Is Julia ready to be adopted by HEP?
Gál T, Gras P, Hegner B, Acosta UH, Kluth S, Ling J, Mato P, Moreno A, Pivarski J, Schulz O, Stewart G, Strube J, Vasilev V (2024)
Publication Type: Conference contribution
Publication year: 2024
Journal
Publisher: EDP Sciences
Book Volume: 295
Conference Proceedings Title: EPJ Web of Conferences
Event location: Norfolk, VA, USA
DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202429505008
Abstract
The Julia programming language was created 10 years ago and is now a mature and stable language with a large ecosystem including more than 8,000 third-party packages. It was designed for scientific programming to be a high-level and dynamic language as Python is, while achieving runtime performances comparable to C/C++ or even faster. With this, we ask ourselves if the Julia language and its ecosystem is ready now for its adoption by the High Energy Physics community. We will report on a number of investigations and studies of the Julia language that have been done for various representative HEP applications, ranging from computing intensive initial data processing of experimental data and simulation, to final interactive data analysis and plotting. Aspects of collaborative code development of large software within a HEP experiment has also been investigated: scalability with large development teams, continuous integration and code test, code reuse, language interoperability to enable an adiabatic migration of packages and tools, software installation and distribution, training of the community, benefit from development from industry and academia from other fields.
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Involved external institutions
Max-Planck-Institut für Physik (Werner-Heisenberg-Institut, MPP) / Max Planck Institute for Physics
Germany (DE)
Europäische Organisation für Kernforschung (CERN)
Switzerland (CH)
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
United States (USA) (US)
Princeton University
United States (USA) (US)
Institute of Research into the Fundamental Laws of the Universe / Institut de recherche sur les lois fondamentales de l'univers (IRFU)
France (FR)
Center for Advanced Systems Understanding (CASUS)
Germany (DE)
Harvard University
United States (USA) (US)
Universidad Antonio Nariño (UAN)
Colombia (CO)
Germany (DE)
Europäische Organisation für Kernforschung (CERN)
Switzerland (CH)
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
United States (USA) (US)
Princeton University
United States (USA) (US)
Institute of Research into the Fundamental Laws of the Universe / Institut de recherche sur les lois fondamentales de l'univers (IRFU)
France (FR)
Center for Advanced Systems Understanding (CASUS)
Germany (DE)
Harvard University
United States (USA) (US)
Universidad Antonio Nariño (UAN)
Colombia (CO)
How to cite
APA:
Gál, T., Gras, P., Hegner, B., Acosta, U.H., Kluth, S., Ling, J.,... Vasilev, V. (2024). Is Julia ready to be adopted by HEP? In Raffaella De Vita, Raffaella De Vita, Xavier Espinal, Paul James Laycock, Oksana Shadura, Martin Barisits, Michael Kirby, Diego Davila, Mario Lassnig, Claire Antel, Ruben Shahoyan, Satoru Yamada, Felice Pantaleo, Marilena Bandieramonte, Phat Srimanobhas, Kolja Kauder, Tingjun Yang, Fernando Barreiro, Katy Ellis, Rohini Joshi, Hideki Miyake, Liz Sexton-Kennedy, Giulio Eulisse, Andre Sailer, Eduardo Rodrigues, Nicole Skidmore, David Heddle, Stephan Hageboeck, Alexander Held, Derek Weitzel, Tomoe Kishimoto, Arne Wiebalck, Verena Martinez, Elena Gazzarrini, Clemens Lange, Markus Diefenthaler, Michel Hernandez Villanueva, Sofia Vallecorsa, Sandro Christian Wenzel, Stefano Dal Pra, Jana Schaarschmidt, Wahid Redjeb, Steve Timm, Roel Aaij (Eds.), EPJ Web of Conferences. Norfolk, VA, USA: EDP Sciences.
MLA:
Gál, Tamás, et al. "Is Julia ready to be adopted by HEP?" Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics, CHEP 2023, Norfolk, VA, USA Ed. Raffaella De Vita, Raffaella De Vita, Xavier Espinal, Paul James Laycock, Oksana Shadura, Martin Barisits, Michael Kirby, Diego Davila, Mario Lassnig, Claire Antel, Ruben Shahoyan, Satoru Yamada, Felice Pantaleo, Marilena Bandieramonte, Phat Srimanobhas, Kolja Kauder, Tingjun Yang, Fernando Barreiro, Katy Ellis, Rohini Joshi, Hideki Miyake, Liz Sexton-Kennedy, Giulio Eulisse, Andre Sailer, Eduardo Rodrigues, Nicole Skidmore, David Heddle, Stephan Hageboeck, Alexander Held, Derek Weitzel, Tomoe Kishimoto, Arne Wiebalck, Verena Martinez, Elena Gazzarrini, Clemens Lange, Markus Diefenthaler, Michel Hernandez Villanueva, Sofia Vallecorsa, Sandro Christian Wenzel, Stefano Dal Pra, Jana Schaarschmidt, Wahid Redjeb, Steve Timm, Roel Aaij, EDP Sciences, 2024.
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