Abstract

The European Spallation Source (ESS) is currently being constructed in Lund next to MAX IV. These new research infrastructures will give materials scientist access to two very powerful techniques in Lund, namely neutron and (synchrotron) x-ray scattering. Simultaneously with the development of these powerful techniques the demands to data management and analysis software have increased, partly because more sophisticated experiments can be performed that in turn requires advanced analysis software, and partly because reproducible analyses, findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable (FAIR) data, and open science are increasingly mandated.

In this presentation, neutron scattering will be introduced by illustrating how it complements x-ray scattering followed by a description of how neutrons are generated at reactor and spallation neutron sources. The characteristics of the ESS will be presented including an overview of the research that can be performed at specific ESS instruments. After this introduction to neutron scattering and ESS, the challenges associated with providing scientists with appropriate tools to analyze their data from ESS will be discussed together with a discussion on how the demand for reproducible results, FAIR data, and the promotion of the European Open Science Cloud affects our work and how it will impact the new generation of researchers. The presentation will conclude with an overview of the services and data analysis software supported by ESS.

Biography

Dr. Thomas Holm Rod is leading the Data Reduction, Analysis, and Modelling (DRAM) group at the European Spallation Source. Dr. Rod’s career has focused on the application of scientific computing for advancing research; As a computational chemist/physicist he has applied and developed computational algorithms for the study of heterogenous and enzyme catalysis. In commercial enterprises, he has been responsible for developing and providing scientific software for other researchers. Formally, Dr. Rod has a MSc in theoretical chemistry from University of Copenhagen and a PhD in computational physics from Technical University of Denmark, before he took up a post doc position at Department of Molecular Biology at The Scripps Research Institute in California, USA. This position was followed by another post doc position at Department of Theoretical Chemistry at Lund University before he started working for commercial enterprises developing atomic-scale modelling software and performing contract research. In 2011 he started working for ESS, initially as consultant at University of Copenhagen before he fully joined ESS in 2014 as Group Leader for the newly created DRAM group.