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RHIC/AGS Users’ Executive Committee Activities 2015-16
Justin Frantz, 2015-16 RHIC/AGS UEC Chair RHIC S&T Review Practice Session 2
BNL 8/17/16
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∗ No formal registration to “User’s group” ∗ Elected User’s Executive Committee composed of 18-20 members (next
slide) represent the interests of about 1500-2000 people ∗ About > 1000 RHIC Experimental Users (STAR/PHENIX/sPHENIX) ∗ Accelerator Scientists: RHIC AGS/ATF: 100 NSRL ~500 ∗ ~100 theorists in the field who have entered User’s DB by conference
attendance or BNL Computing ∗ We also try to advocate for ~all theorists in our field (200 more?)
∗ Good lab support - BNL GUV Center provides dedicated staff: Kelly Guiffreda, Director Kathy Nasta, etc. assisting in all functions ∗ We could NOT function effectively without this substantial support!
∗ RHIC collaborations (e.g. STAR, (s)PHENIX) have some infrastructure to address some issues UEC advocates for, so our role is especially important to the other groups (accelerator scientists, theorists)
RHIC/AGS Users UEC
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∗ UEC has had 18-20 members (including 3 chairs) ∗ chair elect, current chair, outgoing chair ∗ UEC had four working groups until 2015 : 1) Meetings,
Communications, Outreach 2) Quality of Life 3) Funding, Politics & Programmatics 4) Site Access & Science
∗ Previous Main functions: ∗ AUM and Open Forum mtg org ∗ Advocate for user issues as they arise
∗ Increase Lately in Responsibilities Membership Increase ∗ DC Nuclear Physics Outreach Day: Started in 2013 ∗ Formation of Diversity WG: July 2015 much work to be done! ∗ Much BNL infrastructure (Dorms, CDC, etc.) is hitting
“critical endpoint”
UEC Basics Increasing Activities
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Add membership
∗ Number of Big QOL Issues/Activities 2014-16 ∗ Increasing budget pressures - Highlight a few on next slides
∗ Good Engagement by the lab -- will need to continue. Meetings
with management have increased: Monthly meetings Facilities and Operations Assoc. Lab Director Amy Nunizata & Other Directors ∗ Other BNL UEC’s participate ∗ Regular visitors: Bob Lincoln, CHRO, updates us on Child Dev Center,
Special Project Director Lanny Bates on Discovery Park Project ∗ Tighter feedback loop on Food Services recently UEC met with food
vendor Metz representatives ∗ Former “quarterly” meetings with Deputy Director Bob Tribble still
occasionally happen. Doon also visited our regular monthly UEC mtg
Quality of Life & Lab Engagement
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∗ Invaluable resource to many RHIC employees and users ∗ On-site regular childcare ∗ Drop-in service also available and by utilized by visitors ∗ Important to retain young talent (often especially women) at the lab and in our
field! ∗ Steadily increasing costs, service reductions, dropping enrollment severe
negative feedback loop ∗ CDC Vendor (Bright Horizons) must pay higher wages due federal on-site
guidelines higher cost ∗ Self organized parent group + All BNL User Groups Campaign to save
∗ Lab has addressed need for better communication with these groups
∗ BNL recognized need to maintain and will subsidize up to $150K to run
∗ Long term sustainability may depend on further DOE subsidization funds being applied for Please highlight in review report!
BNL Child Development Center
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∗ Food vendor crisis/ change 2015-16
∗ Spring 2015 : old Vendor closes Brookhaven Center/asked to be released from contract
∗ The Center was only dinner/evening food option on site ∗ UEC User surveys , BNL Consultants - big issues: food quality/service, addressing
more diverse customer base, availability at wider hours ∗ New vendor Metz Inc. ~Aug 2015 -- more responsive to customer base –
innovations, but bringing back customers still work in progress Lab/Vendor in close consultation with UEC’s
Food Services Issues
Cafeteria insta-feedback installed New Metz 24 hr Micromarket
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∗ Decaying Physical Infrastructure – 70-yr old Buildings @ End of Life
∗ Keenest Need: Dormitories ∗ Number of Dormitory spaces closed in last ~12 yrs ∗ Often not enough dormitory space : e.g. summers
∗ Discovery Park Project: Move Office Space Dorms Just Outside Main Gate Lab/Public Shared Use Model
Dormitories & Future “Privatization”
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∗ Most important traditional UEC function: Meetings/Outreach ∗ Annual User Meetings and other events (generally sponsored by BSA-RHIC)
∗ 2015-16 Several Important Forums for discussions on the future of RHIC
Work in progress many scientifically valuable conversations/proposals
Meeting/Communications WG
2015 Open Forum @ DNP Conference 2016 Open Forum @ DNP Conference
Special Addition RHIC Future Session @ Users’ Mtg ‘16
