SKA/GridPP

Name: SKA/GridPP
Start: 2016-11-02T10:00:00+00:00
End: 2016-11-03T18:30:00+00:00
Location: University of Manchester

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

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

G.205 - Alan Turing Building

University of Manchester

G.205 (on the ground floor in the) Alan Turing Building, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL

Description

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

Registration

Participants

Alessandra Forti
Alex Clarke
Andrew McNab
Andrew Sansum
Anna Scaife
Brian Davies
David Britton
David Mulcahy
David Salmon
Ian Collier
Jeremy Coles
John Brooke
Jose Sabater Montes
Mark Wilkinson
Michael Kelly
Michael Wise
Paul Alexander
Peter Love
Roger Jones
Rosie Bolton
Samuel Cadellin Skipsey
Stig Telfer
Tom Whyntie

Wednesday 2 November
- Wed 2 Nov
- Thu 3 Nov
- 1
  
  Welcome & Coffee
- 2
  
  Introductions
  
  Speaker: Jeremy Coles (University of Cambridge (GB))
- 3
  
  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
- 4
  
  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
- 5
  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
- 6
  
  Discussion
- 7
  
  LUNCH
- 8
  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
- 9
  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
- 10
  
  Discussion - useful collaborative work 1
  
  Speaker: Ian Collier (STFC - Rutherford Appleton Lab. (GB))
- 11
  
  COFFEE
- 12
  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
- 13
  
  Discussion - useful collaborative work 2
  
  Speaker: Andrew Sansum
- 14
  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
- 15
  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
- 16
  
  Discussion
  
  Speaker: Paul Alexander (University of Cambridge)
- 17
  Agenda for Thursday
  - Items to return to:
    -- Common challenges
    -- Resource sharing
    -- Main questions to investigate
Thursday 3 November
- Wed 2 Nov
- Thu 3 Nov
- 18
  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
- 19
  
  skatelescope.eu virtual organisation
  
  Preparation done at Manchester for test cases
  
  Speaker: Andrew McNab (University of Manchester)
  
  mcnab-ska-vo-3nov16.pdf
- 20
  Manchester test case & experiences
  - Overview of what was attempted
  - Feedback from David Mulcahy and Alex Clark
  - Lessons learned
  Speaker: David Mulcahy
  
  griddpptalkddmulcahy.pdf
- 21
  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
- 22
  
  COFFEE
- 23
  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
- 24
  
  SRCCG
  
  Speaker: Nick Rees (SKAO)
  
  SRCCG_20161103b.pdf
  
  SRCCG_20161103b.pptx
- 25
  Work planning
  - Identified areas for co-working
  - Details of what is required
  - Next steps for each objective
  Speaker: David Britton (University of Glasgow (GB))
- 26
  
  LUNCH
- 27
  Work planning/discussions continued
  - Next steps
  - Further meetings....
  Speaker: Jeremy Coles (University of Cambridge (GB))