IRIS-HEP Institute Retreat
The IRIS-HEP software institute has recently completed its first year after being funded by the National Science Foundation. During this first year the project team has been formed and ramp-up activities have taken place in all of the institute focus areas. The goals of the retreat are:
- To take stock of progress during the first year and make plans for activities during the second year
- To identify additional opportunities for cross-area synergies within the institute and external collaborations, and make plans to build on these opportunities
- To prepare for two NSF reviews covering the initial "Design Phase" of the institute (in Fall 2019 and in Spring 2020)
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This event is being organised by the IRIS-HEP Software Institute, which is supported by National Science Foundation cooperative agreement OAC-1836650. |
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Plenary: Welcome to the IRIS-HEP Retreat B327 (CDF Big Room) (FNAL)
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Goals for the Retreat & Institute Overview and Status 30mSpeaker: Peter Elmer (Princeton University (US))
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DOMA: Preparing for Year 2 and Year 4 20mSpeaker: Brian Paul Bockelman (University of Nebraska Lincoln (US))
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Milestones - We don't need roads... 20mSpeaker: Gordon Watts (University of Washington (US))
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Coffee Break 15m
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Analysis Systems: AS - 1 B327 (CDF Big Room) (FNAL)
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Breakout A for timeslot 1: Statisfactory and pythonic stat tool roadmap 45mSpeakers: Lindsey Gray (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US)), Lukas Alexander Heinrich (CERN), Nick Smith (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))
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Breakout topic B timeslot 1: Func ADL/ C++ and Service X 45m
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Breakout topic A timeslot 2: High-level analysis description 45mSpeakers: Alexander Held (University of British Columbia (CA)), Lukas Alexander Heinrich (CERN)
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Breakout topic B timeslot 2: Event / Column Languages 45m
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OSG-LHC: XCache discussion + Globus transition FCC2A (FNAL)
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XCache Discussion:
30mins cache integrity
- 10mins presentation by Brian + 20mins discussion
30mins joint containers, deployment, operations of service
- 10mins presentation fkw + 20mins discussionGlobus transition Discussion:
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Lunch 1h 15m
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Analysis Systems: AS - 2 B327 (CDF Big Room) (FNAL)
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Analysis Systems Milestones Discussion 25mSpeakers: Kyle Stuart Cranmer (New York University (US)), Matthew Feickert (Univ. Illinois at Urbana Champaign (US))
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pyhf Roadmap 20mSpeaker: Matthew Feickert (Univ. Illinois at Urbana Champaign (US))
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Discussion: Coffea and pyhf integration 15mSpeakers: Kyle Stuart Cranmer (New York University (US)), Lukas Alexander Heinrich (CERN), Matthew Feickert (Univ. Illinois at Urbana Champaign (US))
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Analysis Systems team meetings/process efficacy discussion 25mSpeakers: Benjamin Galewsky (Univ. Illinois at Urbana Champaign (US)), Matthew Feickert (Univ. Illinois at Urbana Champaign (US))
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DOMA: Integrated Data Lake demonstration for Year 2 FCC2A (FNAL)
FCC2A
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Discussion session for an integrated Data Lake Demonstration / data challenge.
- 10min from Brian on vision behind this challenge.
- Which of the DOMA, AS, and SSL projects should be involved?
- What are demonstrable goals to hit in a challenge (PB transferred? sites involved? billions of events analyzed?)?
- What resources can we use? Which are "SSL" versus a real facility?
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Coffee Break 15m
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Plenary: Lightning Talks B327 (CDF Big Room) (FNAL)
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Brainstorming: Topical Meetings, Fellows, News items 20m
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Histogramming & more 10mSpeaker: Henry Fredrick Schreiner (Princeton University)
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What Is A User Story? 10mSpeaker: Benjamin Galewsky (Univ. Illinois at Urbana Champaign (US))
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func-adl to C++/xAOD backend 10mSpeaker: Gordon Watts (University of Washington (US))
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func-adl in columns 10mSpeaker: Mason Proffitt (University of Washington (US))
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Introduction & Plans 10mSpeaker: Markus Julian Atkinson (Univ. Illinois at Urbana Champaign (US))
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Introduction & Plans 10mSpeaker: Savannah Jennifer Thais (Princeton University (US))
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pyhf: Toys 10mSpeaker: Matthew Feickert (Univ. Illinois at Urbana Champaign (US))
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Innovative Algorithms B327 (CDF Big Room) (FNAL)
B327 (CDF Big Room)
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Plan for new projects in IA 45mSpeakers: Dr Gowtham Atluri (UC), J Michael Williams (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (US)), Mark Neubauer (Univ. Illinois at Urbana Champaign (US))
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Milestones update 20m
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Topical discussion 25m
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OSG-LHC: Security FCC1W (FNAL)
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XCache Discussion:
30mins cache integrity
- 10mins presentation by Brian + 20mins discussion
30mins joint containers, deployment, operations of service
- 10mins presentation fkw + 20mins discussionGlobus transition Discussion:
- see overview document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DAFeAaUmHHVcJGZMTIDUtLs9koCruQRDY1sJq1opeNs/edit)-
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Container Security Policy Discussion 30m
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OSG Security: Goals for Year 2 30m
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SSL: SSL - 1 FCC1W (FNAL)
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Session will be in FCC1W
Convener: Robert William Gardner Jr (University of Chicago (US))-
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Introduction 5m
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Coffee Break 15m
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SSC:Blueprint etc B327 (CDF Big Room) (FNAL) (FNAL)
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Conveners: Daniel S. Katz (University of Illinois), Peter Elmer (Princeton University (US)), Sudhir Malik (University of Puerto Rico (PR))-
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Breakout A: Training 45mSpeaker: Sudhir Malik (University of Puerto Rico (PR))
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Breakout B: Sustainability 45mSpeaker: Daniel S. Katz (University of Illinois)
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SSL: AS/DOMA/SSL: Demo & planning for ServiceX FCC1W (FNAL)
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Lunch 1h 15m
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Plenary: Close Out Session B327 (CDF Big Room) (FNAL)
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DOMA - News, Status, Plans 12mSpeaker: Brian Paul Bockelman (University of Nebraska Lincoln (US))
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Innovative Algorithms - News, Status, Plans 12mSpeakers: David Lange (Princeton University (US)), Heather Gray (LBNL)
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Analysis Systems - News, Status, Plans 12mSpeaker: Kyle Stuart Cranmer (New York University (US))
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SSL - News, Status, Plans 12mSpeaker: Robert William Gardner Jr (University of Chicago (US))
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SSC - News, Status, Plans 12mSpeakers: Daniel S. Katz (University of Illinois), Peter Elmer (Princeton University (US)), Sudhir Malik (University of Puerto Rico (PR))
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Blueprint - News, Status, Plans 12mSpeakers: Mark Neubauer (Univ. Illinois at Urbana Champaign (US)), Mark Stephen Neubauer (Univ. Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
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New Timeline and Closeout 18mSpeakers: Brian Paul Bockelman (University of Nebraska Lincoln (US)), Gordon Watts (University of Washington (US)), Peter Elmer (Princeton University (US))
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