LHCbComputing

LHCb Computing Tasks

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December Status of Computing Personnel

m Currently available people insufficient to cover all activitieso Estimate ~40 FTE needed

m 22.6 FTE available for operationso Some activities not covered

P e.g. documentation, tutorials, event display, software validation, performance and regression testing, web services, Boole+Brunel+(DaVinci) integration

m ~5 FTE working on Gaudi and DIRAC developmento Barely sufficient to keep our software and computing

abreast with evolving technologyP CERN, Spain

m ~3 FTE working on new activitieso Small pockets of effort in various countries, for

example:P Italy, UK, CERN (Data Preservation and Outreach)P Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, CERN (Multicore R&D)

m Shortfall ~10 FTE

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January FTE share

o ~3 additional FTEs identified following December NCB presentation

o Encourage under-represented countries to provide missing people

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Finding the missing people (slide shown in January)

m Inventory of tasks being finalisedo Detailed task descriptions, covering both (time limited)

development activities and (continuous) support activities

o Will be distributed to NCB members in 1-2 weeks

m Ask countries to make commitments to work packageso Including both development and support activities

m Formalise as addendum to computing MoUo Similar to sub-detectors MoUs

P Aim for draft by February CBP Aim for approval at June CB

o Regularly monitor compliance, e.g. once per year

m If shortfall persists consider option to finance under M&O Ao Proposal for cost sharing to be worked out

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Finding the missing people

m Inventory of tasks being finalisedo Detailed task descriptions, covering both (time limited)

development activities and (continuous) support activities

o Draft distributed to NCB members last week

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Project Work Breakdown Structure

m Table Ao Some fine tuning

still needed

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Personnel requirement

m Split intoo Operation

P Minimum neededfor medium termoperation

o R&DP Activities for

improvement, inparticular neededfor upgrade anddata preservationd But also to fit

into foreseeableresources for Run 2

P Mostly time limitedP Can be smoothed

by prioritizing(delaying some tasks)

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Remarks

m Total requirement will evolveo Some tasks not yet included, some double counting

m Total requirement is ~15 more than presented in Decembero Some additional items included, increases also

‘available’ personnelo Some time limited tasks counted in 2014 could be

postponed to 2015 or later.

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Finding the missing people

m Inventory of tasks being finalisedo Detailed task descriptions, covering both (time limited)

development activities and (continuous) support activities

o Draft distributed to NCB members last week

m Ask countries to make commitments to work packageso Including both development and support activities

m Process already started, some success, to be pursued

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Coming soon

m Updated tables of personnel shortageso Cross referencing WBS of Tasks note

m Expect NCB members to validateo Basis for looking for additional contributions

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Finding the missing people

m Inventory of tasks being finalisedo Detailed task descriptions, covering both (time limited)

development activities and (continuous) support activities

o Draft distributed to NCB members last week

m Ask countries to make commitments to work packageso Including both development and support activities

m Formalise as addendum to computing MoUo Similar to sub-detectors MoUs

P Aim for draft by February CBd Pierluigi’s talk

P Aim for approval at June CBo Regularly monitor compliance, e.g. once per year

m If shortfall persists consider option to finance under M&O Ao Proposal for cost sharing to be worked out

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Next steps

m Finalise Tasks document and personnel tableso Latest by end March

m Address shortageso Look for new commitments (with help from NCB

members)o Prioritise “R&D” tasks

m Present status at June CBo CB to decide how to proceed

m Longer term:o Review tasks document each Decembero Review personnel each Januaryo Report to first CB of the year