GridPP3
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Cambridge
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
List the main objectives of the proposed research in order of priority [up to 4000 chars] We propose to deploy a Grid as the main mechanism for delivering very large scale computational resources to the UK Particle Physics community. We believe this foundation will underpin the success, and increase the discovery potential, of UK physicists. In order to do this we will need to establish a production quality Grid of unprecedented robustness, scale and functionality. Our plans ensure that sufficient hardware resources become available with applications that are codeveloped with the infrastructure, resulting in a Grid that is both accessible and inclusive. The proposal is fully integrated with international projects and we wish to seize the opportunity to capitalise on the UK leadership already established in several areas. The Grid will be directly connected to a large-scale e-Science Grid across Europe and will inter-operate with Grids in the United States. The UK has established 4 operational Tier-2s in the UK, London, NorthGrid, ScotGrid and SouthGrid, which are now all contributing significantly to LCG. The LCG Technical Design Report asserts that the role of the Tier-2s is to provide computational and appropriate storage services for Monte Carlo simulation and for end-user analysis. The Tier-2s will obtain data as required from Tier-1 centres, and the data generated at Tier-2s will be sent to Tier-1 centres for permanent storage. This proposal incorporates provision for a Tier-2 site at Cambridge University with the required service levels established as part of the SouthGrid Tier-2. Cambridge aims to provide resources to SouthGrid in the context of the CamGrid project, thereby levering extra capacity from the ongoing investments in the local campus grid.
Publications
Aaboud M
(2018)
Search for dark matter produced in association with bottom or top quarks in s = 13 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector.
in The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields
Aaboud M
(2018)
Evidence for the associated production of the Higgs boson and a top quark pair with the ATLAS detector
in Physical Review D
Aaboud M
(2018)
Search for additional heavy neutral Higgs and gauge bosons in the ditau final state produced in 36 fb-1 of pp collisions at s = 13 $$ \sqrt{s}=13 $$ TeV with the ATLAS detector
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Aaboud M
(2018)
Search for dark matter and other new phenomena in events with an energetic jet and large missing transverse momentum using the ATLAS detector
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Li Y
(2008)
Extension of the DIRAC workload management system to allow use of distributed windows resources
in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Yeap PL
(2017)
Automatic contour propagation using deformable image registration to determine delivered dose to spinal cord in head-and-neck cancer radiotherapy.
in Physics in medicine and biology
Description | Clinical and Translational Research Committee Programme award |
Amount | £1,226,417 (GBP) |
Funding ID | C8857/A13405 |
Organisation | Cancer Research UK |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2012 |
End | 02/2017 |
Description | ATLAS |
Organisation | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
Department | ATLAS Collaboration |
Country | Switzerland |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We build parts of the SCT detector, electronics, software etc, and we do physics analysis. |
Collaborator Contribution | They built the other parts of the detector. |
Impact | Several hundred physics publications. |
Description | GridPP |
Organisation | Queen Mary University of London |
Department | GRIDPP3 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We run the Cambridge Tier 2 and write software like Ganga |
Collaborator Contribution | They run the rest of the Grid |
Impact | Scidiver Voxtox |
Description | LHCb |
Organisation | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
Department | Large Hadron Collider Beauty Experiment (LHCb) |
Country | Switzerland |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | We built the RICH detectors, electronics and software |
Collaborator Contribution | They built the rest of the detector |
Impact | Many physics publications on B-physics |
Company Name | Scidiver Ltd |
Description | |
Year Established | 2011 |
Impact | None so far. |