eXtreme Data Workshop

19 Apr 2012, 12:00 → 20 Apr 2012, 16:00 Europe/London

Seminar Room 1 (The Cosenor's House)

Neil Geddes (STFC - Science & Technology Facilities Council (GB)), Tim Nicholls (STFC (RAL))

The extreme data rates achievable by modern detectors requires sophisticated data handling and real time analysis simply to allow the data to be recorded effectively. The Centre for eXtreme Data is a working title for a virtual Centre bringing together expertise from the full pipeline from initial detection system through to end user analysis electronics. To help evaluate the scope and potential for this as a centre. This workshop will bring together experts in:

• Relevant scientific challenges (e.g. micro-tomography, XFEL science, LHC, radio-astronomy)
• imaging detectors
• data intensive computing, GPUs, networking and data transport
• algorithms, software and visualisation

Thursday, 19 April

12:00 → 13:15 Lunch

13:15 → 15:00 Science Challenges

Convener: Neil Geddes (STFC - Science & Technology Facilities Council (GB))

13:15 Introduction

Speaker: Neil Geddes (STFC - Science & Technology Facilities Council (GB))

13:30 Micro-tomography

Speaker: Bob Cernik (University of Manchester)

14:00 Experiments at the LHC

Speaker: Craig Buttar (Department of Physics and Astronomy-University of Glasgow)

Slides CButtar_LHC_Experiments.pdf CButtar_LHC_Experiments.pptx

14:30 The European X-ray Free Electron Laser

Speaker: Christian Bressler (European XFEL)

15:00 → 15:30 Coffee

15:30 → 17:30 Detectors

Convener: Dr Tim Nicholls (STFC (RAL))

15:30 Detectors for Light Sources

Speaker: Nicola Tartoni (Diamond Light Source)

Slides NTartoni_Detectors_for_Light_Sources.pdf NTartoni_Detectors_for_Light_Sources.pptx

15:50 Detectors for Nuclear Physics

Speaker: Marc Labiche (STFC)

Slides MLabiche_Detectors_for_Nuclear.pdf

16:10 Detectors for Astronomy

Speaker: Andy Vick (STFC)

Slides AVick_Astronomy_detectors.pdf AVick_Astronomy_detectors.pptx

16:30 Advances in CMOS Imaging Sensors

Speaker: Renato Turchetta (STFC)

16:50 Readout Technologies

Speaker: Rob Halsall (STFC)

Slides RHalsall_Readout_Technologies.pdf RHalsall_Readout_Technologies.pptx

19:00 → 22:00 Dinner

Friday, 20 April

08:50 → 09:20 Science Challenges

08:50 The Square Kilometer Array

Speaker: Paul Alexander (University of Cambridge)

Slides PAlexander_SKA_Computational_Challenges.pdf PAlexander_SKA_Computational_Challenges.pptx

09:20 → 10:45 Data Processing & Software

Convener: Juan Bicarregui

09:20 Crystallography and Parallel Data Management

Speaker: Alun Ashton (Diamond Light Source)

Slides AAshton_Crystallography_and_Parallel_Data_Management.pdf

09:40 Tier 1 Data Management

Speaker: Andrew Sansum (STFC)

Slides ASansum_Tier_1_Data_Management.pdf ASansum_Tier_1_Data_Management.ppt

10:00 Virtual Engineering at NWVEC

Speaker: Tony Robotham (University of Liverpool)

Slides ARobotham_Virtual_Engineering.pdf

10:20 GPUs and Emerging Architectures

Speaker: Mike Giles (University of Oxford)

Slides MGiles_GPU_Emerging_Architectures.pdf

10:45 → 11:00 Coffee

11:00 → 12:30 Data Processing & Software

Convener: Juan Bicarregui

11:00 Networking

Speaker: Robin Tasker (STFC)

Slides RTasker_Networking.pdf

11:20 Environment and Climate Data

Speaker: Mike Ashworth (STFC)

Slides MAshworth_Environment_and_Climate.pdf

11:40 High throughput screening of materials (CCP9)

Speaker: Mike Payne (University of Cambridge)

Slides MPayne_CCP9_Materials_Screening.pdf MPayne_CCP9_Materials_Screening.pptx

12:00 CCP4 - Software for Protein Structure Solution

Speaker: Ronan Keegan (STFC)

Slides RKeegan_CCP4_Software_for_Protein_Structure.pdf RKeegan_CCP4_Software_for_Protein_Structure.ppt

12:20 Summary and Future Plans

Speaker: Neil Geddes (STFC - Science & Technology Facilities Council (GB))

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch