Artificial Intelligence for the Electron Ion Collider (AI4EIC)
C. Allaire, Roberto Ammendola, E. C. Aschenauer, Maximilian Balandat, M. Battaglieri, J. Bernauer, M. Bondí, Nicola Branson, T. Britton, Anja Butter, Ibrahim Chahrour, P. Chatagnon, E. Cisbani, E. Cline, S. Dash, Courtney Dean, W. Deconinck, A. Deshpande, M. Diefenthaler, R. Ent, C. Fanelli, М. Фингер, М. Фингер, Elena Fol, S. Furletov, Yuan Gao, Jean‐François Giroux, N. C. Gunawardhana Waduge, Oskar Hasdinor Hassan, Purvaa Hegde, Roger J. Hernández-Pinto, A. H. Blin, T. Horn, J. Huang, A. Jalotra, D. Jayakodige, Bálint Joó, M Junaid, N. Kalantarians, Piyush Karande, B. Kriesten, R. Kunnawalkam Elayavalli, Y. Li, M. Lin, F. Liu, Simonetta Liuti, Gregory Matousek, Matthew McEneaney, Diana McSpadden, Tony Menzo, T. Miceli, V. M. Mikuni, R. Montgomery, Benjamin Nachman, Rohini R. Nair, Justin Niestroy, S. A. Ochoa Oregon, J. Oleniacz, J. D. Osborn, C. Paudel, C. Pecar, C. Peng, Gabriel Perdue, W. Phelps, M. L. Purschke, H. Rajendran, Kaukab Rajput, Yihui Ren, David F. Rentería-Estrada, D. Richford, B. J. Roy, D. Roy, A. Saini, N. Sato, T. Satogata, Germán F. R. Sborlini, M. Schram, David Shih, J. B. Singh, Rajeev Singh, Andrzej Siódmok, J. Stevens, Peter Stone, Lola Suárez, K. Suresh, Abdel Nasser Tawfik, Fernando Torales Acosta, N. V. Tran, R. Trotta, Fidele Twagirayezu, R. Tyson, Svitlana Volkova, A. Vossen, Éric Walter, D. Whiteson, M. Williams, Shuo Wu, N. Zachariou, Pía Zurita
Abstract
Abstract 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.