Name: 2024 RHIC/AGS Annual Users' Meeting
Start: 2024-06-11T08:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-06-14T18:00:00-04:00
Location: No location set

2024 RHIC/AGS Annual Users' Meeting

from Tuesday, June 11, 2024 (8:00 AM) to Friday, June 14, 2024 (6:00 PM)

Monday, June 10, 2024
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Room: 463
Contributions

9:00 AM Overview of Artificial Intelligence at RHIC and Beyond - Hannah Bossi (Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT))

9:30 AM Generative AI for full-detector, whole-event simulation of heavy ion collisions - Yeonju Go (Brookhaven National Laboratory )

10:00 AM Interpretable Machine Learning applications to Jet Background Subtraction - Charles Hughes (Iowa State University)

11:00 AM Real-Time Information Distillation with Deep Neural Network-based Compression Algorithms - Yi Huang (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

11:30 AM FastML triggering in sPHENIX (Autonomous selection of physics events) - Cameron Dean (Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT))

12:00 PM Machine Learning Application in Jet Quenching Analysis - Yilun Wu (Vanderbilt University)

1:30 PM AI/ML applications for the EIC (Virtual) - Cristiano Fanelli (College of William & Mary)

2:00 PM Towards ML Calibration with the ePIC Barrel Hadronic Calorimeter - Derek Anderson (Iowa State University)

2:30 PM Machine Learning Applications for EBIS Beam Intensity and RHIC Luminosity Maximization - Xiaofeng Gu (Collider Accelerator Department, BNL)

3:30 PM Machine learning applications in particle accelerators - Yuan Gao (Collider Accelerator Department, BNL)

4:00 PM MultiFold - Youqi Song (Yale University)

4:30 PM Adventures in OmniFold: Multivariable Unfolding of Jet-Level Observables with STAR Data (Virtual) - Hannah Harrison (University of Kentucky)
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Room: 510/490
Contributions

9:00 AM Vorticity measurements from the STAR experiment at RHIC - Xingrui Gou (Shandong University)

9:25 AM Experimental Overview of the Spin Alignment and Electromagnetic Field Effect Observations at RHIC - Diyu Shen (Fudan University)

9:50 AM "Spin puzzle" spins back - Yi Yin (Institute of modern physics chinese academy of sciences)

10:45 AM Highlights from the STAR experiment on flow measurements - Priyanshi Sinha (IISER Tirupati)

11:10 AM Highlights from the PHENIX experiment on flow measurements - Yuri Mitrankov (Stony Brook University)

11:35 AM Highlights from the sPHENIX experiment on flow measurements - Ejiro Umaka (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

2:00 PM The small system flow measurements from the STAR experiment at RHIC - Zhengxi Yan (Stony Brook University)

2:25 PM The small system flow measurements from the PHENIX experiment at RHIC - Sanghoon Lim (Pusan University)

3:20 PM Theoretical progress in small systems calculations - Wenbin Zhao (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

3:45 PM Theoretical highlights on anisotropic flow calculations - Xiang-Yu Wu (McGill University)

4:10 PM New flow observables from BSQ charge fluctuations - Jordi Salinas San Martin (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

4:35 PM Open dissection on flow and collectively in small collision systems - Niseem (Magdy) Abdelrahman (University of Tennessee, Knoxville) Yu Hu (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
1:00 PM
1:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Room: 488
Contributions

1:00 PM STAR Foward Systems and Related Topics - Xilin Liang (University of California, Riverside)

1:30 PM Highlights from the PHENIX - Devon Loomis (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

2:00 PM Propects with the sPHENIX - Genki Nukazuka (RIKEN BNL Research Center)

3:00 PM Entanglement in UPC Collisions - Haowu Duan (North Carolina State University)

3:30 PM UPC Flow and Baryon Junction - Prithwish Tribedy (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

4:00 PM UPC Photoproduction at RHIC - Ashik Ikbal Sheikh (Kent State University )

