Name: SOLPS-ITER Code Camp 2026
Start: 2026-10-19T08:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-23T18:00:00+02:00
Location: EPFL

SOLPS-ITER Code Camp 2026

from Monday, 19 October 2026 (08:00) to Friday, 23 October 2026 (18:00)

Monday, 19 October 2026

08:30 Welcome cofee and registration
Welcome cofee and registration
08:30 - 09:00
Room: CM 1 120
09:00 Welcome and announcements: Opening remarks
Opening remarks
09:00 - 10:00
Room: CM 1 120
Contributions

09:00 Welcome address and logistical information - Elena Tonello (Swiss Plasma Center, EPFL)

09:20 Welcome address & agenda - Xavier Bonnin (ITER Organization)

09:40 Latest code updates - Xavier Bonnin (ITER Organization)
10:00 Unstructured grids: Introduction to GOAT
Introduction to GOAT
10:00 - 11:00
Room: CM 1 120
Contributions

10:00 Introduction to GOAT and basic workflow part I [remote] - Sander Van den Kerkhof (KU Leuven)
11:00 Morning coffee break
Morning coffee break
11:00 - 11:30
Room: CM 1 120
11:30 Unstructured grids: GOAT intoduction II
GOAT intoduction II
11:30 - 12:30
Room: CM 1 120
Contributions

11:30 Introduction to GOAT and basic workflow part II [remote] - Sander Van den Kerkhof (KU Leuven)

12:00 Discussion: GOAT next developments
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
Room: CM 1 120
14:00 Hands-on: GOAT: building your grid
GOAT: building your grid
14:00 - 15:30
Room: CM 1 120
Contributions

14:00 Goat tutorial session - Sander Van den Kerkhof (KU Leuven)
15:30 Afternoon coffee break
Afternoon coffee break
15:30 - 16:00
Room: CM 1 120

16:00 Hands-on: GOAT: building your grid
GOAT: building your grid
16:00 - 18:00
Room: CM 1 120
Tuesday, 20 October 2026
09:00 Unstructured grids: Dealing with Topologies
Dealing with Topologies
09:00 - 10:30
Room: CM 1 120
Contributions

09:00 Wide Grids workflow for complex topologies: Topology mapping proposal - Antonello Zito (Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik)

09:30 Wide Grids workflow for complex topologies: The ARC case with 4 X-points - Ivan Paradela Perez (Oak Ridge national Laboratory)

10:00 Discussion on topology implementation
10:30 Unstructured grids: SOLPS-ITER input generation with GOAT grid I
SOLPS-ITER input generation with GOAT grid I
10:30 - 11:00
Room: CM 1 120
Contributions

10:30 Workflow to generate a WG case with GOAT and all the input files for coupled runs - Elena Tonello (Swiss Plasma Center, EPFL)
11:00 Morning coffee break
Morning coffee break
11:00 - 11:30
Room: CM 1 120
11:30 Unstructured grids: SOLPS-ITER input generation with GOAT grid II
SOLPS-ITER input generation with GOAT grid II
11:30 - 12:30
Room: CM 1 120
Contributions

11:30 Building a WG case with Eirene void regions using GOAT - Antonello Zito (Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik)

12:00 Building a limiter case with GOAT and using isolated regions in the structured codes - Nidhi Panday (IPR)
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
Room: CM 1 120
14:00 Unstructured grids: Carre mesh generation and Discussion
Carre mesh generation and Discussion
14:00 - 15:00
Room: CM 1 120
Contributions

14:00 Workflow demo: building extended grids with void regions using Carre2 - Wouter Dekeyser (KU Leuven)

14:30 Discussion on unified workflow for input generation
15:00 Hands-on: Setup your widegrid case
Setup your widegrid case
15:00 - 15:30
Room: CM 1 120

15:30 Afternoon coffee break
Afternoon coffee break
15:30 - 16:00
Room: CM 1 120

16:00 Hands-on: Setup your widegrid case
Setup your widegrid case
16:00 - 18:00
Room: CM 1 120
Wednesday, 21 October 2026
09:00 Physics model extensions and integrated modelling: Neutral models and time-dependent runs
Neutral models and time-dependent runs
09:00 - 11:00
Room: CM 1 120
Contributions

09:00 AFN model extension to molecules - Wim Van Uytven (KU Leuven (EU))

