LDRD FY2027 Proposal Review

Oct 6, 2026, 9:00 AM → Oct 7, 2026, 5:00 PM US/Eastern

L102 (CEBAF Center)

Zoom (Day 1):
https://jlab-org.zoomgov.com/j/1651698183?pwd=avo3BSRhq9O4la9WMQnfLRHufuHUk0.1
Meeting ID: 165 169 8183
Passcode: 070262

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Zoom (Day 2):
https://jlab-org.zoomgov.com/j/1654277703?pwd=abujarzU8yCXAmLgOVkACxnHM3pTaX.1
Meeting ID: 165 427 7703
Passcode: 252480

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Tue, October 6

9:00 AM → 9:30 AM Executive Session - Committee guidance & review planning

Speakers: Eric Brown (Jefferson Lab), Latifa Elouadrhiri (Jefferson Lab)

9:30 AM → 9:45 AM Proposal: "A high-intensity, polarized-beam prototype photogun for the Ce+BAF positron source"

Speaker: Max Bruker (Jefferson Lab)

202610xx_LD2601_Y3_Proposal_Review.pdf

9:45 AM → 10:00 AM Proposal: "Strategic Staff Hire: Andriy Ushakov as Positron Injector Model Integrator"

Speaker: Joe Grames (Jefferson Lab)

LDRD-FY27-Grames-FINAL.pptx

10:00 AM → 10:15 AM Proposal: "Compact Klynac-Based Electron Accelerator for Safer Downhole X-ray and Neutron source"

Speaker: Sadiq Setiniyaz (Jefferson Lab)

FY27-LDRD-Sadiq Setiniyaz V3.pptx

10:15 AM → 10:30 AM Proposal: "High-Q Superconducting Cavities for Magnetic Levitation, Mechanical Transduction, and Cavity Levitodynamics"

Speaker: Nabin Raut (Jefferson Lab)

LD2611_High-Q Superconducting Cavities for Magnetic Levitation, Mechanical_Nabin.pptx

10:30 AM → 10:45 AM Proposal: "CEBAF Reliability Enhancement with Smart Fast Tuners for Microphonics Compensation"

Speaker: SERGEY KUZIKOV (Jefferson Lab)

FRT LDRD Renewal.pptx

I've added one slide related to next year budget as it was requested. 

10:45 AM → 11:00 AM Coffee Break

11:00 AM → 11:15 AM Proposal: "Orchestration of Complex Distributed Streaming Workflows with Continuous Integration"

Speaker: Nathan Brei (Jefferson Lab)

2026-10-06 LDRD Renewal Presentation-1.pdf

11:15 AM → 11:30 AM Proposal: "Development of a Sub-100 ps MPGD-Based TOF Detector for High-Energy Neutrons at JLab and EIC"

Speaker: Xinzhan Bai (Jefferson Lab)

MPGD_nTOF_Renewal_v10.pdf

11:30 AM → 11:45 AM Proposal: "Generative Modeling for QCD Global Analysis"

Speaker: Wally Melnitchouk (Jefferson Lab)

GenAI_melnitchouk.pdf

11:45 AM → 12:00 PM Proposal: "Detectors for Measurement and Deconvolution of Interfering Isotopes to Improve Tritium Monitoring Performance"

Speaker: Jack McKisson (Jefferson Lab)

LDRD27 McKisson 10-6-26.pptx

12:00 PM → 12:15 PM Proposal: "A conduction-cooled capture cryomodule for UITF"

Speaker: Gianluigi Ciovati (Jefferson Lab)

Cond-cooled capture CM_LDRD proposal_Ciovati.pptx

12:15 PM → 12:30 PM Proposal: "High-Throughput Nanoscale Surface Metrology and ML-Accelerated SRF Performance Metrics for SRF Materials Development"

Speaker: Eric Lechner (Jefferson Lab)

LechnerLDRD27MLAFM.pptx

12:30 PM → 1:30 PM Lunch Break

1:30 PM → 1:45 PM Proposal: "Conceptual design modifications to optimize oil-flooded screw compressors for helium applications"

Speaker: Brian Mastracci (Jefferson Lab)

