SoftWare InFrastructure and Technology for High Energy Physics experiments (2020) at the University of Sheffield

谢菲尔德大学高能物理实验软件基础设施和技术 (2020)

• 批准号: ST/V005987/1
• 负责人: Davide Costanzo
• 金额: $ 6.86万
• 依托单位: University of Sheffield
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ST%2FV005987%2F1
• 关键词: SoftWare; InFrastructure; Technology; Energy; Physics

This is an addendum to the SWIFT-HEP proposal recently reviewed by PPRP to request funding for FY 20/21The computing requirements of the highest priority projects within the HEP programme are posing significant challenges which must be addressed head-on. The four LHC experiments (ATLAS, CMS, LHCb and ALICE) recorded almost 1 exabyte of data to make groundbreaking discoveries, from the Higgs Boson to pentaquarks. Major upgrades of the LHC experiments are due to take place in the 2020s which will greatly augment their datasets, while in parallel we will see the build-up to operation of the next generation of neutrino experiments (DUNE and HyperK) with LHC-scale volumes of highly granular data. Software development is recognised by the international community as an essential aspect to achieve the physics goals. The recent update of the European Strategy for particle physics points out that professional software engineers are needed for the future of the field and an international community is emerging around this research support area. The goal of this proposal is two-fold. (i) The funding sought will provide a direct contribution to the international effort and allow us to shape the future direction of computing and software development in the field of particle physics. (ii) A new cross-experiment collaborative environment will be established in the UK to create a framework to address common problems in software development which will serve us for the next decade and beyond.

HEP计划中最高优先级项目的计算需求带来了重大挑战，必须正面应对。四个LHC实验（ATLAS，CMS，LHCb和ALICE）记录了近1 EB的数据，从希格斯玻色子到五夸克态，都有突破性的发现。LHC实验的主要升级将在2020年代进行，这将大大增加他们的数据集，同时我们将看到下一代中微子实验（DUNE和HyperK）的运行，LHC规模的高粒度数据量。软件开发被国际社会公认为实现物理目标的一个重要方面。最近更新的欧洲粒子物理战略指出，专业的软件工程师是需要为该领域的未来和国际社会正在出现围绕这一研究支持领域。这项建议有两个目的。(i)所寻求的资金将为国际努力提供直接贡献，并使我们能够塑造粒子物理领域计算和软件开发的未来方向。(ii)英国将建立一个新的跨实验协作环境，以创建一个框架来解决软件开发中的常见问题，这将在未来十年及以后为我们服务。