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Chavannes

Chavannes
Bob Jones (CERN)
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The hotel has its own website: http://www.hotel-chavannes.ch/main_en.htm Road travel directions: Best Western Hotel Chavannes-de-Bogis has direct access to the Geneva-Lausanne motorway (exit "Coppet-Divonne"). Head in the direction of Coppet (lake) and turn right at the first traffic light, (direction Les Champs-Blancs). 20 minutes travel time from CERN:
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  • Tuesday 27 August
    • 10:30 → 13:30
      Software Quality

      Presentation by Paolo Tonella on ideas for how to apply S/W quality, testing and verification measures to DataGrid.

      We understand that some people will be traveling during this period.

      • 11:00
        SW Quality 30m
        In this talk, the activities of the STAR research group at ITC-irst will be described, highlighting the available competences and presenting the ongoing application projects. Particular attention will be devoted to C++ code analysis, coding standards, and reverse engineering, given their potential impact on the quality of the Grid software.
        Speaker: Paolo Tonella
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      • 11:30
        Formal Methods for Software Quality 30m
        In this talk, I will overview the activity carried out in Trento in the area of Formal Methods. In particular, I will focus on the technology of Model Checking, that allows for the analysis of requirements and designs in early stages of the development process. Automatic verification tools based on such technology can check the consistency of requirements, or analyze the behaviours of a design and check the compliance with a given set of requirements. They are able, for instance, to pinpoint underspecifications, interactions between functionalities, deadlocks, race conditions, and unexpected behaviours. Formal verification techniques are extremely valuable in presence of complex distributed systems with interacting components, and have been successfully applied in the development of industrial controllers, commu
        Speaker: Alesandro Cimatti
      • 12:00
        lunch 1h 30m
    • 13:30 → 21:00
      Software Release Procedure

      Review the manner in which release 1.2 was developed and understand what changes we want to make for the future releases. The intention is to have an updated version of the "test & validation process" document that was announced at the last PTB and reach agreement with all the stakeholders in the project on an overall quality approach.

      Includes:
      - Lessons learnt from building and deploying release 1.2 and what we want to change for testbed 2.
      - Review of contents of "test & validation process" document
      - Activities for the "quality group"

      • 13:30
        Welcome 10m
        Fab will welcome the participants and outline the goals and expectations for the retreat
        Speaker: Fabrizio Gagliardi
        document
      • 13:40
        Overview and latest information 5m
        This presentation will give a brief overview of the retreat and provide any last minute information.
        Speaker: Dr Bob Jones (CERN)
      • 13:45
        Lessons learnt from testbed 1 30m
        Charles will review, from an ITeam and WP6 perspective, the lessons learnt from the development, integration, deployment and use of testbed 1 software. He will propose a short set of guidelines to be adopted by all WPs that are intended to simplify the development, deployment and use of testbed 2.
        Speaker: Cal Loomis (Laboratoire de l''Accelerateur Lineaire (LAL) (IN2P3) (LAL))
        document
        transparencies
      • 14:15
        Discussion 30m
        This period is intended to allow discuss on the proposed set of guidelines presented earlier. The goal is to reach agreement on the set of guidelines and how to apply them to testbed 2.
      • 14:45
        Testing Group report 30m
        This talk presents the status of the testing performed by the testing group and what lessons we can learn from their work. The presentation should include a list of recommendations to be made to the middleware WPs to improve/simplify the testing process.
        Speaker: Charles Loomis
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      • 15:15
        Test and Validation Procedure Review 45m
        This presentation will review the latest draft of the test and verification process document that has been evolving since the PTB. The goals is to agree on a more effective test and & verification process to be applied to EDG release after 1.2.
        Speaker: Zdenek Sekera
        document
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      • 16:00
        coffee 30m
      • 16:00
        Quality group 30m
        This talk will present the mandate, composition and proposed activities for the recently formed quality group
        Speaker: Gabriel Zaquine (Unknown)
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      • 17:00
        ATLAS EDG task force 20m
        Oxana will present that status of the work of the ATLAS/EDG task force which is porting ATLAS simulation code to EDG 1.2 as part of the ATLAS Data Challenge activities. The talk will include an initial set of findings and provide an occasion to resolve any outstanding issues.
        Speaker: Oxana Smirnova
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      • 19:00
        dinner 2h
  • Wednesday 28 August
    • 09:00 → 14:00
      Release 1.2

      With the imminent deployment of release 1.2 on the production testbed, we need to establish the steps to ensure its effective use by the applications groups and the support structures required.

