HEP Software Collaboration meeting

Session

Morning session

Apr 3, 2014, 9:00 AM

503/1-001 - Council Chamber (CERN)

0. Welcome from CERN Director of Research

Sergio Bertolucci (CERN)

4/3/14, 9:00 AM

1. Vision behind the HEP Software Collaboration Initiative initiative

Dr Richard Philip Mount (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US))

4/3/14, 9:15 AM

- stakeholders and what each expects from such a collaboration (users, developers, management, funding agencies) - added value that a collaboration would bring to HEP development activities - challenges posed by experimental programmes and changing computing landscape; - goals include clean-up of existing software and improving its performance by large factors; fostering new projects ...

2. Recent HEP experience developing common software packages

Dr Peter Elmer (Princeton University (US))

4/3/14, 10:00 AM

- inventories of packages that are currently used in HEP experimental programmes - how packages typically appear through recent examples - connections with other fields - options and benefits of (re-)organising activities as either large or small scale projects

3. Model for organising and supporting development activities

Dr Pere Mato Vila (CERN)

4/3/14, 11:15 AM

- establish an architectural blueprint and common language of terms - define ways to ensure interoperability of components developed in the context of the collaboration - establish guidelines for software processes and tools - outlook for technologies that need to be embraced and existing software domains that need attention - adoption of standards to ensure quality and performance -...