1. IceCube Institutional Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU)
      1. Scope of Work
  1. University of Wisconsin - Madison
    1. Scientists:
    2. UW-Madison Computing Resources

     Last updated: April 28, 2017


IceCube Institutional Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU)


Scope of Work

 

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University of Wisconsin - Madison

Albrecht Karle

Ph.D Scientists (Faculty Scientist/Post Doc Grads): 18 (6 12 14)

 

Labor Cat.
Names
WBS L3
Tasks
Funds Source
WBS 2.1
WBS 2.2
WBS 2.3
WBS 2.4
WBS 2.5
WBS 2.6
Grand Total
         
Program Coordination
Detector Maintenance & Operations
Computing & Data Management
Data Processing & Simulation
Software
Calibration
 
KE HALZEN, FRANCIS Administration Principle Investigator NSF M&O Core
0.38
         
0.38
        Inst. In-Kind
0.12
         
0.12
  HALZEN, FRANCIS Total   
0.50
         
0.50
  KARLE, ALBRECHT Administration Associate Director for Science and Instrumentation NSF M&O Core
0.38
         
0.38
      ExecCom Member Inst. In-Kind
0.20
         
0.20
KARLE, ALBRECHT Total   
0.58
         
0.58
  HANSON, KAEL Administration Director of IceCube Maintenance and Operations NSF M&O Core
0.47
         
0.47
        Inst. In-Kind
0.08
         
0.08
HANSON, KAEL Total   
0.55
         
0.55
  VANDENBROUCKE, JUSTIN Administration Pubcom member Inst. In-Kind
0.10
         
0.10
VANDENBROUCKE, JUSTIN Total   
0.10
         
0.10
SC CHIRKIN, DMITRY Ice Properties Direct photon tracking / ice- properties calibration Base Grants        

 

 
0.45
45
    Reconstruction Reconstruction software  

NSF M&O Core

       

 

0.25
 
0.25
    Simulation Software Maintain and Verify Simulation of Photon Propagation and update Ice Properties  

NSF M&O Core

       
0.30
 
30
  CHIRKIN, DMITRY Total            
0.65
0.35
1.00
  DESIATI, PAOLO Simulation Production Simulation Production Manager NSF M&O Core      
0.30
   
0.30
    Simulation Production Simulation Production streamlining programs for the cloud, GPU NSF M&O Core      
0.30
   
0.30
    Simulation Production Simulation Production panel chair Inst. In-Kind      
0.10
   
0.10
    Detector Ops. And Maintenance IceCube Coordination Committee Chair NSF M&O Core    0.30        
0.30
  DESIATI, PAOLO Total        0.30  
0.70
   
1.00
  DUVERNOIS, MICHAEL Engineering and R&D Support Specialized simulations, designing new filters, unusual data selections, extracting specialized information NSF M&O Core
0.25
         
0.25
    Engineering and R&D Support Ongoing EMI studies & mitigation, South Pole & Northern test site instrumentation, Summer South Pole field work NSF M&O Core
0.25
         
0.25
  DUVERNOIS, MICHAEL Total   
0.50
         
0.50
  HOSHINA, KOTOYO Simulation Software NuGen maintenance NSF M&O Core        
 0.25
 
0.25
  HOSHINA, KOTOYO Total           
 0.25
 
0.25
  KAUER, MATTHEW Run Coordination Run Coordinator NSF M&O Core  
0.40
       
0.40
    Detector Monitoring Training and coordinating monitoring shifters NSF M&O Core  
0.10
       
0.10
    Detector Monitoring Data Monitoring lead: coordinate test and feature development; design underlying analysis algorithms NSF M&O Core  
0.20
       
0.20
    Online Filter (PnF) TFT Board member Inst. In-Kind  
0.10
       
0.10
    Surface Detector Operations Design and build experimental apparatus for restoring IceTop detector efficiency NSF M&O Core  
0.20
       
0.20
  KAUER, MATTHEW Total      
1.00
       
1.00
  KELLEY, JOHN Detector Maintenance & Ops Detector Maintenance and Operations Manager NSF M&O Core  
0.65
       
0.65
    Data Acquisition DOM software: DOR device driver, DOMHub scripts, DOMCal NSF M&O Core  
0.15
       
0.15
    Data Acquisition Track DOM issues, generate detector run configurations NSF M&O Core  
0.10
       
0.10
  KELLEY, JOHN Total     
 0.90
   
 
 
0.90
  TOSI, DELIA Detector Calibration Absolute DOM sensitivity calibration (laboratory measurements) NSF M&O Core          
0.20
0.20
    Surface Detector Operations Test and commission experimental apparatus for restoring IceTop detector efficiency NSF M&O Core  
0.40
       
