The Vanderbilt Effort in CMS Vanderbilt University S. Victoria Greene, Charles F. Maguire, and Julia Velkovska Vanderbilt University Version V1, April 10 6:34 MDT Not yet completed April 10, 2010 CMS-HI-US Meeting at Santa Fe

CMS-HI-US Meeting at Santa Fe Group Overview: I Personnel Faculty and CMS Service Roles Vicki Greene (20% CMS, 80% PHENIX), responsible for VU CMS Data Center (next slides) Charlie Maguire (80% CMS, 20% PHENIX), responsible for Off-Line Computing Julia Velkovska (50% CMS, 50% PHENIX), responsible for Data Quality Monitoring Research Associates and Locations Michael Issah (100% CMS), at Vanderbilt Pelin Kurt (100% CMS), at CERN Shengli Huang (100% PHENIX), at RHIC but takes active interest in CMS discussions Graduate Students and Status Eric Appelt (100% CMS), full-time RA finishing 2nd year Ben Snook (100% CMS), TA finishing 2nd year, RA in Summer 2010, full-time RA in January 2011 Shengquan Tuo (100% CMS), TA finishing 1st year, RA Summer 2010, full-time RA in Jan. 2011 Ron Belmont and Dillon Roach (100% PHENIX), 4th year full-time RAs, some CMS service work New entering graduate student (100% PHENIX), RA Summer 2010 at RHIC, TA in Fall 2010 April 10, 2010 CMS-HI-US Meeting at Santa Fe

CMS-HI-US Meeting at Santa Fe Group Overview: II Service Support Vicki Greene for Vanderbilt's CMS Data Center $110,00 project funded by Vanderbilt University Dean's and Provost's offices Intended to support the group's roles in DQM and Off-Line computing Consists of 5 data stations, each with 2 CPUs driving 2 monitors, occupying ~30 m2 Three large wall mounted LCD screens carrying direct feeds from CERN (and FNAL eventually) Direct audio-visual links with CERN and other CMS data centers are planned Vanderbilt's CMS Data Center was commissioned on March 30, the LHC 7 TeV Media Day Located in a high-traffic, ground floor site in the Physics Department, 3 "picture windows" Julia Velkovska for CMS-HI Data Quality Monitoring Spent her AY 2009-2010 sabbatical at CERN, taking active participation with DQM shifts there Hired research associate Pelin Kurt in December to take lead on-site DQM role Pelin has been whipping the DQM software at CERN into shape for processing HI events Intend to start DQM monitoring of the pp run as of May, to be ready for the HI run in November Local support of DQM monitoring from Issah, Tuo, and undergraduate students, HEP group Charlie Maguire for CMS-HI Offline Computing For past two years I have coordinated all efforts for developing the off-line computing proposals Assembled an effective working support staff at Vanderbilt's large ACCRE computing center Status of the computing project will be given in a separate presentation April 10, 2010 CMS-HI-US Meeting at Santa Fe

The CMS Data Center at Vanderbilt View of far wall 2 data stations with beam info 2 large LCDs with CERN feeds Pictured are James Trippe Eric Appelt Julia Velkovska April 10, 2010 CMS-HI-US Meeting at Santa Fe

The CMS Data Center at Vanderbilt Right wall view 1 data station with beam info Partial view of 5 seat round table Pictured are James Trippe Julia Velkovska Eric Appelt Ben Snook Ron Belmont April 10, 2010 CMS-HI-US Meeting at Santa Fe

The CMS Data Center at Vanderbilt Far wall view Much beam and detector diagnostic data is being fed from CERN Pictured from back is Dillon Roach Pelin Kurt at CERN is visible in EVO display insert on right LCD screen Left wall view 2 data stations with monitors One overhead LCD with CERN feed Pictured is Prof. Will Johns of HEP group (Pixel Detector) working at conference table April 10, 2010 CMS-HI-US Meeting at Santa Fe

CMS-HI-US Meeting at Santa Fe Group Overview: III Physics Interests Correlations and Flow TBD Jets High pT April 10, 2010 CMS-HI-US Meeting at Santa Fe