4:30 PM Midrapidity Measurements Highlighting Lambda (Virtual) - Jan Vanek (Brookhaven National Laboratory )

5:00 PM Helicity Correlation of Lambda Hyperons at UPC and EIC - Shu-yi Wei

5:30 PM Spin/Cold-QCD Theory Towards EIC - Yiyu Zhou (South China Normal University)
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
8:30 AM
8:30 AM - 12:11 PM
Room: 488
Contributions

8:30 AM Theory Overview - Yacine Mehtar-Tani (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

9:05 AM X-SCAPE - Mayank Singh (Vanderbilt University )

9:30 AM Jet Physics at the EIC - Felix Ringer (UC Berkeley/LBNL)

10:20 AM Experimental Overview - Laura Havener (Yale University)

10:55 AM Synergies Between RHIC and LHC Jet Measurements - Virginia Bailey (Georgia State University)

11:20 AM Path-Length Dependent Energy Loss - Megan Connors (Georgia State University)

11:45 AM Jet Substructure - Dhanush Hangal (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (US))
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Room: 510
Contributions

9:00 AM Opening Remarks

9:15 AM BES Overview - Lijuan Ruan (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

9:45 AM Endcap Time-of-Flight Detector in BES - Yannick Soehngen (University of Heidelberg)

10:30 AM Hypernuclei Production - Iouri Vassiliev (GSI Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung GmbH)

11:00 AM BES Theory Overview - Dekra Almaalol (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

11:30 AM High-Order Moments and EoS Theory Overview - Volodymyr Vovchenko (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

2:00 PM Dielectron Analysis in BES - Chenliang Jin (Rice University)

2:30 PM Fluctuations in BES Overview - Yige Huang (CCNU IOPP STAR)

3:00 PM Flow in BES Overview - Emilie Duckworth (Kent State University)

3:45 PM Polarization/Femtoscopy Overview - Michael Lisa (Ohio State University)

4:30 PM Magnetic Field Effect in v1 Splitting in BES - Aditya Prasad Dash (University of California Los Angeles)

5:00 PM CME Overview - Yicheng Feng (Purdue University)
9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Room: 490
Contributions

9:00 AM Introduction - Anthony Frawley (Florida State University) Antonio Carlos Oliveira da Silva (Iowa State University)

9:10 AM Open Heavy-Flavor Physics - STAR - Ondrej Lomicky (Czech Technical University in Prague)

9:40 AM Open Heavy-Flavor Physics - PHENIX - Daniel Richford (City University of New York)

10:30 AM Open Heavy-Flavor Physics - sPHENIX - Thomas Marshall (University of California - Los Angels)

11:00 AM Open Heavy-Flavor Physics - LHC - Preeti Dhankher (University of California Berkeley)

11:30 AM Heavy-Flavor Jets - sPHENIX - Jakub Kvapil (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

1:00 PM HF Quarkonium Physics - STAR - Wei Zhang (South China Normal University)

1:30 PM HF Quarkonium Physics - PHENIX - Ming Liu (Los Alamos National Laboratory )

2:00 PM HF Quarkonium Physics - sPHENIX - Marzia Rosati (Iowa State University )

2:30 PM HF Quarkonium Physics - LHC - Minjung Kim (UC Berkeley)
2:30 PM
2:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Room: 488
Contributions

2:30 PM Introduction - Justin Frantz (Ohio University)

2:40 PM DEI Updates at the Lab - Noel Blackburn (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

3:05 PM APS-IDEA: Facilitating Community Transformation. - Dessie Lee Clark (University of Wisconsin)

3:30 PM Discussion about DEI Strategies in RHI for the Future

4:20 PM Career Directions: From heavy ion physics to quant trading - Rui Wei (Scientech LLC)

4:40 PM Career Directions - Jonathan Runchey (Home Depot)

5:00 PM Career Directions - Shiv Kumar Subedi (Canon Medical Research)

