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Preface

CHEP 2019, the 24th International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics, took place at the Adelaide Convention Centre, Adelaide, South Australia from 4–8 November 2019. Up-to-date information about CHEP 2019 and historical information about the CHEP conferences can be found on the CHEP 2019 website.

The CHEP conference series was established in 1985, and since then has been one of the most important events in the field of computing in high-energy and nuclear physics. The conference covers a broad set of topics such as online, offline and distributed computing; software development, simulation, reconstruction and analysis packages; data handling, data bases and storage solutions; clouds, virtualisation and containers; networking and facilities, including high performance computing. It provides a valuable discussion platform, enabling the exchange of ideas between physicists, computing scientists and software engineers, as well as between renowned experts and young researchers.

Focusing on the achievements, ongoing activities, plans, and trends in the field, the CHEP conference is held every 18 months. The host location is selected on a rotating basis between the geographical regions of Europe, the Americas, and Asia Pacific.

Name Date Location
CHEP'85 25–28 June 1985 Amsterdam, Netherlands
CHEP'87 2–6 February 1987 Asilomar, California, United States
CHEP'89 10–14 April 1989 Oxford, England, United Kingdom
CHEP'90 9–13 April 1990 Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
CHEP'91 11–15 March 1991 Tsukuba, Japan
CHEP'92 21–25 September 1992 Annecy, France
CHEP'94 21–27 April 1994 San Francisco, California, United States
CHEP'95 18–22 September 1995 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
CHEP'97 7–11 April 1997 Berlin, Germany
CHEP'98 31 August - 4 September 1998 Chicago, Illinois, United States
CHEP2000 7–11 February 2000 Padova, Italy
CHEP'01 3–7 September 2001 Beijing, China
CHEP'03 24–28 March 2003 San Diego, California, United States
CHEP'04 27 September - 1 October 2004 Interlaken, Switzerland
CHEP'06 13–17 February 2006 Mumbai, India
CHEP'07 2–7 September 2007 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
CHEP'09 21–27 March 2009 Prague, Czech Republic
CHEP'10 18–22 October 2010 Taipei, Taiwan
CHEP'12 21–25 May 2012 New York, New York, United States
CHEP'13 14-18 October 2013 Amsterdam, Netherlands
CHEP'15 13-17 April 2015 Okinawa, Japan
CHEP'16 10-14 October 2016 San Francisco, California, United States
CHEP'18 9-13 July 2018 Sofia, Bulgaria

Committees

Conference Chairs

Name Affiliation
Paul Jackson (co-chair)Adelaide
Waseem Kamleh (co-chair)Adelaide

Organising Committee

Name Affiliation
Anthony ThomasAdelaide
Anthony WilliamsAdelaide
Derek LeinweberAdelaide
Jacinda GingesUQ
James ZanottiAdelaide
Martin SeviorMelbourne
Martin WhiteAdelaide
Peter SkandsMonash
Ross YoungAdelaide

International Advisory Committee

Name Affiliation
Alessandra FortiManchester
Amber BoehnleinJLab
Andreas WicenecUWA/ICRAR
Concezio BozziINFN Ferrara
David BrittonGlasgow
David GroepNikhef
Davide CostanzoSheffield
Caterina Doglioni (PC Co-chair)Lund
Doris Kim (PC Co-chair)Soongsil
Elizabeth Sexton-KennedyFNAL
Gang ChenIHEP
Ghita RahalCC-IN2P3
Gonzalo MerinoWisconsin
Gordon WattsWashington
Graeme A Stewart (PC Co-chair)CERN
Hannah ShortCERN
Heather GrayUC Berkeley/LBNL
Ian BirdCERN
Ikuo UedaKEK
Jerome LauretBNL
Josep FlixPIC/CIEMAT
Julia AndreevaCERN
Latchezar BetevCERN
Lucia Silvestris (PC Co-chair)INFN Bari
Maarten LitmaathCERN
Marco CattaneoCERN
Maria GironeCERN
Markus KluteMIT
Michel JouvinIN2P3 - Orsay
Michel VetterliSimon Fraser/TRIUMF
Minh HuynhUWA/ICRAR-CSIRO
Mohammad Al-TuranyGSI
Niko NeufeldCERN
Oxana SmirnovaLund
Patrick FuhrmannDESY
Peter ClarkeEdinburgh
Peter ElmerPrinceton
Peter HristovCERN
Petya VasilevaCERN
Randall SobieVictoria
Richard MountSLAC
Sang Un AhnKISTI
Simon LinAcademia Sinica
Simone CampanaCERN
Takanori HaraKEK
Tommaso BoccaliINFN Pisa
Torre WenausBNL
Vasil Georgiev VasilevPrinceton
Wahid BhimjiNERSC/LBNL
Xiaomei ZhangIHEP

