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EIC User Group & ePIC Joint Collaboration Meeting

US/Eastern
Auditorium, F113, L102, F324-325, F326-327 (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility)

Auditorium, F113, L102, F324-325, F326-327

Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

12000 Jefferson Ave, Newport News, VA 23606
Or Hen (MIT), Douglas Higinbotham (Operations Interface for Nuclear Physics), John Lajoie (lajoie@iastate.edu), Marco Radici (University of Pavia)
Description

The EIC User Group & ePIC Joint Collaboration Meeting will take place from July 14-18, 2025, at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility. This meeting will bring together accelerator, experimental, and theoretical physicists to discuss recent advances in the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) and the ePIC detector.

 We encourage you to complete your registration as soon as possible, as our cutoff is limited to 180 participants.

 On-sight registration will close on Tuesday, July 1, 2024.

https://www.jlab.org/conference/eicugepic/registration

SITE ACCESS REGISTRATION MUST BE COMPLETED 7 DAYS BEFORE ARRIVAL AT THE LAB

 If you require an official invitation letter for visa or travel purposes, please send an email to eic2025-collaboration@jlab.org with the following details:

  • Full Name

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  • City, Country, ZIP Code

  • Visit dates

Upon receiving your details, we will promptly process your request and provide you with the necessary documentation.

    • 8:00 AM 12:25 PM
      Exclusive/Diffractive Working Group I F113

      F113

      Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

      Conveners: Raphaël Dupré (IJCLab, Paris-Saclay U.), Stephen Kay (University of York), Zhoudunming Tu (BNL)
      • 8:25 AM
        Introduction to workfest/parallel sessions (in person) 15m
        Speakers: Raphaël Dupré (IJCLab, Paris-Saclay U.), Stephen Kay (University of York), Zhoudunming Tu (BNL)
      • 8:40 AM
        DEMP (online) 25m
        Speaker: Stephen Kay (University of York)
      • 9:05 AM
        Kaon structure function (online) 25m
        Speakers: Archana Parameswaran (Catholic University of America), Gregory Woodward (University of Glasgow)
      • 9:30 AM
        Coffee 30m
      • 10:00 AM
        DVCS/DVMP (in-person) 25m
        Speaker: Olaiya Olokunboyo (UNH)
      • 10:25 AM
        Exclusive pi0 production (in-person) 25m
        Speaker: Jihee Kim (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
      • 10:50 AM
        exclusive pi0 (theory, in-person) 25m
        Speakers: Dr Saraswati Pandey (University of Virginia), simonetta liuti (university of virginia)
      • 11:15 AM
        GPD extraction (theory, in-person) 25m
        Speaker: simonetta liuti (university of virginia)
      • 11:40 AM
        Discussion 20m
        Speaker: Zhoudunming Tu (BNL)
      • 12:00 PM
        DVCS (virtual update - not presented) 20m
        Speaker: Oliver Jevons (University of Glasgow)
    • 8:00 AM 12:00 PM
      Jets/Heavy Flavor WG F224/225

      F224/225

      Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

      Conveners: Olga Evdokimov (UIC), Rongrong Ma (BNL)
    • 8:00 AM 9:50 AM
      Mechanical Integration I Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

      Conveners: Prakhar Garg (Yale University), Silvia Dalla Torre (INFN - Trieste)
    • 8:00 AM 12:00 PM
      Streaming Computing L102

