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.

这是 PPRP 最近审查的 SWIFT-HEP 提案的附录，旨在为 20/21 财年申请资金。HEP 计划中最高优先级项目的计算要求带来了必须正面解决的重大挑战。四项大型强子对撞机实验（ATLAS、CMS、LHCb 和 ALICE）记录了近 1 艾字节的数据，取得了从希格斯玻色子到五夸克的突破性发现。 LHC 实验的重大升级将于 2020 年代进行，这将大大增加其数据集，同时我们将看到下一代中微子实验（DUNE 和 HyperK）的运行，以及 LHC 规模的高粒度数据量。软件开发被国际社会认为是实现物理目标的重要方面。最近更新的欧洲粒子物理学战略指出，该领域的未来需要专业的软件工程师，并且围绕该研究支持领域正在形成一个国际社区。该提案的目标有两个。 (i) 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，以创建一个解决软件开发中常见问题的框架，该框架将在未来十年及更长时间内为我们服务。