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∗ ~Sole Financial Sponsor : BSA/RHIC Mtg continues to be important for RHIC program ∗ 2015 10 years of Perfect Liquid
∗ BNL Distinguished Lecture AAA CEO/Former Congressman Rush Holt drew audience from outside RHIC/outside public
∗ Science Highlights : First look at Run15 p↑+A results, Chiral Magnetic results, First looks at long AuAu Run 14 data: Heavy Flavor
∗ 2016 RHIC in Femtobarn-1 Era ∗ End of PHENIX Data taking and PHENIX 25th Anniversary ∗ Diversity Half-Day Workshop and post-plenary Panel Discussion (discuss later) ∗ New policies for harassment implemented ∗ Science Highlights:, Fast Run 16 dAu Energy Scan results, More Run 14 AuAu Heavy Flavor
results ∗ 2 Days Workshops, 1.5-2 Days Plenary
∗ Workshops in Usual Areas: Hard/Heavy/Onia/Spin/Flow ∗ Special workshops focus on QGP in small/asymmetric collision systems; Global Data Analysis
techniques; Beam Energy Scan; EIC; Thermal Photon Puzzle;
2015/16 User Meetings The past two User’s meetings contained special components and were especially well attended
Special Outreach: Poster Design by Pratt Institute of Design
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∗ DC Nuclear Physics Outreach Days have been worthwhile
∗ > 60-70 volunteer scientists from across nation, 25 from RHIC, each year promoting nuclear physics
∗ Great interactions also with other groups in NP
∗ New RHIC Info sheet
Meeting/Communications WG
2016 75 Delegates , RHIC 27, FRIB 24, Jlab 24
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New Outreach Fact Sheet !
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∗ Officially Formed July 2015
∗ Partially reaction to 2015/2010 STAR/PHENIX/BNL “Site visits” by APS Committee on the Status of Women in Physics Critical mass of interested people
∗ Sexual Harassment: UEC members know it’s a problem in some sectors of our field outside of RHIC – vigilancy e.g. for conferences held at the lab
∗ Sexual orientation: UEC members have had anecdotal indications of possible field-wide skewed representation
∗ These examples and others: formation was overdue…
NEW: Diversity WG
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Harassment warning
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∗ Site Visits: Summer 2015. Reports ~Nov 2015 ∗ Details of reports left to collab reports
∗ We made the reports from both collaborations available to the entire UEC and Diversity WG
∗ We had some initial reaction discussions in ~February ∗ However, detailed processing of the reports to find key
areas where UEC can help is still yet to be done ∗ Reports were fairly positive: equally high priority for BNL 2010
Site Visit Followup ∗ Several of our members are on sPHENIX and have been happy
to see that the reports have influenced the formation of sPHENIX by-laws and Executive Board formation, through juniors inclusion etc…
2015 APS CSWP Site Visits
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∗ Lots of Activities and Many Fronts already: ∗ Working in consultation with BNL Diversity Office !!! ∗ Data Gathering / Publishing Plan Part 1 near completion
∗ Diversity breakdown for Different User communities including Theorists ∗ Part 2, 3, more ! (More Detailed Publications Collaborations Data?)
∗ Lactation Room(s) : Our actions started a process that has led to a new Lactation Room to appear in the Physics Building soon ∗ Funding of small renovation of this room needs resolved: critical need ∗ Identified good lead for another new one on RHIC Ring (1005)
∗ Sexual Harassment : ∗ More prominent warnings at all BNL/RHIC events! (already discussed) ∗ User Agreement Info / Registration Changes (appearing soon)
∗ There is some work here to finish up in each of these areas
Status of Diversity WG Work
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∗ More detailed follow-up of Site Visit reports ∗ New lab activities in the direction of diversity sound promising—
we will participate ∗ Unique Role to help with collaboration reports
∗ New Ideas from User’s Mtg Diversity Workshop/Panels ∗ AUM Diversity Events Highlighted: ∗ Implicit biases Links to areas to be put up on our website? ∗ Sexual Harassment: problems better understoodContinue
developing policies ∗ Proof of Representation for Women Problem: AUM Sessions
Provided body of convincing arguments that there is a problem with representation of Women in Physics Provide summary?
Diversity : Lots Left TODO!!!
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∗ RHIC/AGS UEC Activities have been increasing – new needs that impact the science mission of RHIC ∗ Outreach, User infrastructure at Lab, Diversity
∗ BNL / RHIC Support of these activities has been great ∗ Communication between UEC/Lab management on many issues
has also been increasing and good – this needs to continue ∗ Further BNL and DOE support for specific Quality of Life and
Diversity Issues themselves will be needed: ∗ CDC Needs Continued Subsidies to Stay Open ∗ Lactation Room ∗ Diversity
Outlook
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