WLCG Collaboration Workshop (in conjunction with GridPP)

from to (Europe/London)
at London, UK ( Lecture Theatre 1 )
Imperial College, Prince Consort Road, SW7 2AZ London
Description

GridTalk will be blogging from the WLCG event on the GridCast blog from 7-9 July 2010. You can follow the latest posts throughout the event at gridtalk-project.blogspot.com. If you're attending the WLCG event and would like to join our blogging team please contact us. All you need is an e-mail address and an interesting point of view.

Local organisers Email: wlcg@imperial.ac.uk
Go to day
  • Wednesday, 7 July 2010
    • 09:00 - 12:30 WLCG Service Issues
      Conveners: Dr. Jamie Shiers (CERN), Maria Girone (CERN)
      • 09:00 The WLCG Service from a Tier2 Viewpoint 30'
        Speaker: Duncan Rand (Imperial College)
        Material: Slides pdf file
      • 09:30 The WLCG Service from a Tier1 Viewpoint 30'
        Speakers: Andrew Sansum (Particle Physics), Gareth Smith (STFC (RAL))
        Material: Slides powerpoint file pdf file
      • 10:00 The WLCG Service from the Experiments' Viewpoint 30'
        Speaker: Graeme Andrew Stewart (University of Glasgow)
        Material: Slides pdf file
      • 10:30 coffee break 30'
      • 11:00 Service Incident Reports - Analysis of Key Issues over last 1-2 Quarters 30'
        • Adopt a common format (template will be linked from WLCG ops page)
        • Adopt standard and clear terminology: MoU service degradation (20%, 50%, interruption) and site(s) / services affected
        • More work required: on multi-site / multi-party problems.
        Speakers: WLCG Service Coordination team, Edoardo Martelli (CERN)
        Material: Paper pdf file Sir On Cern-Asgc Link Problems link Slides powerpoint file pdf filedown arrow Wlcg Sirs link
      • 11:30 Dealing with prolonged site downtimes 30'
        • Agree on common strategy and scenarios as far as possible (some experiment-specific decision points and timelines but outline should be clear and agreed)
        • Follow at WLCG T1SCM
        Speaker: Daniele Bonacorsi (INFN)
        Material: 1 pdf file 2 pdf file 3 pdf file 4 pdf file Slides pdf file Twiki link
      • 12:00 Resource Utilisation (network, I/O, CPU,..) 30'
        Speaker: Ian Fisk (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL))
        Material: Slides pdf file
    • 12:30 - 14:00 lunch break
    • 14:00 - 15:30 WLCG Storage Session
      Convener: Rob Quick (OSG - Indiana University)
      • 14:00 End User Analysis Support: Status & Issues 45'
        Speakers: Michael John Kenyon (University of Glasgow), Rob Quick (OSG - Indiana University)
        Material: Kenyon powerpoint file pdf file Slides powerpoint file pdf file
      • 14:45 Summary of Data Management Jamboree 15'
        Speakers: Dr. Ian Bird (CERN), Ian Fisk (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL)), Kors Bos (NIKHEF)
        Material: Jamboree Agenda link Slides powerpoint filedown arrow pdf filedown arrow
      • 15:00 Tier1/2 Storage Options - Panel Discussion 30'
        Speakers: Andrew Sansum (STFC), Gonzalo Merino (PIC), Luca dell'Agnello (CNAF)
    • 15:30 - 16:00 coffee break
    • 16:00 - 18:00 Data Management
      Convener: Dr. David Colling (Imperial College London)
      • 16:00 Short Progress Reports from "early demonstrators" established at Amsterdam Jamboree: milestones, metrics and resource plans 2h0'
        Material: Potential Demonstrators link
        • ATLAS dynamic data placement work.
          Material: Slides pdf file
        • LHCb dynamic data placement
          Material: Slides powerpoint file pdf file
        • ARC caching
          Material: Slides pdf file
        • Proxy caches
          Material: Slides pdf file
        • CoralCDN
          Material: Slides pdf file
        • messaging service for catalog consistency
          Material: Slides powerpoint file pdf file
        • NFS 4.1 demonstrator(s)
          Material: Slides pdf file
        • xrootd demonstrator(s)
          Material: Paper pdf filedown arrow Slides pdf filedown arrow
        • File access
          Material: Slides unknown type file pdf file
        • CHIRP
          Material: Slides pdf file
    • 19:00 - 23:59 WLCG Social Session
  • Thursday, 8 July 2010
    • 09:00 - 18:00 Experiment Jamborees
      Convener: Convened by experiments
      • 09:00 LHCb session 1h0'
        • LHCb and LHC conditions 15'
          Speaker: Philippe Charpentier (CERN)
