US Egypt Cooperative Research: Establishing an Egyptian Grid of Particle Physics and its Applications

这个美国-埃及合作研究项目将建立一个网络，以促进美国和埃及不同大学和学术机构在粒子物理学方面的科学合作和年轻科学家的培训。合作者将分析来自CERN大型强子对撞机（LHC）的紧凑μ子螺线管（CMS）实验的实验数据，并进行涉及其他领域的Monte Carlo模拟，如医学物理学，空间科学和天体物理学。由德克萨斯理工大学的Nural Akchurin博士领导的美国团队计划与Ain Shams大学（Au）的Amr Radi博士以及Helwan大学（HU）和埃及英国大学（BUE）的研究人员合作，建立第一个粒子物理学埃及网格网络（EGNPP）。美国和埃及的物理学家和计算机科学家之间的这种合作努力将促进以LHC/CERN的CMS实验为中心的强有力的科学合作。随着LHC的重新启动，该团队预计将在未来许多年内收集到出色的数据。对探测器构造和计算（数据分析）所带来的发现和挑战的预期使团队走到了一起。PI认为该项目是传播科学财富和机会的一个强有力的范例，将建立一个更广泛和更多样化的科学界。高能粒子物理学一直在大规模和有效的国际合作中处于领先地位，PI认为LHC项目应该没有什么不同。这项合作将使美国和埃及科学家参与实验的数据分析、事件生成和计算结构。更广泛的影响。德克萨斯理工大学一直是CMS实验的长期积极参与者，粒子物理组已经在校园内建立了一个成功的网格计算环境。德克萨斯理工学院的设施不仅是校园内其他科学学科的典范，而且还为CMS提供了稳定的计算机和存储环境。该小组打算组织研讨会和集中课程，由参与机构的高级物理学家授课。此外，PI计划每月与CERN的计算和分析CMS组、埃及人和TTU组使用EVO视频会议系统举行视频会议。该奖项由国际科学与工程办公室的非洲、近东和南亚项目支持。

This US-Egypt collaborative research project will create a network to promote the scientific collaboration and training of young scientists in particle physics in different universities and academic institutions in the USA and Egypt. The collaborators will analyze experimental data from the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in CERN and also perform Monte Carlo simulations that involve other fields, such as medical physics, space science and astrophysics. The US team, lead by Dr. Nural Akchurin at Texas Tech University, plans to collaborate with Dr. Amr Radi at Ain Shams University (AU) and with researchers at Helwan University (HU) and the British University in Egypt (BUE) to establish the first Egyptian Grid network in Particle Physics (EGNPP).Intellectual merit. This cooperative effort between the physicists and computer scientists of the US and Egypt will promote a strong scientific collaboration centered on the CMS experiment at LHC/CERN. With the re-start of the LHC, the team expects to collect excellent data for many years to come. The anticipation of discoveries and challenges posed by detector construction and computing (data analyses) is what brings the team together. The PI considers this project a strong paradigm for disseminating the kind of scientific wealth and opportunity that will build a wider and more diverse scientific community. High energy particle physics has always led the way in large and effective international collaborations, and the PI maintains that the LHC project should be no different. This collaboration will engage US and Egyptian scientists into the data analyses, event generation, and computing structure of the experiment. Broader impacts. Texas Tech University has been a long and active participant in the CMS experiment, and the particle physics group has established a successful grid computing environment on campus. Texas Tech facilities have not only served as models to other scientific disciplines on campus but also provided a stable computer and storage environment to CMS. The team intends to organize seminars and concentrated courses, delivered by senior physicists from the participating institutions. And, the PI plans to hold monthly videoconferences with the computing and analyses CMS groups at CERN, the Egyptians, and the TTU group using the EVO videoconferencing system.This award is being supported by the Office of International Science and Engineering's Africa, Near East, and South Asia Program.