UChicago-NVIDIA-CERN Workshop on GPU-based DAQ for Particle Physics

Monday Jun 1, 2026, 8:45 AM → 10:30 PM America/Chicago

Room 504 (David Rubenstein Forum (Room 504))

David Miller (The University of Chicago), Ioannis Xiotidis (CERN)

8:45 AM → 12:00 PM ATLAS-Global HOloscan-based Scouting Trigger: A-GHOST R&D Review

Closed session for the A-GHOST core team. Reviews the current status of the ATLAS-Global HOloscan-based Scouting Trigger R&D effort, covering hardware integration, networking performance, algorithm development, and the path to deployment at P1 during the Heavy Ion run.

Please see the closed agenda for details: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1682646/

Conveners: David Miller (The University of Chicago), Ioannis Xiotidis (CERN)

CERN Zoom Room

Closed Agenda

8:45 AM Welcome and logistics

Speaker: David Miller (The University of Chicago)

8:50 AM A-GHOST overview

Speakers: David Miller (The University of Chicago), Ioannis Xiotidis (CERN)

9:30 AM Coffee, Tea, Snacks

9:45 AM A-GHOST in gFEX

Speakers: David Miller (The University of Chicago), Ioannis Xiotidis (CERN), Mark Larson (The University of Chicago), Tianjia Du (The University of Chicago)

10:45 AM Coffee, Tea, Snacks

11:00 AM A-GHOST Future

Speaker: Ioannis Xiotidis (CERN)

12:00 PM → 1:00 PM Lunch Seminar: Self-Driving Trigger

Lunch will be provided, if you have any dietary restrictions, please let David Miller and/or Ramona Echols know!

Convener: David Miller (The University of Chicago)

12:00 PM Self-Driving Trigger

Speakers: Cecilia Tosciri (The University of Chicago), David Miller (The University of Chicago)

1:30 PM → 3:30 PM Open Workshop: GPU-enabled DAQ across HEP

The afternoon brings together researchers from collider experiments, neutrino physics, and industry to explore shared challenges and opportunities in GPU-based data acquisition and online analysis. Through a mix of short talks and open discussion, the session aims to build connections across experimental communities and identify common directions for R&D, infrastructure, and collaboration — including perspectives from NVIDIA on where edge computing and streaming DAQ technology are headed for scientific applications.

Conveners: David Miller (The University of Chicago), Ioannis Xiotidis (CERN)

1:30 PM GPU-enabled data processing and inference for large-scale neutrino science: status and challenges

Speakers: David Schmitz (University of Chicago), Thomas Wester (The University of Chicago)

1:55 PM TENTATIVE -- TLA/scouting at the LHC: what's been done, what's been learned

2:20 PM DAQIRI and the future outlook for edge supercomputing at NVIDIA

Speaker: Adam Thompson (NVIDIA)

2:55 PM NVIDIA Omniverse for physical AI and digital twins

Speaker: John Stone (NVIDIA)

3:30 PM → 4:00 PM Walk to MCP for EFI Colloquium

4:00 PM → 5:00 PM EFI Colloquium: Next Generation Triggers: Integrating Real-Time Intelligence in the ATLAS Hardware Trigger System for the High-Luminosity LHC

Open Colloquium on Real-Time AI for Particle Physics in ATLAS

Convener: Ioannis Xiotidis (CERN)

5:30 PM → 10:00 PM Dinner and Fun!

7:00 PM Activate Games

8:00 PM Eataly!