DOE/NSF REVIEW of US LHC Software and Computing

January 17-19 , 2007

University of Texas, Arlington



Charge to the committee [pdf]
The Report on the Joint DOE/NSF Review to the U.S. Department of Energy [pdf]
(Link to main review page here)

Agenda Logistics Attendees Documentation

Agenda:

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

Thursday January 18, 2007
Start of Meeting 10:45 am Central Time (other time zones)

Time Title Speaker Duration
10:30 AM
Coffee
   15'
10:45 AM Introduction: Talk [pdf], Written response to questions [pdf] LAT Bauerdick 20' + 5'
11:10 AM CMS Offline and Computing [ pdf] P. McBride 15' + 5
11:30 AM US CMS S&C Project [ pdf] I. Fisk 35' +10'

12:15 PM

Lunch
   60'
1:15 PM CSA06 [ppt] [ pdf] D. Acosta 15' + 5'
1:35 PM Readiness and Operation of Grid Infrastructure for US CMS [ppt ] [ pdf] R. Pordes 15' + 5'
1:15 PM Physics Readiness [ ppt] [ pdf] S. Eno 15' + 5'
2:15 PM Executive Session   30'
2:45 PM
Coffee
   15'
3:00 PM Parallel Discussion Session *   120'
5:00 PM Executive Session   90'
6:00 PM
Adjourn
    
       
  *There will be three parallel sessions:    
  i) Management LAT Bauerdick, J. Butler,
I. Fisk et al.
120'
 

ii) Facilities and Grids

  1. Joint session with (iii)
    Usability of production and software tools
  2. DCT & DISUN
  3. Tier-2 Program
  4. CMS WAN
  5. Tier-1
  6. Overall Discussion

Jon Bakken [ pdf],
R. Pordes, F. Wuerthwein [ pdf],
K. Bloom [ pdf], D. Petravick [ pdf]

 


30'

10'+5'
20'+5'
10'+5'
20'+5'
10'
 

iii) Software / Analysis

  1. Joint session with (ii)
    Usability of production and software tools
  2. Software & Support Update
  3. Application Services & Integration Update
  4. CMS CPT Liaison Update
  5. Overall Discussion

L. Sexton-Kennedy [ pdf],
P. Elmer [ pdf], R. Clare, et al.

 

 

 


30'

20'
20'

20'
30'

Friday January 19, 2007
Start of Meeting 8:00 am Central Time (other time zones)

Time Title Speaker Duration
8:00 AM

Executive Session
(Including further discussions with CMS)[Answers to Questions]

   60'
9:00 AM
Executive Session
  90'
10:30 AM
Coffee
   15'

10:45 AM

Executive Session
(Preparations for closeout)
  60'
11:45 AM
Lunch
   60'
12:45 PM ATLAS Closeout   30'
1:15 PM
CMS Closeout
  30'
2:00 PM
Adjourn
    



Documentation:


 Response to questions[pdf]
Project Reports Project Quarterly Reports FY2006 Q2 [pdf] Q3 [pdf] Q4 [pdf]

Milestone Reports
  • Simulated Event Production for CSA06 [pdf]
  • Participation in Service Challenge 4 [pdf]
  • Participation in Computing Software and Analysis Challenge 2006 (CSA06) [pdf]
  • Completion of Transition to New Framework [pdf]
  • Completion of 50% Complexity in Facilities [pdf]
Technical Planning Documents Background International CMS Planning Documents
Computing TDR [pdf]
CMS Computing Model Paper [pdf]

US-CMS Supported Activies at FNAL
FNAL Computing Division Strategic Plan for LHC [pdf]
FNAL Computing Division Strategic Plan for Grids [pdf]
FNAL Computing Division Tactical Plan for Tier-1 [pdf]
FNAL Computing Division Tactical Plan for SRM [pdf]
FNAL Computing Division Tactical Plan for Workload Management Evaluations [pdf]
FNAL Computing Division Tactical Plan for Authorization Work [pdf]

Technical Reports from Project Activities

CSA06 Draft Report [pdf]
DISUN Report 2006 [ms doc]
WLCG Close-out Service Challenge 04 [pdf]
Distributed Analysis on the Open Science Grid [pdf]
Facility Harware Evaluations 2006 [pdf]
PhEDEx Data Management System [pdf]


Grids and LCG

OSG WBS
OSG December Agency Report [pdf]
OSG Project Plan [pdf]
OSG Security Plan [pdf]
OSG Change Control Process [pdf]
OSG Management Plan [pdf]
OSG 0.4 Function Set Definition [pdf]
Open Science Grid Blueprint Document [pdf]
US LHC Baseline Services on OSG [doc]
Me, My Friends, the Grid [pdf]
Grid Accounting Requirements and Design [doc]
PPDG Final Report 07/2006 [pdf]

Glossary Glossary of Acronyms [pdf]

Previous DOE/NSF Reviews and Reports

 DOE/NSF Review March 2005
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

Logistics

All the sessions will take place at University of Texas, Arlington.

Room Assignments:

Plenary and Executive Sessions Room 303
Management Session Room 303
Core Software and Analysis TBA
Facilities & Grids TBA

 

Please contact Kaushik De for assistance with logistics.

Attendees

Committee Members:

Name Institution
Kent Blackburn Caltech
Amber Boehnlein Fermilab
Richard Dubois SLAC
Tobias Haas DESY
Ashutosh Kotwal Duke University
Jerome Lauret BNL
Mauro Morandin INFN-Padova
Doug Olson LBL
Terry Schalk UC Santa Cruz

U.S. CMS Participants:

Name Institution
Darin Acosta Univ Florida
Jon Bakken Fermilab
Lothar A T Bauerdick
 Fermilab
Ken Bloom Univ Nebraska
Joel Butler Fermilab
Robert Clare UC Riverside
Peter Elmer Princeton University
Sarah Eno
 Univ Maryland
Ian Fisk
 Fermilab
Oliver Gutsche
Fermilab
Patty McBride
Fermilab
Hugh Montgomery Fermilab
Don Petravick Fermilab
Ruth Pordes
 Fermilab
Liz Sexton-Kennedy Fermilab
Vicky White Fermilab
Frank Wuerthwein UC San Diego

Jennifer Nahn