A successful public-private partnership Alberto Di Meglio CERN openlab Head
Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab CERN: A UNIQUE ENVIRONMENT TO PUSH TECHNOLOGIES TO THEIR LIMITS Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab
CERN openlab Recipe for Success A science – industry partnership to drive R&D and innovation with over 15 years of success Evaluate state-of-the-art technologies in a challenging environment and improve them Test in a research environment today technologies will be used in many business sectors tomorrow Train next generation of engineers/employees. Promote education and cultural exchanges Disseminate results and outreach to new audiences Collaborate and exchanges ideas to create knowledge and innovation Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab
15 Years of Successful Collaboration II 2006 III 2009 IV 2012 V 2015 2016 15 Years Anniversary Set-up 2001 CERN openlab Collaboration Board 2016 Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab
Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab Partners Contributors Associates Research Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab
Worldwide LHC Computing Grid xxxx Tier-0 (CERN): Data recording Initial data reconstruction Data distribution Tier-1 (14 centres): Permanent storage Re-processing Analysis Tier-2 (72 Federations, ~149 centres): Simulation End-user analysis 660,000 cores 690 PB Maria Girone – CERN openlab
LHC Schedule CERN openlab Overview
LHC Run3 and Run4 Scale and Challenges 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 … … 2030? First run LS1 Second run LS2 Third run LS3 HL-LHC FCC? Raw data volume for LHC increases exponentially and with it processing and analysis load Technology at ~20%/year will bring x6-10 in 10-11 years Estimates of resource needs at HL-LHC x10 above what is realistic to expect from technology with reasonably constant cost Data: Raw 2016: 50 PB 2027: 600 PB Derived (1 copy): 2016: 80 PB 2027: 900 PB CPU: x60 from 2016 Technology revolutions are needed
Information Technology Research Areas Data acquisition and filtering Collecting data Networks and connectivity Connecting resources Data storage architectures Storing and serving data Compute management and provisioning (cloud) Managing resources for processing Computing platforms, data analysis, simulation Improving processing and code efficiency Data analytics/Machine Learning Extracting information Medical applications Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab
Intel Innovation Workshop 9/2/2017 Common Facilities Achieve economies of scale and operational efficiency by identifying additional common facilities across the LHC Experiments LHCb/ALICE by 2021 ATLAS/CMS by 2025 Investigation of possible models including the construction of a new data center
Intel Innovation Workshop 9/2/2017 Networks Challenges High-bandwidth links between detectors and data center More flexibility, efficiency and security by exploiting SDN Prepare for the deployment of IoT-like services Data center sensors (both FRU and environment) Environmental controls in building and facilities Controls systems for the LHC complex, Edge computing 5G? Wi-Fi+5G? Smart Campus services?
Phase 6 Timelines Dec 2016 – Technical Workshop Three topical workshops in Feb, March, April Data Center Technologies and Infrastructures Computing Platforms and Software Data Analytics and Machine Learning Sep 21st: Open Day and presentation on new Whitepaper on Computing Challenges Q4 2017: renewal of FA and finalization of projects Jan 2018: start of Phase 6 CERN openlab Overview
New educational requirements Multicore CPU programming, graphical processors (GPU), multithreaded software Data analysis technologies, tools, data visualization, monitoring, security, etc. Applications of physics to medical research (hadron therapy, etc.), simulation software Software & Computing Engineers Data Scientists Multidisciplinary applications Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab
The Educational Programme Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab
Summer Student Programme In 2016 1480 applicants 39 selected students 14 lectures Visits to external labs and companies Lightning talks session 39 Technical reports In 2017 1580 applicants 35 proposed projects Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab
Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab 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. Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab
How do we manage it? Collaboration Board (all members represented) Mgmt team (Head, CTO, CRO, Comms, Admin) Project 1 (Project leader) Project 2 Project N Members and Communities Reps CERN/IT Mgmt. (DHO, IT-EC Project Office, etc.), Legal, KT Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab
CERN openlab Framework The Framework Agreement Signed between CERN and a company or research lab, valid until the end of the current phase, renewable 25k CHF/year Membership Contribution The Project Agreement One per each project, signed by all members taking part, can span across phases, contains the technical description of the work to be done Costs and contributions to be negotiated based on duration and complexity of the project Research: no fee, only in-kind contributions (hardware, software licenses, expertise, etc.) Associate: only in-kind contributions (hardware, software licenses, expertise, etc.) Contributor: same as Associate plus funds to recruit one dedicated Fellow at CERN (150k CHF/year) Partner: same as Contributor plus funds to recruit additional effort as necessary (150k CHF/year per person) The membership contribution and each 150k CHF contribution for dedicated people include the cost to support summer students Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab
Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab Executive contact Alberto Di Meglio, CERN openlab Head alberto.di.meglio@cern.ch Technical contacts Maria Girone, CERN openlab CTO maria.girone@cern.ch Fons Rademakers, CERN openlab CRO fons.rademakers@cern.ch Communication contacts Andrew Purcell, CERN openlab Communication Officer andrew.purcell@cern.ch Admin/Finance contact Kristina Gunne, CERN openlab Administration Officer kristina.gunne@cern.ch Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab