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arxiv: 1712.06982 · v5 · pith:OLSXKUW2new · submitted 2017-12-18 · ⚛️ physics.comp-ph · hep-ex

A Roadmap for HEP Software and Computing R&D for the 2020s

Johannes Albrecht , Antonio Augusto Alves Jr , Guilherme Amadio , Giuseppe Andronico , Nguyen Anh-Ky , Laurent Aphecetche , John Apostolakis , Makoto Asai
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Luca Atzori Marian Babik Giuseppe Bagliesi Marilena Bandieramonte Sunanda Banerjee Martin Barisits Lothar A.T. Bauerdick Stefano Belforte Douglas Benjamin Catrin Bernius Wahid Bhimji Riccardo Maria Bianchi Ian Bird Catherine Biscarat Jakob Blomer Kenneth Bloom Tommaso Boccali Brian Bockelman Tomasz Bold Daniele Bonacorsi Antonio Boveia Concezio Bozzi Marko Bracko David Britton Andy Buckley Predrag Buncic Paolo Calafiura Simone Campana Philippe Canal Luca Canali Gianpaolo Carlino Nuno Castro Marco Cattaneo Gianluca Cerminara Javier Cervantes Villanueva Philip Chang John Chapman Gang Chen Taylor Childers Peter Clarke Marco Clemencic Eric Cogneras Jeremy Coles Ian Collier David Colling Gloria Corti Gabriele Cosmo Davide Costanzo Ben Couturier Kyle Cranmer Jack Cranshaw Leonardo Cristella David Crooks Sabine Cr\'ep\'e-Renaudin Robert Currie S\"unje Dallmeier-Tiessen Kaushik De Michel De Cian Albert De Roeck Antonio Delgado Peris Fr\'ed\'eric Derue Alessandro Di Girolamo Salvatore Di Guida Gancho Dimitrov Caterina Doglioni Andrea Dotti Dirk Duellmann Laurent Duflot Dave Dykstra Katarzyna Dziedziniewicz-Wojcik Agnieszka Dziurda Ulrik Egede Peter Elmer Johannes Elmsheuser V. Daniel Elvira Giulio Eulisse Steven Farrell Torben Ferber Andrej Filipcic Ian Fisk Conor Fitzpatrick Jos\'e Flix Andrea Formica Alessandra Forti Giovanni Franzoni James Frost Stu Fuess Frank Gaede Gerardo Ganis Robert Gardner Vincent Garonne Andreas Gellrich Krzysztof Genser Simon George Frank Geurts Andrei Gheata Mihaela Gheata Francesco Giacomini Stefano Giagu Manuel Giffels Douglas Gingrich Maria Girone Vladimir V. Gligorov Ivan Glushkov Wesley Gohn Jose Benito Gonzalez Lopez Isidro Gonz\'alez Caballero Juan R. Gonz\'alez Fern\'andez Giacomo Govi Claudio Grandi Hadrien Grasland Heather Gray Lucia Grillo Wen Guan Oliver Gutsche Vardan Gyurjyan Andrew Hanushevsky Farah Hariri Thomas Hartmann John Harvey Thomas Hauth Benedikt Hegner Beate Heinemann Lukas Heinrich Andreas Heiss Jos\'e M. Hern\'andez Michael Hildreth Mark Hodgkinson Stefan Hoeche Burt Holzman Peter Hristov Xingtao Huang Vladimir N. Ivanchenko Todor Ivanov Jan Iven Brij Jashal Bodhitha Jayatilaka Roger Jones Michel Jouvin Soon Yung Jun Michael Kagan Charles William Kalderon Meghan Kane Edward Karavakis Daniel S. Katz Dorian Kcira Oliver Keeble Borut Paul Kersevan Michael Kirby Alexei Klimentov Markus Klute Ilya Komarov Dmitri Konstantinov Patrick Koppenburg Jim Kowalkowski Luke Kreczko Thomas Kuhr Robert Kutschke Valentin Kuznetsov Walter Lampl Eric Lancon David Lange Mario Lassnig Paul Laycock Charles Leggett James Letts Birgit Lewendel Teng Li Guilherme Lima Jacob Linacre Tomas Linden Miron Livny Giuseppe Lo Presti Sebastian Lopienski Peter Love Adam Lyon Nicol\`o Magini Zachary L. Marshall Edoardo Martelli Stewart Martin-Haugh Pere Mato Kajari Mazumdar Thomas McCauley Josh McFayden Shawn McKee Andrew McNab Rashid Mehdiyev Helge Meinhard Dario Menasce Patricia Mendez Lorenzo Alaettin Serhan Mete Michele Michelotto Jovan Mitrevski Lorenzo Moneta Ben Morgan Richard Mount Edward Moyse Sean Murray Armin Nairz Mark S. Neubauer Andrew Norman S\'ergio Novaes Mihaly Novak Arantza Oyanguren Nurcan Ozturk Andres Pacheco Pages Michela Paganini Jerome Pansanel Vincent R. Pascuzzi Glenn Patrick Alex Pearce Ben Pearson Kevin Pedro Gabriel Perdue Antonio Perez-Calero Yzquierdo Luca Perrozzi Troels Petersen Marko Petric Andreas Petzold J\'onatan Piedra Leo Piilonen Danilo Piparo Jim Pivarski Witold Pokorski Francesco Polci Karolos Potamianos Fernanda Psihas Albert Puig Navarro G\"unter Quast Gerhard Raven J\"urgen Reuter Alberto Ribon Lorenzo Rinaldi Martin Ritter James Robinson Eduardo Rodrigues Stefan Roiser David Rousseau Gareth Roy Grigori Rybkine Andre Sailer Tai Sakuma Renato Santana Andrea Sartirana Heidi Schellman Jaroslava Schovancov\'a Steven Schramm Markus Schulz Andrea Sciab\`a Sally Seidel Sezen Sekmen Cedric Serfon Horst Severini Elizabeth Sexton-Kennedy Michael Seymour Davide Sgalaberna Illya Shapoval Jamie Shiers Jing-Ge Shiu Hannah Short Gian Piero Siroli Sam Skipsey Tim Smith Scott Snyder Michael D. Sokoloff Panagiotis Spentzouris Hartmut Stadie Giordon Stark Gordon Stewart Graeme A. Stewart Arturo S\'anchez Alberto S\'anchez-Hern\'andez Anyes Taffard Umberto Tamponi Jeff Templon Giacomo Tenaglia Vakhtang Tsulaia Christopher Tunnell Eric Vaandering Andrea Valassi Sofia Vallecorsa Liviu Valsan Peter Van Gemmeren Renaud Vernet Brett Viren Jean-Roch Vlimant Christian Voss Margaret Votava Carl Vuosalo Carlos V\'azquez Sierra Romain Wartel Gordon T. Watts Torre Wenaus Sandro Wenzel Mike Williams Frank Winklmeier Christoph Wissing Frank Wuerthwein Benjamin Wynne Zhang Xiaomei Wei Yang Efe Yazgan (HEP Software Foundation)
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Particle physics has an ambitious and broad experimental programme for the coming decades. This programme requires large investments in detector hardware, either to build new facilities and experiments, or to upgrade existing ones. Similarly, it requires commensurate investment in the R&D of software to acquire, manage, process, and analyse the shear amounts of data to be recorded. In planning for the HL-LHC in particular, it is critical that all of the collaborating stakeholders agree on the software goals and priorities, and that the efforts complement each other. In this spirit, this white paper describes the R&D activities required to prepare for this software upgrade.

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