Summer 2024 Joint EICUG/ePIC Collaboration Meeting

22 Jul 2024, 08:00 → 27 Jul 2024, 17:35 US/Eastern

The joint 2024 Electron-Ion Collider User Group (EICUG) meeting and 5th semi-annual meeting of the ePIC Collaboration will take place at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania from July 22nd to 28th, 2024.

Draft Agenda:

The conference sessions will be held at Rauch Business Center on Lehigh's main campus.  The address of the center is 27 Memorial Drive West, Bethlehem, PA 18015.  Parking for this venue will be at the Zoellner parking garage.

The Early Career Day indico can be found at:
https://indico.jlab.org/event/855/

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Monday, 22 July

08:30 → 08:45 Coffee, Tea and snacks

Rauch Business Center - Atrium
621 Taylor St, Bethlehem, PA 18015

08:45 → 12:15 EICUG Early Career - See https://indico.jlab.org/event/855/

Rauch Business Center - RM 85
621 Taylor St, Bethlehem, PA 18015

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee, Tea and snacks

Rauch Business Center - Atrium
621 Taylor St, Bethlehem, PA 18015

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch

Rauch Business Center - Atrium
621 Taylor St, Bethlehem, PA 18015

13:15 → 16:00 EICUG Early Career - See https://indico.jlab.org/event/855/

Rauch Business Center - RM 85
621 Taylor St, Bethlehem, PA 18015

15:30 → 16:00 Coffee, Tea and snacks

Rauch Business Center - Atrium
621 Taylor St, Bethlehem, PA 18015

18:00 → 20:00 EICUG Early Career - See https://indico.jlab.org/event/855/

Rauch Business Center - RM 85
621 Taylor St, Bethlehem, PA 18015

Tuesday, 23 July

08:30 → 09:00 Coffee, Tea, Snacks and Registration

Rauch Business Center - Atrium
621 Taylor St, Bethlehem, PA 18015

09:00 → 10:30 EICUG: First Morning Session

09:00 Welcome

09:15 New Structure of the Users Group in Phase III

Speakers: Marco Radici (INFN - Sezione di Pavia), Or Hen (MIT)

09:40 Election and Nominating Committee: Results of Elections

Speaker: Cristina Tuvè (Univ. Catania)

10:05 Report from the Theory Working Group

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee Break

Rauch Business Center - Atrium
621 Taylor St, Bethlehem, PA 18015

11:00 → 12:30 EICUG: Second Morning Session

11:00 Report from the MC4EIC Working Group (remote)

Speaker: Frank Krauss (Durham Univ.)

11:25 Report from the AI4EIC Working Group

11:50 Discussion on future plans for the 2nd Detector

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch (+ Photo)

Rauch Business Center - Atrium
621 Taylor St, Bethlehem, PA 18015

14:00 → 15:30 EICUG: First Afternoon Session

14:00 EICUG Award ceremony

Speakers: Abhay Deshpande (Stony Brook University), Marco Radici (INFN - Sezione di Pavia), Or Hen (MIT), Renee Fatemi (University of Kentucky)

14:30 Ongoing efforts to study gluon saturation at RHIC and at the LHC

Speaker: Xiaoxuan Chu (BNL)

15:00 Harnessing intricacies of Jets for Breakthroughs in QCD

Speaker: Kyle Lee (MIT)

15:30 → 16:00 Coffee Break

16:00 → 18:00 EICUG: Second Afternoon Session

16:00 Highlights from the JLab 12 GeV program towards the EIC

16:30 TMDs with flavor dependence: the MAPTMD24 extraction

Speaker: Matteo Cerutti (Hampton Univ. & JLab)

17:00 Early Career Award Ceremony

Speakers: Aranya Giri (student@uh.edu), Jennifer Rittenhouse West (LBNL), Dr Maria Stefaniak (Ohio State University), Nicolas Schmidt (Oak Ridge National Laboratory - (US)), Wenliang Li (Stony Brook University CFNS)

