NPPS Leadership Team

[Alexander Kiselev <kisselev AT mail.desy.de>]

  Hi Torre,

  one option would be to hire a new ML-aware person as one of those 3 (or 
now only 2 remaining?) positions for EIC which Jamie granted to us. Not 
sure this can be done quickly though, so what is the time scale we are
talking about?

  Cheers,
    Alexander.


On Tue, 24 Mar 2020, Torre Wenaus via Phys-npps-mgmt-l wrote:

> Thoughts?
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: David Morrison <morrison AT bnl.gov>
> Date: Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 9:07 AM
> Subject: Fwd: sPHENIX
> To: Torre Wenaus <wenaus AT bnl.gov>
>
>
> Hi Torre,
>
> Berndt forwarded an inquiry from Frank Alexander looking for a BNL person to 
> lead an AI/ML proposal.  The person that came to mind for me was Joe Osborn.  
> I haven't suggested his name to Frank
> because: one, he's in your group; and two, he's doing valuable for for 
> sPHENIX and I'd hate to see that be impacted.  On the other hand, if the Lab 
> is prioritizing these sorts of things it might eb
> worth a chat with Frank.  I really don't have anyone else with spare cycles 
> to work on this.
>
> Dave
>
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject:
> Re: sPHENIX
> Date:
> Tue, 24 Mar 2020 08:57:39 -0400
> From:
> James Dunlop <dunlop AT bnl.gov>
> To:
> David Morrison <morrison AT bnl.gov>
> CC:
> James Dunlop <dunlop AT bnl.gov>
>
> Right. Maybe talk to Torre. This should really be done in the NPPS group; of 
> course Joe is there too.
> --J
>
>
>       On Mar 24, 2020, at 8:53 AM, David Morrison <morrison AT bnl.gov> wrote:
>
>       Hi Jamie,
>
>       I heard this back from Frank. It's a pretty heavy lift, especially with 
> the sPHENIX schedule impacts stemming from the coronavirus response. One 
> thought – Joe Osborn. Probably the right
>       mix of expertise. I wouldn't want to distract him from the sPHENIX work 
> he's doing, but it depends on what sort of priority the Lab want to put on 
> initiatives like Frank is describing.
>
>       Dave
>
>
>       -------- Forwarded Message --------
>       Subject: Re: sPHENIX
>       Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 11:56:01 +0000
>       From: Alexander, Francis <falexander AT bnl.gov>
>       To: Morrison, David <morrison AT bnl.gov>
>       CC: Alexander, Francis <falexander AT bnl.gov>
>
>
>       Hi Dave,
>       It’s actually someone from the physics side at BNL to lead the proposal 
> which LBNL and BNL ML/AI folks would contribute to.
>       Sounds like that may be hard to find given workload?
>       Best,
>       Frank
>       Francis J. Alexander
>       Deputy Director, Computational Science Initiative
>       Brookhaven National Laboratory
>       Bldg. 725, room 2-129
>       Tel.: 631-344-4899
>       Cell: 631-405-0566
>       Email: falexander AT bnl.gov
>       From: David Morrison <morrison AT bnl.gov>
>       Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at 6:50 AM
>       To: "Alexander, Francis" <falexander AT bnl.gov>
>       Subject: Fwd: FW: sPHENIX
>       Hi Frank,
>
>       I'm writing to find out a bit more about what sort of person you're 
> looking for. Are you specifically looking for someone at BNL? Or would a 
> non-BNL, but ML savvy, person in the sPHENIX
>       collaboration be OK? The reason I ask is that if it needs to be someone 
> at BNL that would mean going to our usual stable of people, and they're 
> wildly oversubscribed. If it can be
>       someone outside BNL we might be able to identify someone with the right 
> know-how and a who also has a few spare cycles.
>
>       Dave
>
>
>       -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: FW: sPHENIX
>       Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 23:56:26 +0000
>       From: Mueller, Berndt <bmueller AT bnl.gov>
>       To: Morrison, David <morrison AT bnl.gov>
>       CC: Dunlop, James C <dunlop AT bnl.gov>
>
>       What’s the best response to Frank’s inquiry?
>       Berndt
>       From: "Alexander, Francis" <falexander AT bnl.gov>
>       Date: Monday, March 23, 2020 at 7:41 PM
>       To: "Mueller, Berndt" <bmueller AT bnl.gov>
>       Cc: "Alexander, Francis" <falexander AT bnl.gov>, "Kleese Van Dam, Kerstin" 
> <kleese AT bnl.gov>
>       Subject: sPHENIX
>       Hi Berndt,
>       I've been approached by Machine Learning / AI folks at LBNL to
>       consider partenering on a response to the BES/NP/HEP Facilities AI/ML 
> call in the
>       context of sPHENIX.
>       Can you suggest someone for me to connect with for that?
>       Thanks,
>       Frank
>       Francis J. Alexander
>       Deputy Director, Computational Science Initiative
>       Brookhaven National Laboratory
>       Bldg. 725, room 2-129
>       Tel.: 631-344-4899
>       Cell: 631-405-0566
>       Email: falexander AT bnl.gov
>
>
>       -- David Morrison Brookhaven National Laboratory phone: 631-344-5840
>       Physics Department, Bldg 510 C fax: 631-344-3253
>       Upton, NY 11973-5000 email: dave AT bnl.gov
>
>       -- David Morrison Brookhaven National Laboratory phone: 631-344-5840
>       Physics Department, Bldg 510 C fax: 631-344-3253
>       Upton, NY 11973-5000 email: dave AT bnl.gov
>
>
>
>
> --
> David Morrison  Brookhaven National Laboratory  phone: 631-344-5840
>                 Physics Department, Bldg 510 C    fax: 631-344-3253
>                           Upton, NY 11973-5000  email: dave AT bnl.gov