Governance and clustering activities

Thursday 25 Apr 2024, 11:00 → 12:00 Europe/Zurich

Meeting minutes

Date : April 25th 2024

Update : June 20th 2024

Subject : Governance models and clustering activities

Indico link : https://indico.cern.ch/event/1406417/

Participants

ESS Bilbao : Ibon Bustinduy, Estefania Abad | ESS : Thomas Shea, Christine Darve | GANIL : Adnan Ghribi, Sabrina Lecerf | ESRF : Simone Maria Liuzzo, Jean-Luc Revol | Soleil : Laurent Nadolski | GSI : Andrew Mistry, Nico Madysa | Univ Granada : Begoña del Pino, Javier Diaz | IFMIF-DONES : Ivan Podadera | LPGP : Brigitte Cros, Francesco Massimo | LP2IB : Frederic Druillole | ARRONAX : Freddy Poirier | Univ. Oxford : Adrian Oeftiger | Univ Malta : Gianluca Valentino | DESY : Annika Eichler | HZB : Pierre Schnizer | TUHH : Annika Eichler | CEA : Barbara Dalena | Univ Copenhagen : Kim Leffman | ESF : Jonas L'Haridon | Cosylab : None | Hopswork : None | RTU : None | EPFL : None | IJCLab : None | UKRI : Amelia Pollard | Univ Liverpool : Carsten Welsch | INFN LNL : Maurizo Montis | INFN LNF : None | IPHC : None | CERN : None | Paris Lodron : None | DTI : None | KIT : Andrea Santa Maria

Summary

This meeting is a follow up of another meeting that was held on April second (indico and presentations available here). The subject of the meeting is to discuss a governance model of the consortium as well as initiatives that could emerge at the same time as ARTIFACT or sustain the European effort in case ARTIFACT is not funded.

Not all partners could join the meeting. As a result, a second meeting with partners who could not join will be organized.

Options of governance models

Jonas L'Haridon presents several options among which :

1. A Belgium association
   An example of legal structure is a Belgium association. This would require a PO box in Belgium and legal documents with authorization from the king of Belgium.
   
   
2. An official European network funded and supported by CNRS (France)
   This option has been raised by Brigitte Cros. Such network would take one or more year to set-up with many legal complications and for a limited duration (typically 4 years). Such approach could be complimentary because it offers funding for events. However, it can not be a sustainable solution.
   
   
3. A European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC)
   This European legal structure can be very complex to set-up. More details here.
   
   
4. An umbrella organisation that would support the European network
   Several participants suggested that GANIL could play the rol of the umbrella organisation. Unfortunately, after the discussion with the direction of GANIL, GANIL does not have the resources to endorse this role (unless specific resources are hired). Alternatively, ESF could play the role of this umbrella organisation with administrative and organisational support. Jonas L'Haridon presented several examples of such networks here. Jonas L'Haridon will send the associated fees depending on the role endorsed by the umbrella organisation. An example of such governance is NuPECC (presentation by Marek Lewitowicz here).
   
   

Draft consortium agreement (update June 20th 2024)

[Thomas Shea] We should have a small number of people begin to work on a draft consortium agreement based on the desca model. We can have someone from ESS + Sabrina Lecerf and Marek Lewitowicz from GANIL.

MSCA DN discussion (update June 20th 2024)

The deadline for the next Marie Curie Doctoral Networks is on November 20th. Carsten Welsch will lead the discussion in order to be ready to submit a competitive project by November.

Representation

A round table among all particpant is a first step to allow to define one representative per partner and discuss briefly possible clustering activities. Clustering activites can either be subject to a subject/field (High power LINACs, Synchtron light sources, ...) or be specific to the type of funding or activities (doctoral network / staff exchange / ERC ...).

