US CMS Meeting U. Virginia May 8, US CMS Collaboration Board Chair’s Report Nick Hadley May 8, 2009

US CMS Meeting U. Virginia May 8, Welcome to the US CMS Collaboration Meeting We have a lot to cover (not listed in order) CMS Status Report LPC Reports US CMS Program Status including upgrades Education and Outreach Parallel Sessions Outreach, ECAL, Trigger, and Tier 3 Computing USLUO Physics

US CMS Meeting U. Virginia May 8, Commissioning CMS However, before the physics… Highest priority is to commission the detector we have worked so long to build. First with pulsers, sources, and cosmic rays Then this fall with beam a continuing process… For the next 18 months, we will be commissioning, running, analyzing data, publishing physics, and upgrading All at the same time

US CMS Meeting U. Virginia May 8, US CMS Collaboration CMS 39 Countries 181 Institutions 1940 Scientific Authors total 1223 Ph.D. Physicists USCMS 48 Institutions 639 Scientific Authors 431 with Ph.D (35% of CMS) 197 Graduate Students (32% of CMS)

US CMS Meeting U. Virginia May 8, US nuclear physics groups in CMS MIT, UIC, UC Davis and Kansas were just joined by Maryland, Vanderbilt. Los Alamos and Iowa would like to join Other groups are considering this.

US CMS Meeting U. Virginia May 8, Open Access Publishing CMS CB in March 2007 CMS “support(s) Open Access Publishing” CB endorsed plans to privilege “SCOAP3 friendly” journals in June 2008 meeting SCOAP3 = Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics Will still publish in best peer reviewed journals, re-directed subscription money will be used for open access conversion CMS detector paper published in JINST Downloaded more than 60,000 times Libraries at 31 out of 48 US CMS currently support this initiative (see for names and details of how this will work.) Letter to US CMS CB will follow asking for your institution’s support.

US CMS Meeting U. Virginia May 8, US CMS CB Letter to the Fermilab Director about Fnal’s joining ATLAS A letter to Pier from the CB was sent 9/15/08. Your CB rep has a copy. 43/48 institutions signed. Copies to Kovar, Dehmer, Bernthal, Zimmer, Dawson Last Paragraph US CMS and CMS depend on Fermilab as the US Host Laboratory. We are concerned that the impact of the Laboratory’s joining ATLAS will be more significant than currently envisioned. We will be watching to see whether the lab indeed follows through with the strong support for CMS that you expressed in Fermilab Today (August 2008). "At Fermilab we are committed to the support and the strengthening of the US CMS community and the global CMS community for what should be a fantastic voyage of exploration.“ Current Status (From the 3/06/09 UEC meeting minutes) (UEC) “Any updates on a proposed ATLAS group at Fermilab?” YK Kim: “Such a group would not form officially until the Tevatron operation is complete. If there are individuals who are interested before then, they can join the ATLAS group through Argonne or University of Chicago.”

US CMS Meeting U. Virginia May 8, COLA Committee COLA Committee charged by Joel Butler Members: Hadley, Newman-Holmes, Hagopian, Ruchti, Hauser Reviewed COLAs for grad students and postdocs from the Operations program. Report accepted by Joel Sept. 2008

US CMS Meeting U. Virginia May 8, COLA Committee General recommendations COLA requirement: working at least half time on Service Tasks important to the Operations Program Yes, time at CERN is important for PD and GS No, this is not an entitlement L2 managers decide who gets COLA People needed for required tasks and budget limitations Operations Program COLAs should be uniform Of course, universities have the discretion to add to the COLAs if they wish. Exceptions with approval of Operations Program maanager (currently Joel Butler).

US CMS Meeting U. Virginia May 8, COLA Committee Specific Recommendations Grad Students $900/month from Operations Program Postdocs $1600/month from Operations Program Number is sum of cash and other (e.g. free housing) Those receiving more may be “grandfathered” at their current rate for up to one year. Duration Postdocs up to 5 years then become “senior scientists” Graduate students Operations Program support up to 2 or 3 (??) years. Universities can support as long as they like, of course. Students should be encouraged to graduate. More students for less time vs fewer students for more time.

