LDRD FY26 Q1 Reporting Meeting

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

L102 (CEBAF Center)

1 Introduction by David Dean, Deputy Director for Science

Speaker: David Dean (Jefferson Lab)

2 High-intensity, polarized beam prototype photogun for the Ce+BAF positron source

Speaker: Max Bruker (Jefferson Lab)

3 Strategic Staff Hire: Andriy Ushakov as Positron Injector Model Integrator

Speaker: Joe Grames (Jefferson Lab)

4 Multiple Mode Excitation System for Processing Multicell SRF Cavities

Speaker: Peter Owen (Jefferson Lab)

5 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)

6 Real-Time event reconstruction for Nuclear Physics Experiments using Artificial Intelligence

Speaker: Gagik Gavalian (Jefferson Lab)

7 Broader Use Cases of Data Processing Units in JLab 100 Gbps Testbeds

Speaker: Xinxin Mei (Jefferson Lab)

8 AI for Nuclear Physics

Speaker: Robert Edwards (Jefferson Lab)

1:54 PM BREAK

9 CEBAF Reliability Enhancement with Smart Fast Tuners for Microphonics Compen

Speaker: Sergey Kuzikov (Jefferson Lab)

10 Compact Klynac-Based Electron Accelerator for Safer Downhole X-ray and Neutron source

Speaker: Sadiq Saitiniyazi (Jefferson Lab)

11 A Semantic Retrieval and LLM Framework for CEBAF Logbook

Speaker: Christopher Tennant (Jefferson Lab)

LDRD_FY26_Q1_Tennant.pptx

12 High-Q Superconducting Cavities for Magnetic Levitation, Mechanical Transduction, and Cavity Levitodynamics

Speaker: Nabin Raut (Jefferson Lab)

13 Orchestration of Complex Distributed Streaming Workflows with Continuous Integration

Speaker: Nathan Brei (Jefferson Lab)

14 Development of a Sub-100 ps MPGD-Based TOF Detector for High-Energy Neutrons at JLab and EIC

Speaker: Xinzhan Bai (Jefferson Lab)

15 Making Jefferson Lab's Nuclear Physics Data for Ready for AI/ML

Speaker: Anil Panta (Jefferson Lab)

16 Generative Modeling for QCD Global Analysis

Speaker: Wally Melnitchouk (Jefferson Lab)

17 Quantum Computing for Heavy-Quark Fragmentation (QC4HQ)

Speaker: David Richards (Jefferson Lab)