Month: 2025-08 Focused on improving Photon Visibility export stability and ensuring reliable OpticalPath linking within DUNE/duneopdet. The work centers on code simplification, dependency management, and build correctness to support downstream analytics and plugin interoperability.

This month focused on strengthening detector simulation capabilities through OpticalPath integration, improved configuration for HD detectors, and documentation enhancements. The efforts culminated in faster loading times, more accurate optical simulations for large-scale DUNE detectors, and reduced risk from misconfigurations, supported by targeted commits across duneopdet and dunesw.

2024-12 Monthly summary for DUNE/duneopdet: Delivered Enhanced Photon Detection Simulation Configuration and refined the semi-analytical model to improve photon propagation modeling and detector response across configurations. Introduced MaxPDDistance parameter and updated default simulation settings to increase accuracy, enabling more reliable business decisions based on detector performance. Commit reference: 78866baf53999e42f86399b70afa13f9681f4985 (updates to semi-analytical model configuration). No major bugs fixed this month; focus was on feature delivery, configuration improvements, and model calibration. Overall impact: higher fidelity simulations across detector configurations, enabling better performance benchmarking and data-driven decision making. Technologies demonstrated: configuration-driven simulation, parameter management, version-controlled changes, and cross-config validation.