NPPS Leadership Team

[Torre Wenaus <wenaus AT gmail.com>]

Interesting big picture slides on the BNL strategy for EIC Det2 S&C over the coming years, of which our LDRD is a part (slide 7). Pretty much all news to me, and looks pretty good to me. Will put it on the agenda of our next leadership team meeting Dec 6 to discuss. Down-select is supposed to happen at the beginning of Dec so we may have that as context for the discussion.

Link is to sharepoint (*choke*), if you have problems let me know. In fact why don't I just attach pdf.

  Torre

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From: James Dunlop <dunlop AT bnl.gov>
Date: Thu, Nov 16, 2023 at 6:09 PM
Subject: Re: LDRD A Initiative: EIC 2nd detector and software and computing
To: Elke Aschenauer <elke AT bnl.gov>, Thomas Ullrich <ullrich AT bnl.gov>, David Morrison <morrison AT bnl.gov>, Lijuan Ruan <ruan AT bnl.gov>, Peter Petreczky <petreczk AT bnl.gov>, Carini, Gabriella <carini AT bnl.gov>, Kleese Van Dam, Kerstin <kleese AT bnl.gov>, Torre Wenaus <wenaus AT gmail.com>, Eric Lancon <elancon AT bnl.gov>, Ren, Yihui (Ray) <yren AT bnl.gov>, Hoisie, Adolfy <ahoisie AT bnl.gov>
Cc: James Dunlop <dunlop AT bnl.gov>

Dear All,

  At the link below please find a draft of the pitch.  It will be next Tuesday at 3:30, so please

let me know feedback on the content (the template in terms of slides, topics per slide, etc. is fixed).

Thanks,

  Jamie

(also let me know if you can't get to the link, but it should work)

JCD-EIC-LDRDA-Pitch.pptx

On Oct 11, 2023, at 10:04 AM, James Dunlop <dunlop AT bnl.gov> wrote:

Dear All,     

The Lab has decided to make significant changes to how LDRD Type A will be organized. The plan is described in the attached WORD file. It will start with the FY25 LDRD call, and will be fully implemented for the call for FY26 LDRD Type A proposals. As in the past, 10 initiatives are considered for LDRD Type A proposals. I have been asked to serve as the point of contact for the EIC 2nd Detector and Software and Computing initiative. The main change for the process is that only a limited number of initiatives will be selected for each call, following a discussion made by lab management with pitches from each initiative, which will happen in mid November. The call for FY25 LDRD Type A proposal will come in early December.

 

I am reaching out to you as the leaders in these activities to help me prepare the presentation for this initiative. I hope you will inform the relevant people in your organizations to seek inputs. 

The 2023 Long Range Plan for Nuclear Science was just recently released, and while the 2nd detector was mentioned it was in one paragraph

on p. 127 of an 186 page document.  High capacity data centers for the experiments were mentioned on p. 143.  Clearly there is an opportunity

here, but it will need a concerted effort to bring to higher visibility.

 

The template for the initiative pitch is also attached. I will be working on preparing these slides. Your input is very much appreciated.

 

                Best regards,

 

                Jamie

 

 

 

From: Hill, John <hill AT bnl.gov> 
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2023 10:22 AM
To: ScienceALDs <ScienceALDs AT brookhavenLab.onmicrosoft.com>
Cc: Barkigia, Kathleen <barkigia AT bnl.gov>
Subject: LDRD Decisions from last week

 

All, we made some decisions on the LDRD program last week, so wanted to memorialize them here (and in the OneNote notebook 9/21/23 meeting  (Web view)).

 

1. We decided on the points of contacts to make the FY25 pitch for the respective initiatives:

a.       AS&T                                                                                                             Mark Palmer

2.       Climate Science                                                                                          Alistair Rogers

3.       Clean Energy (inc nuclear)                                                                       Esther Takeuchi

4.       Human-AI-Facilities                                                                                    Kerstin Kleese van Dam

5.       High Energy Physics                                                                                   Hong Ma

6.       Isotope production                                                                                    Cathy Cutler

7.       QIS                                                                                                               Gabriella Carini

8.       EIC 2nd detector and software and computing                                  Jamie Dunlop

9.       Microelectronics                                                                                        Chuck Black

10.   National Security (including Biopreparedness)                                   Martin Schoonen

2. Those point of contacts should represent the lab as a whole, not their individual organizations and should reach out to people across the lab to coordinate their response. You should talk to them now. I will also send them an email explaining their responsibilities
3. Initiative pitch deck template is attached.
4. Pitches will be made in mid-Nov ie 6 weeks from now. Exact dates TBD
5. Decisions on which initiatives to be selected for FY25 will be made by Dec 1^st and call for type A’s will go out then
6. Type B call is independent of type A and can be made at any time. Goal is to release it Nov 1^st or before. ALDs should warn their folks now.
7. Overall LDRD program description is attached. Kathi will edit as appropriate and post on the web. Note this discusses LDRD program as it will be in steady state. This first year there will be some differences in the timing of calls and the ISCs which are not yet formed or at work. They (the ISCs) will grow out of the point of contacts work this year.

 

Thanks a lot,

J.

 

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