          Material: Slides powerpoint file pdf file
        • CPU normalisation 15'
          Speaker: Ricardo Graciani Diaz (Facultad de Fisica)
          Material: Slides pdf file
        • Storage issues 15'
          on behalf of A.C.Smith
          Speaker: Philippe Charpentier (CERN)
          Material: Slides powerpoint file pdf file
      • 10:00 CMS session 2h30'
        • Resource Utilization at Tier-1s 20'
          Speaker: Dr. Jose Hernandez (CIEMAT)
          Material: Slides powerpoint file pdf file
        • Workflow Efficiency and IO 20'
          Speaker: Oliver Gutsche (FERMILAB)
          Material: Slides pdf file
        • Wide Area Transfers and Networking 15'
          Speakers: Marie-Christine Sawley (Institut fuer Teilchenphysik-Eidgenossische Tech. Hochschule Zue), Dr. Marie-Christine Sawley (ETHZ)
          Material: Slides powerpoint file pdf file
        • Custodial Data Storage 10'
          Speaker: Oliver Gutsche (FERMILAB)
          Material: Slides pdf file
        • Tier-2 Utilization 20'
          Material: Slides pdf file
        • Communications with CMS and Discussion 20'
          Speaker: Dr. Josep Flix (CIEMAT)
          Material: Slides pdf file
      • 12:30 Lunch break 1h0'
      • 13:30 ATLAS session 2h30'
        • Introduction 5'
          Speaker: Kors Bos (NIKHEF)
        • DDM 30'
          Speaker: Fernando Harald Barreiro Megino (CERN)
          Material: Slides powerpoint file pdf file
        • Status and Storage Resources for 2010-2011 30'
          Speaker: Dr. Stephane Jezequel (LAPP)
          Material: Slides powerpoint file pdf file
        • Site Setup 30'
          Software area, conditions data access, CREAM CEs
          Speaker: Dr. Rodney Walker (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)
          Material: Slides pdf file
        • Ganga Robot and Hammercloud 30'
          Speaker: Dan van der Ster (CERN)
          Material: Slides powerpoint file pdf file
      • 16:00 ALICE session 1h30'
        • 2010: Data Taking: ALICE Report and introduction to the ALICE session 20'
          Speakers: Dr. Patricia Mendez Lorenzo (CERN IT/GD), Mrs. Galina Shabratova (JIONT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH)
          Material: Slides powerpoint file pdf file
        • T2 feedback on setting-up and operating storage for the ALICE VO 20'
          Speaker: Mr. Jean-Michel BARBET (Laboratoire SUBATECH IN2P3)
          Material: Slides powerpoint file pdf file
        • The WLCG services required by ALICE at the T2 sites: evolution of the CREAM-system, VOBOXES and monitoring 20'
          Speaker: Dagmar Adamova (Nuclear Physics Institute)
          Material: Slides powerpoint file pdf file
        • ALICE Tier1 testbed at KISTI-NSDC 20'
          Speaker: Mr. Christophe Bonnaud (KISTI-NSDC)
          Material: Slides powerpoint file pdf file
    • 20:00 - 23:59 Experiment Social Sessions
      ATLAS in Angelsey Arms, CMS at Zaika, LHCb+ALICE at Med Kitchen
      Location:
  • Friday, 9 July 2010
    • 09:00 - 12:30 WLCG Outlook
      Convener: Prof. Mike Vetterli (SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY / TRIUMF)
      • 09:00 Common Key Issues from Experiment Jamborees 45'
        Speaker: Brian Davies (STFC RALLCG2 Tier1)
        Material: Slides powerpoint file pdf file
      • 09:45 Clouds, Virtualisation, Multi-core: presentations on on-going / planned activities 1h30'
        Material: Agenda Of 2nd Multi-Core Workshop link Workshop Summary link
        • Experiment Requirements / Plans 30'
          Speaker: Roger Jones (Physics Department-Lancaster University-Unknown)
          Material: Slides powerpoint file pdf file
        • CERN/IT Plans 15'
          Speaker: Dr. Ian Bird (CERN)
          Material: Slides powerpoint file pdf file
        • WNoDeS (Worker Nodes on Demand Service), developed at INFN CNAF 15'
          Speaker: Peter Solagna (INFN)
          Material: Slides pdf file
        • Site plans 30'
          Speaker: Various
        • HEPiX WG Update 15'
          Speaker: Tony Cass (CERN)
          Material: Slides powerpoint file pdf file
      • 11:15 Workshop wrap-up 15'
        Speaker: Dr. David Colling (Imperial College London)
        Material: Slides powerpoint file pdf file
      • 11:30 coffee break 30'
    • 12:30 - 14:00 break (lunch not provided) - end of general session
    • 14:00 - 16:00 WLCG Collaboration Board Meeting (closed)
      Material: Cb Agendas link