      L102

      Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

      Conveners: Markus Diefenthaler (Jefferson Lab), Taku Gunji, Torre Wenaus (BNL)
      • 8:00 AM
        Streaming Computing R&D in Japan 20m
        Speaker: Prof. Shinsuke Ota (Osaka University)
      • 8:20 AM
        Discussion 10m
      • 8:30 AM
        ePIC Calibration and Alignment: Workflow Overview and Requirements 20m
        Speakers: Marco Battaglieri (INFN-GE), Taku Gunji (Center for Nuclear Study, the Unigersity of Tokyo)
      • 8:50 AM
        ePIC Alignment and Calibration: Calorimeter Use Case 10m
        Speaker: Carlos Munoz Camacho (IJCLab, Orsay (CNRS/IN2P3))
      • 9:00 AM
        ePIC Alignment and Calibration: Tracking Use Case 10m
        Speaker: Dr Joe Osborn (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
      • 9:10 AM
        Autonomous Alignment and Calibration Workflows 20m
        Speaker: Torri Jeske (JLAB)
      • 9:30 AM
        Discussion 20m
      • 9:50 AM
        Coffee Break 30m
      • 10:20 AM
        Streaming Orchestration Using PanDA and Rucio 20m
        Speakers: Maxim Potekhin (BNL), Torre Wenaus (BNL)
      • 10:40 AM
        Discussion 20m
      • 11:00 AM
        JANA2 Updates for Streaming Computing 20m
        Speaker: Nathan Brei
      • 11:20 AM
        Discussion 10m
      • 11:30 AM
        Streaming Reconstruction in EICrecon 20m
        Speaker: Dr Takuya Kumaoka (University of Tokyo)
      • 11:50 AM
        Discussion 10m
    • 9:30 AM 10:30 AM
      Coffee Break 1h Auditorium, F113, L102, F324-325, F326-327

      Auditorium, F113, L102, F324-325, F326-327

      Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

      12000 Jefferson Ave, Newport News, VA 23606
    • 10:00 AM 12:00 PM
      PID CC WG: see the PIC CC WG agenda in the ePIC Indico: https://indico.bnl.gov/event/28825/ Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

      Conveners: Thomas Ullrich (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Umberto Tamponi
    • 12:00 PM 1:30 PM
      Lunch
    • 1:30 PM 5:45 PM
      EICUG Plenary Session Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

      • 1:30 PM
        Summary of EIC Early Career Workshop 15m
        Speaker: Henry Klest (Argonne National Laboratory)
      • 1:45 PM
        EIC Early Career & EIC User Group Award Ceremony 15m
        Speakers: Dr Douglas Higinbotham (Jefferson Lab), Henry Klest (Argonne National Laboratory), Marco Radici (University of Pavia), Or Hen (MIT)
      • 2:00 PM
        Talks of winners of EICUG Award for the three categories 45m

        4 winners (2 ex-aequo for the category PhD students), 15 min. for each talk

        Speakers: Friederike Bock (Oak RIdge National Laboratory), Lorenzo Rossi (University of Pavia & INFN), Patrick Barry (Argonne National Lab), Patrick Barry
      • 2:45 PM
        EIC Early Career Workshop Awardee Talks 45m
        Speakers: Andrew Tamis, Lauren Kasper (Vanderbilt University (US)), Tristan Protzman (Lehigh University)
      • 3:30 PM
        Group Photo and Coffee break 30m
      • 4:00 PM
        Report from Elections&Nominating Committee 15m
        Speaker: Nicola Rubini (University and INFN of Bologna)
      • 4:15 PM
        Report from Theory WG 15m
        Speakers: Alessandro Bacchetta (University of Pavia and INFN Pavia), Anna Stasto (Pennsylvania State University), Felix Ringer (ODU/JLab), Wim Cosyn (Florida International University)
      • 4:30 PM
        Report from the MC4EIC WG 15m
        Speakers: Frank Krauss (Durham University), Ilkka Helenius (University of Jyväskylä)
      • 4:45 PM
        Report from the AI4EIC WG 15m
        Speakers: Cristiano Fanelli (William & Mary), Tanja Horn (Catholic University of America)
      • 5:00 PM
        Perspectives on 2nd Detector 15m
        Speakers: Wenliang Li (William & Mary), Wenliang Li (College of William and Mary)
      • 5:15 PM
        Discussion: current status of the project, international perspectives (Latin America, India...) 25m
        Speaker: Rolf Ent (JLab)
    • 5:45 PM 6:45 PM
      Reception Auditorium, F113, L102, F324-325, F326-327

      Auditorium, F113, L102, F324-325, F326-327

      Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

      12000 Jefferson Ave, Newport News, VA 23606
    • 8:00 AM 12:00 PM
      AC-LGAD TOF DSC I F113

      F113

      Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

      Conveners: Satoshi Yano (Hiroshima University), Zhangbu Xu (BNL)
    • 8:00 AM 12:00 PM
      Electronics and DAQ I: PICO-DAQ and RDO status, joint with Software Interface to Readout for Test Beams and Benches Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

