EPSCI Group Meeting May 10, 2021

The meeting time is 10:00am.

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Agenda:

1. Previous meeting

2. Announcements
   • This year marks 25 years of Carl Timmer being at JLab!
   • Fortnight paper for May 10: cancelled
   • Remote work policy (see below)

3. Conferences and Workshops
   • vCHEP2021 (May 17-21)
     • Thomas, Kishan: Hydra
     • Vardan, Nathan, David (+Hall-B, Fast Electronics, and TriDAS groups): TriDAS + JANA2 SRO
     • David: HOSS!
   • PyHEP 2021 (July 5-9)
   • ACAT2021 (Nov. 29 - Dec. 3)

4. Ongoing Activities
   • Scientific Software support
     • JLab Common Environment (CE) + SPACK
       • Student working 4 weeks June 28 - July 23)
       • ServiceNow (mapmanager, fputil, fpack, bos, bankdef)
     • EIC
       • David Co-convener of Computing Team for ECCE
     • Offline frameworks (CLARA, JANA2)
   • EJFAT (ESnet/JLab + FPGA +Accelerated Transport)
     • Status of proposal
   • DAQ systems
     • SRO
       • SAMPA + ERSAP + JANA2 + INDRA-ASTRA = Up!
         • Meeting will be scheduled with Markus + Co. for end of May
     • CODA (CODA3 support, EVIO-6)
   • A.I.
     • Experimental Controls
     • AIMCEG
     • Multiple FOAs + JLab LDRD
       • Collaboration with Theory on MCGen project DE-FOA-0002493 - preproposal "discouraged"
       • Collaboration with BNL on AI scheduling DE-FOA-0002482
       • Collaboration with INDRA-ASTRA - ?
       • Collaboration with Sergey F. on AI + FPGA - deferred awaiting roadmap
       • Surrogate Models proposal (LDRD) - preproposal submitted - Kishan will serve as PI on proposal
       • Amplitude Analysis Inverse Problem (LDRD) - preproposal submitted
   • Offsite Computing
     • OSG
     • NERSC, PSC, IU
5. AOT

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Remote Work Policy (Click "Expand" to the right for details -->):

We are actively planning to establish a post-pandemic remote work policy for Jefferson Lab. This will be based on our experience over the past year and best practices gleaned from other labs and workplaces. A recommended hybrid work model will be presented to lab leadership in early June. Once a leadership decision is made we will communicate the plan and implementation approach to all staff. Our goal is to have this enduring remote work policy in place for the start of the fall school year.

Our hybrid work model will give many Jefferson Lab employees the flexibility to work remotely according to schedules coordinated with their supervisors. This flexibility will be dependent on the nature of the employee’s job and the needs of the laboratory. This model requires that most employees live in the immediate vicinity of Jefferson Lab so they can be on-site as required to perform their jobs and interact with others. A few staff performing highly specialized jobs that can be performed without regular on-site presence may be authorized for out-of-state work location but these will be limited due to the costs and complexities of maintaining multi-state employment capability. We hope to approve relocation of recently-hired out-of-state staff to Virginia as soon as the DOE imposed travel freeze is lifted.

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