LDRD FY26 Q1 Reporting Meeting

Friday Feb 6, 2026, 10:00 AM → 12:07 PM US/Eastern

B207 (CEBAF Center)

10:00 AM → 10:05 AM Introduction by David Dean, Deputy Director for Science

Speaker: David Dean (Jefferson Lab)

10:05 AM → 10:12 AM High-intensity, polarized beam prototype photogun for the Ce+BAF positron source

Speaker: Max Bruker (Jefferson Lab)

20260121_LD2601_Q1_review.pdf

10:12 AM → 10:19 AM Strategic Staff Hire: Andriy Ushakov as Positron Injector Model Integrator

Speaker: Joe Grames (Jefferson Lab)

10:19 AM → 10:26 AM Multiple Mode Excitation System for Processing Multicell SRF Cavities

Speaker: Peter Owen (Jefferson Lab)

10:26 AM → 10:33 AM Implementation & Capability Testing of Scalable Streaming Readout Data Acquisition & Analysis Architecture for Medical Imaging: Towards Modular Human Total-body Positron-Emission Tomography

Speaker: Cameron Clarke (Jefferson Lab)

10:33 AM → 10:40 AM Real-Time event reconstruction for Nuclear Physics Experiments using Artificial Intelligence

Speaker: Gagik Gavalian (Jefferson Lab)

LDRD-2605-AITracking-Progress.pdf

10:40 AM → 10:47 AM Broader Use Cases of Data Processing Units in JLab 100 Gbps Testbeds

Speaker: Xinxin Mei (Jefferson Lab)

10:47 AM → 10:54 AM AI for Nuclear Physics

Speaker: Robert Edwards (Jefferson Lab)

10:54 AM → 11:04 AM BREAK

11:04 AM → 11:11 AM CEBAF Reliability Enhancement with Smart Fast Tuners for Microphonics Compen

Speaker: Sergey Kuzikov (Jefferson Lab)

11:11 AM → 11:18 AM Compact Klynac-Based Electron Accelerator for Safer Downhole X-ray and Neutron source

Speaker: Sadiq Saitiniyazi (Jefferson Lab)

Q1 Reprot - 2026-02-6.pdf

11:18 AM → 11:25 AM A Semantic Retrieval and LLM Framework for CEBAF Logbook

Speaker: Christopher Tennant (Jefferson Lab)

LDRD_FY26_Q1_Tennant.pptx

11:25 AM → 11:32 AM High-Q Superconducting Cavities for Magnetic Levitation, Mechanical Transduction, and Cavity Levitodynamics

Speaker: Nabin Raut (Jefferson Lab)

11:32 AM → 11:39 AM Orchestration of Complex Distributed Streaming Workflows with Continuous Integration

Speaker: Nathan Brei (Jefferson Lab)

11:39 AM → 11:46 AM Development of a Sub-100 ps MPGD-Based TOF Detector for High-Energy Neutrons at JLab and EIC

Speaker: Xinzhan Bai (Jefferson Lab)

11:46 AM → 11:53 AM Making Jefferson Lab's Nuclear Physics Data for Ready for AI/ML

Speaker: Anil Panta (Jefferson Lab)

11:53 AM → 12:00 PM Generative Modeling for QCD Global Analysis

Speaker: Wally Melnitchouk (Jefferson Lab)

12:00 PM → 12:07 PM Quantum Computing for Heavy-Quark Fragmentation (QC4HQ)

Speaker: David Richards (Jefferson Lab)