Name: GridPP55
Start: 2026-04-21T13:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-04-24T12:45:00+01:00
Location: No location set

GridPP55

from Tuesday, 21 April 2026 (13:00) to Friday, 24 April 2026 (12:45)

Monday, 20 April 2026
Tuesday, 21 April 2026
Wednesday, 22 April 2026

09:30 PMB F2F [scheduled in separate Indico]

09:30 - 13:30
14:00 GridPP55: Opening Session
Opening Session
14:00 - 15:35
Contributions

14:00 Intro - Samuel Cadellin Skipsey

14:05 "GridPP7 PI Talk" - David Britton (University of Glasgow (GB))

14:45 Tier-1 Update - Alastair Dewhurst (Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC (GB))
15:35 Coffee etc
Coffee etc
15:35 - 15:55
15:55 GridPP55: Experiments
Experiments
15:55 - 17:45
Contributions

15:55 ATLAS Update - Brij Kishor Jashal (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)

16:20 LHCb Update - Alexander Rogovskiy (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)

16:45 CMS Update - Katy Ellis (Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC (GB))
Thursday, 23 April 2026
09:00 GridPP55: (CERN DG Townhall), Networking
(CERN DG Townhall), Networking
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 CERN DG Town Hall (LIVESTREAM)

10:10 DC27 - initial planning - Alessandra Forti (The University of Manchester (GB)) Katy Ellis (Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC (GB))
10:30 Coffee etc
Coffee etc
10:30 - 10:55
10:55 GridPP55: Security
Security
10:55 - 12:30
Contributions

10:55 Science DMZ Security (JISC) - Tim Chown

11:20 Security Update - David Crooks (UKRI STFC) David Crooks Matthew Doidge (Lancaster University) Matthew Steven Doidge (Lancaster University (GB))

11:45 Tier-2 Security Site Survey Report - David Crooks (UKRI STFC) David Crooks Matthew Doidge (Lancaster University) Matthew Steven Doidge (Lancaster University (GB))

12:10 A word from our sponsors - Rowan Pavlovic (AMD)
12:35 Lunch
Lunch
12:35 - 13:35
13:35 GridPP55: AI For HEP
AI For HEP
13:35 - 15:05
Contributions

13:35 EGI Software Vulnerability Group - Linda Ann Cornwall (RAL) Linda Ann Cornwall

13:50 New People @ RALPP - Alison Elliot (Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC (GB))

14:05 AI4HEP workshop Report - Davide Costanzo (University of Sheffield (GB))

14:30 Accelerating Discovery: How Google's AI is Shaping the Future of High Energy Physics Research - Teresa Stephenson (PA Consulting) Thomas Sweetman
15:05 Coffee
Coffee
15:05 - 15:30
15:30 GridPP55: AI For HEP (and LHCONE)
AI For HEP (and LHCONE)
15:30 - 17:00
Contributions

15:30 Distributed GPU resources on GridPP - Albert Gyorgy Borbely (University of Glasgow (GB))

15:55 "GridPP as a baseline AI infrastructure for science" - Brij Kishor Jashal (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory) Brij Kishor Jashal (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)

16:20 LHCONE for Tier-2s - Matthew Doidge (Lancaster University) Matthew Steven Doidge (Lancaster University (GB))

16:40 JISC update - Tim Chown
19:00 Conference Dinner @ The Octagon
Conference Dinner @ The Octagon
19:00 - 21:30
Friday, 24 April 2026
09:00 GridPP55: Storage and Services
Storage and Services
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 Tier-2 Storage - Samuel Cadellin Skipsey

09:20 Storage Developments @ RAL Tier-1 - George Patargias Thomas Byrne

09:40 Accounting: Current Landscape and Future Plans - Deniza Chekrygina Greg Corbett

09:50 Identify Management - Greg Corbett

10:00 Software Distribution - Matthias Mayer

10:10 Data Transfer Services - Rose Cooper
10:30 Coffee etc
Coffee etc
10:30 - 10:55
10:55 GridPP55: Closing Session - QMUL + Sustainability
Closing Session - QMUL + Sustainability
10:55 - 12:45
Contributions

10:55 Sustainability @ QMUL - Daniel Traynor (QMUL (UK)) Sudha Ahuja (Queen Mary University of London)

11:20 NetDRIVE - Alex Owen (University of London (GB))

11:45 QMUL DC TOUR