The ATLAS Collaborative Tool Service A broad overview

The ATLAS Collaboration Three thousand of my best friends IN2P3 Webinaire - 17 Nov 2011S. Goldfarb - ATLAS Collaborative Tools 2

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Collaboration Composition IN2P3 Webinaire - 17 Nov 2011S. Goldfarb - ATLAS Collaborative Tools 4 ATLAS  3030 Active Scientists  1600 with PhD  1200 PhD Students  174 Institutions  38 Nations

Collaboration Activities IN2P3 Webinaire - 17 Nov 2011S. Goldfarb - ATLAS Collaborative Tools 5 ATLAS  Construct 100 million active components  Install into a 46m long, 25m diameter detector  Operate and maintain that detector  Trigger on 1 billion collisions/s, reducing to a few hundred  Provide access to that data to members around the world  Allow those members to communicate and share information to analyse the data  Allow active participation in decision making at every step

Collaboration Requirements  Efficiently Functioning Detector  Lots of Quality High Energy Collisions  Fast, Reliable Trigger and Computing Systems  Collaboration of Intelligent, Motivated Physicists, Engineers and Support Staff  Clear Communication Between those Participants, Regardless of Physical Location  Effective Flow of Information within the Collaboration and from the Collaboration to the World IN2P3 Webinaire - 17 Nov 2011S. Goldfarb - ATLAS Collaborative Tools 6

The ATLAS Collaborative Tools Service Tools & Services to support the collaboration goals IN2P3 Webinaire - 17 Nov 2011S. Goldfarb - ATLAS Collaborative Tools 7

ATLAS Collaborative Tool Service Goal: Facilitate Communication & Information Flow for Collaboration  Meeting & Project Support  Audio & Video Conferencing  Lecture Archiving  Webcasting  Meeting Management (Indico)  Group Management (e-Groups)  Web Infrastructure & Tools  html, Twiki  Content Management Systems (Sharepoint, Drupal)  Document Sharing (CDS, etc.)  Protection (SSO, e-Groups) IN2P3 Webinaire - 17 Nov 2011S. Goldfarb - ATLAS Collaborative Tools 8

ATLAS Collaborative Tool Service  Primary Functions  Compile, Update Requirements of Collaboration  Communicate Requirements to Service Providers  CERN IT  Tool Development Teams  Act as Conduit for Requests / Information  E-Group, FAQ Files, Announcements  Primary Contributors:  S.Goldfarb, R.Jones, T.Wickstroem, S.Roe, G.Poulard, M.Smizanska, K.Pommes,M.Donszelmann, S.Palagina, et al. Home: E-Group: IN2P3 Webinaire - 17 Nov 2011S. Goldfarb - ATLAS Collaborative Tools 9

Meeting & Project Support IN2P3 Webinaire - 17 Nov 2011S. Goldfarb - ATLAS Collaborative Tools 10

CERN Conference Facilities IN2P3 Webinaire - 17 Nov 2011S. Goldfarb - ATLAS Collaborative Tools 11 ATLAS Facilities  Near ATLAS Offices  6 meeting rooms, 2 small auditoria  At Point 1  3 meeting rooms, 1 small auditorium  Control Room  Also Available  Auditorium, Council Chamber  Common facilities  Coming Soon  1 more meeting room  Remote Teaching Facility

CERN Conference Facilities IN2P3 Webinaire - 17 Nov 2011S. Goldfarb - ATLAS Collaborative Tools 12 Typical Installations  H.323 / H.239 Codec  Tandberg Edge or Tandberg C40  HD Camera  Table Microphones for Meeting Rooms  Audiotechnica  Lapel Mic + Hand-Held for Auditoria  TV + Projector  Sound Mixer  Video Switch / Splitter  Webcast Encoder (2 Facilities)

Audio & Video Conference Systems  EVO   Booking, Launching Integrated in Indico Agenda  CERN MCU  H.323 : Connect to (xxx is random)  Phone : Call (enter 98xxx)  Or directly from Indico Agenda (Booking & Starting)  Alcatel My TeamWork   Call (enter code) IN2P3 Webinaire - 17 Nov 2011S. Goldfarb - ATLAS Collaborative Tools 13

