ePIC AI/ML O e iew
Oc obe 28, 2025
Dmi y Kalinkin on behal o he ePIC Collabo a ion
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Elec on-Ion Collide
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Di e se ene gies
•ep: 28 – 141 GeV
•eA: 28 – 63 GeV
A high luminosi y
•1033 – 1034 cm-2s-1
•10 – 100 b-1 / yea
Va ious ion species om p o U
Pola ized e, p and ligh ions
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ePIC Expe imen
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The de ec o o he EIC p ojec . I is o deli e on EIC science goals:
•O igin o Nucleon Mass & Spin
•Con inemen
•Nucleon/Nuclea Fem og aphy
•Dense Gluon S a es
•Beyond S anda d Model
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P ojec de ec o imeline
Collabo a ion wo king ha d
owa ds p e-TDR ( o CD-2,
~60% design eadiness)
ePIC S eaming Compu ing
Model publica ion in
p epa a ion
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ePIC So wa e
So wa e and Compu ing o ganized a ound p inciples o openness
and collabo a ion wi h o he communi ies in NP, HEP and CS
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ePIC So wa e s ack buil wi h communi y
componen s
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S eaming DAQ and Compu ing
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AI wo k lows a e o play key ole in accele a ing science
•Rapid u na ound (~2 weeks) goal o in eg a ed Compu e-De ec o
sys em wi h AI con ol
•Wo k lows o au onomous alignmen , calib a ion, and alida ion
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Agen ic wo k lows
Undoub edly, AI will be a majo pa o he con ol loop o he
collide and he expe imen . We need o p epa e oday.
ePIC collabo a ion conduc s es beds o S eaming O ches a ion
ha can g ow o include challenges o implemen AI con ol o e
he da a p ocessing.
Exis ing ools such as PanDA WMS ha e ini ial implemen a ions
o Model Con ex P o ocol (MCP) ha can se e as basis o
such expe imen a ion.
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AI o simula ion
ePIC elies on Gean 4 o simula ion h ough DD4hep in e ace
(TGeo-based), we a e e alua ing unning simula ions on GPUs o
op ical and EM physics as well as su oga e modeling
Gean 4 buil -in pa ame e ized model in e ace is ML- eady (e.g.
“Pa 04” example o in e ence wi h CaloDi )
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Simula ion ime budge a ePIC
cen al de ec o
Compu e consump ion o ou mon hly simula ion campaigns
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AI o econs uc ion (SRO)
S eaming eadou assumes da a
eco ded as con inuous s eam o
ime- ames
Ongoing wo k on implemen ing
ame → physics e en building
using JANA2 is o comple e in 2025
We plan o hold an AI/ML challenge
o de eloping algo i hms o
physics e en disc imina ion om
backg ounds.
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Deploying ML a ePIC
Ou con aine ized en i onmen s include To ch, Tenso low, ONNX.
ePIC Da a Model using PODIO p o ides s anda dized da a
s uc u es o applica ions in simula ion, econs uc ion and
analysis.
In ePIC, we p io i ize he in eg a ion o AI/ML app oaches and
me hods in o ou p oduc ion wo k lows. This includes no only hose
wi h s ong benchma k pe o mance, bu also hose ha scale well
and a e su icien ly gene ic o ou scien i ic use cases – ini ially in
simula ion campaigns and la e in da a p ocessing.
Ou econs uc ion amewo k uses o model exchange.
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MLOps a ePIC
ePIC will deploy mo e and mo e AI models, ha will all need o be
kep up o da e wi h he la es simula ions and calib a ions.
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A ibu ion CC BY-SA 4.0
CI pipelines
Image a i ac s deli e ed o
image_b owse
S anda ized ONNX ac o y
o EIC econ
wi h model aining and
alida ion on CI
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Mul i-Objec i e Op imiza ion
Bulk o wo k on “mac oscopic” de ec o op imiza ions ha e been
pe o med be o e ePIC. The e is s ill a oom o con ibu e o c i ical
designs a a a ious scales.
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dRICH and B0
op imiza ion
o ePIC by AID2E
M. Die en hale e al 2024 JINST 19 C07001
Sci-Glass
calo ime e
op imiza ion o
De ec o II
J. C a s e al 2024 JINST 19 C05049
Modelling o EIC S eaming Compu ing in as uc u e
Kuan-Chieh Hsu, EIC Echelon 0-1 Wo kshop
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AI/ML ac i i ies a ePIC communi y
ePIC does no ha e a dedica ed AI/ML WG, unlike EICUG. Ins ead,
WG apply AI/ML me hods whe e app op ia e. AI Town Halls suppo
communi y building.
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Two p oblems gi en:
Low-Q2 agge calib a ion
and PID in DIRC
ePIC AI/ML Hacka hon @ F asca i
1s , 2nd , 3 d ePIC AI Town Hall mee ings
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Conclusion
•ePIC will be one o he i s complex de ec o s cons uc ed o he
AI e a, we an AI s a egy in place, e en a his ea ly s age
•Only ew highligh s o he ePIC- ela ed wo ks can i in o one alk
•Ou so wa e design and implemen a ion suppo collabo a ion
wi h da a science, as well as AI in eg a ion wi hin he
so wa e s ack
•AI/ML solu ions a e key o explo ing i s ull po en ial owa ds
upcoming CD-2 and TDR miles ones
•The e a e a lo o oppo uni ies o ge in ol ed and con ibu e!
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