13-17 February 2006
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Europe/Zurich timezone

Scientific Programme

  • Online Computing
    CPU farms for high-level triggering; Farm configuration and run control; Describing and managing configuration data and conditions databases; Online software frameworks and tools
  • Event processing applications
    Event simulation and reconstruction; Physics analysis; Event visualisation and data presentation; Toolkits for simulation and analysis; Event data models; Detector geometry models; Specialised algorithms for event processing
  • Software Components and Libraries
    Persistency; Interactivity; Foundation and utility libraries; Mathematical libraries; Component models; Object dictionaries; Scripting; Graphics; Use of 3rd party software components (open source and commercial)
  • Software Tools and Information Systems
    Programming techniques and tools; Software testing; Configuration management; Software build, release and distribution tools; Quality assurance; Documentation
  • Computing Facilities and Networking
    Global network status and outlook; Advanced technologies and their use in applications; HENP networks and their relation to future grid systems; The digital divide and issues of access, readiness and cost; Collaborative systems, progress in technologies and applications
  • Grid middleware and e-Infrastructure operation
    Integral systems (cpu/storage) and their operation and management; Functionality and operation of regional centres; Global usage and management of resources; Grid infrastructure and its exploitation in distributed computing models.
  • Distributed Event production and processing
    Development of the distributed computing models of experiments; Real experience in prototypes and production systems; Emphasis on the early days of LHC running.
  • Distributed Data Analysis
    Large distributed data-base over wide area network; Low-latency interactive analysis over wide area network; Collaborative tools for supporting distributed analysis; Remote access to and control of data acquisition systems and experiment facilities.
  • Plenary
    Invited plenary talks