DOE and NSF
Review of the U.S. LHC Software and Computing Projects
for the U.S. ATLAS and U.S. CMS Collaborations
November 27-30, 2001 at Fermilab

The Meeting will be held at Fermilab (Travel Info). The overview sessions will be in the 1 West room on the first floor of Wilson Hall.

Purpose of the meeting is to review the status and plans of the U.S. LHC Software and Computing Projects for ATLAS and CMS, with the goal to baseline the projects, see Charge to the Review Committee

The Meeting will be held at Fermilab (Travel Info). The overview sessions will be in the 1 West seminar room on the first floor of Wilson Hall. The executive session will be in the Comitium on the 2nd floor of Wilson Hall.

All information on the ATLAS part of the review is to be found at this URL: http://www.usatlas.bnl.gov/computing/0111AgencyReview/

Agenda Agenda ATLAS Logistics Attendees Documentation Report

Agenda:

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

Tuesday November 27, 2001
Start of Meeting 8:30am Chicago Time (other time zones)

Video:
We will provide real-time streaming of audio and video of the Overview Sessions. This will be accessible through a Web page, using this URL: http://www-visualmedia.fnal.gov/real/LHCReview.htm See Logistics section.

 Executive Session Room: Comitium  
 
8:30 am Executive Session Full Committee 60'
 International and Common Projects Overview Room: 1 West  
 
9:30 am Welcome M. Witherell 5'
9:35 am CERN's Plans for LHC Computing (pdf) L. Robertson 30'+10'
10:15 am LHC S&C Steering Committee (pdf) M. Kasemann 30'
10:45 am Coffee  
 		 15'
11:00 am GriPhyN and LHC Computing (pdf) P. Avery 30'
11:30 am SciDAC and Networking Initiatives (pdf) V. White 30'
12:00 pm Lunch  
 		  
 U.S. CMS Overview Session Room: 1 West  
 
1:00 pm CMS Overview (pdf) M. della Negra 20'
1:20 pm U.S. Project Overview (pdf) LAT Bauerdick 30'
1:50 pm CMS and U.S. CMS Physics Plans (pdf) J. Branson 20'
2:10 pm U.S. CMS Detector Project (pdf) D. Green 20'
2:30 pm CMS Computing and Core Software (pdf) D. Stickland 30'
3:00 pm Coffee  
 		 15'
3:15 pm U.S. CMS Core Application Software (pdf) I. Fisk 30'
3:45 pm U.S. CMS User Facilities (pdf) V. O'Dell 30'
4:15 pm U.S. CMS Data Grid (pdf) H. Newman 20'
4:35 pm CMS Software and Computing Demonstration (pdf) I. Fisk, J. Amundson, G. Graham 25'
 Executive Session Room: Comitium  
 
5:00 pm Formulation of Questions to U.S. CMS Full Committee 60'
6:00 pm Adjourn  
 		  
 Dinner User Center  
 
6:30 pm Drinks    
7:00 pm Dinner at Chez Leon    

Wednesday, November 28, 2001
Start of Meeting 8:30am Chicago Time (other time zones)

 Executive Session Room: Comitium  
 
8:30 am U.S. CMS Response to Questions Full Committee, CMS Management  
 Breakout Session CMS Project Management Room: Beauty Parlor WH12NW and Neptune VR  
 
9:30 am Project Organization Planning and Budget (pdf) LATBauerdick  
       
 Breakout Session CMS Core Software Room: West Wing WH10NW and Sun VR  
 
9:30 am Core Application Software (pdf) I. Fisk  
       
 Breakout Session CMS User Facilities Room: Racetrack WH7X and Liberty VR  
 
9:30 am User Facilities Subproject V.O'Dell  
       
 Executive Sessions Breakout Rooms, Comitium  
 
11:00 am Subcommittee Execitive Session Subcommittees 60'
12:00 pm Working Lunch at Comitium Full Committee  
 
 Executive Sessions Comitium, Breakout Rooms  
 
1:30 pm Execitive Session with U.S. CMS Management Full Committee 30'
2:00 pm Subcommittee Sessions/Writing Subcommittees 90'
3:30 pm Coffee Break    
 