EVO Usage IN2P3 Webinaire - 17 Nov 2011S. Goldfarb - ATLAS Collaborative Tools 14 Growth ATLAS Meetings  Sep 2008: 300  Sep 2009: 500  Sep 2010: 1000  Sep 2011: 1500 ATLAS is the biggest user Cost ATLAS M&O (2011)  257 kCHF  Only the License

Vidyo IN2P3 Webinaire - 17 Nov 2011S. Goldfarb - ATLAS Collaborative Tools 15 Vidyo : What is Vidyo? IP-Base Video Conferencing  Similar to EVO  H.264 Scalable Video  Multi-Platform Private Company  US-Based (NJ, CA)  150+ Employees  1000 Customers  Several Universities  The Vatican  Google, HP as Partners Potential EVO Replacement

Vidyo Evaluation Timeline DateActivityResults Spring-Summer 2010Limited Testing by IT, Small MeetingsPotential Replacement, but limited Linux Support Fall-Winter Installation of Routers, Licenses for Large-Scale Tests New Clients for SLC5, Ubuntu need improvement Spring 2011Large-Scale and Production Tests by IT, ATLAS, CMS (and all together) Survey Results indicate general satisfaction with audio, video, interface, but need more Linux clients supported Summer 2011Survey Results, ATLAS & CMS Comments forwarded to IT FI launched market bid between EVO and Vidyo September 2011CERN Finance, IT select Vidyo, to be paid for from CERN funds LHC Experiments express need to keep EVO until communication with Vidyo is proven reliable. Experiments will pay. IN2P3 Webinaire - 17 Nov 2011S. Goldfarb - ATLAS Collaborative Tools 16 Vidyo Documentation:

Vidyo Evaluation Results IN2P3 Webinaire - 17 Nov 2011S. Goldfarb - ATLAS Collaborative Tools 17 Vidyo Survey & Results : What did we think? Positive  Comparable to EVO  Intuitive Interface Negative  Not on all Linux Platforms  Unknowns

ATLAS Vidyo Position IN2P3 Webinaire - 17 Nov 2011S. Goldfarb - ATLAS Collaborative Tools 18

ATLAS Vidyo Plans  Criteria  Video conferencing must remain available for collaboration  Support expected for all commonly used platforms  EVO will be supported until that is the case, but no longer  Most likely this means through 2012  Migration Plans  Register Collaboration  Stage Various Meetings, Starting with Weekly (Soon) Note : This is not an evaluation, but a migration! IN2P3 Webinaire - 17 Nov 2011S. Goldfarb - ATLAS Collaborative Tools 19

Lecture Archiving IN2P3 Webinaire - 17 Nov 2011S. Goldfarb - ATLAS Collaborative Tools 20 Material Recorded  ATLAS Plenary, Weekly Meetings, Open EB  Tutorials Archives Produced  Recordings on Agenda/CDS Shortly After Session  Synchronized Video & Slides, with Indexing CERN Service  Integrated with Webcasting  Available in Specific Locations or On Demand

Meeting Webcast IN2P3 Webinaire - 17 Nov 2011S. Goldfarb - ATLAS Collaborative Tools 21 Meetings Webcast  ATLAS Plenary, Weekly Meetings, Open EB  Simultaneous to Video Conference Viewing Interface  Sharepoint (Protected)  Flash Plug-In Under Development  Automatic webcast of all Vidyo meetings

ATLAS Live IN2P3 Webinaire - 17 Nov 2011S. Goldfarb - ATLAS Collaborative Tools 22 Technology  SCALA Professional Signage Software  Video/Audio Encoding Stations  Webcast to Collaboration (HD, PC, iPhone, Android) Target Audiences  Run Coordination: LHC, ATLAS Control Room Information  Collaboration: Internal News, Announcements  General Public: Outreach & Education

ATLAS Virtual Visits IN2P3 Webinaire - 17 Nov 2011S. Goldfarb - ATLAS Collaborative Tools 23 Technology  Video Conference Codec in Control Room  HD Cameras with Video Mixer (Anycast)  Remote Audio Headset, Microphones  HD Screen in Control Room Target Audiences  Colleagues Hosting Public/Media Events  Schools  Science Fairs, etc.

