[Halld-offline] 2024 JLab Computing Review: February 1-2

[Alexander Austregesilo]

Dear Colleagues,

We just received a first draft of the JLab Scientific Computing Review. 
I added the document to DocDB:

https://halldweb.jlab.org/doc-private/DocDB/ShowDocument?docid=6314

GlueX was commended on its documentation efforts, analysis preservation 
practice and containerization strategy, which are exemplary at JLab. The 
initiative to use the OSG for real data processing as well as the 
synergy with EIC in the development of SRO/ML-FPGA were highlighted. The 
migration to JANA2 remains the only real recommendation, stressing 
benefits in robustness and maintainability. A new hire in the EPSCI 
group was promised to support this transition.

Thank again to everybody who helped putting the material together.

Have a great weekend,

Alex


On 1/25/24 18:12, Alexander Austregesilo via Halld-offline wrote:
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> I submitted a first draft for the document to DocDB:
>
> https://halldweb.jlab.org/doc-private/DocDB/ShowDocument?docid=6314
>
> I managed to stay below the 5 page limit by moving a few items to the 
> appendix. Thanks to everybody who contributed to the text so far.
>
> For completeness, you will find the announcement and the charge for 
> the Computing Review in DocDB as well. I may edit the document 
> tomorrow to address some of the charges and/or recommendations from 
> the last review more explicitly.
>
> Any corrections and suggestions are highly appreciated. The document 
> will be made available to the reviewers tomorrow evening, even though 
> further edits are still allowed.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Alex
>
>
> 01/12/24 18:59, Alexander Austregesilo via Halld-offline wrote:
>
>> Dear Colleagues,
>>
>> JLab is undergoing another Computing Review and Hall D is one of the 
>> subjects of the review. The meeting is scheduled for February 1-2, 2024.
>>
>> As computing coordinator for Hall D, I am expected to present a 20+10 
>> min overview talk to address the charges. In addition, we should 
>> provide a short "Pre-Review Handout" one week in advance (Jan 26) 
>> with additional context and details. The announcement asks for "<5 
>> pages", but I doubt this will be possible given the multitude of 
>> activities.
>>
>> I started a wiki page to coordinate our contribution:
>>
>> https://halldweb.jlab.org/wiki/index.php/Software_and_Computing_Review_7
>>
>> This page has links to charge and announcement, which have more 
>> details about the requirements. It also includes links to the 
>> previous computing reviews and their recommendations.
>>
>> I used the handout for the last review in 2021 as a basis for the new 
>> draft, where I identified possible co-authors for the different sections:
>>
>>   * Online skim system (Sergey)
>>   * Calibration (Sean)
>>   * Reconstruction (Igal)
>>   * Analysis (Alex)
>>   * Simulation (Peter)
>>   * AI/ML (Naomi)
>>   * GPU (Alex)
>>
>> Since the document is already much too long, the assignment for the 
>> authors is mainly to update the existing info and to remove redundant 
>> or outdated information.
>>
>> Please have a look and feel free to send me your thoughts. I will 
>> schedule a meeting with the authors towards the end of next week to 
>> discuss a consistent message.
>>
>> In case the document is missing any new developments and you would 
>> like to contribute as an author, please come forward.
>>
>> Have a great weekend,
>>
>> Alex
>>
>> -- 
>> Alexander Austregesilo
>>
>> Staff Scientist - Experimental Nuclear Physics
>> Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
>> Newport News, VA
>> aaustreg at jlab.org
>> (757) 269-6982
>>
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> Alexander Austregesilo
>
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> Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
> Newport News, VA
> aaustreg at jlab.org
> (757) 269-6982
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Alexander Austregesilo

Staff Scientist - Experimental Nuclear Physics
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Newport News, VA
aaustreg at jlab.org
(757) 269-6982
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