      Includes:

      Deployment issues:
      Support structures for 1.2:
      - user support group
      - site support & monitoring
      - overall grid monitoring
      - policy for adding new sites
      - how to handle urgent patches etc.
      Status of work with ATLAS task force
      Plans for demos using EDG 1.2 (between now and Christmas)
      Tutorials (establish sites and dates for EDG roadshow)

      • 09:00
        WP8 Walkthrough of EDG 1.2 30m
        Ingo will present WP8's view of the functionality provided by EDG 1.2 and its suitability for use in HEP experiments.
        Speaker: Ingo Augustin
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      • 09:30
        WP9 report 20m
        Overview of how the EDG 1.2 software functionality matches the requirements of WP9. What lessons can we learn from the work of testbed 1 and what are the priorities for testbed 2
        Speaker: Julian Linford
        transparencies
      • 09:50
        WP10 report 20m
        Overview of how the EDG 1.2 software functionality matches the requirements of WP10. What lessons can we learn from the work of testbed 1 and what are the priorities for testbed 2
        Speaker: Johan Montagnat
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      • 10:10
        testbed enlargement 15m
        Fabio will present policy & plans for enlargement of the testbed upto the end of the year.
        Speaker: Fabio Hernandez
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      • 10:30
        coffee 30m
      • 11:00
        Site management support issues 30m
        Markus will present the view of a core site manager on the installation and support of release 1.2. The will presentation will include a list of lessons learnt about support of a 1.2 testbed site and the grid in general. The goal is that we should use this information should be taken into account in the work on testbed 2 to ensure easier support.
        Speaker: Dr Markus Schulz (CERN)
        transparencies
      • 11:30
        User support 15m
        This presentation will cover the plans for end-user support of EDG 1.2 software
        Speaker: Sophie Nicoud
        more information
      • 11:50
        Tutorials 15m
        This presentation will give an overview of the EDG tutorial material and the schedule for the roadshow.
        Speaker: Bob Jones
        transparencies
      • 12:05
        demonstrations 15m
        This presentation will outline the schedule for demonstrations based on EDG release 1.2. The goal is to clarify the schedule, participants, support requirements and contents of such events. Another issue is to identify scheduled times when the application testbed can be upgraded without interferring with such events and the work of the application groups.
        Speaker: Mauro Draoli
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      • 12:30
        lunch 1h 30m
    • 14:00 → 18:15
      Testbed 2

      Establish the priorities, contents and timeline for testbed 2.

      • Review the draft of the new architecture document being prepared by the ATF.
      • Determine the list and order for integration of software modules to be included in release 2.
      • Establish timeline for releases from September through to the next EU review
        (proposed date is early April 2003)

      Includes:
      security - mainly authorisation. Is CAS viable for EDG? When and how will we integrate it? Can we agree on a common model of fine-grained access
      control (eg a Grid ACL). This has been discussed in arch group but do we have a consensus and plan?

      GLUE - when and how do we integrate this into mainstream EDG. The relevant people have probably been involved but does the whole project
      understand the issues? Does it conflict with RGMA?

      • 14:00
        GLUE 20m
        Flavia will present the status of the GLUE activities, next steps (including SC2002 demo plans) and initial lessons and recommendations for EDG in our lead-up to testbed 2.
        Speaker: Flavia Donno
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      • 14:30
        EDG testbed 2 architecture document 2h
        Lee will present the latest draft of the testbed 2 architecture document being prepared by the Architecture Group. The document will be distributed several days before the meeting to allow participants to read it. The purpose of this presentation is to give an over view of the contents and stimulate discussion.
        Speaker: Lee Momtahan
        more information
      • 16:30
        coffee 30m
      • 17:00
        Software improvements and release schedule for testbed 2 30m
        This presentation will propose the ordered list of software improvements to be introduced into the EDG software between release 1.2 and testbed 2. The goal of this session it to establish a plan and schedule for this work leading up to the testbed 2 release The goal is to reach agreement on the schedule taking into account the needs of the applications, availability of various groups (ITeam, testing group, Loose cannons etc.), resources (testbeds) and project deliverables. We must also determine how many release we want ot make between now and the next EU review (April 2003).
        Speaker: Dr Bob Jones (CERN)
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      • 17:30
        retreat wrap-up 30m
        This section is intented to allow for any other subjects that appear during the retreat itself, establish a list of actions and conclusions and get immediate feedback on the useful of this retreat.
        Speaker: Dr Bob Jones (CERN)
        transparencies
      • 18:00
        departure 15m