International Computational Accelerator Physics Conference 2002



October 15-18, 2002
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824





The conference focused on recent advances in Computational Accelerator Physics and its applications. It continued the tradition of six earlier conferences in this series, held in the US and Europe from 1988 to 2000.

Photographs
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Program Schedule
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Location.
The meeting took place at two brand new locations, the MSU Henry Center , a golf course spa resort at the south end of the MSU campus, as well as the newly dedicated building housing the Physics and Astronomy Department.

Program
The ICAP2002 program covered the following topics
Computational Needs
Tracking and Ray Tracing Methods
Map Methods
Field Computation and Analysis
Precision Modeling of Dynamics and Fields
High Current Beams
High Emittance Beams
Code Validation
High Performance Computing
As well as a series of other topics including
Design of Accelerators and Components
Computer Modeling and Visualization
Controls and Simulation
and others
It had a mix of plenary sessions, focused sessions, and round table discussions. The Conference Dinner was held during a cruise on the Michigan Princess .
Proceedings
The papers presented at the conference will be refereed and published by IOP Publishing. All papers have to be handed in at the conference, and should have a maximum length of 10 pages. Papers can be submitted in LaTeX format or in Word, and have to strictly follow the following guidelines Abstracts for Papers should be submitted through the Registration and Abstract Submission Form by September 15, 2002.

Submitted Abstracts
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