FY27-09.pptx

1:45 PM → 2:00 PM Proposal: "A neural-network infrastructure for fitting Generalized Parton Distributions: closure tests on model pseudodata and the impact of lattice QCD constraints on the Gravitational Form Factors of the proton"

Speaker: Alexandre Camsonne (Jefferson Lab)

NeuralNNGPD-final.pdf

NeuralNNGPD-final.pptx

2:00 PM → 2:15 PM Proposal: "Identifying Microscopic Field Limiters in SRF Nb3Sn with Advanced Microscopy"

Speaker: Eric Lechner (Jefferson Lab)

LechnerLDRD27Nb3SnORNLAdvancedMicroscopy.pptx

2:15 PM → 2:30 PM Proposal: "Transforming X-ray Yield with Target Design Innovation"

Speaker: Michael Dion (Jefferson Lab)

Dion_LDRD_FY27-12_FINAL1.pptx

2:30 PM → 2:45 PM Proposal: "Establishing an Ozone Cleaning Protocol for SRF Cavities"

Speaker: Roger Ruber (Jefferson Lab)

2:45 PM → 3:00 PM Coffee Break

3:00 PM → 5:00 PM Committee Session - Discussion & Report Writing

Wed, October 7

9:00 AM → 9:30 AM Committee Executive Session

9:30 AM → 9:45 AM Proposal: "Non-invasive quantum-enhanced imaging of electron beams"

Speaker: Alexandre Camsonne (Jefferson Lab)

9:45 AM → 10:00 AM Proposal: "New Physics in Transverse Spin Asymmetries Measured with Positron Beams"

Speaker: Vladimir Berdnikov (Jefferson Lab)

10:00 AM → 10:15 AM Proposal: "Development of Large Area Fast Timing Charged Particles Detector (FASTCPD)"

Speaker: Dr Kondo Gnanvo (Jefferson Lab)

10:15 AM → 10:30 AM Proposal: "A Compact THz FEL Light Source at LERF: Lattice Design and Beam Dynamics Study"

Speaker: Randika Gamage (Jlab)

10:30 AM → 10:45 AM Proposal: "Distilling Lattice Operators to a Point"

Speaker: Joe Karpie

10:45 AM → 11:00 AM Coffee Break

11:00 AM → 11:15 AM Proposal: "Latent World Models for Accelerator Control"

Speaker: Christopher Tennant (Jefferson Lab)

11:15 AM → 11:30 AM Proposal: "AI-Based Controls for Hamiltonian Lattice Quantum Field Theory Calculations"

Speaker: Nobuo Sato (Jefferson Lab)

11:30 AM → 11:45 AM Proposal: "LERF Ultrahigh-Brightness Slow-Positron Source: Feasibility and Critical-Technology Validation"

Speaker: Bogdan Wojtsekhowski (Jefferson Lab)

LDRD-Slow_Positrons.pdf

SLOPOS17_Book_of_Abstracts.pdf

11:45 AM → 12:00 PM Proposal: "Event-by-Event and Global Extraction of Helicity Amplitudes in Exclusive Vector-Meson Production with Simulation-Based Inference"

Speaker: Harut Avagyan (Jefferson Lab)

12:00 PM → 12:15 PM Proposal: "Site-Wide Message Brokerage to Enable Data-Driven Nuclear Physics"

Speaker: Casey Morean (Jefferson Lab)

12:15 PM → 12:30 PM Proposal: "AI-Driven Physics Triggering with Streaming Readout"

Speaker: Jonathan Zarling (JLab)

12:30 PM → 1:30 PM Lunch Break

1:30 PM → 1:45 PM Proposal: "Detector-Aware AI Software Framework for Charged-Particle Reconstruction"

Speaker: Tongtong Cao (Jefferson Lab)

1:45 PM → 2:00 PM Proposal: "Development of Detector-Driven Streaming Inference: From Beam-Steering to Adaptive Radiotherapy"

Speaker: Dr Cameron Clarke (Jefferson Lab)

2:00 PM → 2:15 PM Proposal: "Data-Driven Real-Time Detector Intelligence through NP Streaming Workflows and Data Lifecycle Management with HPDF"

Speaker: Torri Jeske (Jefferson Lab)

2:15 PM → 2:30 PM Coffee Break

2:30 PM → 5:00 PM Committee Session - Discussion & Report Writing