetic loop measurements in stellarators using digital signal processing techniques
			H. Laqua and F. Schneider
	P12	-	Real time processor in JT-60 data acquisition system
			S. Sakata, M. Koiwa, T. Aoyagi, T. Matsuda
	P13	-	Development of an integrated data storage and retrieval system for TEC
			G. Kemmerling, H. Blom, P. Busch, W. Kojiman, M. Korten, CTAM de Laat, W. Lourens, E. van der Meer, B. Nederist, A.A.M. Oomens, F. Wijnoltz, K. Zwoll
	P14	-	Process control under safety aspects
			T. Vollmer, K. Borcherding, G. Hellriegel and R.D. Penzhorn.

4 - Proceedings

A book containing the abstracts of the contributed papers will be distributed to the participants at the registration desk. The abstracts are also available in the web.

The Proceedings of the Meeting will be published, after a refereeing procedure, as a special issue of FUSION ENGINEERING and DESIGN (FED), published by ELSEVIER Science SA.

Contributions should be submitted to the TCM secretariat before 12.00 a.m. of July 19^th 1999, in triplicate (original plus two copies) and in a floppy disk, prepared following the instructions which are available in the TCM website:

• Instructions for the preparation of manuscripts

• Rules for calculation of the number of printed pages

• Electronic submission notes for disk preparation.

The paper printed in FED must not exceed 6 pages. Additional pages and/or colour figures will be only approved by the Editor in very special cases and will be paid by the authors.

5 - Participation

All persons who want to participate in the Meeeting are requested:

A participant will only be accepted if the Participation Form and Submission Form for a Paper are transmitted through the government of the Member State of the International Atomic Energy Agency or through an Organization that has been invited to participate.

6 - Programme Committee

The Programme Committee is composed by:

• Carlos Varandas, IST-Lisboa

• Bruno Couturier, CEA-Cadarache

• Volker Schmidt, JET-Culham

• Hiromasa Ninomiya, JAERI-Naka

• Karl Behler, IPP-Garching

• Shigeru Sudo, NIFS-Nagoya

• Bill McHarg, GA-S. Diego

7 - Organizing Committee

The Organizing Committee is composed by:

• Prof. Carlos Varandas (Chairman)

• Dr. Ursula Schneider (IAEA)

• Prof. Carlos Correia

• Mr. Horácio Fernandes

• Mr. Jorge Santos

• Mrs. Maria Fernanda Pinto (Administrative Secretary)

8 - Accomodation

Abreu SA was nominated the official travelling agency of the Meeting. A Form for Hotel Reservation can be downloaded from https://www.ipfn.ist.utl.pt/cfn/tcm/forms.html. This form shall be sent to Abreu SA before June 15^th. The requests will be considered following the arrival order.

9 - Visa

Designated participants who require a visa to enter Portugal should submit the necessary application as soon as possible to the nearest diplomatic or consular representative of Portugal.

10 - Travelling Expenses

As a general rule, the IAEA does not pay the cost of attendance, i.e. travel and living expenses, of participants. However, limited funds are available to help meet the cost of attendance of few selected specialists mainly from developing countries with low economic resources. Generally, not more than one grant will be awarded to any one country. The grants awarded will be in the form of lump sums usually covering part of the cost of attendance.

If you are citizen of a developing Member State of the IAEA and would need financial assistance in order to participate in the TCM, you should send the duly completed applications for grants together with your abstract through your competent official authority to the International Atomic Energy Agency, not later than 11^th June 1999. The Form for Travelling Grant can be downloaded from https://www.ipfn.ist.utl.pt/cfn/tcm/forms.html

11 - Working Language

Working language will be English.

12 - Important Addresses

• International Atomic Energy Agency
  P.O. Box 100
  A-1400 Vienna
  Austria

• Centro de Fusão Nuclear
  Instituto Superior Técnico
  1049-001 Lisboa
  Portugal
  Telephone: 351 1 8417818
  Fax: 351 1 8417819
  E-mail: TCM@cfn.ist.utl.pt

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