uscms-software-and-computing · rct225 · May 2, 2025 · May 2, 2025 · May 2, 2025
diff --git a/_layouts/postdoc.html b/_layouts/postdoc.html
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ <h3>Project: {{project.project_title}}</h3>
         {{project.project_goal}}
         <br>
         <br>
-        More information: <a href = "{{project.proposal}}">My project proposal</a><br>
+        More information: <a href = "{{project.proposal}}">My project proposal</a>{% if project.finalreport %}, <a href = "{{project.finalreport}}">My project final report</a>{% endif %}<br> 
 
         <br>
         <b>Mentors: </b> <br>

diff --git a/assets/pdfs/KelciMohrman_RD_FinalReport.pdf b/assets/pdfs/KelciMohrman_RD_FinalReport.pdf
diff --git a/assets/pdfs/NickSmith_RD_FinalReport.pdf b/assets/pdfs/NickSmith_RD_FinalReport.pdf
diff --git a/assets/pdfs/OzAmram_RD_FinalReport.pdf b/assets/pdfs/OzAmram_RD_FinalReport.pdf
diff --git a/assets/pdfs/RuchiChudasama_RD_FinalReport.pdf b/assets/pdfs/RuchiChudasama_RD_FinalReport.pdf
diff --git a/pages/postdocs.md b/pages/postdocs.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ The Software and Computing Research Initiative provides partial funding for phys
 {% assign inactive-postdocs = postdocs | reject: "active" %}
 
 
-# Current U.S. CMS Post Doctoral Researchers
+# Current U.S. CMS R&D Initiative Researchers
 
 <div class="container-fluid">
   <div class="row">
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ The Software and Computing Research Initiative provides partial funding for phys
   <br>
 </div>
 
-# Former U.S. CMS Post Doctoral Researchers
+# Former U.S. CMS R&D Initiative Researchers
 
 <div class="container-fluid">
   <div class="row">

diff --git a/pages/postdocs/NJManganelli.md b/pages/postdocs/NJManganelli.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 permalink: /postdocs/postdoc-nickmanganelli.html
 layout: postdoc
 pagetype: postdoc
-active: true
+active: false
 title: Post-doctoral researcher
 postdoc-name: Nick Manganelli
 shortname: 

diff --git a/pages/postdocs/jgaglione.md b/pages/postdocs/jgaglione.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ title: Post-doctoral researcher
 active: True
 dates:
   start: 2024-01-01
-  end: 2024-12-31
+  end: 2025-09-30
 photo: /assets/images/team/Jethro-Gaglione.jpg
 institution: Vanderbilt University
 e-mail: jethrogaglione@gmail.com
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ current_status: >
   <br>
   This quarter, we made significant progress integrating the btag POG ML training framework b-hive into an MLflow project which can be submitted to the Machine Learning Training Facility (MLTF). This work is very close to being merged, which will make it the first production CMS ML workflow integrated with the MLTF.
 
-Work on hardware capabilities continues to hit delays due to issues with firmwares provided by the manufacturer. Engineers were unable to remotely diagnose the issue, leading Vanderbilt to ship the hardware back for hands-on inspection. This was successful, the engineers were able to find a subtle bug at the PCI-E layer, and updated/flashed the firmware to solve it. As of this writing, the hardware is being shipped back to Vanderbilt with the assertion from the manufacturer that it is fixed. This will, of course, push back hardware-related milestones.
+  Work on hardware capabilities continues to hit delays due to issues with firmwares provided by the manufacturer. Engineers were unable to remotely diagnose the issue, leading Vanderbilt to ship the hardware back for hands-on inspection. This was successful, the engineers were able to find a subtle bug at the PCI-E layer, and updated/flashed the firmware to solve it. As of this writing, the hardware is being shipped back to Vanderbilt with the assertion from the manufacturer that it is fixed. This will, of course, push back hardware-related milestones.
 
-Vanderbilt developers have completed a first draft of the MLflow “gateway” server, which provides a REST-based job submission infrastructure (similar to CMS’ CRAB functionality). This will allow automated submission of training tasks (e.g. for CI/CD) via REST, or CLI-based job submission using a MLflow plugin which users can install into their environments. The functionality is currently basic, stubbing out the API, but has token-based authentication enabled to the point that the service can be securely accessed. The next work is to implement the missing functions so this service can be opened to alpha users in Q4.
+  Vanderbilt developers have completed a first draft of the MLflow “gateway” server, which provides a REST-based job submission infrastructure (similar to CMS’ CRAB functionality). This will allow automated submission of training tasks (e.g. for CI/CD) via REST, or CLI-based job submission using a MLflow plugin which users can install into their environments. The functionality is currently basic, stubbing out the API, but has token-based authentication enabled to the point that the service can be securely accessed. The next work is to implement the missing functions so this service can be opened to alpha users in Q4.
 
