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Building DSL solutions for the Domain of High Energy Physics

Abstract:Particle Physics, also called High Energy Physics, is a branch of physics that studies what constitutes matter and the interactions between the particles at the sub-atomic level. To research in this scientific area entails to build enormous and very complex detector machines that push for bleeding edge technology and engineering methodologies over the limits in order to validate theoretical physics models. These machines, built in international labs like reputed CERN, DESY or FermiLab, are typically large accelerators in which particles collide with others, and detector machines composed of sub-detectors to measure the results.

This domain calls for the attention of various Scientific areas where Computer Science is no exception. Several challenges are put into different topics like, among others, Software Engineering methodologies, Very Large Databases, Real Time Systems, Distributed Computing, etc.

This talk will give a short glimpse over two projects that emerged from the needs in HEP domain. The first is a DSL for the purpose of physics data mining – in the scope of the PHEASANT project, the second concerns to the development of a comprehensive methodology for generating effective, reliable 3D Control Systems Interfaces – within the scope of the BATIC3S project.