sPHENIX discussion of software

["Frawley, Anthony" <afrawley AT fsu.edu>]

Dear Jamie and Dave,

If the dates of these things are going to be decided without consultation 
with the likely participants, it would be better if they were announced much 
further in advance (even if only informally). These particular dates neatly 
bracket the only two days in July when I can not be away from FSU - I could 
have avoided that with a bit more advance notice.

Best regards
Tony
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From: phenix-p-l-bounces AT lists.bnl.gov [phenix-p-l-bounces AT lists.bnl.gov] on 
behalf of David Morrison [dave AT bnl.gov]
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2015 3:32 PM
To: PHENIX Current Participants; sphenix-software-l AT lists.bnl.gov
Subject: Announcing an sPHENIX simulation workfest in July

Dear PHENIXians,

We are writing to announce an sPHENIX simulation workfest in July:

·       Dates: July 27–31, 2015
·       Location: Brookhaven National Lab / StonyBrook University. Details to 
be announced.
·       Website: https://indico.bnl.gov/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=1237

The goal of the workshop is to introduce the fast-evolving sPHENIX simulation 
environment, as well as providing a platform for collaborators to work on the 
following topics:
·       Jet performance with updated detector design
·       Jet background subtraction, fake rejection and reaction plane 
detection
·       Heavy flavor jet/meson study in Geant4
·       Exploring hadron physics topics in sPHENIX and in EIC
·       Software platform construction

The first day or two of the workfest will focus on introducing the sPHENIX 
simulation framework and providing hands-on tutorials.  Continuing ahead from 
the tutorial we held in May, we will further introduce tracking and jet 
evaluations, as well as new software tools.  For the later days of the week, 
we will break into a few topical groups to work on more specific simulations. 
Plenary sessions for topical summaries are planned at the beginning of each 
work day.

We encourage groups that are interested in developing the sPHENIX simulation 
and physics program to participate in person. To help us with organization, 
we invite participants to email Jin Huang <jhuang AT bnl.gov> regarding their 
focus topics and their intended dates of attendance.

Regards,
Dave and Jamie
PHENIX Co-spokespersons

David Morrison  Brookhaven National Laboratory  phone: 631-344-5840
                                Physics Department, Bldg 510 C  email: 
dave AT bnl.gov
                                Upton, NY 11973-5000