SKA/GridPP

2 Nov 2016, 10:00 → 3 Nov 2016, 18:30 Europe/London

G.205 - Alan Turing Building (University of Manchester)

For directions to the Alan Turing Building please use this link http://www.maths.manchester.ac.uk/about-us/findus/. Area map: http://tinyurl.com/zfgbfgw. Campus map: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/maps/interactive-map/ Pre-dinner drink suggestion: Sandbar... for the location see https://goo.gl/maps/kJo7cfYioWD2. Suggested dinner at 19:30 Venue: Bouzuki by night, a Greek restaurant 88 Princess Street, Manchester. M1 6NG . Menu: http://www.bouzoukibynight.co.uk/menu/4571096796 GoogleMap: https://goo.gl/maps/pX39LF5Tuf82

Wise_AENEAS2016.pdf

Wednesday, 2 November

10:00 → 10:30 Welcome & Coffee

10:30 → 10:40 Introductions

Speaker: Jeremy Coles (University of Cambridge (GB))

10:40 → 11:10 SKA background

Overview of AENEAS and where this workshop aims to fit.

Speakers: Rosie Bolton (University of Cambridge), Scaife Anna (University of Manchester)

AENEAS_WP3.pdf

AENEAS_WP3.pptx

11:10 → 11:40 GridPP infrastructure & approaches

Examples of support approaches with other communities. Potential overlaps.

Speakers: Jeremy Coles (University of Cambridge (GB)), Tom Whyntie (QMUL)

twhyntie_GridPP-infr-appr_SKA_DRN000061-v1-0.pdf

11:40 → 12:10 ASTERICS & typical analysis

• Aims and status
• Workflows (e.g. those which parallelise source extraction etc.)
  -- How are these being run; can they be run more widely?

Speaker: Paul Alexander

SRC_WorkFlows.pdf

SRC_WorkFlows.pptx

12:10 → 12:30 Discussion

12:30 → 13:30 LUNCH

13:30 → 14:00 GridPP DIRAC, VMs, OpenStack, HTC, HPC - HEP

• What is being done in the (UK) HEP community
• HTC usage and pilot frameworks
• Extending to VMs and Clouds
• Bridging HTC and HPC
• The need to remain adaptable and how we cope with this need.

Speaker: Andrew McNab (University of Manchester)

mcnab-gridpp-cloud-2nov16.pdf

14:00 → 14:30 Openstack - HPC - Astro

• The overhead of virtualisation and strategies for remediation
• OpenStack’s emerging capabilities for HPC
• What gaps remain and what can be done to address them

Speaker: Stig Telfer

OpenStack_CloudandHPC6x9BookletandCover_v4_print.pdf

Stig-Manchester SKA workshopv1.1.pdf

14:30 → 15:15 Discussion - useful collaborative work 1

Speaker: Ian Collier (STFC - Rutherford Appleton Lab. (GB))

15:15 → 15:35 COFFEE

15:35 → 16:05 Data transfer approaches

• Current HPC DIRAC investigations
• GridPP transfers to RAL
• HEP lessons learned
• Data management considerations

Speakers: Brian Davies (Lancaster University (GB)), Samuel Cadellin Skipsey

GridPPSKA2016SCS.pdf

Gridpp-SKA talk Nov 2016.pdf

Gridpp-SKA talk Nov 2016.pptx

16:05 → 16:30 Discussion - useful collaborative work 2

Speaker: Andrew Sansum

16:30 → 17:00 Data analytics approaches - HEP

• Note papers here https://indico.cern.ch/event/505613/abstract-book.pdf

Speaker: Peter Love (Lancaster University (GB))

atlas-analytics-ska.pdf

17:00 → 17:30 Data analytics approaches - General/Astro

• Aspirations to use an analytics engine such as Spark

Speaker: Alex Gittens (Berkeley (remote talk))

spark_lin_alg_talk_ska_gridpp_workshop_nov_2_gittens.pdf

17:30 → 17:50 Discussion

Speaker: Paul Alexander (University of Cambridge)

17:50 → 18:00 Agenda for Thursday

• Items to return to:
  -- Common challenges
  -- Resource sharing
  -- Main questions to investigate

Thursday, 3 November

09:00 → 09:15 Review of Wednesday's highlights

• Main points
• Questions to tackle

Speaker: Jeremy Coles (University of Cambridge (GB))

Coles-SKA-GridPP-Day1-summary.pdf

Coles-SKA-GridPP-Day1-summary.pptx

09:15 → 09:20 skatelescope.eu virtual organisation

Preparation done at Manchester for test cases

Speaker: Andrew McNab (University of Manchester)

mcnab-ska-vo-3nov16.pdf

09:20 → 09:35 Manchester test case & experiences

• Overview of what was attempted
• Feedback from David Mulcahy and Alex Clark
• Lessons learned

Speaker: David Mulcahy

griddpptalkddmulcahy.pdf

09:35 → 10:30 Discussion - AENEAS objectives and what is needed

• Review of work package descriptions
• Clarifications that will be needed
• Pre-tests

Speakers: Anna Scaife, Michael Wise, Rosie Bolton

10:30 → 11:00 COFFEE

11:00 → 11:30 Network considerations

• A chance for JANET/JISC to highlight their roadmap
• Concerns and opportunities

Speaker: David Salmon

GridPP & SKA meeting - Nov 2016.pdf

GridPP & SKA meeting - Nov 2016.pptx

11:30 → 11:45 SRCCG

Speaker: Nick Rees (SKAO)

SRCCG_20161103b.pdf

SRCCG_20161103b.pptx

11:45 → 12:30 Work planning

• Identified areas for co-working
• Details of what is required
• Next steps for each objective

Speaker: David Britton (University of Glasgow (GB))

12:30 → 13:30 LUNCH

13:30 → 15:00 Work planning/discussions continued

• Next steps
• Further meetings....

Speaker: Jeremy Coles (University of Cambridge (GB))