TITLE : Building International Research Software Collaborations to Enable Research in Experimental Particle Physics
ABSTRACT :
Research pursuits across many physics disciplines require complex experimental facilities operated by multinational collaborations to advance the state-of-the-art in knowledge. These scientific communities have been learning how to build collaborations that build upon regional capabilities and interests over decades, iteratively with each new generation of large scientific facilities required to advance their scientific knowledge. Much of this effort has naturally focused on collaborations for the construction of hardware and instrumentation. Software has however also become a critical element to design and maximize the physics discovery potential of large data intensive science projects. To fully realize their discovery potential a new generation of software algorithms and approaches is required. Building these research software collaborations is challenging and inherently international, matching the international nature of the experimental undertakings themselves.
Experimental high-energy physics is one of these research fields. These experiments are very data intensive and “team-science” driven. This talk will discuss some of the experimental challenges, scientific achievements, collaborative successes and how this field is moving forward to enable successful research software collaborations and research software careers. We will also introduce a new initiative, HSF-India, aiming to implement new and impactful research software collaborations between India, Europe and the U.S. The experimental scope of this project is relatively broad, aiming to bring together researchers across facilities with common problems in research. We will describe the scope of this initiative, its mechanisms for fostering new collaborations, and ways for interested research groups to get involved.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER :
MEETING DETAILS :
Speaker: Dr. David Lange and Dr. Peter Elmer (CERN)
Venue: SC NKN, South Campus, IIT Mandi
Date and Time: March 27, 2026, Friday at 10:00 AM