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IRIS Collaboration F2F Meeting - 3/4 April 2019

UTC
Sackler Lecture Theatre (Institute of Astronomy)

Sackler Lecture Theatre

Institute of Astronomy

Hoyle Building Madingley Road Cambridge CB3 0HA
Andrew Sansum (Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Scientific Computing Department), John Kewley (Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Scientific Computing Department), Nicholas Walton (University of Cambridge), Peter Clarke (School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh.)
Description
Please REGISTER by Tues 26 March 2019 at https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/IRIS-Apr19-workshop-registration
The meeting organisers consider the meeting to be an occasion for free and frank interchange of scientific ideas, as well as for the nurturing and creation of professional and social contacts. Any abuse of power or inappropriate behaviour has no place at the meeting.

The  organisers have adopted the EAS Ethics Statement and Guidelines for Good Practice. These will apply during the meeting and all participants are urged to read the code of conduct document and follow its recommendations.

CodeOfConduct
IRIS Meeting LOC
  • Wednesday 3 April
    • 10:30
      Registration Hoyle Reception Area (IoA Hoyle Building)

      Hoyle Reception Area

      IoA Hoyle Building

      Registration and Coffee

    • Session 1: IRIS in Context Sackler Lecture Theatre

      Sackler Lecture Theatre

      Institute of Astronomy

      Hoyle Building Madingley Road Cambridge CB3 0HA
      Convener: Dr Nicholas Walton (University of Cambridge)
      • 1
        Welcome and Logistics
        Speaker: Dr Nicholas Walton (University of Cambridge)
        Slides
      • 2
        IRIS Status After One Year
        Speaker: Prof. Peter Clarke (School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh.)
        Slides
      • 3
        Introduction to Cambridge HPC
        Speaker: Paul Calleja
        Slides
      • 4
        Update from DIRAC
        Speaker: Wilkinson Mark
        Slides
      • 5
        Options for Exploiting Commercial cloud in 2019 (for subsequent discussion)
        Speaker: Dr Andrew Sansum (STFC, Scientific Computing Department)
        Slides
    • 12:30
      Lunch Hoyle reception area (IoA)

      Hoyle reception area

      IoA

      Buffet lunch provided

    • Session 2: Science on IRIS Sackler Lecture Theatre

      Sackler Lecture Theatre

      Institute of Astronomy

      Hoyle Building Madingley Road Cambridge CB3 0HA
      Convener: Tom Griffin
      • 6
        Simulating the most energetic events in the Universe: The role of data science
        Speaker: Dr Debora Sijacki (Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge)
        Slides
      • 7
        ISIS Data Analysis as a Service (IDAaaS)
        Speaker: Russel Ewings
        Slides
      • 8
        Recent Euclid Activities and Plans
        Speaker: Mark Holliman
        Slides
      • 9
        Recent SKA Activities
        Speaker: Rohini Joshi
        Slides
      • 10
        XChem: X-ray structure-accelerated, synthesis-aligned fragment medicinal chemistry at Diamond
        Speaker: Prof. Frank von Delft (Oxford University/Diamond)
        Slides
    • 15:30
      Coffee Hoyle Reception Area

      Hoyle Reception Area

      Institute of Astronomy

    • Session 3: Strategy Sackler Lecture Theatre

      Sackler Lecture Theatre

      Institute of Astronomy

      Hoyle Building Madingley Road Cambridge CB3 0HA
      Convener: Prof. Peter Clarke (School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh.)
      • 11
        Session Introduction
        Speaker: Prof. Peter Clarke (School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh.)
        Slides
      • 12
        Update from STFC Programs
        Speaker: Dr Charlotte Jamieson (STFC)
        Slides
      • 13
        UKRI Infrastructure Roadmap
        Speaker: Susan Morrell
        Slides
      • 14
        IRIS Technical Roadmap
        Speaker: Dr Andrew Sansum (Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Scientific Computing Department)
        Slides
      • 15
        ALC Roadmap and Year 1 Activities
        Speaker: Gordon Brown
        Slides
    • 19:30
      Workshop Dinner Riverside Restaurant (The University Centre)

      Riverside Restaurant

      The University Centre

      Riverside Restaurant The University Centre Granta Place Cambridge CB2 1RU

      Riverside Restaurant, The University Centre
      Granta Place, Cambridge CB2 1RU
      - directions see http://www.unicen.cam.ac.uk/riverside-restaurant

