NPPS Leadership Team

[Torre Wenaus <wenaus AT gmail.com>]

FYI. Markus gave me some backstory on this, he was added to the org committee after Peter and Amber set it up, then he noticed BNL wasn't represented, hence this invite

  Torre

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From: Peter Jacobs <pmjacobs AT lbl.gov>
Date: Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 11:54 PM
Subject: Workshop on Software Infrastructure for Advanced Nuclear Physics Computing
To: <wenaus AT bnl.gov>
Cc: Amber Boehnlein <amber AT jlab.org>

Hi Torre,

I hope that you are doing well.

Amber and I were asked by Xiaofeng Guo (DOE NP/Computing) to co-chair a workshop on software infrastructure for advanced NP computing, to provide guidance to her for a new FOA in that area. Xiaofeng's charge to us was broad, and we are free to frame the workshop scope as we like.

Please see below for a work-in-progress draft of the first announcement, to give you an idea what this is about.

The workshop will be at JLab on June 20-22.

We would like to invite you to be on the organizing committee for the workshop.

I would in any case like to chat with you about the workshop, whether or not you agree to be on the org committee. Please let me know when is convenient to connect.

Thanks,

Peter

p.s. you are likely wondering about my involvement. I have been working recently on Bayesian Inference within the JETSCAPE collaboration, and am PI on a grant from DOE to develop AI/ML approaches to Bayesian UQ, which is why Xiaofeng tapped me.

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Workshop on Software Infrastructure for Advanced Nuclear Physics Computing

Jefferson Lab
June 20-22, 2024

The role of computing in Nuclear Physics is evolving rapidly, due to the explosive growth of exascale facilities and networking, new hardware architectures, and new algorithmic approaches, including those based on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. New collaborative efforts have emerged to exploit these opportunities, bringing together Nuclear Physics theorists and experimentalists, and data scientists. A common focus of such collaborative efforts is the development of robust, large-scale Software Infrastructure frameworks to support these complex scientific programs. However, long-term support for such efforts remains an open question. In addition, curation and preservation of data for future detailed analysis is likewise an important open issue.

The 2023 NSAC Long Range Plan includes a vision for the future of advanced computing for NP research. The goal of this workshop is to discuss the realization of this vision, with focus on Sustainable Software Infrastructure. The workshop will bring together theorists, experimentalists, and data scientists to discuss current efforts, and to propose near-term and longer term practical steps which will provide sustainable support in this area. A key output of the Workshop will be a White Paper presenting the consensus of the participants on critical research directions, concerns, and opportunities.

The 2.5 day Workshop will be held at Jefferson Lab on June 20-22, 2024, running all day on June 20-21 and ending at noon on June 22. Topics to be discussed include etc. etc.

Support for the workshop is provided by the DOE Office of Nuclear Physics, to enable widespread community participation. Coverage of  local expenses will be available for some young scientists who are within five years of receiving their PhD. Workshop details and registration will be provided at a later date.

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Peter Jacobs
pmjacobs AT lbl.gov

Nuclear Science Division,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
1 Cyclotron Road,
Berkeley, California,
U.S.A. 94720
Tel. (510)486-5413
Cell: (510) 688-0055

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-- Torre Wenaus, BNL NPPS Group, ATLAS Experiment

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