Indico: The Integrator IN2P3 Webinaire - 17 Nov 2011S. Goldfarb - ATLAS Collaborative Tools 24 Indico Functionality  Meeting Agenda  Conference Agenda  Abstract Submission  Meeting Content  Minute Compilation  Room Booking  EVO, Vidyo, MCU Booking  Lecture Archive Booking  Chat Service  RSS Feeds  Etc.

Web Infrastructure & Tools ATLAS Web Environment & Development IN2P3 Webinaire - 17 Nov 2011S. Goldfarb - ATLAS Collaborative Tools 25

ATLAS Web Environment IN2P3 Webinaire - 17 Nov 2011S. Goldfarb - ATLAS Collaborative Tools 26 Platforms (2010 Stats) Pages  1100 html, 132 php, 70 python Public Twiki  8712 topics, 51,871 attachments Protected Twiki  2931 topics, 24,745 attachments SharePoint  99 sites, 36,689 items Sharepoint html w/php TWiki

Web Environment Challenges  Development & Maintenance  Site Development  Developers more and more trained to work with CMS  Content Updates by Conveners, Coordinators, Users  Need Web-Based Content Management  Functionality  Searchability, Findability, Navigability  Database Interfaces  Form & Content of Pages  Creating a Coherent Common Environment  Removing Data, Information Replication  Removing Stale Content IN2P3 Webinaire - 17 Nov 2011S. Goldfarb - ATLAS Collaborative Tools 27

ENTICE  E nterprise N eeds for T ools and I nfrastructure for C ontent E xploitation  Acronym credit to David Foster  The Working Group  Participation by IT, DG, Experiments, GS, Others  D. Foster (Project Initiator), T. Bell (Chair), D. Noyes (Webmaster)  Goal  Evaluate CERN-Wide Needs for Web Content Management  Propose & Develop a Solution  Early Conclusion  CERN-Wide Deployment of Drupal 7  Maintain Sharepoint IN2P3 Webinaire - 17 Nov 2011S. Goldfarb - ATLAS Collaborative Tools 28

The Drupal Choice  Large Open Source Project  Huge base of developers  Mature Module Development  Database Interfaces  News Feeds  Project Management Tools  Communication Tools  Etc.  Why Keep Sharepoint?  Balance of Full Service Support vs. Freedom of Open Source  Development Environments: Sharepoint Designer vs. PHP IN2P3 Webinaire - 17 Nov 2011S. Goldfarb - ATLAS Collaborative Tools 29

A Few Drupal Projects at CERN  Drupal Search: Integration of CERN Search into Drupal  LDAP: Public Data on Users to be stored in LDAP  Indico: Event Feeds from one or more Indico categories  Knowledge Transfer Group Website  LHCb Testing Site  CERN Service Management Test Site  ALICE Matters News Letter  Etc. IN2P3 Webinaire - 17 Nov 2011S. Goldfarb - ATLAS Collaborative Tools 30

Drupal Example IN2P3 Webinaire - 17 Nov 2011S. Goldfarb - ATLAS Collaborative Tools 31

Other Web Services Used By ATLAS  Web Authentication  CERN Single Sign On  username/password  Certificates  Web Authorisation & Mail Groups  E-Groups  There are 3,153 e-groups with “atlas” in title!  Authorisation: atlas-active-members, atlas-current-physicists  Document Storage and Sharing  CDS: CERN Document Server  Text, Images, Video  Searching, Backup, Approval Mechanisms, etc. IN2P3 Webinaire - 17 Nov 2011S. Goldfarb - ATLAS Collaborative Tools 32

Links IN2P3 Webinaire - 17 Nov 2011S. Goldfarb - ATLAS Collaborative Tools 33 ATLAS Documentation & Communication Collab Tool Servicehttp://cern.ch/atlas-collaborative-tools ATLAS Livehttp://cern.ch/atlas-live Collab Tool CERN IT Documentation & Communication Audiovisual & Collaborative Services Vidyo Documentationhttp://vidyo.cern.ch Vidyo CERN Indicohttp://indico.cern.ch ENTICE Projecthttp://entice.cern.ch Third Party Services Vidyohttp:// EVOhttp://evo.caltech.edu/evoGate Drupalhttp://