EPSCI Group Meeting Dec. 6, 2021

The meeting time is 10:00am.

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Agenda:

1. Previous meeting

2. Announcements
   • JLab Covid-19 Status (personal status memos: deadlines, 9/28/2021, 5/7/2021)
   • COVID-19 Booster leave codes:
     • "CVX" up to 4 hours for getting shot
     • "VACCINE SIDE EFF LV" up to 16 hours if side effects prevent work

   • New paycheck dates: 10th and 25th (instead of 15th and 30th) starting in Jan.

   • Continuing Resolution extended (was 12/3/2021, now 2/18/2022)

   • New Physics Div. org. chart (Thia Keppel now head)

   • From the JLab Weekly
     • EIC Software Working Group has formed new AI Working Group
     • Software & Computing Round Table Dec. 7th 11:00-12:30(indico)
     • ZOOM for Government - Training
       • Dec. 6, 2:30 – 3:30 p.m.
       • Dec. 7, 2:30 – 3:30 p.m
       • Dec. 9, 1– 2 p.m.
       • HOWTO add to outlook webclient
     • Virtual BEAMS Role Model Volunteers Needed ([rbell@jlab.org Rhonda Bell])
     • Group Retirement Supplemental Annuity Open Enrollment underway (401k)
   • Any Other Announcements?

3. Conferences and Workshops
   • NOTE: email from Mike Maier on 8/17 that JLab/DOE will not be approving any conference travel due to COVID
   • All-Hands Q&A
   • Virtual Conference Travel Authorizations

   • ACAT2021 (Nov. 29 - Dec. 3)
     • Clerical error means only David was approved
   • NeurIPS 2021 (Dec. 6-14 Tutorials, Conference, Workshops)
   • Streaming Readout IX (Dec. 8-10)
   • EIC Software Town Hall (Jan. 27 11am-1pm) (indico)

   • CST Division Review Dec. 16,17
     • 11:30 EPSCI: 30min (David)
     • 14:30 Heterogeneous Hardware 30min (Nathan)
     • Physics Div. slide review Mon. Dec. 6, 3-5pm
     • Practice Talks: Mon. Dec. 13 @ 13:30 (possible conflict with EIC review)

4. Ongoing Activities
   • A.I.
     • Experimental Controls (AIEC)
     • Hydra (GlueX Testing, website, paper, ...)
     • Charged Pion Polarizability (CPP)
   • Offsite Computing
     • OSG, NERSC, PSC, IU
     • DIRAC
   • Scientific Software support
     • Hall A (Mike)
     • Hall B (Vardan)
     • Hall D (Nathan)
     • EIC (David)
     • JLab Common Environment (CE) + SPACK
       • Maurizio and Bob still servicing this. Need new plan to provide support.
   • DAQ systems
     • SRO
       • ERSAP: status, TriDAS integration, hall systems testing
       • INDRA-ASTRA
       • CLAS12 paper targeting EPJA (overleaf)
     • CODA (CODA3 support, EVIO-6)
   • EJFAT (ESnet/JLab + FPGA +Accelerated Transport)

5. AOT

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• Summary of Monthly Achievements:

  Teams -> SciComp -> EPSCI/Files -> Reports -> 2021 -> Accomplishments_2021-XX.docx

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