ePIC User Learning Workshop: Discoverability and Reusability for the preTDR and Beyond

Wednesday 29 Apr 2026, 08:30 → 13:00 US/Eastern

Online

The ability to easily discover data, locate analysis code, and reuse existing workflows is critical for the success of the ePIC experiment. This workshop is a dedicated forum for users and developers to bridge the gap between software infrastructure and physics analysis.

We will present the current strategies being deployed to make ePIC software more "discoverable"— thereby bridging the gap between user needs and system capabilities, thus ensuring the right tools are easy to find and adopt. As our software is user-centered, we need community engagement. This workshop is designed as an open dialogue to gather feedback on what is working, what isn’t, and to collectively refine the priorities that will carry us through the preTDR and beyond.

08:30 → 09:00 Overview of User Learning: Success, challenges, defining goals for the workshop

Speaker: Holly Szumila-Vance

09:00 → 09:30 Onboarding resources

Overview of Landing Page and onboarding resources

09:30 → 10:10 Tutorials and documentation

Speaker: Stephen Kay (University of York)

10:10 → 10:50 Documentation and discoverability (AI)

Speaker: Alexandr Prozorov

10:50 → 11:30 Reusability

11:30 → 12:30 Open discussion: goals, deliverables, new ideas

Speaker: Holly Szumila-Vance