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<div class="row">
<div class="col-sm-12 blog-main">

<hr>
<div class=row>
<div class="col-md-4">
<img src="{{ '/images/hsf_logo_angled.png' | relative_url }}" alt="HSF Logo" width="70%">
</div>
<div class="col-md-8">
<p class="lead">
The HEP Software Foundation facilitates cooperation and
<a href="{{site.baseurl}}/activities/cwp.html">common efforts</a>
in High Energy Physics software and computing internationally.
</p>

<hr>
<div class=row>
<div class="col-md-4">
<img src="{{ '/images/hsf_logo_angled.png' | relative_url }}" alt="HSF Logo" width="70%">
</div>
<div class="col-md-8">
<p class="lead">
The HEP Software Foundation facilitates cooperation and common efforts in High
Energy Physics software and computing internationally - please take a look at our <a
href="organization/goals.html">goals and objectives</a>.</p>
</div>
</div>

<hr>

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<div class="row">

<div class="col-lg-4">
<h2>Meetings</h2>
<p>
The HSF holds <a href="{{ '/future-events.html' | relative_url }}" target="_hsf_indico">regular meetings</a>
in its activity areas and has bi-weekly coordination meetings as well.
All are welcome to join these public meetings and other HSF activities.
</p>
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{% for post in site.categories.organization limit: 3 %}
<li><a href="{{ post.url }}">{{ post.title }}</a></li>
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</ul>
<p><a href="{{ '/future-events.html' | relative_url }}" role="button">Upcoming HSF and community events &raquo;</a></p>
<p><a href="{{ '/organization/minutes.html' | relative_url }}" role="button">Full list of past meetings &raquo;</a></p>
</div>


<div class="col-lg-4">
<h2>WLCG-HSF Workshop 2025</h2>
<p>The HSF will hold its 2025 workshop joint with WLCG at IJCLab from 5-9 May</a>.
</p>
<p style="display: block; text-align: center">
<img src="{{ '/images/workshops/hsf-wlcg-2025.jpg' | relative_url }}"
alt="Workshop Logo" style="width:90%; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">
</p>
<p>Abstract submission is still open on the themes of <em>Sustainability,
Community Software and Training</em> and you can <a
href="https://indico.cern.ch/event/1484669/overview">still sign up for the
workshop</a>.
</p>
</div>


<div class="col-lg-4">
<h2>Activities</h2>
<p>We organise many <a href="{{ '/what_are_activities.html' | relative_url
}}">activities</a> and <a href="{{ '/events.html' | relative_url
}}">events</a> and we support
<a href="{{ '/projects/projects.html' | relative_url }}">HSF affiliated
<hr>
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{% if stopdate > sitedate %}
{% assign has_announcements = true %}
<div class="row alert alert-warning">
<p class="lead event-announce">
<span class="glyphicon {{ post.symbol }}" aria-hidden="true"></span> {{ post.title }} (<a href="{{ post.link }}">more info</a>)
</p>
</div>
{% endif %}
{% endfor %}
{% if has_announcements %}
<hr>
{% endif %}
<!-- Various boxes with more information -->
<div class="row">
<div class="col-lg-4">
<h2>Meetings</h2>
<p>
The HSF holds <a href="{{ '/future-events.html' | relative_url }}" target="_hsf_indico">regular meetings</a>
in its activity areas and has bi-weekly coordination meetings as well.
All are welcome to join these public meetings and other HSF activities.
</p>
<ul class="list list-simple">
{% assign pagedate = site.time | date: "%Y-%m-%d" %}
{% for post in site.categories.organization limit: 3 %}
<li><a href="{{ post.url }}">{{ post.title }}</a></li>
{% endfor %}
</ul>
<p><a href="{{ '/future-events.html' | relative_url }}" role="button">Upcoming HSF and community events &raquo;</a></p>
<p><a href="{{ '/organization/minutes.html' | relative_url }}" role="button">Full list of past meetings &raquo;</a></p>
</div>
<div class="col-lg-4">
<h2>WLCG-HSF Workshop 2025</h2>
<p>The HSF will hold its 2025 workshop joint with WLCG at IJCLab from 5-9 May</a>.
</p>
<p style="display: block; text-align: center">
<img src="{{ '/images/workshops/hsf-wlcg-2025.jpg' | relative_url }}"
alt="Workshop Logo" style="width:90%; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">
</p>
<p>Abstract submission is still open on the themes of <em>Sustainability,
Community Software and Training</em> and you can <a
href="https://indico.cern.ch/event/1484669/overview">still sign up for the
workshop</a>.
</p>
</div>
<div class="col-lg-4">
<h2>Activities</h2>
<p>We organise many <a href="{{ '/what_are_activities.html' | relative_url
}}">activities</a> and <a href="{{ '/events.html' | relative_url
}}">events</a> and we support
<a href="{{ '/projects/projects.html' | relative_url }}">HSF affiliated
projects</a>. We help communication within the community through our
<a href="{{ '/forums.html' | relative_url }}">discussion forums</a>
and <a href="{{ '/technical_notes.html' | relative_url }}">technical notes</a>.
</p>
<p>The HSF can also write <a href="{{ '/organization/hsf-letters.html' | relative_url }}">letters
of collaboration and cooperation</a> to project proposals.</p>
<p><a href="{{ '/get_involved.html' | relative_url }}" role="button">How to get involved &raquo;</a></p>
</div>
</p>
<p>The HSF can also write <a href="{{ '/organization/hsf-letters.html' | relative_url }}">letters
of collaboration and cooperation</a> to project proposals.</p>
<p><a href="{{ '/get_involved.html' | relative_url }}" role="button">How to get involved &raquo;</a></p>
</div>
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| Title | Purpose | Download | Source Link |
| ------------- | ------------- | ------------ | ----------- |
| The Critical Importance of Software for HEP | Input to the European Particle Physics Strategy Update 2025 | <https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15097159> | [LaTeX](https://github.com/HSF/EPPSU-2025-Paper) |
| HL-LHC Computing Review: Common Tools and Community Software | Submitted to the May 2020 LHCC HL-LHC review and (with minor amendments) to the US Snowmass Process | <https://zenodo.org/record/4009114> | [LaTeX](https://github.com/HSF/documents/tree/master/LHCC/2020/2020-01) |
| Monte Carlo generators challenges and strategy towards HL-LHC | Submitted to the May 2020 LHCC HL-LHC review and to the US Snowmass Process | <https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.13687> | |
| The Importance of Software and Computing to Particle Physics | Submitted to the European Strategy Update | <https://zenodo.org/record/2413005> | [LaTeX](https://github.com/HSF/documents/tree/master/HSF-DOC/2018-01) |
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The HEP Software Foundation (HSF) facilitates coordination and common efforts in high energy physics (HEP) software and computing internationally.

