List of potential application group projects for the next year. FY13. We are not actively pursuing all of these tasks, many are dormant due to lack of manpower.
Fermi
- Complete pipeline improvements to support "split" mode and job cancellation
- Support implementation of Dirac/Grid interface
- Performance/scalability improvements for trending database
- Upgrade core databases to Oracle 11/
- Migrate to new "Fermilnx" machines
- Clarify ability to run on generator power
- Support use of NASA batch machines at Ames?
- Ongoing maintenance, support and problem solving
- Support migration to new batch system
- Continued support for collaboration database, user support, newsletter(?)
- Continued support for speakers bureau
- Continued WIRED support
LSST Camera Control System (CCS)
- Continued development of core CCS infrastructure
- Continue support for for build infrastructure
- Continue development of documentation, use cases, design requirements
- Develop CCS tools needed by test stand, testing framework
- Develop tools needed by vertical slice test (VST)
- Console for controlling DAQ
- FITS image output from VST
- Console support for test image viewing
- Scripting of image capture tests
- Develop tools needed by vertical slice test (VST)
- Continue to support refrigeration tests
- Prepare for single filter test in France
- Develop single filter test GUI
- Enhance functionality of Console
LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration
- Continued support of collaboration database
- More maintainable sign-up mechanism needed
- Continued use of pipeline for ImSim etc
- Explore future use of data catalog
LSST Testing and I&T
- Support for developing test databases, web interface, data catalog, data curation, pipeline
EXO
- Implement web viewing of offline analysis and trending results
- Update Processing Summary for new pipeline
- Database support for "golden run list", enhanced web interface for data entry
- Complete performance improvements for web based data monitoring tools
- Improve/add new plots to online data monitoring
- Display of internal calibration records in data monitoring application
- Implement requested improvements to online event display
- Continued "computer coordination" role
- Continued support/maintenance for EXO tools (daq gui, online event display, data monitoring, online monitoring, pipeline, data catalog, web tools)
- Interface for loading new data into conditions system (currently this is done by me by hand)
- User database support
KPiX
- Complete evaluation of requirements for KPiX calorimeter testing
- Decide on support levels if any
SiD/lcsim
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/LCIO/HPS/linearcollider.org
- Continued support of forum.linearcollider.org
- <Waiting for input from Norman/Jeremy>
- Snowmass preparation?
CDMS/Dark Light
- ?
Miscellaneous
- Continued support of SSRL download app
- Understand any future development requirements
- Theory group support (subversion/jenkins)
Technology Evaluation
- HTML5/GWT/jQuerty/etc -- choose strategic direction
- Restful interface tools/evaluation
- Explore data visualization toolkits
- Data Catalog 2.0
Core Technologies
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- Web application framework support
- Complete login filter integration with Crowd
- . Deploy for SRS/EXO/Fermi/...
- Organize cyber
- -security review?
- Migrate to Java7/tomcat 7
- Continued subversion/CVS/Jenkins support
- Pipeline support
- Support for new SLAC batch system
- JAS/AIDA support
- We at least need to support JAS "framework" for use by LSST
- Evaluate plans for "data catalog 2" web interface
- Evaluate work needed to remove Oracle dependency