1. Partner : ESS Bilbao 
   Representative : Ibon Bustinduy
   Interests : Algorithm/Toolkit development, Controls
   Possible clustering : Anomaly detection 
   
   
2. Partner : CNRS/IN2P3/IP2IB 
   Representative : Frederic Druillole
   Interesets : Embedded AI
   Possible clustering : Controls
   Comments : Consider a representative of the accelerator GDR at IN2P3
   
   
3. Partner : GSI 
   Representative : Andrew Mistry
   Interests : Open science, open data, accelerator controls - links with EOSC/PANOSC and nuclear physics
   Possible clustering : Data focused cluster
   
   
4. Partner : CNRS/IN2P3/LPGP 
   Representative : Brigitte Cros
   Interests : Laser Wakefield Acceleration experiment and computing
   Possible clustering : Advanced physics simulation
   Comments : Consider applying for a CNRS supported network
   
   
5. Partner : ESRF 
   Representative : Simone Liuzzo
   Interests : Accelerator control and optimisation
   Possible clustering : Light sources
   
   
6. Partner : University of Granada 
   Representative : Javier Diaz
   Interests : Control systems
   Possible clustering : Controls
   
   
7. Partner : IFMIF Dones 
   Representative : Ivan Podadera
   Interests : Control systems
   Possible clustering : Controls
   
   
8. Partner : ARRONAX 
   Representative : Freddy Poirier
   Interests : Anomaly detection
   Possible clustering : Anomaly detection
   Comments : A PhD student starting to work on anomaly detectio at ARRONAX
   
   
9. Partner : CEA/IRFU 
   Representative : Barbara Dalena
   Interests : Future facilities
   Possible clustering : Future colliders
   Comments : Other activites to be specified after internal discussions
   
   
10. Partner : University of Malta 
    Representative : Gianluca Valentino
    Interests : Transverse activities and guidelines
    Possible clustering : Doctoral networks
    
    
11. Partner : University of Oxford
    Representative : Adrian Oeftiger
    Interests : Hackathons / Training
    Possible clustering : Doctoral network
    
    
12. Partner : ESS 
    Representative : Thomas Shea / Christine Darve
    Interests : Data / Accelerator controls / Anomalies detection / transverse activities
    Possible clustering : Anomalies detection / High power superconducting LINAC
    
    
13. Partner : DESY 
    Representative : Annika Eichler
    Interests : Computing / Code development / Optimisation / Anomalies / Training / Optimisation
    Possible clustering : Anomalies detection / Superconducting LINAC
    
    
14. Partner : HZB 
    Representative : Pierre Schnizer
    Interests : Training
    Possible clustering : Training
    
    
15. Partner : ESRF 
    Representative : Laurent Nadolski
    Interests : Accelerator control / data / anomalies detection / optimisation
    Possible clustering : Light sources
    Comments : Laurent left before we get to him
    
    
16. Partner : University of Copenhagen 
    Representative : Kim Leffmann
    Interests : Experiments noise reduction
    Possible clustering : Experiments
    
    
17. Partner : ESF 
    Representative : Jonas L'Haridon
    Interests : Transverse activities
    Possible clustering : Transverse activities
    
    
18. Partner : GANIL 
    Representative : Adnan Ghribi
    Interests : High power LINAC / Anomalies detection / Operation and control / future colliders / Physics simulation / Data
    Possible clustering : Superconducting LINACs / Future colliders
    
    Update June 20th 2024
    
    
19. Partner : STFC/UKRI 
    Representative : Amelia Pollar
    Interests : Controls and simulation
    Possible clustering : Controls
    
    
20. Partner : University of Liverpool 
    Representative : Carsten Welsch
    Interesets : Instrumentation / Machine design and optimisation
    Possible clustering : Doctoral networks
    
    
21. Partner : KIT 
    Representative : Andrea Santa Maria
    Interests : Accelerator control and optimisation
    Possible clustering : Light sources / Control
    
    
22. Partner : INFN-LNL 
    Representative : Maurizio Montis
    Interests : Optimisation / simulation and operation
    Possible clustering : Controls / Advanced simulation