CERN openlab Overview Alberto Di Meglio CERN openlab

CERN openlab Overview Alberto Di Meglio CERN openlab Introduction

CERN: A UNIQUE ENVIRONMENT TO PUSH TECHNOLOGIES TO THEIR LIMITS 2015 CERN openlab Introduction 2

What is CERN? European Organization for Nuclear Research ~ 2300 staff ~ 1050 other paid personnel ~ 11000 users Budget ~1100 MCHF/year 2015 Founded in 1954 – Over 60 years of research 22 Member States: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland United Kingdom, Romania Associate Members in the Pre-Stage to Membership: Brazil, Cyprus, Pakistan, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine Applicant States: Slovenia Observers to Council: India, Japan, Russia, United States of America, the European Commission and UNESCO CERN openlab Introduction 3

CERN Structure Information Technology (IT) Engineering (EN) Physics (PH) Technology (TE) Beams (BE) General Infrastructure Services (GS) Human Resources (HR) http: //home. web. cern. ch/about 2015 Finance, Procurements and Knowledge Transfer (FP) CERN openlab Introduction 4

IT Department Structure Department Infrastructure Computing Facilities Data & Storage Services Database Services Collaboration & Information Services Communication Systems Support for Distributed Computing Platform & Engineering Services Operating System & Infrastructure Services 2015 CERN openlab Introduction 5

IT Department http: //information-technology. web. cern. ch/ 2015 CERN openlab Introduction 6

CERN openlab in a nutshell • A science – industry partnership to drive R&D and innovation with over a decade of success • Evaluate state-of-the-art technologies in a challenging environment and improve them • Test in a research environment today what will be used in many business sectors tomorrow • • Train next generation of engineers/employees Disseminate results and outreach to new audiences Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab 7

The history of openlab III 2009 IV 2012 V 2015 II 2006 Setup 2001 I 2003 CERN openlab Board of Sponsor 2013 2015 CERN openlab Introduction 8

Virtuous Cycle CERN requirements push the limit Apply new techniques and technologies Produce advanced products and services Test prototypes in CERN environment 2015 Joint development in rapid cycles A public-private partnership between the research community and industry CERN openlab Introduction 9

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) 2015 CERN openlab Introduction 10

LHC Schedule 2009 2010 2011 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 First run LHC startup 900 Ge. V LS 1 Phase-0 Upgrade (design energy, nominal luminosity) Second run LS 2 Third run Phase-1 Upgrade (design energy, design luminosity) LS 3 … 2030? HL-LHC FCC? Phase-2 Upgrade (High Luminosity) 50 times more data than today in the next 10 years 50 PB/s out of the detectors 5 PB/day to be stored 7 Te. V L=6 x 1033 cm-2 s-2 Bunch spacing = 50 ns 2015 14 Te. V L=1 x 1034 cm-2 s-2 Bunch spacing = 25 ns 14 Te. V L=2 x 1034 cm-2 s-2 Bunch spacing = 25 ns CERN openlab Introduction 14 Te. V L=1 x 1035 cm-2 s-2 Spacing = 12. 5 ns 11

Information Technology Research Areas Data acquisition and filtering Computing platforms, data analysis, simulation Data storage and long-term data preservation Compute provisioning (cloud) Networks Data analytics Medical applications 2015 12 CERN openlab Introduction

A Solid Educational Program › At CERN § § § › Outside the lab: § § › › 2015 Regular workshops Special workshops Requirements workshops Training courses on hardware platforms Parallel programming, etc. CERN School of Computing in Portugal (August 2014) Thematic CSC in Split (June 2014) 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 openlab Introduction 13

Summer Student Program In 2015 § 1540+ applicants § 40 selected students § 14 lectures § Visits to external labs and companies § Lightning talks session § Technical reports 2015 CERN openlab Introduction 14

Started February 2013 Recruited 5 fellows Model can be extended to other areas (e. g. data analytics) 2015 CERN openlab Introduction 15

CERN openlab Structure Board of Sponsors (all sponsors represented) CERN Partner Contacts 2015 Head: Alberto Di Meglio CTO: Fons Rademakers Administration: Kristina Gunne Communications: Mélissa Gaillard, Andrew Purcell CERN/IT Mgmt. (DHO, IT-EC Project Office, etc. ), Legal, KT Mgmt team (Head, CTO, Comms, Admin) Project 1 Project 2 Project N (Project leader) CERN openlab Introduction 16

Events 2015 › Technical workshop › Collaboration Board meeting › Open Day § 5 th-6 th November § Project reports, technical discussions § 10 th-11 th March 2016 § Board members § 8 th-9 th June 2016 § Presentations, technology showcase, booths CERN openlab Introduction 17

Confidentiality agreements › › 2015 Some of the work you do might be covered by NDAs Usually the NDAs are signed between CERN and a company They apply to all CERN personnel and users working on site Do not share information without making sure you are allowed to CERN openlab Introduction 18

EXECUTIVE CONTACT Alberto Di Meglio, CERN openlab Head alberto. di. meglio@cern. ch TECHNICAL CONTACT Fons Rademakers, CERN openlab CTO fons. rademakers@cern. ch COMMUNICATION CONTACT Mélissa Gaillard, CERN openlab Communication Officer melissa. gaillard@cern. ch ADMIN CONTACT Kristina Gunne, CERN openlab Administration Officer kristina. gunne@cern. ch CERN openlab Introduction 2015 19