NPPS Leadership Team

[Torre Wenaus <wenaus AT gmail.com>]

FYI. I talked to Hong about this, we agreed that cautious openness to involvement is the best course.

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From: Torre Wenaus <wenaus AT gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Apr 6, 2022 at 8:29 AM
Subject: Re: Project on real-time reconstruction
To: Markus Diefenthaler <mdiefent AT jlab.org>
Cc: Malachi Schram <schram AT jlab.org>

Hi Markus,

Thanks for the suggestion! I think this is a good idea. As you know four submissions are permitted per lab, in my group we're being asked to prepare one (with CSI and other institutes) and we'll base it on an unsuccessful LDRD on scaled-up ML services with PanDA that we put in last year. I think there's no limit on participating with others with a different lab lead. Unsurprisingly there is work in the department in the direction of your proposal, there's a currently active LDRD on it. I made them aware of your suggestion, they didn't bite in terms of participation. But in my group, something around ACTS for example could be interesting. Anyway we'd be happy to be in the discussion as your proposal develops. I will also make people in CSI aware of your proposal, they have some involvement in ACTS via HEP-CCE.

  Torre

On Thu, Mar 31, 2022 at 6:12 PM Markus Diefenthaler <mdiefent AT jlab.org> wrote:

Hello, Torre: 

Malachi (in CC:) and I have been discussing a project on building up expertise on real-time reconstruction. We would like to work in two directions: 

1. A data-science direction where we will translate the vertexing, tracking, and particle identification at NP experiments into ML algorithms. 
2. An advanced computing direction where we will test the ML algorithms on heterogeneous computing architecture. 

and have the following deliverable in mind: 

• A prototype of a reconstruction code for one of our running experiments, e.g., GlueX, that can run on FPGAs and an HPC system. 

We are wondering if you and your group would be interested in joining this project. It could be extended to sPHENIX, STAR, or/and ATLAS. 

A possible funding opportunity could be: 

https://science.osti.gov/hep/-/media/grants/pdf/foas/2022/SC_FOA_0002705.pdf

Here, Malachi and I interpret the following quote widely: "The HEP program explicitly encourages applications from non-traditional HEP institutions and researchers that may broaden the participation in HEP research and the AI sub-field.”

Please let us know what you think about our idea? This could be a good opportunity for a multidisciplinary BNL-JLab project 

Best regards, 

Markus. 

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