Wednesday, 24 July

08:30 → 09:00 Coffee, Tea, Snacks and Registration

Rauch Business Center - Atrium
621 Taylor St, Bethlehem, PA 18015

09:00 → 10:20 EICUG: First Session

09:00 Report from the Accelerator WG

Speaker: Qiong Wu (BNL)

09:25 The early EIC physics program: discussion

Speakers: Dr E. C. Aschenauer (BNL), Rolf Ent (Jefferson Lab)

10:00 Report from DE&I

Speaker: Alexander Jentsch (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

10:20 → 10:50 Coffee Break

10:50 → 12:30 EICUG/ePIC Joint Session: First Joint Session

10:50 News from Europe: NuPECC LRP and EU EIC School

Speaker: Pietro Antonioli (INFN - sezione di Bologna)

11:10 Report from DOE

Speaker: Linda Horton (DOE)

11:40 Report from 2nd and 3rd RRB Meeting (remote)

Speakers: Haiyan Gao (Duke University), Haiyan Gao (BNL)

12:05 Report from NSF

Speaker: Allena Opper (NSF)

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:30 EICUG/ePIC Joint Session: Joint Session

14:00 Report from the EIC Project

Speakers: James Yeck (University of Wisconsin-Madison and Brookhaven National Laboratory), Jim Yeck

14:30 Status of the ePIC Collaboration

Speaker: John Lajoie (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

15:00 Report from the ePIC Technical Coordinator

Speaker: Silvia Dalla Torre (INFN, Trieste)

15:30 → 16:00 Coffee Break

16:00 → 18:00 EICUG/ePIC Joint Session: Last Joint Session

16:00 Global strategy to build an international EIC community

Speaker: Dr E. C. Aschenauer (BNL)

16:30 Discussion with Experts Led by Joint DE&I

Speakers: Alexander Jentsch (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Megan Connors (Georgia State University), Megan Connors (Georgia State University RBRC)

18:00 → 21:00 Social Dinner

Thursday, 25 July

08:00 → 08:30 Coffee, Tea and Snacks

Rauch Business Center - Atrium
621 Taylor St, Bethlehem, PA 18015

08:00 → 12:00 MPGD DSC Workfest

Conveners: Annalisa D'Angelo (University of Rome Tor Vergata & INFN Roma Tor Vergata), Francesco Bossu (CEA-Saclay), Francesco Bossù (CEA), Kondo Gnanvo (Jefferson Lab), Matt Posik (Temple University)

08:00 → 12:00 PID CC WG

Convener: Thomas Ullrich (BNL)

08:00 → 12:00 Path Towards Holistic Reconstruction

Conveners: Daniel Brandenburg (Ohio State University), Derek Anderson (Iowa State University), Dmitrii Kalinkin (University of Kentucky), Shujie Li (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Tyler Kutz (MIT)

08:00 Tracking (reconstruction workflow)

Speaker: Shujie Li (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

08:15 Calorimetry (reconstruction workflow)

Speaker: Derek Anderson (Iowa State University)

08:30 Vertexing (reconstruction workflow)

Speaker: Xin Dong (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

08:45 Electron ID (reconstruction workflow)

Speaker: Tyler Kutz (MIT)

09:00 PID (reconstruction workflow)

09:15 Far forward (reconstruction workflow)

09:30 Far backward (reconstruction workflow)

09:45 Coffee break

10:00 Track-cluster matching (integration discussion)

Speaker: Tyler Kutz (MIT)

10:20 Cluster shape parameters (integration discussion)

10:40 Track-particle matching (integration discussion)

11:00 Tracking in time frames (integration discussion)

11:20 Particle flow (integration discussion)

11:40 Long-term goals (integration discussion)

08:00 → 12:00 SRO+DAQ Workfest

Conveners: David Lawrence (Jefferson Lab), Fernando Barbosa (JLab), Jeff Landgraf (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Jin Huang (Brookhaven National Lab), Marco Battaglieri (Jefferson Lab)

08:00 → 12:00 SVT DSC

Conveners: Ernst Sichtermann (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Laura Gonella (University of Birmingham)

