Artificial Intelligence for the Electron Ion Collider (AI4EIC)
C. Allaire R. Ammendola E. -C. Aschenauer M. Balandat M. Battaglieri J. Bernauer M. Bondì N. Branson T. Britton A. Butter I. Chahrour P. Chatagnon E. Cisbani E. W. Cline S. Dash C. Dean W. Deconinck A. Deshpande M. Diefenthaler R. Ent C. Fanelli M. Finger M. Finger, Jr. E. Fol S. Furletov Y. Gao J. Giroux N. C. Gunawardhana Waduge R. Harish O. Hassan P. L. Hegde R. J. Hernández-Pinto A. Hiller Blin T. Horn J. Huang D. Jayakodige B. Joo M. Junaid P. Karande B. Kriesten R. Kunnawalkam Elayavalli M. Lin F. Liu S. Liuti G. Matousek M. McEneaney D. McSpadden T. Menzo T. Miceli V. Mikuni R. Montgomery B. Nachman R. R. Nair J. Niestroy S. A. Ochoa Oregon J. Oleniacz J. D. Osborn C. Paudel C. Pecar C. Peng G. N. Perdue W. Phelps M. L. Purschke K. Rajput Y. Ren D. F. Renteria-Estrada D. Richford B. J. Roy D. Roy N. Sato T. Satogata G. Sborlini M. Schram D. Shih J. Singh R. Singh A. Siodmok P. Stone J. Stevens L. Suarez K. Suresh A. -N. Tawfik F. Torales Acosta N. Tran R. Trotta F. J. Twagirayezu R. Tyson S. Volkova A. Vossen E. Walter D. Whiteson M. Williams S. Wu N. Zachariou P. Zurita
The Electron-Ion Collider (EIC), a state-of-the-art facility for studying the
strong force, is expected to begin commissioning its first experiments in 2028.
This is an opportune time for artificial intelligence (AI) to be included from
the start at this facility and in all phases that lead up to the experiments.
The second annual workshop organized by the AI4EIC working group, which
recently took place, centered on exploring all current and prospective
application areas of AI for the EIC. This workshop is not only beneficial for
the EIC, but also provides valuable insights for the newly established ePIC
collaboration at EIC. This paper summarizes the different activities and R&D
projects covered across the sessions of the workshop and provides an overview
of the goals, approaches and strategies regarding AI/ML in the EIC community,
as well as cutting-edge techniques currently studied in other experiments.