Programme Committee

Name Affiliation
Alessandra FortiManchester
Brian Paul BockelmanMorgridge Institute for Research
Caterina Doglioni (PC Co-chair)Lund
Catherine BiscaratCNRS/IN2P3
Chiara RovelliINFN Roma
Christoph WissingDESY
Christopher PinkenburgBNL
Chunhua Li LiaoNingNormal University
Clara NellistGöttingen
Dimitri ArkhipkinBNL
Doris Kim (PC Co-chair)Soongsil
Fabio HernandezCC-IN2P3
Felice PantaleoCERN
Graeme A Stewart (PC Co-chair)CERN
Ilya KomarovDESY
Isabel Campos PlasenciaCSIC
James LettsUCSD
Jennifer NgadiubaCERN
Juan GuzmanCSIRO
Lauren TompkinsStanford
Lucia Silvestris (PC Co-chair)INFN Bari
Martin RitterLMU München
Marzena LapkaCERN
Maurizio PieriniCERN
Mihaela GheataInstitute of Space Science
Oksana ShaduraNebraska-Lincoln
Paul LaycockBNL
Phiala ShanahanMIT
Sang-Un AhnKISTI
Sofia VallecorsaCERN
Stefan RoiserCERN
Steven FarrellNERSC
Steven SchrammGeneva
Teng Jian KhooGeneva
Tibor ŠimkoCERN
Tigran MkrtchyanDESY
Tomoe KishimotoTokyo
Wei YangSLAC
Xavier EspinalCERN
Yu Nakahama HiguchiNagoya

Proceedings Reviewers

In addition to the programme committee members, we are very grateful to many members of the HEP community who helped review the papers that were submitted to this issue of the proceedings.

The full list of reviewers is: Alaettin Serhan Mete, Alessandra Forti, Alex Martyniuk, Amol Jaikar, Andrea Perrotta, Andrea Sciabà, Andreas Gellrich, Andrzej Boźek, Anna Sfyrla, Antonio Di Pilato, Antonio Pérez-Calero Yzquierdo, Archana Sharma, Aristeidis Fkiaras, Arturo Sánchez, Attila Krasznahorkay, Bokrae Jung, Brian Bockelman, Byungyun Kong, Carlos Lourenco, Caterina Doglioni, Catrin Bernius, Cecilia Uribe Estrada, Chiara Rovelli, Christian Voss, Christoph Wissing, Christophe Haen, Christopher Pinkenburg, Christos Leonidopoulos, Chunhua Li, Clara Nellist, Concezio Bozzi, Costin Grigoras, Daniel Hackett, David Bouvet, David Lange, David Rohr, Diego Davila Foyo, Diogo Castro, Dmitri Smirnov, Dimitri Arkhipkin, Doris Yangsoo Kim, Dorothea Vom Bruch, Edgar Fajardo, Eileen Kuehn, Enric Tejedor, Fabio Cossutti, Fabio Hernandez, Farrukh Kahn, Federico Stagni, Felice Pantaleo, Frank Meier, Frank Winklmeier, Geonmo Ryu, Ghita Rahal, Graeme A Stewart, Hadrien Grasland, Hannah Short, Igor Sfiligoi, Ikuo Ueda, Ilya Komarov, Imma Riu, Isabel Campos Plasencia, Jakob Blomer, James Letts, Jason Webb, Javier Montejo Berlingen, Jean-Roch Vlimant, Jennifer Ngadiuba, Jeny Teheran, Jeongheon Kim, Jesus Puerta Pelayo, Jin Kim, Joao Fernandes, Juan Guzman, Julia Andreeva, Justas Balcas, Kenneth Bloom, Kenyi Hurtado Anampa, Kilian Lieret, Kilian Schwarz, Kunihiro Nagano, Lauren Tompkins, Lea Morschel, Lucia Silvestris, Luisa Arrabito, Maarten Litmaath, Manuel Gi els, Marco Mascheroni, Markus Prim, Martin Ritter, María Acosta Flechas, Masahiko Saito, Matthew Barrett, Maurizio Pierini, Max Fischer, Maxim Potekhin, Mihaela Gheata, Nicola Hardi, Oksana Shadura, Oxana Smirnova, Patricia Conde Muino, Paul Laycock, Paul Nilsson, Peter Love, Phiala Shanahan, Philippe Charpentier, Piotr Traczyk, Rene Caspart, Riccardo Di Maria, Riccardo Maria Bianchi, Rizart Dona, Ross Young, Ryu Sawada, Sandro Wenzel, Sang Un Ahn, Sang-Ho Na, Sangwook Bae, Sebastian Lopienski, Sergey Padolski, Simon George, Sioni Paris Summers, Sofia Vallecorsa, Sonia Natale, Stefan Roiser, Stefan Wunsch, Stefania Xella, Steven Farrell, Steven Goldfarb, Steven Schramm, Stewart Martin-Haugh, Sviatoslav Bilokin, Sébastien Gadrat, Teng Jian Khoo, Thomas Hartmann, Tibor Šimko, Tigran Mkrtchyan, Tim Smith, Tomoe Kishimoto, Torre Wenaus, Vasil Georgiev Vasilev, Vyacheslav Krutelyov, Wahid Bhimji, Walter Lampl, Wei Yang, Xavier Espinal, Xavier Valls Pla, Yu Nakahama Higuchi, Yuji Kato, Ziheng Chen.

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