Dear colleagues,
It is our great pleasure to inform you that following PHITS international online tutorials will beheld.
1, Beginners' course, 10th-14th Jun. 2024.
2, Advanced course, 18th-22nd Nov. 2024.
The course and PHITS license are completely free of charge.
The beginners' course is dedicated to those who would like to start using PHITS or those who
once learned PHITS but would like to review it. Please feel free to forward this message to yourcolleagues who are interested in PHITS.
In order to participate to the tutorials, please be sure to have a network environment stableenough to run a Zoom client.

Please follow the instructions below to register for the tutorials.
1, Tutorial registration
Access to https://phits.jaea.go.jp/contact/edit/en
Select "PHITS tutorial registration" in "Category" pull-down menu.
Fill out the form and send it.
If you wish to participate to both beginners' and advanced courses, please send the form twice,
one for the beginners' course and the other for the advanced course.
Remarks
Please type your full name including your middle names.
Please use your institutional email address (free addresses such as Gmail cause problems
afterwards).
If you are a foreigner living in Japan more than 6 months, please write the name and E-mailaddress of your Japanese supervisor in the "message body".
If the webform does not work (i.e. you do not receive an automatic reply), please send theregistration information to phits-en-tutorial@jaea.go.jp .

2, PHITS license application
Please select 2-1, 2-2 or 2-3 depending on your status.

2-1 For foreigners living in Japan more than 6 months
Access to https://phits.jaea.go.jp/annai-tutorial.html
Follow the instruction there. Please ask your Japanese supervisor to help you out.
2-2-1 PHITS non-users or users with Ver.3.09 or older, and NOT working in either of thefollowing countries (Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland,France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic ofKorea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.)Access to https://phits.jaea.go.jp/howtoget.html
Fill out the form.
Send the form from https://phits.jaea.go.jp/contact/edit/en selecting "Submission of license
application form" category.
If the webform does not work, please send the format to phits-license@jaea.go.jp .

2-2-2 PHITS non-users or users with Ver.3.09 or older, and working in either of the following
countries (Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France,Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea,Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.)
Send a license request form to OECD-NEA Databankhttps://www.oecd-nea.org/tools/cpsrequest/start/NEA-1931%2501

2-3 For PHITS users with Ver.3.10 or newer
You can download the latest version later. Please wait for the follow-up messages.
3, Read and follow the announcement (e.g., schedule, login guidance, etc) sent from phits-entutorial@jaea.go.jp later.

PHITS office--------- Tutorial Timetable---------------------------------------------

Beginners’ Course Schedule(Time: Coordinated Universal Time)
Date : 10th-14th Jun. 2024. UTC 11:00-14:00 (Short breaks: 12:00-12:10, 13:00-13:10)
Registration deadline for new users: 9th May 2024
Registration deadline for current users: 3rd Jun. 2024
10th Jun.（Mon）
10:00 - 11:00 PHITS installation and checkup (optional)
11:00 - 12:00 Opening and PHITS overview
12:00 - 14:00 Basic Lecture 1-1 (geometry settings)¥phits¥lecture¥basic¥lec01
14:00 - 15:00 Post-course free Q&A
11th Jun.（Tue）
11:00 - 12:00 Basic Lecture 1-2（source settings）¥phits¥lecture¥basic¥lec01
12:00
Group photo
12:00 - 14:00 Basic Lecture 2（Tally settings）¥phits¥lecture¥basic¥lec02
14:00 - 14:30 Post-course free Q&A
12th Jun.（Wed）
11:00 - 12:00 Basic Lecture 2（Tally settings (continued)）¥phits¥lecture¥basic¥lec02
12:00 - 14:00 Basic Lecture 3（parameter setting 1）¥phits¥lecture¥basic¥lec03
14:00 - 14:30 Post-course free Q&A
13th Jun.（Thu）
11:00 - 12:00 Basic Lecture 3（parameter setting 2）¥phits¥lecture¥basic¥lec03

