Application to participate coming soon!
Join us for two days of in-depth lectures and hands-on tutorials, designed for scientists and software developers who are new to PtyPy and ptychography
When: 12–13 October, 2026
Where: LINXS, The Loop, Rydbergs torg 4, Lund, Sweden
Target group: Beginner PtyPty users
Fee: 1,100 SEK excl. VAT
Please note that applications will be reviewed, and accepted applicants will be notified by September 12 at the latest, along with payment instructions.
About
MAX IV and LINXS welcome you to a two-day hackathon on 12-13 October 2026 with lectures and hands-on training on PtyPy, the open-source software package for Ptychography. The hackathon will be held at LINXS, Lund, Sweden.
In the field of X-ray imaging, ptychography has enabled high resolution, quantitative imaging, surpassing the restrictions set by lens-based optics. Modern ptychography combines a scanning microscopy set up with a 2D detector to record the full diffraction pattern. Overlapping illuminations then provide the boundary conditions for computational reconstruction of both amplitude and phase of the real space image. PtyPy is the leading software for Ptychography data treatment and is developed and updated by experts across the world.
The hackathon aims to:
Teach the basics of ptychographic reconstruction, covering different methods and algorithms.
Provide hands-on training on how to use existing workflows in PtyPy for your high-performance ptychographic reconstructions
Introduce the PtyPy framework and how to get started with your own workflows.
Share recent developments in PtyPy and discuss future challenges and plans.
Speakers
Keynote speaker:
Prof. Pierre Thibault (University of Trieste, Italy)
Invited speakers (preliminary):
Prof. Jens Andreasen (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark)
Dr. Maik Kahnt (MAX IV Laboratory, Sweden)
Dr. Tang Li (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Germany)
Dr. Benedikt Daurer (Diamond Light Source, United Kingdom)
For practical questions, please contact josefin.martell@linxs.lu.se
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