Stuart Campbell

Brookhaven National Laboratory

National Synchrotron Light Source II
Bldg. 741
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000

(631) 344-5578
scampbell@bnl.gov

Preferred Gender Pronouns (PGPs): he, him, his

Expertise | Research | Education | Appointments | Publications | Awards

Expertise

The main focus of Stuart's career has been focused on how to best the apply the use of IT infrastructure and computational techniques at large scale experimental user facilities such as Neutron, Muon and Light Sources in order to help maximize their scientific impact. This has covered many areas from development of advanced data acquisition systems, data management and onto data reduction and analysis together with infrastucture design that is required to make it all possible. 

Stuart is a strong advocate in expanding the use of Open Source Software (OSS) together with Open Data and Open Science & Research. He has been involved in a number of cross facility and laboratory open source software projects,  some examples of these are Bluesky (https://blueskyproject.io), Mantid (https://www.mantidproject.org), GDA (http://www.opengda.org) and OpenGENIE.  

Research Activities

A long term interest has been how to integrate complex simulations with experimental techniques,. This initially was driven by his interest in developing neutron scattering instrumentation which led him to work on realistic simulations ("Digital Twins") of virtual neutron scattering experiments that integrated simulations of the source, sample and beamline and later complex materials simulations such as DFT in order to help inform the data collection strategy and intelligent steering of the experiment and to help perform the data analysis and interpretation. 

Education

• Ph.D. in Physics, University of Salford, UK (1998). "Design of a high resolution time-of-flight crystal analyser spectrometer and hydrogen diffusion in intermetallic compounds", Supervisor: D.K. Ross
• B.Sc. (Hons) in Physics, University of Salford, UK (1994)

Professional Appointments

• 1998 Research Fellow, ISIS Pulsed Neutron and Muon Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK
• 2000 Senior Scientific Officer, ISIS Pulsed Neutron and Muon Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK
• 2004 Data Acquisition Scientist, Diamond Light Source Ltd, UK
• 2008 Scientific Software Engineer, Spallation Neutron Source, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
• 2010 Lead for Inelastic Software, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
• 2013 Data Analysis Team Leader, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
• 2017 Group Leader, Data Acquisition, Management and Analysis, NSLS-II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA
• 2021 NSLS-II Chief Data Scientist & Deputy Program Manager, NSLS-II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA

Selected Publications

• Campbell SI, Allan DB, Barbour AM, et al (2021) Outlook for artificial intelligence and machine learning at the NSLS-II. Machine Learning: Science and Technology 2:013001. https://doi.org/10.1088/2632-2153/abbd4e
• Maffettone PM, Lynch JK, Caswell TA, Cook CE, Campbell SI, Olds D (2021) Gaming the beamlines—employing reinforcement learning to maximize scientific outcomes at large-scale user facilities. Machine Learning: Science and Technology 2:025025. doi: 10.1088/2632-2153/abc9fc
• Allan D, Caswell T, Campbell S, Rakitin M (2019) Bluesky's Ahead: A Multi-Facility Collaboration for an a la Carte Software Project for Data Acquisition and Management. Synchrotron Radiation News 32:19–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/08940886.2019.1608121
• Pouchard L, Kleese van Dam K, Campbell SI (2019) Experimental Data Curation at Large Instrument Facilities with Open Source Software. International Journal of Digital Curation 14:114–125. https://doi.org/10.2218/ijdc.v14i1.637
• Yang S, Ramirez-Cuesta AJ, Newby R, et al (2014) Supramolecular binding and separation of hydrocarbons within a functionalized porous metal–organic framework. Nature Chemistry 7:121–129. https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.2114
• Chen-Wiegart Y-CK, Waluyo I, Kiss A, et al (2020) Multimodal Synchrotron Approach: Research Needs and Scientific Vision. Synchrotron Radiation News 33:44–47. https://doi.org/10.1080/08940886.2020.1701380
• Könnecke M, Akeroyd FA, Bernstein HJ, et al (2015) The NeXus data format. Journal of Applied Crystallography 48:301–305. https://doi.org/10.1107/s1600576714027575
• Shipman G, Campbell S, Dillow D, et al (2014) Accelerating Data Acquisition, Reduction, and Analysis at the Spallation Neutron Source. 2014 IEEE 10th International Conference on e-Science. https://doi.org/10.1109/escience.2014.31
• Arnold O, Bilheux JC, Borreguero JM, et al (2014) Mantid—Data analysis and visualization package for neutron scattering and μ SR experiments. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 764:156–166. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2014.07.029
• Peterson PF, Campbell SI, Reuter MA, et al (2015) Event-based processing of neutron scattering data. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 803:24–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2015.09.016
• Borreguero JM, Campbell SI, Delaire OA, et al (2014) Integrating Advanced Materials Simulation Techniques into an Automated Data Analysis Workflow at the Spallation Neutron Source. TMS 2014: 143rd Annual Meeting & Exhibition 297–308. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48237-8_39

Awards & Recognition

In 2022, Stuart received a Brookhaven Pinacle Award for Engineering. 

Stuart serves on the follow community organizations:

• NSLS-II Representative, Light Source Directors Data and Computing Steering Committee
• BNL Representative,  New Opportunities for Better User Group Software (NOBUGS) International Advisory Committee