Research Program Office/Management
Software & Computing: DOE/NSF Reviews: 2001-11
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 | |
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| 8:30 am | Executive Session | Full Committee | 60' |
| International and Common Projects Overview | Room: 1 West | |
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| 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 | |
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| U.S. CMS Overview Session | Room: 1 West | |
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| 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 | |
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| 5:00 pm | Formulation of Questions to U.S. CMS | Full Committee | 60' |
| 6:00 pm | Adjourn | |
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| Dinner | User Center | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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| 9:30 am | Project Organization Planning and Budget (pdf) | LATBauerdick | |
| Breakout Session CMS Core Software | Room: West Wing WH10NW and Sun VR | |
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| 9:30 am | Core Application Software (pdf) | I. Fisk | |
| Breakout Session CMS User Facilities | Room: Racetrack WH7X and Liberty VR | |
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| 9:30 am | User Facilities Subproject | V.O'Dell | |
| Executive Sessions | Breakout Rooms, Comitium | |
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| 11:00 am | Subcommittee Execitive Session | Subcommittees | 60' |
| 12:00 pm | Working Lunch at Comitium | Full Committee | |
| Executive Sessions | Comitium, Breakout Rooms | |
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| 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 | |
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| 4:00 pm | Closeout Dry Run | Full Committee | 90' |
| Closeout CMS | Room: 1 West | |
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| 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 | |
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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 | |
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| 8:30 am | Executive Session | Full Committee | 30' |
| U.S. ATLAS Overview Session | Room: 1 West | |
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| 9:00 am | Agenda TBA by U.S. ATLAS | |
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| 12:30 pm | Lunch | |
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| Breakout Session ATLAS Project Management | Room: TBD | |
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| 1:30 pm | |||
| Breakout Session ATLAS Core Software | Room: TBD | |
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| 1:30 pm | |||
| Breakout Session ATLAS User Facilities | Room: TBD | |
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| 1:30 pm | |||
| Executive Sessions | Breakout Rooms, Comitium | |
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| 3:00 pm | Subcommittee Execitive Session | Subcommittees | 60' |
| 4:00 pm | Coffee Break | |
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| 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 | |
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Friday, November 30, 2001
Start of Meeting 8:30am Chicago Time (other time zones)
| Executive Session | Comitium, Breakout Rooms | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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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.
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 | 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 |
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| 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:- skim through the Project Management Plan, to get an idea about the project structure
- read the NSF proposal (covering mostly core software and Tier-2 centers)
- read the User Facilities documents (covering mostly the Tier-1 center): WBS and costs
- browse the WBS and schedule online, mostly to look at the core software
- go through the CMS grid requirements document
- and maybe look at some of the quarterly reports
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.
