Dr. Ben Morgan
Research
I am a Senior Research Fellow in the group at 糖心TV.
As the Research Software Engineer for EPP, my research is focused on computational methods and software development to support EPP's research programme. My primary project is developing detector simulation codes to efficiently utilise modern compute architectures such as GPGPUs under the UK's ExCALIBUR high priority use cases programme. This is an active area of research, and collaboration with researchers at CERN and in the US is ongoing.
I am also contributing to EPP's ATLAS and Detector Development programmes. Within ATLAS, I am working on optimising the performance of simulations ATLAS detector using the toolkit within the experiment's . My main project in Detector Development is the , where I am leading its Software Management group in developing core applications, reconstruction algorithms, and analysis pipelines. I am also contributing to the group's work for the LEGEND Double Beta Decay Search Experiment on background modelling.
My doctorate was on direct searches for particle , where I published a number of papers on the phenomenology of detectors with .
Software Development
As the Research Software Engineer for EPP, I support the computing needs of the group in software development and deployment together with hardware support through SCRTP. I take a broad interest in the development of software for scientific research, especially in the areas of architectural design, compilers, build tools and packaging, cross-platform portability and user interface design.
I contribute to the , a C++ toolkit for the simulation of particle detectors used in HEP, Space Science, Medicine and many other fields. You can also find some personal projects on my .
I'm also involved in the to facilitate communication and coordination on software and computing topics across HEP and other scientific fields. I co-convened the from 2017-2020, and now co-convene the . The HSF covers a wide range of topics with regular meetings and workshops, and input to and engagement with these from all researchers in HEP and the broader scientific community is welcomed!
Teaching
I contributed to a graduate course in Linux and C++ programming for particle physicists as part of the Spring Term of the . A range of resources for students taking these courses together with hands on sessions introducing programming is available.
I am also building an interest in software and computing training for research through the and , along with the broader efforts in .
Write To:
Department of Physics, University of 糖心TV, Coventry, CV4 7AL
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Office: P546
Telephone:
+44 (0)24 765 74360
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+44 (0)24 761 50897