JuliaCon 2026

Panel Discussion: What’s Next for JuliaHEP? From Wrappers to Community.
2026-08-12 , Alte Mensa — Audi Max
All times in Europe/Berlin

Julia has demonstrated strong potential for high-performance scientific computing, and the JuliaHEP community is rapidly expanding across simulation and data analysis in high-energy, hadron, plasma, and nuclear physics. This moderated panel will discuss what comes next: how can we move beyond individual success stories and wrapping existing frameworks towards building a sustainable software ecosystem for these communities?
The discussion will address scaling challenges, the balance between integrating existing tools and developing native solutions, and the role of interoperability in established scientific software landscapes. Beyond technical aspects, the panel will explore opportunities for collaboration, community growth, and lowering barriers to adoption. The goal is to identify concrete next steps to strengthen JuliaHEP and support the wider use of the Julia programming language.


Julia has demonstrated strong potential for high-performance scientific computing, and the JuliaHEP community is rapidly expanding across simulation and data analysis in high-energy, hadron, plasma, and nuclear physics. This moderated panel will discuss what comes next: how can we move beyond individual success stories and wrapping existing frameworks towards building a sustainable software ecosystem for these communities?
The discussion will address scaling challenges, the balance between integrating existing tools and developing native solutions, and the role of interoperability in established scientific software landscapes. Beyond technical aspects, the panel will explore opportunities for collaboration, community growth, and lowering barriers to adoption. The goal is to identify concrete next steps to strengthen JuliaHEP and support the wider use of the Julia programming language.

I am a particle physicist by training, currently working on the theoretical side of strong laser interactions and matter under extreme conditions at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf. For the past five years, I have conducted all my research in Julia, and I am the primary author of several Julia packages, including the QuantumElectrodynamics.jl framework, JuliaXRTS, and a maintainer at the JuliaHEP GitHub organization. In addition, for the past three years, I have served as one of the conveners of the JuliaHEP working group within the HEP Software Foundation, making me an active member of the Julia community in high-energy physics.

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