US CMS Meeting U. Virginia May 8, Message of Sympathy to our Indian Colleagues November 2008 Dear Colleagues, At the time of celebration of Thanksgiving in the United States, we were shocked to hear about the vicious killings and maimings of innocent people in Mumbai. On behalf of the members of the US ATLAS and US CMS collaborations, we offer our sincerest sympathies to our Indian colleagues, to the victims of these attacks and to the many people in India and elsewhere who have been affected by this brutality. This tragedy reminds us that we must rededicate ourselves to the principles of peace and humanity, and accept no justification for such indiscriminate attacks on innocent people. Sincerely, Dr. Joel Butler, Operations Program Manager, US CMS Dr. Howard Gordon, Deputy Operation Program Manager, US ATLAS Professor Alfred Goshaw, Chair, US ATLAS Collaboration Board Dr. Dan Green, Coordinator, US CMS LPC Professor Nicholas Hadley, Chair, US CMS Collaboration Board Professor Vasken Hagopian, Deputy Chair, US CMS Collaboration Board Professor Daniel Marlow, Deputy Operation Program Manager, US CMS Professor Harvey Newman, Chair, US LHC Users Organization Executive Committee Professor Michael Tuts, Operations Program Manager, US ATLAS

US CMS Meeting U. Virginia May 8, US CMS CB Meeting February 27, 2009 to review the mechanics of US CMS Funding Talks by Joel Butler, Cathy Newman-Holmes, Daniela Bortoletto, and Lothar Bauerdick Contact Nick Hadley for talk copies

US CMS Meeting U. Virginia May 8, LPC Coordinator Chris Tully’s term as co-LPC Coordinator has expired Chris decided not to be a candidate for re- appointment The LPC Coordinator Selection Committee has sent a list of potential replacements to Pier Oddone on April 2 as per in the LPC Management Plan. Pier is in the process of selecting the next coordinator. Selection committee: Bob Clare (chair), Greg Landsberg, Harvey Newman, Paris Sphicas, Nick Hadley, Lothar Bauerdick, Joel Butler, and Dan Marlow Dan Green remains as co-Coordinator

US CMS Meeting U. Virginia May 8, Past and Future It’s been a tremendous year. Completed the detector, were ready for beam on day 1. Our ambitious plans for the shutdown are on schedule. Forward preshowers installed, numerous repairs and improvements made. Huge effort by many, including all of you. Next year should be even more eventful. Challenge of commissioning, running, publishing, and continuing work on the upgrades. Great opportunity. Would not want to be anywhere else.

US CMS Meeting U. Virginia May 8, US CMS CB INSTITUTION REPRESENTATIVE ADDRESS Boston Jim Rohlf Brown Greg Landsberg UC Davis Winston Ko UCLA Jay Hauser UC Riverside Robert Clare UC San Diego James Branson UC Santa Barbara Joe Incandela Caltech Harvey Newman Carnegie Mellon Tom Ferguson Colorado John Cumalat Cornell Jim Alexander Fairfield Dave Winn

US CMS Meeting U. Virginia May 8, US CMS CB Fermilab Lothar Florida Gena Florida International Pete Markowitz Florida State Todd Adams Florida Tech Marc Baarmand Illinois Chicago Mark Adams Iowa Yasar Onel Johns Hopkins Morris Swartz Kansas Alice Bean Kansas State Tim Bolton Lawrence Livermore Doug Wright Maryland Andris Skuja MIT Christoph Paus Minnesota Roger Rusack Mississippi Lucien Cremaldi

US CMS Meeting U. Virginia May 8, US CMS CB Nebraska Greg Snow SUNY Buffalo Avto Kharchilava Northeastern Steve Reucroft Northwestern Mayda Velasco Notre Dame Randy Ruchti Ohio State Ta-Yung Ling Princeton Pierre Piroue Puerto Rico Angel Lopez Purdue Virgil Barnes Purdue Calumet Neeti Parashar Rice Jay Roberts Rochester Arie Bodek Rockefeller Anwar Bhatti

US CMS Meeting U. Virginia May 8, US CMS CB Rutgers Steve Schnetzer Tennessee Stefan Spanier Texas A&M David Toback Texas Tech Nural Akchurin Vanderbilt Paul Sheldon Virginia Brad Cox Wayne State Paul Karchin Wisconsin Wesley Smith