5:25 PM Dinner at Painters' Restaurant at 6:00 p.m. Reservations Required
Thursday, June 13, 2024

9:00 AM

9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Room: 488
Part A
Part A
9:00 AM - 10:35 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM Welcome Remarks - JoAnne Hewett (Director of Brookhaven National Laboratory)

9:10 AM Opening Remarks - Haiyan Gao (BNL, Associate Laboratory Director, Nuclear and Particle Physics)

9:35 AM Report from the DOE - Dr. Sharon Stephenson (Physics Research Division Director, Office of Nuclear Physics, Department of Energy)

10:05 AM Report from the NSF - Dr. Senta Victoria Greene (Program Director, U.S. National Science Foundation)
10:35 AM Coffee Break & Poster Session
Coffee Break & Poster Session
10:35 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM Part B
Part B
11:00 AM - 12:20 PM
Contributions

11:00 AM C-AD Report - Kiel Hock (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

11:25 AM STAR Run 24 Report - Jaroslav Adam (Czech Technical University)

11:50 AM sPHENIX Run 24 Report - James Nagle (University of Colorado)

12:15 PM Group Picture
12:20 PM No Host Lunch Break & Poster Session
No Host Lunch Break & Poster Session
12:20 PM - 1:45 PM
1:45 PM Part C
Part C
1:45 PM - 2:55 PM
Contributions

1:45 PM Workshop Report: Jets - Anthony Hodges (University of Illinois)

2:05 PM Workshop Report: Heavy Flavor - Anthony Frawley (Florida State University)

2:25 PM Particle Suppression in AA and p/dA Collisions Including Short Path Length Corrections - William Horowitz (University of Cape Town)
2:55 PM Coffee Break & Poster Session
Coffee Break & Poster Session
2:55 PM - 3:20 PM
3:20 PM Part D
Part D
3:20 PM - 5:30 PM
Contributions

3:20 PM sPHENIX Highlights - Thomas Hemmick (Stony Brook University)

3:50 PM PHENIX Highlights - Ron Belmont (University of North Carolina Greensboro)

4:20 PM STAR Highlights - Yicheng Feng (Purdue University)

4:50 PM Presentation of Merit & Thesis Awards - JoAnne Hewett (Director of Brookhaven National Laboratory)

4:55 PM Thesis Award Winner - Dylan Neff (CEA-Saclay)

5:00 PM Thesis Award Winner - Ashish Pandav (NISER Bhubaneswar)

5:10 PM Workshop Report: Computing, Machine Learning, & AI - Tanner Mengel (University of Tennessee (UTK))
5:30 PM Poster Session & Cocktail Hour
Poster Session & Cocktail Hour
5:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Friday, June 14, 2024

8:55 AM

8:55 AM - 2:00 PM
Room: 488
9:00 AM Part A
Part A
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Contributions

9:00 AM Workshop Report: Flow & Vorticity - Niseem (Magdy) Abdelrahman (University of Tennessee, Knoxville)

9:20 AM Workshop Report: Beam Energy Scan - Yevheniia Khyzhniak (Ohio State University )

9:40 AM Workshop Report: Cold QCD, Spin Physics, & UPCs from RHIC to the EIC - Daniel Brandenburg (Ohio State University) Jae Nam (Temple University)

10:00 AM EIC Project Status - James Fast (Jefferson Laboratory )
10:30 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM Part B
Part B
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Contributions

11:00 AM ePIC: Status & Plans - Zhoudunming Tu (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

11:30 AM EIC Detector II: Status & Plans (virtual) - Anselm Vossen (Duke University)

12:00 PM Report from BNL Facilities - Thomas Daniels (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

12:20 PM Poster Awards - Marzia Rosati (Iowa State University)

12:25 PM Poster Flash Talk - Zachary Sweger (University of California, Davis)

12:40 PM Business Meeting - Marzia Rosati (Iowa State University )
1:00 PM End of Meeting Luncheon Compliments of BSA
End of Meeting Luncheon Compliments of BSA
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

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