 
 

diff --git a/pages/postdocs/kmohrman.md b/pages/postdocs/kmohrman.md
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ shortname: kmohrman
 permalink: /postdocs/kmohrman.html
 postdoc-name: Kelci Mohrman
 title: Post-doctoral researcher
+project_title: Benchmarking current capabilities and exploring the acceleration of columnar processing via heterogeneous architectures (2025) and Deploying GPU algorithms through SONIC (2023)
 active: True
 dates:
   start: 2023-09-01
   end: 2025-08-31
 photo: /assets/images/team/Kelci-Mohrman.png
 institution: University of Florida
 e-mail: k.mohrman@ufl.edu
-project_title: 
 project_goal: >
     <br>
     <b>2024-2025: Benchmarking current capabilities and exploring the acceleration of columnar processing via heterogeneous architectures </b>

diff --git a/pages/postdocs/mdarwish.md b/pages/postdocs/mdarwish.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ title: Post-doctoral researcher
 active: True
 dates:
   start: 2024-03-01
-  end: 2025-02-28
+  end: 2025-11-30
 photo: /assets/images/team/Mohamed-Darwish.jpg
 institution: Baylor University
 e-mail: mohamed.anwar@cern.ch

diff --git a/pages/postdocs/nsmith-.md b/pages/postdocs/nsmith-.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ mentors:
   - David Mason (Fermilab)
 
 proposal: /assets/pdfs/Jayatilaka_USCMSpostdoc_proposal.pdf
+finalreport: /assets/pdfs/NickSmith_RD_FinalReport.pdf
 presentations:
   - title: "Object Stores for CMS data"
     date: 2023-11-08

diff --git a/pages/postdocs/ozamram.md b/pages/postdocs/ozamram.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ shortname: ozamram
 permalink: /postdocs/ozamram.html
 postdoc-name: Oz Amram
 title: Post-doctoral researcher
-active: True
+active: False
 dates:
   start: 2022-09-12
   end: 2024-09-12
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ mentors:
   - Kevin Pedro (Fermilab)
 
 proposal: /assets/pdfs/Oz-Amram.pdf
+finalreport: /assets/pdfs/OzAmram_RD_FinalReport.pdf
 presentations:
   - title: "Machine Learning Models for Calorimeter Simulation"
     date: 2022-11-08

diff --git a/pages/postdocs/postdoc-carlosericecid.md b/pages/postdocs/postdoc-carlosericecid.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ shortname: cericeci
 project_title: Accelerating Pixel Unpacking and Vertex Reconstruction with GPUs
 dates:
   start: 2021-10-01
-  end: 2024-10-01
+  end: 2025-09-30
 photo: /assets/images/team/Carlos-Erice-Cid.png
 institution: Boston University
 website:

diff --git a/pages/postdocs/postdoc-ruchichudasama.md b/pages/postdocs/postdoc-ruchichudasama.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ mentors:
 project_goal: >
   Development of end-to-end deep learning algorithms to improve the electron and tau identification in low momentum regime using graph neural networks and vision transformers. Integrate the electron and tau benchmarks into CMS software framework and scaling studies of deep learning training and inference on heterogeneous hardware platforms relying on containerization. Additionally, extend the end-to-end deep learning for electron and tau mass regression. 
 proposal: /assets/pdfs/USCMS_Ruchi_Chudasama.pdf
+finalreport: /assets/pdfs/RuchiChudasama_RD_FinalReport.pdf
 presentations:
   - title: "End-to-end deep learning inference with CMSSW via ONNX using Docker "
     date: 2023-05-09

diff --git a/pages/postdocs/y19y19.md b/pages/postdocs/y19y19.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ title: Post-doctoral researcher
 active: true
 dates:
   start: 2023-10-01
-  end: 2024-09-30
+  end: 2026-03-30
 photo: /assets/images/team/Yao-Yao.jpg
 institution: Purdue University
 e-mail: yao.yao@cern.ch