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Room 107 (Dejima Messe Nagasaki)
Room 107
Dejima Messe Nagasaki
The workshop venue Google map coordinates:
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Description
The Twelfth Annual ALICE Tier-1/Tier-2 Workshop will be hosted by Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science (NiAS) in Nagasaki city, capital of Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.
Nagasaki city
Nagasaki has a unique topography. The city is clustered around Nagasaki Port, a harbor surrounded by mountains on three sides. The urban area extends up the hillsides and it is a compact city where people live in harmony with nature. When you walk around the downtown area, you will be surprised by all the ups and downs. The views overlooking the harbor of our unique "hilly city" are superb!
In addition, Nagasaki has historically always been a key place for international relations. During the centuries before the Meiji Restoration when Japan was closed to the rest of the world, Nagasaki Port was the only place where trade with foreign countries could take place. Culture, knowledge and foods from Asia and Europe reached Japan via Nagasaki.
Workshop goals
The LHC Run3 is currently in its fourth year, with two years remaining before the next scheduled shutdown. Over the past four years, the ALICE experiment has amassed an unprecedented volume of high-quality p-p and heavy ion data, leveraging its newly upgraded detector and data acquisition system. This data has been successfully processed through multiple stages on the Grid infrastructure and is being analyzed with the advanced Hyperloop analysis system. The Grid's processing capacity has demonstrated a consistent annual growth rate of 15%, with ALICE currently allocated approximately 250,000 CPU cores, 250 Petabytes of disk and 250 Petabytes of custodial storage. The JAliEn middleware has undergone significant upgrades to effectively manage both the expanding Grid capacity and the increased computational demands of data reconstruction, Monte Carlo simulations, and data analysis. While JAliEn has achieved a high level of stability and maturity, continuous adaptation is essential to accommodate evolving requirements stemming from the new ALICE workloads and the ongoing upgrades to site software and hardware. This workshop will serve as a platform for in-depth discussions on the current status and future plans of participating sites, with a particular focus on software and resource updates, the emergence of new computation systems, and the adoption of advanced tools and techniques for site operation, job control, and monitoring. As always, this workshop strongly encourages direct, in-person interaction among site experts, middleware developers, storage specialists, and network engineers.
The workshop will take place at the conference centre of Dejima Messe Nagasaki
For accomodation, the organisers have suggested a list of hotels at very reasonable prices nearby the workshop venue. More details on that in the Accomodation section.
Registration deadline: 15 March 2024
Workshop fee: 38,000 JPY (approximately 250 EUR / 235 CHF / 260 USD), please refer to the Payment of workshop fee section.
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Registration
Registration for the ALICE T1/T2 workshop in Nagasaki