4:00 pm Closeout Dry Run Full Committee 90'
 Closeout CMS Room: 1 West  
 
5:30 pm Closeout with U.S. CMS   60'
  General Conclusions (pdf) G. Crawford  
  Core Application Software (pdf) R. Dubois  
  User Facilities (pdf) Ch. Watson  
  Project Management (pdf) A. Lazzarini  
6:30 pm Adjourn  
 		  

Thursday, November 29, 2001
Start of Meeting 8:30am Chicago Time (other time zones)

Video of Overview Sessions via streming, see Logistics.

 Executive Session Room: Comitium  
 
8:30 am Executive Session Full Committee 30'
 U.S. ATLAS Overview Session Room: 1 West  
 
9:00 am Agenda TBA by U.S. ATLAS    
 
12:30 pm Lunch  
 		  
 Breakout Session ATLAS Project Management Room: TBD  
 
1:30 pm      
 Breakout Session ATLAS Core Software Room: TBD  
 
1:30 pm      
 Breakout Session ATLAS User Facilities Room: TBD  
 
1:30 pm      
 Executive Sessions Breakout Rooms, Comitium  
 
3:00 pm Subcommittee Execitive Session Subcommittees 60'
4:00 pm Coffee Break    
 
4:30 pm Formulation of Questions to U.S. ATLAS Full Committee 60'
6:00 pm Execitive Session with U.S. ATLAS Management Full Committee 30'
6:30 pm Adjourn  
 		  

Friday, November 30, 2001
Start of Meeting 8:30am Chicago Time (other time zones)

 Executive Session Comitium, Breakout Rooms  
 
8:30 am U.S. ATLAS Response to Questions Full Committee, CMS Management  
9:00 am Subcommittee Sessions/Writing Subcommittees 90'
10:30 am Executive Session Full Committee 30'
11:00 am Closeout Dry Run Full Committee 90'
12:30 pm Working Lunch at Comitium Full Committee  
 
 Closeout ATLAS Room: 1 West  
 
1:30 pm Closeout with U.S. ATLAS   60'
  General Conclusions (pdf) G. Crawford  
  User Facilities (pdf) Ch. Watson  
  Core Application Software (pdf) J. Boudreau  
  Project Management (pdf) J. Butler  
       
  Concluding Remarks (pdf) G. Crawford  
2:30 pm Adjourn  
 		  

Logistics

All the sessions will take place at Fermilab (Travel Info) in Wilson Hall.

The Comitium (on the south side of the 2nd floor of Wilson Hall) is reserved for the Review Committee during the whole period, and will be used for all Executive Session in full committee.

Site Access to Fermilab: Due to Fermilab's heightened security status, positive identification is required to gain access to the site. At this time, this requires any guests to obtain and display a visitor's pass. Also honored is any valid Fermilab ID or Department of Energy issued badges. This would include badges issued by Department of Energy Laboratories.

To obtain a visitor's pass, you must enter the site using the Pine Street/Kirk Road entrance only on the first day you arrive. You will be issued a pass for the duration of your participation in the Review and can then use the Batavia Road entrance if you would like.

From I-88 West, take the (Aurora) Farnsworth North exit. Continue approximately 2 miles (4 stop lights) to Pine Street. Turn Right and follow the road to the Lederman Science Center. The Security Guards will direct you. They will also have information about your visit to the Laboratory for the Review which will speed up the process of obtaining your pass.

If you have any questions please feel free to email Marilyn Smith or call her at Phone: 630-840-3234 630-840-2900.

Video:
We will provide real-time streaming of audio and video of the three Overview Sessions. This will be accessible through a Web page, using this URL: http://www-visualmedia.fnal.gov/real/LHCReview.htm.
You can find out how to setup ypur computer and "excersize" your setup by looking at the streaming video of a previous U.S. CMS review here.

We plan to have VRVS for the parallel sessions.

