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Description
Lattice quantum chromodynamics (LQCD) offers the tantalizing prospect of grounding nuclear physics in the fundamental theory of the strong force. Besides the importance of these calculations to reveal the emergence of nuclear complexity from the Standard Model, current theoretical modelling of nuclear targets used in experimental searches for physics beyond the Standard Model often lead to relatively large systematic uncertainties, limiting the "discovery potential" of these experiments. Thus, LQCD can contribute to these experimental programs, if we can demonstrate systematically controlled nuclear and hypernuclear calculations. While conceptually straightforward, nuclear-scale energy gaps and an exponentially hard signal-to-noise problem make these systems challenging to study. In this talk, I will discuss the recent progress towards systematically controlled nuclear and hypernuclear calculations.