NPPS Leadership Team

[Torre Wenaus <wenaus AT gmail.com>]

Wei follows up with this...

I totally understand that. What Kitware looks for is to offer the role of visualization in the context of AI engagement for HEP. If someone in your team happens to have a common interest, we can help them to design together. This topic has been repeatedly included these years for SBIR. I think DOE has interest in the investment.

... Without an existing activity in the area I don't see how we could participate without it being a guaranteed drain at some level, with uncertain payoff.

We can discuss it briefly tomorrow.

  Torre

On Wed, Aug 14, 2024 at 12:28 PM Torre Wenaus <wenaus AT gmail.com> wrote:

fyi this is the state of the exchange regarding Kitware SBIR.

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From: Torre Wenaus <wenaus AT gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Aug 13, 2024 at 11:30 AM
Subject: Re: SBIR collaboration with Kitware
To: Xu, Wei (Celia) <xuw AT bnl.gov>
Cc: Wenaus,Torre J <twenaus AT bnl.gov>, Ren, Yihui (Ray) <yren AT bnl.gov>

Hi Wei,

No, we all said no last year, I don't suggest them. There is a general wariness of SBIR based on experience. Of course the degree of success/usefulness depends on the circumstances and probably most of all on the company. Kitware is a serious company but we need something to go on to consider participating, rather than just brainstorming from zero.

  Torre

On Tue, Aug 13, 2024 at 11:25 AM Xu, Wei (Celia) <xuw AT bnl.gov> wrote:

Hi Torre,

 

I was not in the loop last year. Since Kitware contacted us again this year, I am assuming it was not taken place eventually.

 

Would you suggest Alexei and Brett for this time? Thanks.

-- 

Wei (Celia) Xu, PhD

Computational Scientist

Computational Science Initiative

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Upton, NY

&

Research Professor

Computer Science Department

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY

Tel: 6313448155

 

From: Torre Wenaus <wenaus AT gmail.com>
Date: Tuesday, August 13, 2024 at 10:49 AM
To: Xu, Wei (Celia) <xuw AT bnl.gov>
Cc: Wenaus,Torre J <twenaus AT bnl.gov>, Ren, Yihui (Ray) <yren AT bnl.gov>
Subject: Re: SBIR collaboration with Kitware

Hi,

From an email search on kitware... did this proceed?

 

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From: Yoo, Shinjae <sjyoo AT bnl.gov>
Date: Fri, Sep 15, 2023 at 11:03 AM
Subject: Fw: HEP SBIR topic
To: Torre Wenaus <wenaus AT gmail.com>, Klimentov, Alexei <aak AT bnl.gov>, Viren, Brett <bviren AT bnl.gov>
Cc: Lin, Meifeng <mlin AT bnl.gov>, Ren, Yihui (Ray) <yren AT bnl.gov>

 

Hi Torre, Alexei, and Brett,

 

Would any of you be interested in this SBIR collaboration? 

 

Kitware is top in Visualization and they are very well recognized within ASCR community. 

 

Thanks,

-SJ

 

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Ph.D, Shinjae Yoo

(c) 412-467-6860

(o) 631-344-4286

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From: Berk Geveci <berk.geveci AT kitware.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2023 5:05 PM
To: Yoo, Shinjae <sjyoo AT bnl.gov>
Cc: Will Schroeder <will.schroeder AT kitware.com>; Patrick O'Leary <patrick.oleary AT kitware.com>
Subject: HEP SBIR topic

 

Dear Shinjae,

 

Please find attached the SBIR topic (we are going after HEP AI/ML Visualization Tools) and the LOI that we submitted. If you can help us find partners with this proposal, we would be very grateful.

 

Thank you for you consideration.

Best,

-berk

 

On Mon, Aug 12, 2024 at 9:53 AM Xu, Wei (Celia) <xuw AT bnl.gov> wrote:

Hi Torre,

 

Great! Thank you very much. We are at the stage looking for HEP collaborators to kick off the initial meeting. The idea is forming informally and there will be more brainstorming and co-design once we are all on board.

 

Look forward to hearing back soon.

 

-- 

Wei (Celia) Xu, PhD

Computational Scientist

Computational Science Initiative

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Upton, NY

&

Research Professor

Computer Science Department

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY

Tel: 6313448155

 

From: Torre Wenaus <wenaus AT gmail.com>
Date: Monday, August 12, 2024 at 7:58 AM
To: Xu, Wei (Celia) <xuw AT bnl.gov>
Cc: Wenaus,Torre J <twenaus AT bnl.gov>, Ren, Yihui (Ray) <yren AT bnl.gov>
Subject: Re: SBIR collaboration with Kitware

Hi Wei,

I was on vacation, back today. I will be happy to circulate information to my group and discuss possible participation. Do you have a draft proposal?

  Torre

 

On Fri, Aug 9, 2024 at 11:53 AM Xu, Wei (Celia) <xuw AT bnl.gov> wrote:

Hi Torre,

 

Sorry to reach out again. I know you must be busy. May I have your opinion about joining the collaboration with Kitware? Do you have anyone to recommend?

 

The first deadline (8/27) is approaching. Really hope to have your feedback.

 

Thanks a lot. Appreciate your help.

 

-- 

Wei (Celia) Xu, PhD

Computational Scientist

Computational Science Initiative

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Upton, NY

&

Research Professor

Computer Science Department

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY

Tel: 6313448155

 

From: Xu, Wei (Celia) <xuw AT bnl.gov>
Date: Tuesday, August 6, 2024 at 4:57 PM
To: Wenaus,Torre J <wenaus AT bnl.gov>
Cc: Ren, Yihui (Ray) <yren AT bnl.gov>
Subject: SBIR collaboration with Kitware

Hi Torres,

 

Hope this email finds you well.

 

This is Wei, computational scientist from CDSD (the previous CSI). I am coordinating an SBIR proposal under the HEP program with Kitware for the following topic:

 

C59-29(b) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE/MACHINE LEARNING FOR HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS

b. HEP AI/ML Visualization Tools – Description Software tools to improve visualization of scientific information natively integrated with both AI/ML and HEP software libraries. Applications submitted to this topic should focus on the ability to generate scientific publication quality plots of widely varying types of data and their associated uncertainties using a straightforward user interface; or develop visualization techniques to identify and display anomalous outcomes when comparing to reference data. Questions – Contact: Jeremy Love, Jeremy.Love AT science.doe.gov 

 

When I discussed with Ray, he mentioned you might be interested. May I invite you or someone from your group to join the SBIR Phase I proposal? We are very interested in inviting HEP experts who are interested in both AI/ML and visualization.

 

This is the link of this year’s FOA: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://science.osti.gov/-/media/sbir/pdf/funding/2024/FY25-Phase-I-Release-1-Topics07122024V2.pdf__;!!P4SdNyxKAPE!GrQ5BvUauaBWkaS8JdCBU9EgaPf4ciNvkyJD66VZaO1XCGOXToNoUqwDyc9rXeuzzg6wjIKq7gy-k1R7e7o$. The deadline for the letter of intent is Aug 27^th.

 

Please let me know how you think. Thanks a lot.

 

 

-- 

Wei (Celia) Xu, PhD

Computational Scientist

Computational Science Initiative

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Upton, NY

&

Research Professor

Computer Science Department

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY

Tel: 6313448155

 

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-- Torre Wenaus, BNL NPPS Group, ATLAS Experiment

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-- Torre Wenaus, BNL NPPS Group, ATLAS Experiment

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-- Torre Wenaus, BNL NPPS Group, ATLAS Experiment

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