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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Dear Colleagues,</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This is the first announcement of the Workshop on Software Infrastructure for Advanced Nuclear Physics Computing. The workshop will be held at Jefferson Lab, in Newport News,
Virginia, on June 20-22, 2024.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Software and computing have become drivers in Nuclear Physics (NP), due to the explosive growth of scientific data and exascale facilities. Exploitation of these opportunities
requires new hardware architectures and new algorithmic approaches at exascale, including those based on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">New collaborative efforts have emerged to capitalize on such opportunities, bringing NP theorists and experimentalists together with data and computer scientists. A common focus
of these collaborative efforts is the development of robust, large-scale Software Infrastructure frameworks to carry out their complex scientific programs. Such frameworks require long-term support; however, establishment of suitable support mechanisms is
challenging. The curation and long-term preservation of data is an important related issue.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The 2023 NSAC Long Range Plan incorporates a vision for the future of advanced computing for NP research. This workshop will bring together NP computing practitioners to discuss
the implementation of this vision, with a focus on identifying mechanisms to achieve long-term, sustainable Software Infrastructure. A key output of the workshop will be a White Paper documenting community consensus on critical research directions, concerns,
and opportunities in this area.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The workshop program will cover a broad range of current software and computing projects in the Nuclear Physics domain. Discussions will include general issues such as the role
of research vs. infrastructure software, development of common software ecosystems, software sustainability best practices, and workforce development. Consideration of new opportunities will be carried out in the context of existing and currently planned DOE
and NSF programs that support advanced NP computing and cyber-infrastructure.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The 2.5 day workshop will be held at Jefferson Lab on June 20-22, 2024, running all day on June 20-21 and ending at noon on June 22. Support for the workshop is provided by
the DOE Office of Nuclear Physics to enable widespread community participation. Coverage of local expenses will be available for some young scientists who are within five years of receiving their PhD.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Information about travel and accommodations, including a block hotel room reservation at reduced rate, can be found on the workshop website:</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://www.jlab.org/conference/2024SANPC" id="OWA32c3afca-4b17-d9f2-43a2-8bd3691270e2" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://www.jlab.org/conference/2024SANPC</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Registration and further information about the workshop will be provided in the second announcement.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The program will be inclusive. Please contact the Organizing Committee co-chairs with proposals for presentations, to help ensure good coverage of current NP advanced computing
projects (<a href="mailto:amber@jlab.org" id="OWA4b4f5774-2103-7b66-3f08-3540d7eb3c35" class="OWAAutoLink" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">amber@jlab.org</a>,
<a href="mailto:pmjacobs@lbl.gov" id="OWA669072f2-d9ea-d0a2-364b-ff3cd84c8124" class="OWAAutoLink" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">
pmjacobs@lbl.gov</a>).</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We look forward to seeing you at JLab in June.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Workshop Organizing Committee:</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Amber Boehnlein (JLab), co-chair<br>
Peter Jacobs (LBNL), co-chair<br>
Joe Carlson (LANL)<br>
Ian Cloet (ANL)<br>
Markus Diefenthaler (JLab)<br>
Robert Edwards (JLab)<br>
Raphael Hix (ORNL)<br>
Thomas Papenbrock (UTK)<br>
Brad Sawatzky (JLab)<br>
Torre Wenaus (BNL)</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Contact:
<a href="mailto:sanpc2024workshop@jlab.org" id="OWA184084e7-5791-d110-f721-1b01e02ab24f" class="OWAAutoLink" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">
sanpc2024workshop@jlab.org</a></span></p>
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