WP12: Software for Future Detectors

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 NameTask Leader
12.1Coordination and CommunicationFrank Gaede (DESY), Graeme Stewart (CERN)
12.2Turnkey SoftwareThomas Madlener (DESY), André Sailer (CERN)
12.3SimulationAnna Zaborowska (CERN)
12.4Track ReconstructionHadrien Grasland (IJCLab)
12.5Particle Flow ReconstructionJohn Back (Warwick)

Milestones

MS #Milestone NameLead beneficiaryDue Date (in months)Means of verification
MS47

LC reconstruction prototype in Key4hep

12 – DESY21Reproduce similar detector
performance as achieved with
the current framework (Task 12.2)
MS48

Prototype of ML based shower simulation

1 – CERN22Runnable example code that
simulates part of the showers
with ML algorithms (Task
12.3)
MS49

Acts tracking algorithm prototypes

8 – CNRS23Runnable test cases which
demonstrate algorithm
functionality on benchmark
data from TrackML (Task
12.4)
MS50New PFA prototypes44 – UWAR23Runnable test cases which
demonstrate algorithm
functionality on benchmark
data (Task 12.5)

Deliverables

D #Deliverable NameLead beneficiaryTypeDue Date (in months)
D12.1

Turnkey software stack (Key4hep)

12 – DESYOther46
D12.2

Fast shower simulation in Geant4

1 – CERNOther45
D12.3Acts tracking algorithms8 – CNRSOther43
D12.4

PFA reconstruction algorithms

44 – UWAROther45