Name: Precision QCD predictions for ep physics at the EIC (IV): High-Energy Physics at the Second Interaction Region Workshop
Start: 2026-09-21T08:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-09-25T18:00:00-04:00
Location: Stony Brook University/Online

Precision QCD predictions for ep physics at the EIC (IV): High-Energy Physics at the Second Interaction Region Workshop

from Monday, September 21, 2026 (8:00 AM) to Friday, September 25, 2026 (6:00 PM)

Monday, September 21, 2026

9:00 AM Registration and Welcome
Registration and Welcome
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Room: CFNS, Peter Paul Seminar Room, C 120 Physics Building
9:45 AM EIC - elke-caroline aschenauer (BNL)
EIC
- elke-caroline aschenauer (BNL)
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: CFNS, Peter Paul Seminar Room, C 120 Physics Building
10:30 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: CFNS, Peter Paul Seminar Room, C 120 Physics Building
11:00 AM Combined analysis of the 3D and collinear structures - Alexei Prokudin (PSU and Jefferson Lab)
Combined analysis of the 3D and collinear structures
- Alexei Prokudin (PSU and Jefferson Lab)
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Room: CFNS, Peter Paul Seminar Room, C 120 Physics Building
11:45 AM Lunch Time
Lunch Time
11:45 AM - 2:00 PM
Room: CFNS, Peter Paul Seminar Room, C 120 Physics Building
2:00 PM Explainable parton distributions - Stefano Forte
Explainable parton distributions
- Stefano Forte
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Room: CFNS, Peter Paul Seminar Room, C 120 Physics Building
2:45 PM nCTEQ26 PDF update - Fred Olness
nCTEQ26 PDF update
- Fred Olness
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: CFNS, Peter Paul Seminar Room, C 120 Physics Building
3:30 PM Coffee Break and Collaboration
Coffee Break and Collaboration
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Room: CFNS, Peter Paul Seminar Room, C 120 Physics Building
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
9:00 AM Impact of QCD Corrections on Light-Quark Dipole Sensitivity at the EI - Zhite Yu
Impact of QCD Corrections on Light-Quark Dipole Sensitivity at the EI
- Zhite Yu
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Room: CFNS, Peter Paul Seminar Room, C 120 Physics Building
9:45 AM The polarized photon distribution function - Lucas Palma
The polarized photon distribution function
- Lucas Palma
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: CFNS, Peter Paul Seminar Room, C 120 Physics Building
10:30 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: CFNS, Peter Paul Seminar Room, C 120 Physics Building
11:00 AM Lambda fragmentation functions - Rodolfo Sassot
Lambda fragmentation functions
- Rodolfo Sassot
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Room: CFNS, Peter Paul Seminar Room, C 120 Physics Building
11:45 AM Lunch Time
Lunch Time
11:45 AM - 2:00 PM
Room: CFNS, Peter Paul Seminar Room, C 120 Physics Building
2:00 PM A general-purpose 2nd detector for the EIC - Pawel Nadel-Turonski
A general-purpose 2nd detector for the EIC
- Pawel Nadel-Turonski
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Room: CFNS, Peter Paul Seminar Room, C 120 Physics Building
2:45 PM Beyond $\chi^2$: Likelihood, Correlations, and Uncertainty in Nuclear Physics - Simonetta Liuti
Beyond $\chi^2$: Likelihood, Correlations, and Uncertainty in Nuclear Physics
- Simonetta Liuti
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: CFNS, Peter Paul Seminar Room, C 120 Physics Building
3:30 PM Coffee Break and Collaboration
Coffee Break and Collaboration
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Room: CFNS, Peter Paul Seminar Room, C 120 Physics Building
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
9:00 AM Invisible and Displaced Signals of New Physics at the EIC - Hooman Davoudiasl (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
Invisible and Displaced Signals of New Physics at the EIC
- Hooman Davoudiasl (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Room: CFNS, Peter Paul Seminar Room, C 120 Physics Building
9:45 AM Next-to-leading power endpoint DIS and PDF factorization - Robert Szafron
Next-to-leading power endpoint DIS and PDF factorization
- Robert Szafron
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: CFNS, Peter Paul Seminar Room, C 120 Physics Building
10:30 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: CFNS, Peter Paul Seminar Room, C 120 Physics Building
11:00 AM Toward a helicity resolved parton shower for longitudinally polarized scattering processes - Pubasha Shome
Toward a helicity resolved parton shower for longitudinally polarized scattering processes
- Pubasha Shome
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Room: CFNS, Peter Paul Seminar Room, C 120 Physics Building
11:45 AM Lunch Break
Lunch Break
11:45 AM - 2:00 PM
Room: CFNS, Peter Paul Seminar Room, C 120 Physics Building
2:00 PM NLO POWHEG implementation of heavy quark pair production in DIS - Clara del Pio
NLO POWHEG implementation of heavy quark pair production in DIS
- Clara del Pio
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Room: CFNS, Peter Paul Seminar Room, C 120 Physics Building
2:45 PM Inclusive high-pT single hadron and jet production at the EIC - Jianwei Qiu
Inclusive high-pT single hadron and jet production at the EIC
- Jianwei Qiu
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: CFNS, Peter Paul Seminar Room, C 120 Physics Building
3:30 PM Coffe Break and Collaboration
Coffe Break and Collaboration
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Room: CFNS, Peter Paul Seminar Room, C 120 Physics Building
Thursday, September 24, 2026
9:00 AM Radiative Effects in SIDIS: Current Status and Perspectives - Igor Akushevich
Radiative Effects in SIDIS: Current Status and Perspectives
- Igor Akushevich
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Room: CFNS, Peter Paul Seminar Room, C 120 Physics Building
9:45 AM Back-to-back dijet production in DIS: TMD framework up to twist-3 for all Bjorken-x - Fei Yao
Back-to-back dijet production in DIS: TMD framework up to twist-3 for all Bjorken-x
- Fei Yao
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: CFNS, Peter Paul Seminar Room, C 120 Physics Building
10:30 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: CFNS, Peter Paul Seminar Room, C 120 Physics Building
11:00 AM A new operator expansion connecting eikonal and TMD regimes - Shaswat Tiwari
A new operator expansion connecting eikonal and TMD regimes
- Shaswat Tiwari
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Room: CFNS, Peter Paul Seminar Room, C 120 Physics Building
11:45 AM Lunch Time
Lunch Time
11:45 AM - 2:00 PM
Room: CFNS, Peter Paul Seminar Room, C 120 Physics Building

2:00 PM Collaborations
Collaborations
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: CFNS, Peter Paul Seminar Room, C 120 Physics Building

4:00 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: CFNS, Peter Paul Seminar Room, C 120 Physics Building
Friday, September 25, 2026

9:00 AM Collaborations (with Coffee Break)
Collaborations (with Coffee Break)
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Room: CFNS, Peter Paul Seminar Room, C 120 Physics Building