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

[Shepherd, Matthew]

Alex,

Great work!  Thank you very much for organizing the Hall D response to the review and presenting the status of software.  The recommendation to do a careful evaluation of cost/benefit for migration to JANA2 seems reasonable.

Have a good weekend!

Matt



> On Feb 2, 2024, at 3:02 PM, Alexander Austregesilo via Halld-offline <halld-offline at jlab.org> wrote:
> 
> 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
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>>> (757) 269-6982
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>> Alexander Austregesilo
>> 
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>> Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
>> Newport News, VA
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> 
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