LDRD FY26 Q1 Reporting Meeting

Wednesday Jan 21, 2026, 1:00 PM → 3:07 PM US/Eastern

L102 (CEBAF Center)

1:00 PM → 1:05 PM Introduction by David Dean, Deputy Director for Science

Speaker: David Dean (Jefferson Lab)

1:05 PM → 1:12 PM High-intensity, polarized beam prototype photogun for the Ce+BAF positron source

Speaker: Max Bruker (Jefferson Lab)

1:12 PM → 1:19 PM Strategic Staff Hire: Andriy Ushakov as Positron Injector Model Integrator

Speaker: Joe Grames (Jefferson Lab)

1:19 PM → 1:26 PM Multiple Mode Excitation System for Processing Multicell SRF Cavities

Speaker: Peter Owen (Jefferson Lab)

1:26 PM → 1:33 PM 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)

1:33 PM → 1:40 PM Real-Time event reconstruction for Nuclear Physics Experiments using Artificial Intelligence

Speaker: Gagik Gavalian (Jefferson Lab)

1:40 PM → 1:47 PM Broader Use Cases of Data Processing Units in JLab 100 Gbps Testbeds

Speaker: Xinxin Mei (Jefferson Lab)

1:47 PM → 1:54 PM AI for Nuclear Physics

Speaker: Robert Edwards (Jefferson Lab)

1:54 PM → 2:04 PM BREAK

2:04 PM → 2:11 PM CEBAF Reliability Enhancement with Smart Fast Tuners for Microphonics Compen

Speaker: Sergey Kuzikov (Jefferson Lab)

2:11 PM → 2:18 PM Compact Klynac-Based Electron Accelerator for Safer Downhole X-ray and Neutron source

Speaker: Sadiq Saitiniyazi (Jefferson Lab)

2:18 PM → 2:25 PM A Semantic Retrieval and LLM Framework for CEBAF Logbook

Speaker: Christopher Tennant (Jefferson Lab)

LDRD_FY26_Q1_Tennant.pptx

2:25 PM → 2:32 PM High-Q Superconducting Cavities for Magnetic Levitation, Mechanical Transduction, and Cavity Levitodynamics

Speaker: Nabin Raut (Jefferson Lab)

2:32 PM → 2:39 PM Orchestration of Complex Distributed Streaming Workflows with Continuous Integration

Speaker: Nathan Brei (Jefferson Lab)

2:39 PM → 2:46 PM Development of a Sub-100 ps MPGD-Based TOF Detector for High-Energy Neutrons at JLab and EIC

Speaker: Xinzhan Bai (Jefferson Lab)

2:46 PM → 2:53 PM Making Jefferson Lab's Nuclear Physics Data for Ready for AI/ML

Speaker: Anil Panta (Jefferson Lab)

2:53 PM → 3:00 PM Generative Modeling for QCD Global Analysis

Speaker: Wally Melnitchouk (Jefferson Lab)

3:00 PM → 3:07 PM Quantum Computing for Heavy-Quark Fragmentation (QC4HQ)

Speaker: David Richards (Jefferson Lab)