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2020 IRIS Collaboration Meeting

UTC
92350130909 / 603513 (Zoom)

92350130909 / 603513

Zoom

Andrew Sansum (STFC, Scientific Computing Department), John Kewley (Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Scientific Computing Department), Peter Clarke (School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh.)
Description
The 2020 IRIS Collaboration Meeting replaces the original face to face meeting planned for March. It will be a virtual meeting over Zoom and will comprise two afternoons: the first focusing on the various resources (hardware, software and services) that are available under IRIS; and the second on the various science activities that utilise these resources for their research.
Registration
Please register by clicking on the link to the registration form in the left hand menu, then enter your information and submit the form.
Zoom connection details
https://ukri.zoom.us/j/92350130909?pwd=Y1RiaHZJRmFHOHJBdmZpSjAyb1huUT09
Recording
Please note that we intend recording the meeting

  • Tuesday 17 November
    • Welcome and Opening Remarks
      Convener: Prof. Peter Clarke (School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh.)
    • Resources for IRIS: High level view
      Convener: John Kewley (Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Scientific Computing Department)
      • 1
        IRIS - eInfrastructure for Research and Innovation for STFC
        Speaker: Prof. Peter Clarke (School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh.)
        Slides
      • 2
        Capacity Planning and Resource Usage
        Speaker: Mr Philip Jackson (Science and Technology Facilities Council)
        Slides
      • 3
        Services and Infrastructure
        Speakers: Dr Andrew Sansum (STFC, Scientific Computing Department), Mr Ian Collier (Science and Technology Facilities Council)
        Slides
    • 14:55
      Short break
    • Resources for IRIS: Hardware Provider Capabilities
      Convener: John Kewley (Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Scientific Computing Department)
      • 4
        DiRAC
        Speaker: Paul Calleja
      • 5
        SCD Resources
        Speaker: Dr Andrew Sansum (STFC, Scientific Computing Department)
        Slides
      • 6
        GridPP
        Speaker: Dave Britton
        Slides
    • 15:55
      Short break
    • Resources for IRIS: Software and Services
      Convener: Mr Philip Jackson (Science and Technology Facilities Council)
      • 7
        Data Movement and Storage Developments
        Speaker: Alastair Dewhurst
        Slides
      • 8
        JupyterHub
        Speaker: Gareth Francis
        Slides
      • 9
        AAI and Security
        Speaker: Dr David Crooks (Science and Technology Facilities Council)
        Slides
    • End of day 1 and Closing Remarks
      Convener: Prof. Peter Clarke (School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh.)
  • Wednesday 18 November
    • Welcome to day 2 and Opening Remarks
      Convener: Prof. Peter Clarke (School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh.)
    • Science Activities on IRIS: Astronomy
      Convener: Prof. Peter Clarke (School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh.)
      • 10
        Astronomy and IRIS at Edinburgh
        Speaker: Joe Zuntz
        Slides
      • 11
        Use of IRIS at JBCA
        Speakers: Alasdair Thomson, Robert Beswick
        Slides
      • 12
        Wide Area Survey Science Enabled via IRIS
        Speaker: Eduardo Gonzalez-Solares
        Slides
    • 14:55
      Short break
    • Science Activities on IRIS: STFC Facilities and ALC
      Convener: Tom Griffin
      • 13
        IDAaaS To The Rescue – Facility Operations During Covid
        Speaker: Russell Ewings
        Slides
      • 14
        CLF OCTOPUS use of IRIS
        Speaker: Ben Davis
        Slides
      • 15
        Diamond and IRIS
        Speaker: Andrew Richards
        Slides
    • 15:55
      Short break
    • Science Activities on IRIS: Physics
      Convener: George Ryall
      • 16
        High Energy Physics
        Speaker: Dr Daniela Bauer (Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Physics, Imperial College London)
        Slides
      • 17
        Particle Astrophysics
        Speaker: Steve Fairhurst
        Slides
      • 18
        Hadron Physics - why bother?
        Speaker: Dr Bryan McKinnon (School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow)
        Slides
    • Closing Summary
      Convener: Prof. Peter Clarke (School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh.)