1. A successful public-private partnership
Alberto Di Meglio
CERN openlab Head

2. Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab
CERN: A UNIQUE ENVIRONMENT
TO PUSH TECHNOLOGIES
TO THEIR LIMITS
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3. 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
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4. 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
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Partners
Contributors
Associates
Research
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6. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC)
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7. Worldwide LHC Computing Grid
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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

8. LHC Schedule
CERN openlab Overview

9. LHC Run3 and Run4 Scale and Challenges
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025 … …
2030?
First run
LS1
Second run
LS2
Third run
LS3
HL-LHC
FCC?
Raw data volume for LHC increases exponentially and with it processing and analysis load
Technology at ~20%/year will bring x6-10 in years
Estimates of resource needs at HL-LHC x10 above what is realistic to expect from technology with reasonably constant cost
Data:
Raw 2016: 50 PB  2027: 600 PB
Derived (1 copy): 2016: 80 PB  2027: 900 PB
CPU:
x60 from 2016
Technology revolutions are needed

10. 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
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11. Intel Innovation Workshop
9/2/2017
Common Facilities
Achieve economies of scale and operational efficiency by identifying additional common facilities across the LHC Experiments
LHCb/ALICE by 2021
ATLAS/CMS by 2025
Investigation of possible models including the construction of a new data center

12. Intel Innovation Workshop
9/2/2017
Networks Challenges
High-bandwidth links between detectors and data center
More flexibility, efficiency and security by exploiting SDN
Prepare for the deployment of IoT-like services
Data center sensors (both FRU and environment)
Environmental controls in building and facilities
Controls systems for the LHC complex, Edge computing
5G? Wi-Fi+5G? Smart Campus services?

13. Phase 6 Timelines Dec 2016 – Technical Workshop
Three topical workshops in Feb, March, April
Data Center Technologies and Infrastructures
Computing Platforms and Software
Data Analytics and Machine Learning
Sep 21st: Open Day and presentation on new Whitepaper on Computing Challenges
Q4 2017: renewal of FA and finalization of projects
Jan 2018: start of Phase 6
CERN openlab Overview

14. 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
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15. The Educational Programme
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16. 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
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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.
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18. 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
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19. 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
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Executive contact
Alberto Di Meglio, CERN openlab Head
Technical contacts
Maria Girone, CERN openlab CTO
Fons Rademakers, CERN openlab CRO
Communication contacts
Andrew Purcell, CERN openlab Communication Officer
Admin/Finance contact
Kristina Gunne, CERN openlab Administration Officer
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