Steering group minutes 2024-10-14 (#1605)

* Steering group minutes 2024-10-14

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_gsocblogs/2024/blog_SOFIE_VedantMehra.md

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 The Toolkit for Multivariate Analysis (TMVA) is a part of the ROOT Project, providing a machine learning framework used primarily in High-Energy Physics for tasks like multivariate classification and regression. Given the massive data output (often reaching petabytes daily) from research activities, and the need for fast, real-time predictions, a highly efficient inference engine is necessary for using trained machine learning models regularly. With this objective SOFIE (System for Optimized Fast Inference code Emit) was developed.
 
 ### SOFIE (System for Optimized Fast Inference code Emit)
-ROOT/TMVA SOFIE generates C++ functions easily invokable for the fast inference of trained neural network models. It takes ONNX model files as inputs and produces C++ header files that can be included and utilized in a “plug-and-go” style.
+ROOT/TMVA SOFIE generates C++ functions easily invocable for the fast inference of trained neural network models. It takes ONNX model files as inputs and produces C++ header files that can be included and utilized in a “plug-and-go” style.
 
 ```c
 // This generates a .hxx file containing the C++ code for model inference.

organization/_posts/2024/2024-10-14-steering.md

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+title: "HSF Steering Group Meeting, 14 October 2024"
+layout: plain_toc
+---
+
+## Attending
+
+Present/Contributing: Graeme Stewart, Stefan Roiser, Torre Wenaus, Eduardo Rodrigues, Mark Neubauer
+
+Apologies: Andrea Valassi, Paul Laycock
+
+## Discussions with Activity Areas
+
+Any discussions to report on?
+
+| Activity                             | SG Responsible  | Met?         |
+| ------------------------------------ | --------------- | ------------ |
+| Data Analysis                        | Eduardo + Mark  | Not yet      |
+| Detector Simulation                  | Torre + Graeme  | This week    |
+| Physics Generators                   | Liz + Stefan    | Y            |
+| JuliaHEP                             | Pere            | Y (implicit) |
+| PyHEP                                | Eduardo         | Y (implicit) |
+| Reconstruction and Software Triggers | Michel + Paul   |              |
+| Tools and Packaging                  | Liz + 1?        | Y            |
+| Training                             | Graeme + Nicole | Y            |
+
+Liz met with the Tools and Packaging conveners (as reported in last week's Coodination Meeting).
+
+We should discuss regular slots that could be used for activity area meetings - topic for next coordination meeting.
+
+Generators - Sapta had an idea for a follow-up to last year's workshop, looking at event generation on GPUs.
+
+## European Strategy Update 2025
+
+We devoted last week's coordination meeting to this topic (see [slides](https://indico.cern.ch/event/1355758/contributions/5708314/attachments/2945044/5175250/HSF%20Inputs%20from%20European%20Strategy%20Update.pdf)).
+
+Intention is to cover as a core: Event generators, simulation, reconstruction, analysis, plus training and careers.
+
+Those working groups that were there responded positively.
+
+Our proposed timeline is:
+
+- Now -> beginning of January: activity meetings to get the community feedback on the topic you mentioned
+    - A one afternoon mini-workshop looks like it would be a good model
+    - We can certainly allow people to submit short white papers as well
+- January : writing of chapter drafts
+- Feb 1-15: assembling of chapters, first paper draft
+- Feb 15 - March 1 : draft circulation and finalization
+- March: community endorsement (something like what we did for the CWP, asking for people to sign it)
+
+Length is not set in stone, but we think about 3-5 pages per activity will be about right. 20-25 pages in total.
+
+Michel and Graeme have followed up with the key activity areas to help generate momentum - there is not much time. 
+
+And additional help would be very welcome (Andrea is happy to contribute to the generator chapter).
+
+## Seminar Series
+
+[Indico](https://indico.cern.ch/category/18810/); Coordinators: Benedikt, Michel, ~~Andrea~~
+
+We need an additional helper here!
+
+Got an initial boost from JuliaHEP:
+
+- 1 October, Julia in high-energy physics: a paradigm shift or just another tool?
+- 3 October, Julia as a Statically-Compiled Language
+
+Future dates:
+
+- 30 October (probably this one slips..)
+    - Summaries/highlights of community meetings (JuliaHEP, Rucio, CHEP)?
+    - Torre will suggest this to the seminar organisers
+- 27 November, Generators?
+- 29 January
+- 26 February
+
+Nothing *confirmed* yet?
+
+Note the [4D Tracking for Future Colliders Workshop](https://indico.slac.stanford.edu/event/8992) on November 7, 2024. Could provide some useful input on topics and/or speakers for a future HSF Seminar. 
+
+## HSF Affiliated Projects
+
+The description of [HSF Affiliated Projects and Software](https://hepsoftwarefoundation.org/projects/affiliated.html) is now on the website. It motivates the activity and sets out some of the parameters for things like reviews, defining requirements and providing reference implementations.
+
+The actual [guidelines for projects](https://hepsoftwarefoundation.org/projects/guidelines.html) are on a separate page.
+
+- Projects (theirs or others) who would like to trial the process of becoming an affiliate?
+    - Graeme: [prmon](https://github.com/HSF/prmon); [JetReconstruction.jl](https://github.com/JuliaHEP/JetReconstruction.jl)
+
+Need a volunteer from the SG to check the criteria and report to the SG for approval.
+
+- Eduardo will check prmon.
+- Ask Pere about JetReconstruction.jl.
+
+## Advisory Group
+
+The [Advisory Group mandate](https://hepsoftwarefoundation.org/organization/advisory-group.html) is published. Invitations have been sent to the large HEP experiments (ALICE, ATLAS, Belle II, DUNE, CMS, LHCb), WLCG and the theory community (MCnet).
+
+So far positive responses from MCnet, LHCb and ALICE.
+
+Intention would be to have a first AG meeting early next year.
+
+## AOB
+
+### Coordination Meetings
+
+As ever... [chairing sign up document](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Z1Z4payCpieOLiVFcC6y9j-KCj71u6xX232LHUgIHfI/edit). We need one more volunteer for 2024, for 7 November.
+
+And we have to start planning for next year!
+
+### Domain
+
+Torre made enquiries with BNL who seem to be willing to take over ownership of the domain. Any news?
+
+- Procedure is established, but this will take a bit of time (there is a prior knowledge on this from <https://www.usatlas.org>).
+
+### Next Meeting
+
+Next meeting in 4 weeks time? 11 November. (US, French public holiday, so not ideal - we may poll.)