Buckley, A. (2020) Computational challenges for MC event generation. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1525, 012023. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/1525/1/012023)
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Abstract
The sophistication of fully exclusive MC event generation has grown at an extraordinary rate since the start of the LHC era, but has been mirrored by a similarly extraordinary rise in the CPU cost of state-of-the-art MC calculations. The reliance of experimental analyses on these calculations raises the disturbing spectre of MC computations being a leading limitation on the physics impact of the HL-LHC, with MC trends showing more signs of further cost-increases rather than the desired speed-ups. I review the methods and bottlenecks in MC computation, and areas where new computing architectures, machine-learning methods, and social structures may help to avert calamity.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Buckley, Professor Andy |
| Authors: | Buckley, A. |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science Q Science > QC Physics |
| College/School: | College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy |
| Journal Name: | Journal of Physics: Conference Series |
| Publisher: | IOP Publishing |
| ISSN: | 1742-6588 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1742-6596 |
| Published Online: | 07 July 2020 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © The Author(s) 2021 |
| First Published: | First published in Journal of Physics: Conference Series 1525:012023 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons Licence |
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