      Conveners: David Abbott (Jefferson Lab), Derek Anderson (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility), Dmitry Kalinkin, Fernando Barbosa (JLab), Jeff Landgraf (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Martin Purschke (BNL)
      • 8:00 AM
        ePIC DAQ Plans - PicoDAQ Overview 20m
        Speaker: David Abbott (Jefferson Lab)
      • 8:20 AM
        Global Timing Unit (GTU) Status update 15m
        Speaker: William Gu (Jefferson Lab)
      • 8:35 AM
        ALINX AXAU15 - RDO/DAM Development Board 15m
        Speaker: Tonko Ljubicic (BNL)
      • 8:50 AM
        dRICH RDO 15m
        Speaker: Pietro Antonioli (INFN - sezione di Bologna)
      • 9:05 AM
        Calorimeter Test Stand (RDO) 15m
        Speaker: Norbert Novitzky (ORNL)
      • 9:20 AM
        SVT Readout (Fiber RDO) 10m
        Speaker: JOACHIM SCHAMBACH (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
      • 9:30 AM
        Discussion 25m
      • 9:55 AM
        Coffee Break 20m
      • 10:15 AM
        Overview of DSC Requirements and Tools 30m
        Speaker: Derek Anderson (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility)
      • 10:45 AM
        DAQ Experience 1: RCDAQ 15m
        Speaker: Martin Purschke (BNL)
      • 11:00 AM
        DAQ Experience 2: CODA/JLAB 15m
        Speaker: Vardan Gyurjyan (Jefferson Lab)
      • 11:15 AM
        DAQ Experience 3: nestDAQ/SPADI 15m
        Speaker: Nobuyuki Kobayashi (RCNP, Osaka University)
      • 11:30 AM
        Discussion 30m
    • 9:30 AM 10:30 AM
      Coffee Break 1h Auditorium, F113, L102, F324-325, F326-327

      Auditorium, F113, L102, F324-325, F326-327

      Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

      12000 Jefferson Ave, Newport News, VA 23606
    • 10:00 AM 12:00 PM
      EIC Outreach F224/225

      F224/225

      Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

      We will have an open discussion on the next outreach goals and how to start a masterclass for ePIC@EIC

      Conveners: Elke-Caroline Aschenauer Elke-Caroline (BNL), Marta Ruspa (Univ Piemonte Orientale & INFN Torino)
    • 12:00 PM 1:30 PM
      Lunch
    • 1:30 PM 5:40 PM
      AC-LGAD TOF II F113

      F113

      Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

      Conveners: Satoshi Yano (Hiroshima University), Zhangbu Xu (BNL)
    • 1:30 PM 3:30 PM
      Combined Tracking and Physics Observables and Detector Performance Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

      Conveners: Barak Schmookler (UC Riverside), Ernst Sichtermann (Lawrence Berkeley Lab), Rachel Montgomery, Rosi Reed, Salvatore Fazio (University of Calabria & INFN Cosenza), Shujie Li (Lawrence Berkeley Lab)
      • 1:30 PM
        Tracking information saved to output ROOT file 20m
        Speaker: Barak Schmookler (University of Houston)
      • 1:50 PM
        Vertexing information saved to output ROOT files 20m
        Speaker: Dongwi H Dongwi (Stony Brook University)
      • 2:10 PM
        Overview of tracking/vertexing benchmarks 5m
        Speaker: Barak Schmookler (University of Houston)
      • 2:15 PM
        Discussion: Physics observables and tracking layout 30m
        Speakers: Barak Schmookler (University of Houston), Ernst Sichtermann (Lawrence Berkeley Lab), Rachel Montgomery, Rosi Reed, Salvatore Fazio (University of Calabria & INFN Cosenza), Shujie Li (Lawrence Berkeley Lab), Zhoudunming Tu (BNL)
      • 2:45 PM
        Study of track DCA distributions with DIS events 20m
        Speaker: Rongrong Ma (BNL)
      • 3:05 PM
        Discussion 25m
    • 3:30 PM 4:30 PM
      Coffee Break 1h Auditorium, F113, L102, F324-325, F326-327

      Auditorium, F113, L102, F324-325, F326-327

      Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

      12000 Jefferson Ave, Newport News, VA 23606
    • 3:30 PM 5:30 PM
      Tracking Working Group Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