  • Thursday 4 April
    • 08:30
      Coffee Hoyle Reception Centre

      Hoyle Reception Centre

      Institute of Astronomy

    • Session 4: IRIS Capability Sackler Lecture Theatre

      Sackler Lecture Theatre

      Institute of Astronomy

      Hoyle Building Madingley Road Cambridge CB3 0HA
      Convener: Dr Andrew Sansum (STFC, Scientific Computing Department)
      • 16
        Session Introduction
        Speaker: Dr Andrew Sansum (STFC, Scientific Computing Department)
      • 17
        Rucio Digital Asset
        Speaker: Alastair Dewhurst
        Slides
      • 18
        UK DIRAC for IRIS
        Speaker: Dr Daniela Bauer (Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Physics, Imperial College London)
        Slides
      • 19
        Identity Proxy Digital Asset (IAM)
        Speaker: Jens Jensen
        Slides
      • 20
        The IRIS Accounting Portal (APEL)
        Speaker: Adrian Coveney
        Slides
      • 21
        The Vcycle digital asset
        Speaker: Andrew McNab
        Slides
      • 22
        Job Accounting with XDMoD
        Speaker: Stuart Rankin (Cambridge)
        Slides
    • 10:30
      Coffee Hoyle Reception Area

      Hoyle Reception Area

      Institute of Astronomy

    • Session 5: New Activities Sackler Lecture Theatre

      Sackler Lecture Theatre

      Institute of Astronomy

      Hoyle Building Madingley Road Cambridge CB3 0HA
      Convener: Mark Wilkinson
      • 23
        Introduction to CASU
        Speaker: Dr Nicholas Walton (University of Cambridge)
        Slides
      • 24
        Introduction to WFAU
        Speaker: Nigel Hambly
        Slides
      • 25
        eMerlin
        Speaker: Jeremy Yates
        Slides
    • Jupyter Notebooks Mini Session Sackler Lecture Theatre

      Sackler Lecture Theatre

      Institute of Astronomy

      Hoyle Building Madingley Road Cambridge CB3 0HA
      Convener: Mark Wilkinson
      • 26
        LSST on OpenStack
        Speaker: Gareth Francis
        Slides
      • 27
        A Jupyter Lab instance at Cardiff for LIGO
        Speaker: Paul Hopkins
        Slides
      • 28
        The eMERLIN notebook
        Speaker: Rachael Ainsworth
        Slides
    • 12:30
      Lunch Hoyle Reception Area

      Hoyle Reception Area

      Institute of Astronomy

      Buffet lunch provided

    • Session 6: Cloud/Openstack/Operations Sackler Lecture Theatre

      Sackler Lecture Theatre

      Institute of Astronomy

      Hoyle Building Madingley Road Cambridge CB3 0HA
      Convener: Jeremy Coles
      • 29
        Database Testbed at Edinburgh
        Speakers: George Beckett, Mark Holliman
        Slides
      • 30
        IRIS Operations - Possible Models (Led Discussion)
        Speaker: Andrew McNab
        Slides
      • 31
        Scientific OpenStack: StackHPC Progress and development Plans
        Speaker: John Garbutt
        Slides
      • 32
        Scientific Openstack: Feedback and Discussion
        **** (5 mins) Users (Euclid/LSST/CCFE/etc) - Does this direction look OK? - Anything missing? - Anything we shouldn't bother with? **** Platform operators - Does this support Juypter Hub people enough? - Does this support running Grid workloads enough? ***** (10 mins) Infrastructure Providers - How far along are you with Scientific OpenStack? - Does the long term vision work for you? - Do the proposed priorities for what comes next work for you? - Is there anything blocking your progress? **** (5 mins) Agree next steps
        Speaker: Alex Dibbo (STFC)
        Slides
    • Final Discussion and Meeting Actions Sackler Lecture Theatre

      Sackler Lecture Theatre

      Institute of Astronomy

      Hoyle Building Madingley Road Cambridge CB3 0HA
      Convener: Dr Andrew Sansum (STFC, Scientific Computing Department)
      • 33
        This meeting in Retrospect
        Speaker: David Corney
        Slides
      • 34
        Wrap up and Thanks
        Speaker: Prof. Peter Clarke (School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh.)
    • 15:30
      Coffee Hoyle Reception Area

      Hoyle Reception Area

      Institute of Astronomy

      Coffee available