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee, Tea and Snacks

Rauch Business Center - Atrium
621 Taylor St, Bethlehem, PA 18015

12:00 → 13:00 Lunch

Rauch Business Center - Atrium
621 Taylor St, Bethlehem, PA 18015

13:00 → 17:00 Integration and Installation

Conveners: Prakhar Garg (Yale University), Silvia Dalla Torre (INFN, Trieste)

13:00 Introduction/ Current status of ePIC Detector & discussion

Speaker: Rahul Sharma (BNL)

13:40 Central Detectors Installation and supports & discussion

Speakers: Nathaniel Speece-Moyer (BNL), Roland Wimmer

14:20 Far detectors installation and support & discussion

Speakers: Dan Cacace (BNL), Joshua Harvey

15:00 Routing Plans for Cooling and Services & discussion

15:40 Support and integration, subsystem examples

13:00 → 17:00 Path Towards Holistic Reconstruction

Conveners: Daniel Brandenburg (Ohio State University), Derek Anderson (Iowa State University), Shujie Li (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Tyler Kutz (MIT)

13:00 BELLE-II PID experience

13:30 Discussion

14:00 Working session I

15:00 Coffee break

15:15 Working session II

16:30 Closeout discussion

13:00 → 17:00 SRO+DAQ Workfest

Conveners: David Lawrence (Jefferson Lab), Fernando Barbosa (JLab), Jeff Landgraf (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Jin Huang (Brookhaven National Lab), Marco Battaglieri (Jefferson Lab)

15:00 → 15:30 Coffee, Tea and Snacks

Rauch Business Center - Atrium
621 Taylor St, Bethlehem, PA 18015

15:00 → 17:00 LFHCAL + Backwards HCAL

Conveners: Friederike Bock (ORNL), Leszek Kosarzewski (Ohio State University)

18:00 → 20:00 Cal Reconstruction Hackathon

Convener: Friederike Bock (ORNL)

Friday, 26 July

08:00 → 08:30 Coffee, Tea and Snacks

08:30 → 12:00 Collaboration Council Meeting

08:30 Opening/Welcome

Speakers: Bernd Surrow (MIT), Thomas Ullrich (BNL)

08:45 Presentation of New Institution Proposals

09:15 Presentation of Collaboration Policies in Development

10:15 Collaboration Policies Discussion

11:15 Closed Session

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee, Tea and Snacks

12:00 → 13:00 Lunch

13:00 → 17:00 Interaction Tagger Workfest

Convener: Pietro Antonioli (INFN - sezione di Bologna)

13:00 → 17:00 MPGD DSC Workfest

Conveners: Annalisa D'Angelo (University of Rome Tor Vergata & INFN Roma Tor Vergata), Francesco Bossu (CEA-Saclay), Francesco Bossù (CEA), Kondo Gnanvo (Jefferson Lab), Matt Posik (Temple University)

13:00 → 17:05 TOF and AC-LGAD Workfest

(1) Introduction (10’) Zhangbu Xu
(2) Barrel TOF (15’) Satoshi Yano
(3) Forward TOF (15’)
(4) FF AC-LGAD detectors (25’) Alex Jentsch
(5) Luminosity tracker (15’)
(6) eRD112 (25’)

COFFEE (30’)

(7) FCFD (15’) Zhenyu Ye
(8) EICROC (15’)
(9) Electronics (20’) Wei Li
(10) Support structure & PCB & Cooling (20) Oskar Hartbrich
(11) Digitization (15’) Prithwish Tribedy
(12) Discussion (20’) ALL

Conveners: Alexander Jentsch (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Satoshi Yano (Hiroshima University), Zhangbu Xu (Kent State University)

13:00 Introduction

Speaker: Zhangbu Xu (Kent State University)

13:10 Barrel TOF

Speaker: Satoshi Yano (Hiroshima University)

13:25 Forward TOF

13:40 FF AC-LGAD detectors

Speaker: Alexander Jentsch (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

14:05 Luminosity Tracker

14:20 eRD112

Speakers: Alexander Jentsch (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Matthew Gignac (UC Santa Cruz)

