AID2E General Meeting

Date: May 19, 2026

Announcements

• CHEP

• DOE Progress Report (NP Award DE-SC0024625)

  • Reporting Period: 09/01/2025 – 08/31/2026
  • Due Date: 06/02/2026, 5:00 PM ET

General Updates

• Project Timeline

  • Project technically started on 09/30/2025.

• Guidance from Program Manager

  • Focus on reporting progress achieved so far together with anticipated activities for the remaining reporting period.
  • A fully comprehensive report is not required.

Phase II Discussion

• General Status

  • Some deviations from the original Gantt chart were noted due to evolving project priorities and opportunities.
  • Several activities planned for later phases advanced earlier than expected, while some early planned activities are progressing more slowly.
  • Examples
  • Significant progress on the alignment problem.
  • Bidirectional Translator development remains in early stages.

• Ongoing and Related Activities

  • Integration of related efforts such as:
  • RAG4EIC
  • Amit’s work on job execution and job log analysis
  • Local model deployment and larger-scale model execution on Perlmutter using AID2E allocations

• Computing Resources Under Investigation

  • Option A: Small/medium open-source models
  • Option B: Cloud-based solutions
  • Cloud-based approaches have shown stronger performance for RAG4EIC tasks.

• Remaining Reporting Period Activities

  • Future activities expected through June–September 2026.

• Research Artifacts

  • Ensure all research artifacts acknowledge federal support.

Action Items

• Progress Report Google Doc (link)

• All Institutions
  Deadline: May 28, 2026 at 10:00 AM (next technical meeting)

1. Add any No-Cost-Extension requests related to Phase II.
2. Provide a short summary of contributions to Phases I and II.
3. Outline projected Phase II contributions for June–September 2026.
4. Add all relevant research artifacts from Phases I and II.