Speakers, when you give me a talk reference, give me a URL, not eg. an ftp location or a file system location. I want to link the talk in-place, in a place where you can make any updates transparently. NB. ~/WWW/here.html (note the caps) on the RHIC cluster will appear as URL http://www.rhic.bnl.gov/~username/here.html

Mon Oct 20 - Offline Software Requirements, Design and Implementation

Committee meeting 8:30-9:00

Session 1 9:10-10:30 Overview, requirements, computing model

• Overview of STAR computing. Torre Wenaus. 30min
  • Brief introduction to STAR
  • Organization, current personnel
  • Overall architecture GIF, Visio
  • Schedule and milestones PDF, MS Project
  • Computing resources overview
• Physics-driven computing requirements. Peter Jacobs. 40min
  • STAR computing requirements task force page
• Physics analysis. Torre Wenaus. 10min
  • Brief comment on physics analysis organization and planning

Session 2 11:00-12:30 Offline design, architecture, infrastructure

• STAR computing model. Torre Wenaus. 30min
  • Data processing schematic GIF, Visio
  • Computing model schematic GIF, Visio
  • Working group report on the STAR computing model and plan
• The STAF Analysis Framework: Future of STAF. Craig Tull. 40min
  • CHEP97 talk on STAF
  • STAF home
• Software Infrastructure. Torre Wenaus. 20min (overflow to session 6)

Working lunch 12:30-1:30

Session 3 2:00-3:30 Simulation

• Introduction and Overview. Torre Wenaus for Peter Jacobs. 10min.
• Status and plans for GSTAR. Pavel Nevski. 30min.
  • Including geometry, alignment/calibration database
• Status and plans for Geant4 in STAR. Torre Wenaus. 10min.
• Detector response simulations. Bill Llope. 20min.
• Event generators. Ron Longacre. 15min.

Session 4 3:40-5:15 Reconstruction and analysis

• Reconstruction software. Lanny Ray. 50min
  • SVT contribution
• TPC cosmic ray test as an infrastructure and analysis testbed. Roy Bossingham. 30min.

Committee meeting 5:30-6:30

Tue Oct 21 - Offline Computing Plan and Online Computing

Committee meeting 8:30-9:00

Session 5 9:10-10:30 STAR computing plan

• STAR computing plan. Doug Olson. 30min.
  • RCF role and resources
    • Offline Computing for RHIC, 7/97, postscript, PDF
    • RHIC Computing Review 7/97 home page, reviewers' report
  • NERSC plans and status
  • Computing at the institutes
  • Working group report on the STAR computing model and plan
• STAR/RCF interface; RHIC common software. Torre Wenaus. 10min.
• Event store. Torre Wenaus. 15min.
  • Event store task force page
• Grand Challenge, data mining. Doug Olson. 35min.
  • Grand Challenge home page

Session 6 11:00-12:30 General computing issues, planning, summary

• Visualization. Torre Wenaus for Herb Ward. 10min.
  • Graphics page
• Infrastructure and development; session 2 leftovers. Torre Wenaus. 20min
  • Code development tools and utilities
  • Code management and software releases
  • Quality assurance and control, bug management
  • Coding standards
  • Training
• Documentation and communication
  • Documentation and communication. Torre Wenaus. 5min
  • Code documentation. Al Saulys. 10min
• Mock data challenges at STAR and RHIC. Torre Wenaus. 15min
• Conclusion. Torre Wenaus. 30min
  • Schedule, milestones, manpower: matching capability to requirements from day one through year N.

Working lunch 12:30-1:30

Session 7 2:00-3:30 Online Computing

Session 8 3:45-5:15 Online Computing

Committee meeting 5:30-6:30

Wed Oct 22 - Committee meeting and closeout

Morning: Questions from committee, committee meeting, report writing

Afternoon: Closeout session

Other Pages

• Doug Olson has a review materials page