Candidates for GlueX Collaboration Board 2024-2025
Mark Dalton (Jefferson Lab)
GlueX has been my primary focus for both research and service ever since I joined the collaboration in 2013. As most of you know, I have had the privilege of serving as the Chair of the Collaboration board for the last two years. I am incredibly proud of what we have built and the achievements that we have accomplished together.
Although there are many things to be proud of, some of the highlights include: Adding Union College, Virginia Tech, and Washington & Jefferson College to the collaboration, updating the guidelines for publications on instrumentation or methods, and engaging in a consultative process to modify the Management Plan to reflect the status of the evolved collaboration.
I was also glad to support the great work done by our D&I Committee, particularly in developing a Code of Conduct for the collaboration. If elected, I will continue to work on the outstanding issues of the collaboration, with a particular focus on the shift policy and other high-priority items. I am fully committed to the success of GlueX in all senses and I hope to have your continued support for this very important role within the GlueX Collaboration. Thank you.
Cristiano Fanelli (William & Mary)
As a Data Science Professor at William & Mary, I lead a team of two postdocs and two PhD students, working at the nexus between Data Science and experimental Nuclear Physics. I have a longstanding collaboration with GlueX, since 2016.
The physics community is currently at the forefront of the data science revolution, especially in the newly evolving field of data physics, a term recently popularized by the APS. This interdisciplinary expertise is becoming increasingly crucial in projects like GlueX, where we tackle the complexities and potential of large datasets from photoproduction experiments, efforts that have already yielded significant physics publications. GlueX has been proactive in integrating AI/ML, from enhancing data quality monitoring to improving particle reconstruction and analysis. In the near future, we could continue to explore further advancements, such as autonomous control and experimentation. In this evolving landscape, my contribution involves fostering a stronger connection between the physics and data science communities and elevating the visibility of our collaborative efforts. A recent example of this is the hackathon we organized, where we used large language models to improve the distinguishing power between photons and neutrons in BCAL data. This wave of data science innovation demands that we proactively adapt and update our methods, policies, and guidelines to reflect new needs and trends, including those in publication practices.
If elected, I aim to effectively represent the expanding and diverse demand for data science in our field, particularly voiced by early career scientists. I am also dedicated to clearly articulating the scientific goals, publication strategies, and operational schedules of GlueX to a wide-ranging, interdisciplinary audience, while continually exploring ways to solicit feedback from users and facilitate collaboration.
Naomi Jarvis (Carnegie Mellon University)
I have enjoyed serving on the Collaboration Board for the last two years. I'm also a member of the Diversity & Inclusion group; we have been working hard on the draft Code of Conduct and hope that it will be adopted soon. My other GlueX responsibilities are co-chairing the Tracking and Calibration/Production working groups, CDC operation/calibration/automation, phi-meson SDME analysis, frequent RC, and a variety of odd jobs here and there to try to make GlueX life easier, better, and even more fun.
I would be happy to continue on the Collaboration Board for another term. Thank you for your consideration.
Rory Miskimen (UMass Amherst)
I’m a physics professor and former Department Head at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and have been a member of the GlueX collaboration since the start of detector construction in Hall D. I’m the contact person for the Charged Pion Polarizability (CPP) experiment in Hall D which took data in summer 2022, and led the design and construction effort for the muon detection system that was installed and successfully run for CPP. At UMass we have a senior research fellow, Dr. Ilya Larin, two graduate students, Andrew Schick and Albert Fabrizi, a MS student and two undergraduates all involved in the analysis of GlueX and CPP/NPP data. If elected I would be interested in reaching out to other user groups in GlueX to get feedback on how the collaboration is doing for communicating scientific goals, publication goals, running schedules, and any ideas for making things run more smoothly for users.
Joerg Reinhold (Florida International University)
I am a Professor of Physics at Florida International University. I did earn a Diploma in Physics at the Technical University Munich in Germany (TUM) in 1990, a PhD in Physics at TUM in 1995, and completed postdoctoral studies at Argonne National Laboratory. I joined FIU in 1998. I did become an active member of the collaboration around 2016; I currently advise two Ph.D. students who will graduate in spring, and one student who just is starting an analysis project. I am committed to continue my work with the collaboration, and if elected would be looking forward to represent the membership and address concerns of the membership.