09:30 The KINDNES neutral transport model - Giuseppe Iunior Drago (EPFL-SPC)

10:00 Photon transport in Eirene [remote] - Ray Chandra (Aalto University)

10:30 Updates on the stability of the time-dependent B2.5 algorithm [remore] - Federico Cursi (KU Leuven)
11:00 Morning coffee break
Morning coffee break
11:00 - 11:30
Room: CM 1 120
11:30 Physics model extensions and integrated modelling: Core-edge coupling
Core-edge coupling
11:30 - 12:30
Room: CM 1 120
Contributions

11:30 Core-edge coupling: SOLPS-ITER within the ETS - David Coster (Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics)

12:00 Core-edge coupling: TSVV-H activities including JINTRAC - Michele Marin (Swiss Plasma Center - EPFL)
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
Room: CM 1 120

14:00 SPC lab visit: TCV tokamak and bioplasma
TCV tokamak and bioplasma
14:00 - 15:30
Room: CM 1 120

15:30 Afternoon coffee break
Afternoon coffee break
15:30 - 16:00
Room: CM 1 120

16:00 Free time

16:00 - 18:00
Room: CM 1 120

19:00 Social dinner
Social dinner
19:00 - 22:00
Room: CM 1 120
Thursday, 22 October 2026
09:00 SOLPS-ITER modelling activity, tutorials and tools development
09:00 - 11:00
Room: CM 1 120
Contributions

09:00 Introduction to SOLPS-Tutorials - Kateřina Hromasová (Institute of Plasma Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences)

09:25 Independent Agentic AI Architecture & Enablement [remote] - Alfonso Sacco

09:55 Code validation efforts using SOLPS-ITER WG: Introduction - Elena Tonello (Swiss Plasma Center, EPFL)

10:00 Code validation: TCV modelling - Elena Tonello (Swiss Plasma Center, EPFL)

10:20 Code validation: ITER modelling - Andrei Pshenov (ITER Organization)

10:40 Code validation: ITER modelling [remote] - Nikita Shtyrkhunov (SPbSTU)
11:00 Morning coffee break
Morning coffee break
11:00 - 11:30
Room: CM 1 120
11:30 SOLPS-ITER modelling activity, tutorials and tools development
11:30 - 12:30
Room: CM 1 120
Contributions

11:30 Code validation: AD code usage for matching experimental data [remote] - Stefano Carli (LPP-ERM/KMS)

11:50 Code validation: EAST modelling [remote] - Ilya Senichenkov (SPbSTU)
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
Room: CM 1 120
14:00 SOLPS-ITER modelling activity, tutorials and tools development
14:00 - 15:00
Room: CM 1 120
Contributions

14:00 General discussion on which tools to consolidate or create (convergence checks, comparison with experimental data, translating tools across languages e.g. Matlab to Python)
15:00 Hands-on: Populate WIKI with post-processing tools
Populate WIKI with post-processing tools
15:00 - 15:30
Room: CM 1 120

15:30 Afternoon coffee break
Afternoon coffee break
15:30 - 16:00
Room: CM 1 120

16:00 Hands-on: Free coding
Free coding
16:00 - 18:00
Room: CM 1 120
Friday, 23 October 2026
09:00 Future code development: Wrap-up of open issues from previous days
Wrap-up of open issues from previous days
09:00 - 10:00
Room: CM 1 120
Contributions

09:00 Wrap-up of open issues from previous days
10:00 Future code development: Open discussion on long-term to-do list
Open discussion on long-term to-do list
10:00 - 11:00
Room: CM 1 120
Contributions

10:00 How to build a "Smart" b2ai - Nidhi Panday (Institute For Plasma Research)

10:20 Open discussion on long-term to-do list and GitHub migration
11:00 Morning coffee break
Morning coffee break
11:00 - 11:30
Room: CM 1 120
11:30 Future code development: Discussion
Discussion
11:30 - 12:00
Room: CM 1 120
Contributions

11:30 Final discussion
12:00 Welcome and announcements: Concluding remarks
Concluding remarks
12:00 - 12:30
Room: CM 1 120

12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
Room: CM 1 120

14:00 Free time

14:00 - 15:30
Room: CM 1 120

15:30 Afternoon coffee break
Afternoon coffee break
15:30 - 16:00
Room: CM 1 120

16:00 Free time

16:00 - 18:00
Room: CM 1 120