Information Technology Research Areas
Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab
Data acquisition and filtering
Computing platforms, data analysis, simulation
Data storage and long-term data preservation
Compute provisioning (cloud)
Data analytics
Networks
Medical applications
New professional profiles
Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab
Multicore CPU programming,
graphical processors
(GPU),multithreaded
software
Software & Computing Engineers
Data analysis platforms,statistics,
mathematics,data
visualization,monitoring,
security, etc.
Data Scientists
Applications of physics to medical research (hadron
therapy, etc.),simulationsoftware
Multidisciplinary applications
A Solid Educational Program
› At CERN Regular workshops Special workshops and lectures Requirements workshops Training courses on hardware platforms, Parallel programming, etc.
› Outside the lab: CERN School of Computing
in Nicosia (August 2013) Thematic CSC in Split (June 2013)
› ISEF Winners Program
› Summer student program
› The ICE-DIP project
Programs is highly structured, with different tiers and
specializations – students, young researchers, professional researchers and experts - including summer student
lectures as well as numerous invited talks at CERN
Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab
Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab
Started February 2013Recruited 5 fellows
Model can be extended next year to other areas (e.g. data analytics)
Centre of Excellence?
EU openlab (temporary codename) EINFRA-5-2014: Centres of Excellence for
computing applications http://
ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/topics/2143-einfra-5-2015.html
Deadline 14 Jan 2015Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab
Establishing a limited number of Centres of Excellence (CoE) is necessary to ensure EU competitiveness in the application of HPC for addressing scientific, industrial or societal challenges
Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab
Community-driven at the level of governance
Application communities looking for expertise and short-term prototyping resources
Diverse scientific domains as represented by the different labs
Open to research and industry users
Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab
Provision of• Technical expertise from labs and industry
members
• Access to technology
• Short-term computing and data services (at prototype level
• Definition of paths to move from prototypes to production scenarios with professional service/technology providers
Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab
Expert training Thematic workshops across scientific
domains Exploit existing training/educational
activities Close collaboration with universities to
structure focused academic programs
Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab