This Confluence space is used to track the PPA Scientific Computing Applications division meetings.
Meetings
Are generally every 2nd Wednesday at 10:00 Pacific Time.
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April 30, 2014 - 11:00-12:00 Cypress Room, BLD 40
- current events- Amber
- Vacation usage FY14
- desktop support
- HEP Software collaboration/CERN
- HEP Forum on Computational Excellence
- Any status/news from around the room
Oct 16, 2013 - 10:00-11:00 Mad River, RSB
- current events - Amber
- Any status/news from around the room
June 26, 2013 - 10:00-11:00 Ballam
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- GEANT4 multi-threading - Andrea Dotti 20' G4MT-For-SCA.pptx G4MT-For-SCA.pdf
- Round the room status updates
- AOB
May 22, 2013 - 10:00-12:00 Kavli 3rd floor
- PPA News - Amber
- PPA Cluster update - Yemi (ppaCluster.pdf)
- LSF9 Presentation from IBM/Platform (pptx, bad pdf made by anders)- John Laroco
Apr 23, 2013 - 10:30 am Madrone
- Pause for Excellence (slides)
- Commonalities:
- Group 2
- Born in mid-to-late '60s
- Like hiking and camping
- Lived in multiple countries
- Speak at least one other language and like languages
- Take photographs
- Have less than 5 lifetime traffic tickets
Apr 17, 2013 - 10:00 am Kavli 3rd floor
- PPA News - Amber
- PPA Department Heads meeting
- The Snowmass Process for Computing (pdf) - Lothar Bauerdick
- HPC/Theory for Snowmass (pdf) - Stefan
Mar 20, 2013 - 10:00 am Kavli 3rd floor
- PPA News - Amber
- LTDA status (pdf) - Marcus
- Recap of ROOT Users meeting (pdf) - Heather
Feb 20, 2013 - 10:00 am Panofsky
Feb 6, 2013 - 10:30 am Madrone/ROB
- PPA News - Amber
- CD/SCS announcement- Shirley Gruber is SCS Manager
- Hardware update
- PPA advisory committee charter
- Update on SCA manpower planning - Amber
- Intro to NERSC (at 11am) - NERSC
Jan 23, 2013 - 10:00 am Bldg 50 A/B
- PPA News - Amber
- News updates from Experiments and Projects (5 mins each)
- Anders (SuperCDMS)
- Tina (BABAR)
- Stuart (KIPAC, PPA Cluster)
- Richard (Fermi, LSST camera test data, DESC)
- Tony (LSST CCS, EXO)
- Norman (SiD)
- Stefan (Theory)
- Makoto (G4)
- AndyH (xrootd)
- Igor/Andrei (LCLS)
anyone I missed
Nov 7, 2012 - 10:00 am Bldg 50 A/B & evo
- Vagrant Demonstration - Booker Bense
- News:
Oct 24, 2012 - 10:00 am Bldg 50 A/B & evo
- WNoDeS demo - CNAF/INFN - (Slides)
- News:
- PPA Dept Heads meeting - Anders
- PPA hardware purchase update - Yemi
- Bonus points: why does the campus proxy server for journals not work on the visitor net??
Sept 26, 2012 - 10:00 am Bldg 50 A/B & ReadyTalk (866-740-1260)
- News:
- Org changes - Richard
- PPA hardware purchase update - Yemi
- XLDB 2012 recap - Collective oral summary
- SUNCAT Computing (pdf, ppt)- Jens Hummelshøj
Aug 29, 2012 - 10:00 am Bldg 50 A/B & ReadyTalk (866-740-1260)
- News:
- New look SCA Confluence space
- LCLS is looking for a software developerto work with Igor and Andrei:
- Let me know if you know of any good candidates!
- Meeting with Thomas Ndousse (DOE ASCR)
- Google visit - Jacek Becla (slides)
- Batch system evaluation - Steffen Luitz
- Critical Materials Hub - Anders W. Borgland
Aug 15, 2012 - 10:00 am Bldg 50 A/B & ReadyTalk (866-740-1260)
- News
- DEVOPS and SLAC - Booker Bense
Aug 1, 2012 - 10:00 am Bldg 50 A/B & ReadyTalk (866-740-1260)
- News
- HelpDesk impressions - Tom Glanzman (PPA rep on committee)
- Work on VMs - Joanne Bogart
July 18, 2012 - 10:00 am Bldg 50 A/B & ReadyTalk (866-740-1260)
- News
- PPA ergonomics safety/evaluation
- Summertime! Record your vacation/travel times!
- Brief report from Google IO 2012 - Tony
(Note meeting will finish by 10:55 to allow people to get to the 11:00am IT all hands meeting in Kavli)
June 20, 2012 - 10:00 am Bldg 50 A/B & ReadyTalk (866-740-1260)
May 30, 2012 - 10:00 am Bldg 50 A/B & ReadyTalk (866-740-1260)
- News
- Meet and Greet New CD Director/CIO - James Williams
- Quick recap of PPA Science - Richard
- Impressions from CHEP - CHEP attendees (RichardsD & M, Anders, TonyJ, Heather, Douglas, AndyH, Jacek, Makoto, Homer, Tina, Wei)
- AOB
- Meeting Minutes
May 18, 2012 - 10:00 am Bldg 50 A/B & ReadyTalk (866-740-1260)
- News
- SCA Technical Coordinator (pdf , ppt) - Tony
- G4 Workshop Summary - Richard Mount (https://www.orau.gov/transformwkshop2012/default.htm)
- Meeting Minutes
May 4, 2012 - 10:00 am Bldg 50 A/B & ReadyTalk (866-740-1260)
- News
- Status of PPA Hardware Proposal Survey - Stuart, Steffen
- Age Profile of Batch machines - Richard
- Recap of Stanford Algorithms Class (pdf) - Tracy
- AOB
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Apr 20, 2012 - 11:00 am Bldg 50 A/B & ReadyTalk
- News
- SCS Status/Activities (pptx, pdf) - Shirley
- GlusterFS - Igor
- AOB
- Minutes
Apr 6, 2012 - 10:00 am ROB A/B & EVO
Feb 10, 2012 - 09:30 am Ballam & EVO
- News
- Announcement - David MacFarlane
- Discussion of Black Box End of Life options - Amber - Amber
- PPA computing hardware proposal - Steffen PPA-Cluster-SCA-020912.pdf
- AOB
Jan 27, 2012 - 10:00 am Ballam & EVO
- News
- PPA Dept Heads meeting
- CIO search update
- reclass/salary adjustment deadline in mid Feb
Informal updates from everyone
Nov 18, 2011 - 10:00 am Ballam & EVO
- News
- ADASS impressions - Tony, Richard
Oct 28, 2011 - 10:00 am Ballam & EVO
- News
- 5-yr Lab scientific computing plan - Amber Talk
- XLDB impressions - Tony, Brian, Joanne, Amber...
Oct 14, 2011 - 10:00 am Ballam & EVO
- News
- PPA Retreat Part Deux recap - Richard
- offsite SCA emergency info and mailing list - Charlotte
All about fisheye- Brian
Sept 30, 2011 - 10:00 am Ballam & EVO
Sept 16, 2011 - 10:00 am Ballam & EVO
- News
- PPA Dept Heads meeting recap
- round robin of project stati:
- KIPAC - Stuart
- BABAR - Homer/Tina
- EXO - Tony
- Fermi - Richard
- GEANT4 - Makoto
- xrootd - Andy
- ATLAS - Richard Mount in absentia?
- CDMS - Anders
- LSST - Max/Tony
HPS - Homer
Aug 5, 2011 - 10:00 am Ballam & EVO
- News
- Aug 2 DoE reverse site visit recap
- Porting Fermi Science Tools to GPUs - Denis Bastieri (Padova)
July 22, 2011 - 10:00 am Ballam & EVO
- News
- prep for Aug 2 DoE reverse site visit
- report from Feb OHEP Scientific Computing review
- News from the July 21 PPA Department Heads meeting
- purchasing deadlines before FY12 (laptops before 8/18)
- update from Tony on EXO MC run
- SciDAC meeting recap - Amber
June 24, 2011 - 10:00 am Ballam & EVO
June 10, 2011 - 10:00 am Ballam & EVO
May 27, 2011 - 10:00 am Ballam & EVO
- News
- LSST cluster tests (pdf) (ppt)- Jacek Becla
April 29, 2011 - 10:00 am Ballam & EVO
- News
- introduce Amber Boehnlein
- SLAC Scientific Computing Jamboree - June 20-21
- promotions
- performance review news
- WIRED - Dima
April 1, 2011 - 10:00 am Ballam & EVO
- News:
- Mandatory vacation FAQ
- SLAC Scientific Computing Workshop: June 20-21, 2011
- PPA Advisory Committee meeting with emphasis on Non-Accelerator Physics: June 1-2. 2011
- Nagios - Charlotte and Yemi
March 18, 2011 - 10:00 am - Ballam & EVO
- News
- BaBaR LTDA System Design - Steffen (BaBar-LTDA-SCA.pptx, BaBar-LTDA-SCA.pdf)
February 18, 2011 - 10:00 am - Ballam & EVO
- News
- OHEP Scientific Computing review - preliminary feedback
- Budget situation
- Extra Dimensions: 3D space and time in PDF - Norman
February 4, 2011 - 10:00 am - Ballam & EVO
- News:
- PPA Dept Heads meeting
- OHEP Sci Comp review status
- SCSC meeting
- RD away for the rest of Feb
- Show and Tell topics
January 21, 2011 - 10:00 am - Ballam & EVO
- News:
- OHEP Sci Comp review planning
- feedback needed on IT SubCouncil issues - Stuart
- SCSC meeting next Friday - Richard
- SuperB update - Steffen
- Advanced Web tools (ppt, pdf) - Tony
January 7, 2011 - 10:00 am - Ballam & EVO
- News:
- position description deadline Jan 15
- OHEP Sci Comp review planning
- Advanced Web Tools (pdf) - Igor
- GWT (if time available) - Tony
December 3, 2010 - 10:00 am - Ballam & EVO & phone
- News:
- SuperB EDT/DAQ - Steffen (pdf, pptx)
November 19, 2010 - 10:00 am - Ballam & EVO
- News:
- ADASS recap
- News summary
November 5, 2010 - 10:00 am - Ballam & EVO
October 22, 2010 - 10:00 am - Ballam & EVO
October 8, 2010 - 10:00 am - Ballam & EVO
- News
- Impressions from XLDB4 - Anders
- All about the IT SubCouncil- Stuart Marshall and Rob Cameron
September 10, 2010 - 10:00 am - Ballam & EVO
- News
- Biographies: Please provide us with a short biography and picture.
- Introduction to GEANT4 - Makoto
Aug 9, 2010 - 10:00 am - ISOC Control Room & EVO
- PAUSE meeting - talking points
- Any other news
July 23, 2010 - 10:00 am - Ballam & EVO
- News
- Bldg 84 office shuffles
- performance review stuff
- report from PPA Dept Heads meeting
- GEANT4 applied to medicine - Joe
- Biographies: Please provide us with a short biography and picture.
July 1, 2010 - 10:00 am - Ballam & EVO
- News
- SPIRES/INSPIRE - Travis Brooks
June 3, 2010 - 10:00 am - Ballam & EVO
- News
- Bldg 84 office shuffling
- new hires approved
- Fermi meets SCons - Joanne
May 21, 2010 - 10:00 am - Ballam & EVO
6 May 2010 - 10:00 am - Ballam & EVO
- News:
- Meet Helen
- Scientific Computing Task Force update
- Web Applications for Data Monitoring etc - Max
22 April 2010 - 10:00 am - Ballam & EVO
- News:
- From the Dept Heads meeting
- Gaudi in Fermi - Heather
8 April 2010 - 10:00 am - Ballam & EVO
- news
- What's New in xroot (pdf, pptx) - Andy
25 March 2010 - 10:00 am - Ballam & EVO
- news
- LDRD proposals
- from Dept Heads meeting
- status of prep for dept launch
- PPA:Intro to LCLS - Igor/Andrei
11 March 2010 - 10:00 am - Ballam & EVO
- Meet and greet
- Catch up on news
- Intro to (Super)CDMS - Anders
- Minutes