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

CERN openlab in a nutshell Seminars, training courses, academic training CERN openlab Summer Students Programme 27 FTEs in 17 projects Technical Workshop 2016 https://indico.cern.ch/event/575212/ 200+ press cuttings 150,000 visits to our website 50+ events, visits, lectures 100+ presentations 50+ news articles, press releases, case studies Applications to cross-disciplinary research 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

Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab LHC Schedule 2009 2010 2011 2011 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 … 2030? First run LS1 Second run LS2 Third run LS3 HL-LHC FCC? Phase-0 Upgrade (design energy, nominal luminosity) Phase-1 Upgrade (design energy, design luminosity) Phase-2 Upgrade (High Luminosity) LHC startup 900 GeV 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 TeV L=6x1033 cm-2s-1 Bunch spacing = 50 ns 14 TeV L=1x1034 cm-2s-1 Bunch spacing = 25 ns 14 TeV L=2x1034 cm-2s-1 Bunch spacing = 25 ns 14 TeV L=1x1035 cm-2s-1 Spacing = 12.5 ns Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab

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

Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab Who we talk to Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab

Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab Knowledge Sharing Use unique knowledge and expertise in the HEP community to support multi-disciplinary research Innovation & Entrepreneurship GeneRoot Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab

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