14:45 Coffee Break

15:15 FCFD

Speaker: Zhenyu Ye (University of Illinois at Chicago)

15:30 EICROC

15:45 Electronics

Speaker: Prof. Wei Li (Rice University)

16:05 Support structure & PCB & Cooling

Speaker: Oskar Hartbrich (Oak Ridge National Lab)

16:25 Digitization

Speaker: Prithwish Tribedy (BNL)

16:45 Discussion

13:00 → 17:00 Vertex Finding and HF Reco + TDR Plots

Conveners: Barak Schmookler (University of California, Riverside), Barak Schmookler (UC Riverside), Brian Page (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Ernst Sichtermann (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Olga Evdokimov (UIC), Shujie Li (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Xin Dong (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

15:00 → 15:20 Coffee, Tea and Snacks

18:00 → 20:00 Networking Reception

Saturday, 27 July

07:45 → 08:00 Coffee, Tea and Snacks

08:00 → 12:00 Plenary Session

Conveners: John Lajoie (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Silvia Dalla Torre (INFN, Trieste)

08:00 Draft pre-TDR Progress Report and Technical Publication Strategy

Speaker: Silvia Dalla Torre (INFN, Trieste)

08:30 Software and Computing Coordinator Report and Publication Strategy

Speaker: Markus Diefenthaler (Jefferson Lab)

09:00 Analysis Coordinators Report and Physics Publication Strategy

09:30 Discussion - ePIC preTDR and Publication Strategy

10:00 Coffee Break

10:20 SRO+DAQ Workfest Report + CC WG Report

Speakers: David Lawrence (Jefferson Lab), Jeff Landgraf (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Jin Huang (Brookhaven National Lab), Marco Battaglieri (Jefferson Lab)

11:00 Self-Proposed Contributions

12:00 → 13:00 Lunch

13:00 → 17:35 Plenary Session

Conveners: John Lajoie (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Silvia Dalla Torre (INFN, Trieste)

13:00 Integration and Installation Workfest Report

Speaker: Prakhar Garg (Yale University)

13:20 MPGD DSC Workfest Report

Speakers: Annalisa D'Angelo (University of Rome Tor Vergata & INFN Roma Tor Vergata), Francesco Bossu (CEA-Saclay), Francesco Bossù (CEA), Kondo Gnanvo (Jefferson Lab), Matt Posik (Temple University)

13:40 TOF & AC-LGAD Workfest Report

Speakers: Alexander Jentsch (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Satoshi Yano (Hiroshima University), Zhangbu Xu (Kent State University), Zhangbu Xu (BNL)

14:00 SVT DSC WG Report

Speakers: Ernst Sichtermann (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Laura Gonella (University of Birmingham)

14:20 LFHCAL + Backwards HCAL Workfest Report

Speakers: Friederike Bock (ORNL), Leszek Kosarzewski (Ohio State University)

14:40 Coffee Break

15:10 ePIC Early Career Activities

Speakers: Aranya Giri (student@uh.edu), Dr Maria Stefaniak (Ohio State University), Nicolas Schmidt (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

15:30 PID CC WG Workfest Report

Speaker: Thomas Ullrich (BNL)

15:50 Electron ID & Reconstruction + Path Towards Holistic Reco. Workfest Report

Speakers: Daniel Brandenburg (Ohio State University), Derek Anderson (Iowa State University), Dmitrii Kalinkin (University of Kentucky), Shujie Li (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Tyler Kutz (MIT)

16:10 Interaction Tagger Workfest Report

Speaker: Pietro Antonioli (INFN - sezione di Bologna)

16:30 Vertex Finding and HF Reco. + TDR Plots for Vertex and Reco. Workfest Report

Speakers: Barak Schmookler (University of California, Riverside), Barak Schmookler (UC Riverside), Brian Page (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Ernst Sichtermann (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Olga Evdokimov (UIC), Shujie Li (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Xin Dong (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

16:50 Closing Remarks

Speaker: John Lajoie (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)