The 11th Annual Loma Linda Workshop
Starting a new Quarter Century of Innovation and Collaboration in Applications of Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science and Engineering to Radiation Therapy.
The 11th Annual Loma Linda Workshop brought together students, postdocs, and leading experts from across four continents to explore the future of online adaptive therapy, the convergence of real-time adaptive and dose-guided proton/photon therapy, and emerging modalities such as FLASH and arc therapy.
Workshop Highlights
- Total participants: 74
- Virtual attendees: 62
- On-site attendees: 12
- Continents represented: North America, Europe, Asia, Australia
- Talks delivered: 32
- 4 overview talks by senior experts
- 28 research updates by graduate students, postdocs, and junior faculty
Featured Lecture
Professor Keith Schubert (Baylor University) presented a 45-minute keynote on Principal Component Analysis, offering insights into dimensionality reduction and data interpretation in particle imaging.
Social Program
- Dinner at Gandhi Cuisine of India, Loma Linda
- Redlands Bowl performance: Bee Gees Gold
- Visit to James M. Slater Proton Treatment and Research Center
Scientific Scope
- Algorithms for particle therapy, imaging, and planning
- Large-scale computing and data management
- Optimization and superiorization
- Monte Carlo simulation
- Hardware/software innovation
- Adaptive therapy algorithms
- TCP/NTCP modeling
- FLASH and gold nanoparticle radiosensitization
The Organizing Committee
- Reinhard Schulte, Professor, Physician Scientist, Workshop Chair, rschulte@llu.edu
- Yair Censor, Professor of Mathematics, yair@math.haifa.ac.il
- Nils Krah, Senior Researcher, Radiotherapy and Medical Imaging, n.krah@hollandptc.nl
- Katia Parodi, Professor, Medical Physics Research, Katia.Parodi@physik.uni-muenchen.de
- Drora Samra-Shevy, Physician Scientist, drora@caltech.edu
- Keith Schubert, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, keith_schubert@baylor.edu