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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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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