1. HEC Beam Test Software schematic view T D S MC events ASCII-TDS
converter
ASCII
Data file
MC-TDS
converter
EPIO-ASCII
converter T D S
HEC raw
beam test data
EPIO
EPIO-TDS
converter
hec_adc
monitoring
ntuple
user
analysis
HEC-MC
GEANT3
user
analysis
ATHENA framework
hec_adc framework
9 May 2019
M. Lefebvre

2. HEC Beam Test OO Software
Recent changes:
MySQL bookkeeping added - will commit software this week
Immediate work:
Objectivity converter (Annecy)
EPIO converter - milestone for July LARG Week
Long term jobs:
couple code into LARG software - detector description, calibration, reconstruction

3. LARG Database Many activities - little to no manpower
detector description DB
write an interface to provide access to the cell location
stored in Objectivity or XML
objectivity DB
need to put LArHits into Objectivity (by end June)
production DB (no time)
calibration DB
EM testbeam group are using MySQL for constants

4. Grid Research - I
We have created a small Grid testbed between Victoria-TRIUMF using the Globus toolkit
Bob Kowalewski, Asoka De Silva, Ashok Agarwal, Jan van Uytven
we are currently testing how to handle I/O from a simple job that writes out random numbers
in parallel we are learning how to use CONDOR on the testbed - CONDOR is a batch scheduler that is used in our Linux cluster - CONDOR is “grid enabled”
our short term goal is be able to run a simple particle physics generator or simulation job over the grid
our long term goal is to do BaBar MC production over the Grid - this requires use of Objectivity

5. Grid Research - II
We are collaborating with HPC Group in NRC, Ottawa and helping researchers in Windsor to establish their Grid
Their goals are a bit different than ours. They are interested in creating a distributed parallel processing facility.
We would like to increase our effort by hiring a dedicated person as well as making a more realistic testbed
We have been funded by C3.ca Association and (I hope) by NSERC
We are discussing funding with C3.ca and CANARIE
Bob and I will likely submit a grant to NSERC for Grid research
See wwwgrid.phys.uvic.ca