A successful public- private partnership Alberto Di Meglio CERN openlab Head
CERN: A UNIQUE ENVIRONMENT TO PUSH TECHNOLOGIES TO THEIR LIMITS Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab2
CERN openlab in a nutshell Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab A science – industry partnership to drive R&D and innovation with over a decade of success 3 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
15 Years of Successful Collaboration I 2003 II 2006 III 2009 IV 2012 V 2015 Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab CERN openlab Collaboration Board 2015 Set-up
Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab5 Partners Contributors Associates Research
Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab 6 How do we manage it? Collaboration Board (all members represented) Mgmt team (Head, CTO, CRO, Comms, Admin) Project 1 (Project leader) Project 2 (Project leader) Project N (Project leader) CERN/IT Mgmt. (DHO, IT-EC Project Office, etc.), Legal, KT Members and Communities Reps
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab7
LHC Schedule First runLS1Second runLS2Third run LS3 HL-LHC ? … LHC startup 900 GeV 7 TeV L=6x10 33 cm -2 s -1 Bunch spacing = 50 ns Phase-0 Upgrade (design energy, nominal luminosity) 14 TeV L=1x10 34 cm -2 s -1 Bunch spacing = 25 ns Phase-1 Upgrade (design energy, design luminosity) 14 TeV L=2x10 34 cm -2 s -1 Bunch spacing = 25 ns Phase-2 Upgrade (High Luminosity) 14 TeV L=1x10 35 cm -2 s -1 Spacing = 12.5 ns FCC? 50 times more data than today in the next 10 years 50 PB/s out of the detectors 5 PB/day to be stored Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab8
Information Technology Research Areas Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab Data acquisition and filteringComputing platforms, data analysis, simulationData storage and long-term data preservationCompute provisioning (cloud) Data analytics Networks Medical applications 9
Who we talk to Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab New partners 10
New educational requirements Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab Multicore CPU programming, graphical processors (GPU), multithreaded software Software & Computing Engineers Data analysis technologies, tools, data visualization, monitoring, security, etc. Data Scientists Applications of physics to medical research (hadron therapy, etc.), simulation software Multidisciplinary applications 11
Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab12 The Educational Programme
Summer Student Programme Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab13 In 2015 applicants 40 selected students 14 lectures Visits to external labs and companies Lightning talks session 40 Technical reports In 2016 1480 applicants 35 proposed projects 40
Communication Project activities and results are disseminated to a wide audience Subject to agreement between all the participating members that it does not compromise legitimate academic or commercial interests Press releases (must not imply endorsement of products by research labs etc.) Visibility and presence of member companies on the website is proportional to membership level Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab14
CERN openlab Open Day High-visibility public event to promote the activities and opportunities created by CERN openlab and its projects 2015 Edition: a kick-off event, traditional presentation-style format 2016 Edition: exhibition-style showcase event with a few selected keynotes and interactive, open booths and stands, demos, short focused technical talks, etc. Format: June 8 th afternoon + June 9th Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab15
Membership Benefits Work in close collaboration with CERN experts on large-scale applications of technologies and products Visibility in CERN openlab activities proportional to the membership status Participation of openlab personnel at conferences and events to promote the technologies and results of the collaboration Support for organizing visits to CERN installations, technical presentations and seminars about technologies and products Activities of all Partner Members featured prominently in the openlab Annual Report Summer students assigned to work on openlab Industrial Members Projects Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab16
Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab EXECUTIVE CONTACT Alberto Di Meglio, CERN openlab Head TECHNICAL CONTACTS Maria Girone, CERN openlab CTO Fons Rademakers, CERN openlab CRO COMMUNICATION CONTACTS Andrew Purcell, CERN openlab Communication Officer Mélissa Gaillard, IT Dep. Communication Officer ADMIN/FINANCE CONTACT Kristina Gunne, CERN openlab Administration Officer 17