New institute to address massive data demands from upgraded Large Hadron Collider

New institute to address massive data demands from upgraded Large Hadron Collider

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has launched the Institute for Research and Innovation in Software for High-Energy Physics (IRIS-HEP), a $25 million effort to tackle the unprecedented torrent of data that will come from the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC), the world's most powerful particle accelerator. The upgraded LHC will help scientists fully understand particles such as the Higgs boson -- first observed in 2012 -- and their place in the universe.

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Published September 04, 2018 at 04:00AM
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