Date Time UK scientists set to tackle big data challenge of next-generation physics experiments Lancaster scientists are involved in a UK collaboration to develop vital software to exploit the large data sets collected by the next-generation experiments in high energy physics (HEP), predominantly those at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Over the years, the existing code has struggled to meet rising output levels from large-scale experiments. The new and optimised software will have the capability to crunch the masses of data that the LHC at CERN and next-generation neutrino experiments such as DUNE and Hyper-Kamiokande will produce this decade. Professor Roger Jones from Lancaster University said: “The importance of new software developments to deliver the science goals of major projects like the upgraded ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider cannot be understated.