ExCALIBUR-HEP
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Warwick
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
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Organisations
- University of Warwick (Lead Research Organisation)
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Collaboration)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Collaboration)
- Fermilab - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Collaboration)
- Argonne National Laboratory (Collaboration)
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) (Collaboration)
People |
ORCID iD |
| Ben Morgan (Principal Investigator) |
| Description | The funding enabled a significant new collaboration between the UK and partners in CERN and the US (at Oak Ridge and Fermilab National Laboratories) working on the topic of particle transport for detector simulations. The combined expertise across High Performance Computing and the HEP domains has enabled knowledge sharing and combined development of algorithms and software for simulation of HEP detectors, such as those at CERN's LHC facility, on current and future supercomputing facilities. A p |
| Exploitation Route | Detector simulation codes developed for HEP have found broad application in other research and industry areas where simulation of of radiation transport and effects is required. To date these are primarily medicine (radiation therapy, radio-biology), space (dosimetry, radiation environments), and nuclear energy applications. |
| Sectors | Aerospace Defence and Marine Energy Healthcare |
| Description | The major impact of this work was primarily academic and twofold. First, it demonstrated the feasibility of using GPU/SIMT accelerators and methods for improving HEP detector simulation throughput, developing UK expertise and involvement in this area. Second, it enabled engagement with major international partners working on this problem and brought these efforts together into a coherent and collaborative longer term program, building links to the wider HPC community outside HEP. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2021 |
| Description | Organisation of school for Postgraduate/Postdoctoral researchers across High Energy Experimental and Theoretical Physics on Parallel Programming and Data Parallelism |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| URL | https://www.cvent.com/c/express/659acf33-4e9d-42c1-bed1-d2a01c640ae1 |
| Description | SoftWare InFrastructure and Technology for High Energy Physics experiments (SWIFT-HEP) |
| Amount | £222,781 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ST/V002600/1 |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2021 |
| End | 03/2024 |
| Description | HEP community collaboration on R&D for detector simulation on GPU accelerators |
| Organisation | Argonne National Laboratory |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Design and development of algorithms for data flow and electromagnetic physics processes for detector simulation on GPU accelerators. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Design and development of algorithms for data flow and electromagnetic physics processes for detector simulation on GPU accelerators. |
| Impact | Demonstrator code and applications for benchmarking physics and throughput performance. AdePT and Celeritas software for GPU transport of EM particles on NVIDIA/AMD GPUs. Particle Physics, Computer Science, Nuclear Engineering. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | HEP community collaboration on R&D for detector simulation on GPU accelerators |
| Organisation | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
| Department | Physics Department |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Design and development of algorithms for data flow and electromagnetic physics processes for detector simulation on GPU accelerators. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Design and development of algorithms for data flow and electromagnetic physics processes for detector simulation on GPU accelerators. |
| Impact | Demonstrator code and applications for benchmarking physics and throughput performance. AdePT and Celeritas software for GPU transport of EM particles on NVIDIA/AMD GPUs. Particle Physics, Computer Science, Nuclear Engineering. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | HEP community collaboration on R&D for detector simulation on GPU accelerators |
| Organisation | Fermilab - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Design and development of algorithms for data flow and electromagnetic physics processes for detector simulation on GPU accelerators. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Design and development of algorithms for data flow and electromagnetic physics processes for detector simulation on GPU accelerators. |
| Impact | Demonstrator code and applications for benchmarking physics and throughput performance. AdePT and Celeritas software for GPU transport of EM particles on NVIDIA/AMD GPUs. Particle Physics, Computer Science, Nuclear Engineering. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | HEP community collaboration on R&D for detector simulation on GPU accelerators |
| Organisation | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Design and development of algorithms for data flow and electromagnetic physics processes for detector simulation on GPU accelerators. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Design and development of algorithms for data flow and electromagnetic physics processes for detector simulation on GPU accelerators. |
| Impact | Demonstrator code and applications for benchmarking physics and throughput performance. AdePT and Celeritas software for GPU transport of EM particles on NVIDIA/AMD GPUs. Particle Physics, Computer Science, Nuclear Engineering. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | HEP community collaboration on R&D for detector simulation on GPU accelerators |
| Organisation | Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Design and development of algorithms for data flow and electromagnetic physics processes for detector simulation on GPU accelerators. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Design and development of algorithms for data flow and electromagnetic physics processes for detector simulation on GPU accelerators. |
| Impact | Demonstrator code and applications for benchmarking physics and throughput performance. AdePT and Celeritas software for GPU transport of EM particles on NVIDIA/AMD GPUs. Particle Physics, Computer Science, Nuclear Engineering. |
| Start Year | 2020 |