12:00 - 14:00

Advanced Lecture 1 (advanced source definition)¥phits¥lecture¥advanced¥sourceA
14:00 - 14:30 Post-course free Q&A
14th Jun.（Fri）
11:00 - 12:20

Exercise (stop α, β, γ-rays & neutrons)¥phits¥lecture¥exercise¥range
12:20 - 13:50 Exercise (melt snowman by proton beam!)¥phits¥lecture¥exercise¥snowman
13:50 - 14:00 Closing session
14:00 - 14:30 Post-course free Q&A

Beginners’ Course Schedule (Time: Japan Standard Time)
Date : 10th-14th Jun. 2024. (Short breaks: 21:00-21:10, 22:00-22:10)
10th Jun.（Mon）
19:00 - 20:00 PHITS installation and checkup (optional)
20:00 - 21:00 Opening and PHITS overview
21:00 - 23:00 Basic Lecture 1-1 (geometry settings）¥phits¥lecture¥basic¥lec01
23:00 - 24:00 Post-course free Q&A
11th Jun.（Tue）
20:00 - 21:00 Basic Lecture 1-2（source settings）¥phits¥lecture¥basic¥lec01
21:00
Group photo
21:00 - 23:00 Basic Lecture 2（Tally settings）¥phits¥lecture¥basic¥lec02
23:00 - 23:30 Post-course free Q&A
12th Jun.（Wed）
20:00 - 21:00 Basic Lecture 2（Tally settings (continued)）¥phits¥lecture¥basic¥lec02
21:00 - 23:00 Basic Lecture 3（parameter setting 1）¥phits¥lecture¥basic¥lec03
23:00 - 23:30 Post-course free Q&A
13th Jun.（Thu）
20:00 - 21:00 Basic Lecture 3（parameter setting 2）¥phits¥lecture¥basic¥lec03
21:00 - 23:00 Advanced Lecture 1 (advanced source definition)¥phits¥lecture¥advanced¥sourceA
23:00 - 23:30 Post-course free Q&A
14th Jun.（Fri）
20:00 - 21:20

Exercise (stop α, β, γ-rays & neutrons)¥phits¥lecture¥exercise¥range
21:20 - 22:50 Exercise (melt snowman by proton beam!)¥phits¥lecture¥exercise¥snowman
22:50 - 23:00 Closing session
23:00 - 23:30 Post-course free Q&A--------- Tutorial Timetable ---------------------------------------------

Advanced Course Schedule(Time: Coordinated Universal Time)
Date : 18th -22nd Nov. 2024. UTC 11:00-15:00 every day. (Short breaks: 12:00-12:10,13:00-13:10, 14:00-14:10)
Registration deadline for new users: 17th Oct. 2024
Registration deadline for current users: 11th Nov. 2024
18th Nov.（Mon）
10:30 - 11:00 PHITS installation and checkup
11:00 - 12:00 Opening and overview of recent PHITS updates
12:00 - 13:30 Review Exercise 1 (stop α, β, γ-rays & neutron)¥phits¥lecture¥exercise¥range
13:30 - 15:00 Review Exercise 2 (melt snowman by proton beam!)¥phits¥lecture¥exercise¥snowman
15:00 - 16:00 Post-course free Q&A
19th Nov.（Tue）
11:00 - 12:30 Advanced Lecture 1 (definition of sources with energy distribution)¥phits¥lecture¥advanced¥sourceA
12:30
Group photo
12:30 - 14:00 Advanced Lecture 2 (Counter, Transform, Magnetic field)¥phits¥lecture¥advanced¥options
14:00 - 15:00 Advanced Lecture 3 (Variance reduction 1)¥phits¥lecture¥advanced¥WeightA
15:00 - 15:30 Post-course free Q&A
20th Nov.（Wed）
11:00 - 13:00 Advanced Lecture 6 (Variance reduction 2)¥phits¥lecture¥advanced¥WeightB
13:00 - 15:00 Advanced Lecture 7 (DCHAIN-PHITS)¥phits¥lecture¥advanced¥DCHAIN1
15:00 - 15:30 Post-course free Q&A