Current HEP software is the result of more than 20 years of development, and now must evolve to meet the challenges posed by new experimental programmes. In addition, the computing landscape is evolving rapidly and we need to exploit all the expertise available in our community, and in other scientific disciplines, in order to meet the technical challenges we are facing.
Current HEP software is the result of well over 20 years of development, and now must evolve to meet the challenges posed by new experimental programmes. In addition, the computing landscape is evolving rapidly and we need to exploit all the expertise available in our community, and in other scientific disciplines, in order to meet the technical challenges we are facing.

The objectives of the HSF as a community-wide organization are in sharing expertise; raising awareness of existing software and solutions; catalyzing new common projects; promoting commonality and collaboration in new developments to make the most of limited resources; aiding developers and users in creating, discovering, using and sustaining common software; and supporting career development for software and computing specialists.
The objectives of the HSF are to:

In 2017 the HSF organised a [Community White Paper]({{ site.baseurl }}/cwp.html) initiative,
which resulted in the publication of a
[Roadmap for HEP Computing](https://arxiv.org/abs/1712.06982){:target="_cwp_roadmap_arxiv"}.
This document lays out the software and computing challenges that
will be faced during the next decade and the roadmap of R&D that is
needed to face them successfully.
- Share expertise on software development
- Raise awareness of existing software and solutions
- Help discussions to catalyse new common projects
- Promote commonality and collaboration in new developments to make the most of limited resources
- Aid developers and users in creating, discovering, using and sustaining common software
- Support training and career development for software and computing specialists
- Help the community to set priorities and goals for development
- Facilitate wider connections; while the HSF is a HEP community effort, it is very open to collaboration with other sciences

As a recognized community organization the HSF can also provide a framework
for attracting effort and support, and provide a structure for the community
to set priorities and goals for the work. It can also facilitate wider
connections; while the HSF is a HEP community effort, it should be open
enough to form the basis for collaboration with other sciences.
In 2017 the HSF organised a [Community White Paper]({{ site.baseurl }}/cwp.html)
initiative, which resulted in the publication of a [Roadmap for HEP
Computing](https://arxiv.org/abs/1712.06982){:target="_cwp_roadmap_arxiv"}. This
document lays out the software and computing challenges that will be faced
during the next decade and the roadmap of R&D that is needed to face them
successfully.

The [HSF Steering Group]({{ site.baseurl }}/organization/team.html) help run the
In 2025 the HSF prepared an update to the CWP, [The Critical Importance of
Software for HEP](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15097159) as input for the
European Particle Physics Strategy Update, which was a community effort endorsed
by ALICE, ATLAS, Belle II, CMS, DUNE, ePIC, LHCb, MCnet and WLCG.

The [HSF Steering Group]({{ site.baseurl }}/organization/team.html) helps to run the
organisation on a day to day basis.

Please feel free to ask us any questions you have.