Dinner on Tuesday night will be at Chez Leon, starting with drinks at 6:30pm in the User Center (Fermilab Village).

The ATLAS group has the 1 East conference room reserved from Wednesday noon.

Attendees

Committee Members:

Name email Institution
Joe Boudreau joe@cactus.phyast.pitt.edu U. Pittsburgh
Joel Butler butler@fnal.gov Fermilab
Aesook Byon-Wagner byon@fnal.gov Fermilab
Richard Dubois richard@slac.stanford.edu SLAC
Lawrence Gibbons lkg@lns.cornell.edu Cornell
Albert Lazzarini lazz@ligo.caltech.edu Caltech
Matthias Messer messer@bnl.gov BNL
Terry Schalk t@slac.stanford.edu SLAC
Mel Shochet shochet@uccdf.uchicago.edu U.Chicago
Chip Watson chip.watson@jlab.org JLAB
     
Pepin Carolan pepin.carolan@ch.doe.gov DOE
Glen Crawford, Chair Glen.Crawford@science.doe.gov DOE
Alex Firestone afiresto@nsf.gov NSF
Mike Procario michael.procario@science.gov DOE
Vicky White Vicky.White@science.doe.gov DOE
Jim Yeck jim.yeck@ch.doe.gov DOE

Project Documentation:

   
Recent Reports FY2001 4th Quarter Draft
FY2001 3rd Quarter
FY2001 2nd Quarter
FY2001 1st Quarter
WBS and Schedule, PMP WBS for UF and CAS Subprojects
  -- Web Format for interactive browsing, using XProject
  -- .pdf version of WBS and Schedule of above for interactive browsing, using XProject
  -- User Facilities WBS and Resource document
  -- User Facilities Equipment Costing document

Project Management Plan v. 1.01

Project Cost Tables and Charts

CMS CPT Tasks and Deliverables Document
NSF Proposal Submitted Version
Grid Project Plans PPDG Plan (Year 1)
CMS Note on CMS Data Grid Requirements
Networking Report of the Transatlantic Networking Committee
Technical Documentation CHEP paper on Interactive Analysis Architecture and Framework
CHEP paper on IGUANA Graphics Toolkit
IGUANA Tutorial

CMS ROOT I/O Workshop Conclusions

CHEP paper on XML and Detector Description Database
Note on Calorimeter Code Architecture

CHEP paper on CMS Grid Activities in the U.S.
CMS Note on CMS Data Grid Requirements
Note on CMS PPDG work, MOP, a system for Monte Carlo Distributed Production
Links to UF Related Pages Disk Project Web Page

July LHC Common Projects for UF Workshop Web Page

CMS Production at FNAL Web Page

Tier-2 Prototype System Configuration and Features Web Page
Results of Previous Reviews
  • Report of the October 2001 SCOP review
  • U.S. LHC Program Office Report on the November 2000 Joint DOE/NSF Review of U.S. LHC Computing
  • Answers of the U.S. CMS Software and Computing Project to the Recommendations of the LHC Program Office Report on the November 2000 Joint DOE/NSF Review of U.S. LHC Computing as of May 2001
Previous DOE/NSF Reviews DOE/NSF Status Report Meeting May 2001
DOE/NSF Review November 2000
Previous SCOP Reviews SCOP Review October 2001
SCOP Review May 2001
SCOP Review October 2000 Report
   

Guide to documentation:

For people new to the project, the documentation should probably be accessed in the following order:

Last updated
Nov 29, 2001 general cleanup
Nov 27, 2001 added talks
Nov 25, 2001 added Draft of FY2001Q4 report
Nov 25, 2001 added project cost tables and charts document
Nov 23, 2001 added prototype Tier-2 doc
Nov 21, 2001 added ATLAS info
Nov 21, 2001 added site access info
Nov 20, 2001 added Draft report from SCOP review October 2001
Nov 20, 2001 changes to agenda on Tuesday and Wednesday morning
Nov 19, 2001 changed VRVS to streaming Video for overview sessions
Nov 19, 2001 added Guide to documentation
Nov 18, 2001 by LATBauerdick.