Data Processing Workshops#

Workshop at DXC 2025: Data Processing of Total Scattering and How to Avoid Pitfalls Along the Way#

Date: August 04th, 2025

Organizers: Yuanpeng Zhang and Matthew Tucker

DXC = Denver X-ray Conference


Workshop website: Click Me

Schedule

09:00 - 09:10

Opening Remarks

Yuanpeng Zhang

09:10 - 09:45

Introduction to Neutron Total Scattering and Data Analysis Tools

Matthew Tucker

09:45 - 10:00

Coffee Break

10:00 - 10:35

Data Processing for Total Scattering - Part-1

Yuanpeng Zhang

10:35 - 11:10

Data Processing for Total Scattering - Part-2

Matthew Tucker

11:10 - 11:55

Data Processing Hands-on

Yuanpeng & Matt

11:55 - 12:00

Closing out

Yuanpeng & Matt

Workshop materials

  • Opening remarks Jupyter notebook: Click Me

    The paper by D. Keen summarizing the different forms of total scattering functions, Click Me

    The paper by P. Peterson, et al. summarizing total scattering formulations, Clicke Me

    An interesting review paper about the PDF method, by M. Dove and G. Li, Click Me

  • Presentation slides: Click Me

  • Introduction & Demonstration to the total scattering data auto-reduction: Click Me

  • Introduction & Demonstration to the total scattering data manual reduction: Click Me

  • Introduction & Demonstration to the total scattering data post-processing: Click Me

  • RMCProfile package (for the workshop, please download the version of 6.7.9): Click Me

Satellite workshop with ACNS meeting 2024 at Knoxville#

Date: June 22nd, 2024

Organizers: Yuanpeng Zhang, Matthew Tucker, and Thomas Proffen

ACNS = American Conference on Neutron Scattering


Workshop website: Click Me

Workshop materials

  • Opening remarks Jupyter notebook: Click Me

    The paper by D. Keen summarizing the different forms of total scattering functions, Click Me

    The paper by P. Peterson, et al. summarizing total scattering formulations, Clicke Me

    An interesting review paper about the PDF method, by M. Dove and G. Li, Click Me

  • Presentation slides: Click Me

  • Introduction & Demonstration to the total scattering data auto-reduction: Click Me

  • Introduction & Demonstration to the total scattering data manual reduction: Click Me

  • Introduction & Demonstration to the total scattering data post-processing: Click Me

  • RMCProfile package (for the workshop, please download the version of 6.7.9): Click Me

  • Post-workshop poll: Click Me

Satellite workshop with SHUG meeting 2023#

Date: June 5th, 2023

Organizers: Yuanpeng Zhang, Matthew Tucker, and Thomas Proffen

SHUG = SNS-HFIR User Group


Workshop website: Click Me

Workshop materials

  • Opening remarks Jupyter notebook: Click Me

    The paper by D. Keen summarizing the different forms of total scattering functions, Click Me

    The paper by P. Peterson, et al. summarizing total scattering formulations, Clicke Me

    An interesting review paper about the PDF method, by M. Dove and G. Li, Click Me

  • Presentation slides: Click Me

  • Introduction & Demonstration to the total scattering data auto-reduction: Click Me

  • Introduction & Demonstration to the total scattering data manual reduction: Click Me

  • Introduction & Demonstration to the total scattering data post-processing: Click Me

  • Post-workshop poll: Click Me