DOE/NSF REVIEW of US LHC Software and Computing

March 3-4, 2005

Brookhaven National Laboratory




Charge
to the committee [pdf]
Main BNL review page here

Agenda Logistics Attendees Documentation

Agenda:

Copies of the slides presented will be available for the meeting.

Thursday, March 3, 2005
Start of Meeting 8:30 AM Eastern Time (other time zones)


Time Title Speaker Duration
8:30 AM
Plenary Session I     
  U.S. CMS S&C Overview  [pdf] LATBauerdick  35+10' 
  CMS status and U.S. CMS Research Program  [pdf] Dan Green  20+5' 
  The LHC Physics Center  [pdf] Bob Cousins  20+5' 
  CMS Computing Model and Preparations for Computing TDR  [pdf] David Stickland  20+5' 
10:30 AM 
Coffee
  15'
10:45 AM  Plenary Session II     
  U.S. CMS S&C Work Plan, schedule and plans  [pdf] Ian Fisk  20+5' 
  CMS Computing and Core Software  [pdf] Bob Clare  20+5' 
  Tier-1 Facilities and Ramping to Start of Physics  [pdf] Jon Bakken  20+5' 
12:00 PM 
Lunch
  45'
12:45 PM  Plenary Session III     
  U.S. CMS Software Development and Support  [pdf] Liz Sexton-Kennedy  20+5' 
  Grid Services and Interactions with the Open Science Grid  [pdf] Ruth Pordes  20+5' 
  Tier-2C proposal and Physics Analysis at Tier-2 Centers  [pdf] Frank Wuerthwein  20+5' 
2:00 PM 
Coffee
  15'
2:15 PM  Parallel Sessions    
  Core Software  Clare, Sexton-Kennedy, Stickland  105' 
  Facilities, Grids, Physics Analysis Model  Bakken, Fisk, Newman, Pordes, Wuerthwein  105' 
  Management  Bauerdick, Cousins, Fisk, Green, White  105' 
4:00 PM  Executive Session (closed) Panel 75'
5:55 PM  Questions to CMS Panel 15'
6:00 PM 
Adjourn
 

Friday, March 4, 2005
Start of Meeting 8:30 AM Eastern Time (other time zones)


Time Title Speaker Duration
8:30 AM CMS Response to Questions [pdf]   90'
10:00 AM Executive Session (closed) Panel 120'
12:00 AM Closeout
Management [pdf] Core Software [pdf] Facilities and Grids [pdf]
Panel 120'

12:30 PM

Adjourn
   



Logistics

All the sessions will take place at BNL in Berkner Hall (Cafeteria building). Plenary sessions will be in Room B

 

Please contact Jacqueline Mooney , phone 631-344-3743 for assistance with logistics.


Attendees

Committee Members:

Name Institution
Deb Agarwal LBNL
Amber Boehnlein
Fermilab
Steve Gowdy
SLAC
Tobias Haas
DESY
Barbara Jacak
Stony Brook
Albert Lazzarini
Caltech
Patty McBride
FNAL
Dave Morrison
BNL
Jon Urheim
Indiana

U.S. CMS Participants:

Name Institution
Jon Bakken Fermilab
Lothar A T Bauerdick
Fermilab
Robert Clare UC Riverside
Bob Cousins UCLA
Ian Fisk
Fermilab
Dan Green
Fermilab
Harvey Newman
Caltech
Ruth Pordes
Fermilab
Liz Sexton-Kennedy Fermilab
David Stickland Princeton U
Victoria White Fermilab
Frank Wuerthwein UC San Diego


Documentation:


Project Documents

Project Work Plan [WBS]
Project Management Plan [pdf] and revised Project Management Structure [pdf]

Request for Proposals for U.S. CMS Tier-2 Sites [pdf]
ASCB Retreat Meeting on U.S. CMS Tier-2 Centers [URL]

Proposal to the NSF for the U.S. CMS Research Program [pdf]

LHC Physics Center Related Documentation [URL]

Glossary of Acronyms [pdf]

Project Reports

Project Quarterly Reports FY20004 Q4 [pdf] Q3 [pdf] Q2 [pdf] Q1 [pdf]

Milestone Reports
  • Tier-1 Procurement Plan FY2004 [pdf]
  • Milestone "U.S. grid environment fit for DC04-level requirements" [pdf]
  • Milestone "Requirements and Workplan for Next Steps for U.S. Grid Environment defined and Agreed" [pdf]
  • Milestone "Robust Data Transfer Challenge" US CMS Tier1 Manager Report [txt] CERN Report to GDB [pdf]
  • Milestone "Interoperability with LCG" [pdf]
  • Milestone "Preparations for Physics TDR" (Serving CMS Data to US Users) [pdf]

CMS Software and Computing

CMS Computing Model Document for the LHCC [pdf]
Report of Data Management Requirements and Technical Assessment Group [pdf]
Proposed re-engineering of the CMS Software Framework [pdf]

Grids and LCG

NEW: Open Science Grid Integration/Operations-Provisioning Workshop report [pdf]
Grid3 Lessons Learned [pdf]
Open Science Grid Charta [pdf] and ByLaws [pdf]
Plan for Deployment of OSG environment spring 2005 [pdf]
Open Science Grid Blueprint Document [pdf]
Open Science Grid Security Incident Handling and Response Guide [pdf]
LCG Service Challenges for 2004 [pdf]
LCG Grid Deployment Area Steering and Planning Group [pdf]
LCG User Registration and VO Membership Management [pdf]


Previous SCOP Reviews and Reports


SCOP Review January 2005 and Report [pdf]
SCOP Review January 2004 and Report [pdf]
SCOP Review October 2002
SCOP Review October 2001
SCOP Review May 2001
Report SCOP Review October 2000


Previous DOE/NSF Reviews and Reports


DOE/NSF Status Report Meeting July 2004 and report [pdf]
DOE/NSF Review January 2004 and report [pdf]
DOE/NSF Status Report Meeting July 2003
DOE/NSF Review January 2003 and Report pdf
DOE/NSF Status Report Meeting June 2002
DOE/NSF Review November 2001
DOE/NSF Status Report Meeting May 2001
DOE/NSF Review November 2000
Report DOE/NSF Baselining Review November 2001


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Jennifer Nahn