      Conveners: Barak Schmookler (UC Riverside), Ernst Sichtermann (Lawrence Berkeley Lab), Shujie Li (Lawrence Berkeley Lab)
      • 3:30 PM
        Open Pull Requests 30m
        Speakers: Barak Schmookler (University of Houston), Shujie Li (Lawrence Berkeley Lab)
      • 4:00 PM
        Track projections 30m
      • 4:30 PM
        Tracking with backgrounds and noise 30m
        Speaker: Shujie Li (Lawrence Berkeley Lab)
      • 5:00 PM
        Benchmark developments 30m
    • 3:45 PM 5:30 PM
      Physics Observables and Detector Performance L102

      L102

      Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

      Conveners: Rachel Montgomery, Rosi Reed, Salvatore Fazio (University of Calabria & INFN Cosenza)
    • 6:00 PM 8:00 PM
      Software Interface to Readout for Test Beams and Benches Hackathon F113

      F113

      Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

      Conveners: Derek Anderson (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility), Dmitry Kalinkin, Martin Purschke (BNL)
    • 8:00 AM 9:00 AM
      EB Meeting - see the Indico at https://indico.bnl.gov/event/28939/ F113

      F113

      Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

    • 8:30 AM 12:00 PM
      JLab Tour Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

    • 9:00 AM 12:00 PM
      ePIC Collaboration Council Meeting: See the ePIC Collaboration Indico at: https://indico.bnl.gov/event/28733/ Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

      See the ePIC Indico at: https://indico.bnl.gov/event/28733/

      This is a placeholder. The CC Meeting agenda is located in the ePIC Collaboration Indico at: https://indico.bnl.gov/event/28733/

      Conveners: Bernd Surrow (Temple University), Thomas Ullrich (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
    • 12:00 PM 1:30 PM
      Lunch
    • 1:30 PM 5:30 PM
      Electronics and DAQ II: DAQ Integration / ASIC status and plans Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

      Conveners: Fernando Barbosa (JLab), Jeff Landgraf (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
      • 1:30 PM
        DAQ Integration Issues: Timing requirements 30m
        Speaker: Jeff Landgraf (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
      • 2:00 PM
        TOF requirements, T0 determination, Timing calibrations 30m
        Speakers: Satoshi Yano (Hiroshima), Satoshi Yano (Hiroshima University)
      • 2:30 PM
        Timing Discussion 30m
      • 3:00 PM
        Noise & Data Volumes (TBD) 15m
        Speaker: Jeff Landgraf (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
      • 3:15 PM
        Discussion 15m
      • 3:30 PM
        Break 30m
      • 4:00 PM
        ASICs and Front End Boards 1h 30m
        Speaker: Fernando Barbosa (JLab)
    • 1:30 PM 5:35 PM
      Exclusive and Diffractive WG II F113

      F113

      Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

      Conveners: Raphaël Dupré (IJCLab, Paris-Saclay U.), Stephen Kay (University of York), Zhoudunming Tu (BNL)
      • 2:00 PM
        eHe3 with double tagging (in-person) 30m
        Speaker: Win Lin (SBU/CFNS)
      • 2:30 PM
        Diffractive phi in eA (in-person) 20m
        Speaker: Maci Kesler (Kent State University)
      • 2:50 PM
        Deuteron tagging and FFs (online) 20m
        Speaker: Alexander Jentsch (Brookhaven National Lab)
      • 3:10 PM
        Quasi-coherent VM production in BeAGLE (on-line) 20m
        Speaker: Mathias Labonte (University of California)
      • 3:30 PM
        Coffee 30m
      • 4:00 PM
        Pseudo-analysis tutorial - an example (online) 15m
        Speaker: Zhoudunming Tu (BNL)
      • 4:15 PM
        Paper discussion and readiness checks 1h
        Speakers: Raphaël Dupré (IJCLab, Paris-Saclay U.), Stephen Kay (University of York), Zhoudunming Tu (BNL)
    • 3:30 PM 4:30 PM
      Coffee Break 1h Auditorium, F113, L102, F324-325, F326-327

      Auditorium, F113, L102, F324-325, F326-327

      Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

      12000 Jefferson Ave, Newport News, VA 23606
    • 7:00 PM 9:00 PM
      EICUG/ePIC Social Event Traditions Brewery

      Traditions Brewery