Speakers
Description
The High Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC) and future big science experiments will generate unprecedented volumes of data, necessitating new approaches to physics analysis infrastructure. We present the SubMIT Physics Analysis Facility, an implementation of the emerging Analysis Facilities (AF) concept at MIT. Our solution combines high-throughput computing capabilities with modern interactive analysis tools, bridging the gap between traditional grid computing and the need for interactive data exploration. The facility integrates local computing resources with external infrastructures such as the Open Science Grid and CMS Tier-2/3, while providing streamlined access to essential tools through JupyterHub, containerized environments, and CVMFS. Supporting users from undergraduate students to experienced researchers, the facility handles system maintenance and security transparently, allowing physicists to focus on scientific discovery. We present our experience with innovative user support strategies, including an experimental large language model application for interactive assistance, and discuss how this comprehensive approach enables efficient physics analysis workflows. Our findings provide valuable insights for the particle physics community as it adapts to the multi-exabyte scale of HL-LHC data processing and analysis requirements, demonstrating how modern Analysis Facilities can reduce technical barriers while maintaining the flexibility required for cutting-edge research.
| Experiment context, if any | CMS experiment |
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