Basic terms of the probability theory and mathematical statistics. Important distributions. General scheme of Monte Carlo methods. Sampling of distribution functions. Specific methods for sampling of irregular distributions. Stochastic processes. Imitation of physical process. Structure of transport equation for hadronic and electromagnetic cascade. Solution of transport equation using Monte Carlo. Basic scheme of GEANT package. Definition of materials, medii, geometry of experiment. Volume, subvolume and their positioning. Detector response. Storing of information in data structure. Simulated physical processes and their control. Passage of particle through volume, detector and set. GEANT data structures. Graphics. Interactive GEANT.

Type of methodology: Combination of lecture and hands-on

Participants receive the certificate of attendance: Yes

Paid training activity for participants: Yes, for all

Participants prerequisite knowledge: Numerical methods (linear algebra, statistics) Domain-specific background knowledge