21st Nov.（Thu）
11:00 - 12:30 Advanced Lecture 8 (Use of particle dump)¥phits¥lecture¥advanced¥SourceB
12:30 - 15:00 Optional lectures 1 (participants can take one of them)
Advanced Lecture 10-1 (Accelerator and Shielding Design)¥phits¥lecture¥advanced¥shielding
Advanced Lecture 10-2 (BNCT)¥phits¥lecture¥therapy¥BNCT
Advanced Lecture 10-3 (X-ray therapy)¥phits¥lecture¥therapy¥XrayTherapy
15:00 - 15:30 Post-course free Q&A
22nd Nov.（Fri）
11:00 - 13:00 Optional lectures 2 (participants can take one of them)
Advanced Lecture 11-1 (Detector simulation exercise)¥phits¥advanced¥detector
Advanced Lecture 11-2 (Cosmic rays)¥phits¥lecture¥advanced¥CosmicRay
Advanced Lecture 11-3 (Medical data treatment)¥phits¥utility¥RTphits
13:00 - 15:00 Advanced Lecture 12 (automated run using script files)¥phits¥utility¥script¥instruction
15:00 - 15:10 Closing session
15:10 - 15:30 Post-course free Q&A

Advanced Course Schedule (Time: Japan Standard Time)
Date : 18th -22nd Nov. 2024. JST 20:00-24:00 every day.
(Short breaks: 21:00-21:10, 22:00-22:10, 23:00-23:10)
18th Nov.（Mon）
19:30 - 20:00 PHITS installation and checkup
20:00 - 21:00 Opening and overview of recent PHITS updates
21:00 - 22:30 Review Exercise 1 (stop α, β, γ-rays & neutron)¥phits¥lecture¥exercise¥range
22:30 - 24:00 Review Exercise 2 (melt snowman by proton beam!)¥phits¥lecture¥exercise¥snowman
24:00 - 25:00 Post-course free Q&A
19th Nov.（Tue）
20:00 - 21:30 Advanced Lecture 1 (definition of sources with energy distribution)¥phits¥lecture¥advanced¥sourceA
21:30
Group photo
21:30 - 23:00 Advanced Lecture 2 (Counter, Transform, Magnetic field)¥phits¥lecture¥advanced¥options
23:00 - 24:00 Advanced Lecture 3 (Variance reduction 1)¥phits¥lecture¥advanced¥WeightA
24:00 - 24:30 Post-course free Q&A
20th Nov.（Wed）
20:00 - 22:00 Advanced Lecture 6 (Variance reduction 2)¥phits¥lecture¥advanced¥WeightB
22:00 - 24:00 Advanced Lecture 7 (DCHAIN-PHITS)¥phits¥lecture¥advanced¥DCHAIN1
24:00 - 24:30 Post-course free Q&A
21st Nov.（Thu）
20:00 - 21:30 Advanced Lecture 8 (Use of particle dump)¥phits¥lecture¥advanced¥SourceB
21:30 - 24:00 Optional lectures 1 (participants can take one of them)
Advanced Lecture 10-1 (Accelerator and Shielding Design)¥phits¥lecture¥advanced¥shielding24:00 - 24:30

Advanced Lecture 10-2 (BNCT)¥phits¥lecture¥therapy¥BNCT
Advanced Lecture 10-3 (X-ray therapy)¥phits¥lecture¥therapy¥XrayTherapy
Post-course free Q&A

22nd Nov.（Fri）
20:00 - 22:00 Optional lectures 2 (participants can take one of them)
Advanced Lecture 11-1 (Cosmic rays)¥phits¥lecture¥advanced¥CosmicRay
Advanced Lecture 11-2 (Medical data treatment)¥phits¥utility¥RTphits
22:00 - 24:00 Advanced Lecture 12 (automated run using script files)¥phits¥utility¥script¥instruction
24:00 - 24:10 Closing session
24:10 - 24:30 Post-course free Q&A