Artificial Intelligence for the Electron Ion Collider (AI4EIC)
It addresses the need for AI integration in a specific physics facility (EIC) to enhance experimental phases, but is incremental as it reviews existing workshop discussions without presenting new results.
The paper summarizes a workshop exploring AI applications for the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC), covering activities, R&D projects, and strategies to integrate AI from the start of the facility's commissioning in 2028, with insights for the ePIC collaboration.
The Electron-Ion Collider (EIC), a state-of-the-art facility for studying the strong force, is expected to begin commissioning its first experiments in 2028. This is an opportune time for artificial intelligence (AI) to be included from the start at this facility and in all phases that lead up to the experiments. The second annual workshop organized by the AI4EIC working group, which recently took place, centered on exploring all current and prospective application areas of AI for the EIC. This workshop is not only beneficial for the EIC, but also provides valuable insights for the newly established ePIC collaboration at EIC. This paper summarizes the different activities and R&D projects covered across the sessions of the workshop and provides an overview of the goals, approaches and strategies regarding AI/ML in the EIC community, as well as cutting-edge techniques currently studied in other experiments.