Objectives
Task 12.1. Coordination and Communication
• Management and coordination of the Work Package, including monitoring of work progress, budget spending and
reporting to the project management.
• Organisation of WP meetings as well as meetings with other WPs and coordinating presentation of results within
AIDAinnova and to the detector community.
Task 12.2. Turnkey Software
• Integrated Turnkey Software Stack, for physics and performance studies
• Simplified data model toolkit for modern hardware platforms
• Digitisation extensions for geometry toolkit
• R&D study on frameworks to manage heterogeneous resources
Task 12.3. Simulation
• Fast simulation techniques integrated into Geant4
• Machine learning based calorimeter simulation toolkit for training and inference
Task 12.4. Track Reconstruction
• Develop complete track reconstruction chain with Acts composable algorithms
• Implement a portable version of Acts algorithms, for heterogeneous computing
• Machine learning reconstruction algorithm for MPGD detectors
Task 12.5. Particle Flow Reconstruction
• Advanced PFA algorithms for DUNE detectors using new readout technologies
• PFA algorithm with particle ID for dual-readout calorimeters
• Optimised APRIL PFA algorithm for hadronic jets
Tasks
| Task # | Task Name | Task Leader |
|---|---|---|
| 12.1 | Coordination and Communication | Frank Gaede (DESY), Graeme Stewart (CERN) |
| 12.2 | Turnkey Software | Thomas Madlener (DESY), André Sailer (CERN) |
| 12.3 | Simulation | Anna Zaborowska (CERN) |
| 12.4 | Track Reconstruction | Hadrien Grasland (IJCLab) |
| 12.5 | Particle Flow Reconstruction | John Back (Warwick) |
Milestones
| MS # | Milestone Name | Lead beneficiary | Due Date (in months) | Means of verification |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MS47 |
LC reconstruction prototype in Key4hep |
12 - DESY | 21 | Reproduce similar detector performance as achieved with the current framework (Task 12.2) |
| MS48 |
Prototype of ML based shower simulation |
1 - CERN | 22 | Runnable example code that simulates part of the showers with ML algorithms (Task 12.3) |
| MS49 |
Acts tracking algorithm prototypes |
8 - CNRS | 23 | Runnable test cases which demonstrate algorithm functionality on benchmark data from TrackML (Task 12.4) |
| MS50 | New PFA prototypes | 44 - UWAR | 23 | Runnable test cases which demonstrate algorithm functionality on benchmark data (Task 12.5) |
Deliverables
| D # | Deliverable Name | Lead beneficiary | Type | Due Date (in months) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D12.1 |
Turnkey software stack (Key4hep) |
12 - DESY | Other | 46 |
| D12.2 |
Fast shower simulation in Geant4 |
1 - CERN | Other | 45 |
| D12.3 | Acts tracking algorithms | 8 - CNRS | Other | 43 |
| D12.4 |
PFA reconstruction algorithms |
44 - UWAR | Other | 45 |