0.40
  TOSI, DELIA Total    
0.30
     
0.30
0.60
  WENDT, CHRISTOPHER Detector Calibration Flasher output, flasher calibration NSF M&O Core          
0.40
0.40
    Detector Calibration DOM charge response, linearity, DOM cal support, Absolute DOM sensitivity NSF M&O Core          
0.40
0.40
  WENDT, CHRISTOPHER Total            
0.80
0.80
PO XU, DONGLIAN Detector Calibration Calibration, waveforms, cascade systematics Base Grants           0.30 
0.30
  XU, DONGLIAN Total               0.30
0.30
  WANDKOWSKY, NANCY Data Storage & Transfer Analysis disk storage curator, data filters Base Grants     0.10      
0.10
  WANDKOWSKY, NANCY Offline Data Processing Level 2 offline processing – co-coordinator Base Grants      
0.20
   
0.20
  WANDKOWSKY, NANCY Total        
0.10
 0.20
   
0.30
  YUAN, TIANLU Reconstruction Impact of DOM response on reconstruction Base Grants      
0.30
   
0.30
  YUAN, TIANLU Total        
0.10
 0.20
   
0.30
  UW PO Detector Monitoring Monitoring shifts Base Grants  
0.08
       
0.08
  UW PO Total      
0.08
       
0.08
GR JERO, KYLE Reconstruction Event reconstruction, angular resolution Base Grants        
0.20
 
0.20
    Simulation Software Veto simulation, Corsika development Base Grants        
0.20
 
0.20
  GHORBANI, KEVIN Ice Properties Muon time residuals/hole ice Base Grants          
0.25
0.25
  FAHEY, SAM Online Filter (PnF) Trigger simulations Base Grants  
0.20
       
0.20
  MANCINA, SARAH Detector Calibration muon neutrinos, DOM sensitivity Inst. In-kind          
0.20
0.20
  SCHNEIDER, AUSTIN Detector Calibration Energy reconstruction, calibration Base Grants          
0.15
0.15
  LUSZCZAK, WILLIAM Detector Calibration Calibration, 2D-DOM response Base Grants          
0.40
0.40
  GRIFFITH, ZACHARY Reconstruction Photon/hadron separation Base Grants        
0.20
 
0.20
    Simulation Gamma simulation production Base Grants      
0.30
   
0.30
  TY, BUNHENG Detector Calibration DOM glass noise Inst. In-kind          
0.20
0.20
  UW GR Detector Monitoring Monitoring shifts Base Grants  
0.12
       
0.12
  GR Total      
0.32
 
0.30
0.60
1.20
2.42
 UW – Madison Total    
2.23
2.90
0.20
1.40
1.50
2.95
11.18
 

 

 

Faculty:
 

Halzen, Francis   Principal Investigator

Karle, Albrecht   Institutional Lead, ExecCom member, Point and diffuse astrophysical neutrinos

Hanson, Kael   Director of IceCube Maintenance & Operations

Vandenbroucke, Justin   Low energy physics, IceCube analysis, selected point source searches, multimessenger with radio bursts

Westerhoff, Stefan   Cosmic Rays with IceCube and IceTop.

Gallagher, John   Selection of candidate point sources of neutrinos, catalogues for stacking searches and multi-wavelength observations.


Scientists:

Chirkin, Dmitry   Service: Direct photon tracking with GPUs, ice properties calibration; event reconstruction software, Simulation Programs

  Analysis: energy reconstruction of high energy events, ice properties.

Desiati, Paolo  Service: Simulation Production Coordinator, Sim. Prod. Panel Chair

 Analysis: Atmospheric neutrinos, time and weather dependence of neutrino flux, charm

DuVernois, Michael (50%)  Service: Engineering Support and R&D Science Support

Hoshina, Kotoyo  (75% appointment with University of Tokyo, based in Madison)

 Service: Simulation Programs - nugen maintenance

 Analysis: Earth Core neutrino absorption (Tokyo)

Kauer, Matthew  Service: Run Coordinator, TFT Board Member, IceCube Monitoring Lead, Cosmic Ray Surface Array Development

Kelley, John (90%)  Service: Detector Maintenance and Operations Manager, DOM Cal Maintenance, DOM issues technical analysis
Tosi, Delia  Service: Absolute DOM sensitivity calibration, Scintillation detectors (IceTop maintenance)
 Analysis: IceTop veto for astrophysical neutrino search
 
Wendt, Christopher (80%)  Service: Flasher output, Flasher Calibrations; DOM sensitivity, Supporting DOM charge response (lab, flashers), DOM Cal support

 

Post Docs (supervisor):

Wandkowsky, Nancy (AK)    Service: Analysis disk storage curator, data filters

 Analysis: All flavor all sky contained vertex neutrino analysis at high energies, nu tau

Xu, Donglian (AK)      Service: Calibration, waveforms, cascade systematics

 Analysis: Search for neutrino flux in coincidence with fast radio transients. Investigation of non-contained high energy cascade events in IceCube

Wood, Joshua (SW)      Service:

 Analysis: search for IceCube neutrinos from Galactic sources (point-like and extended) from the HAWC catalog, mass composition cosmic rays

Tianlu, Yuan (KH)      Service: Detector GCD database, DOM response impact on reconstruction.

 Analysis: Physics with high energy cascade events.

 

Grad Students (supervisor):

Schneider, Austin (AK)  Service: Energy reconstruction of muons with contained vertex

 Analysis: Energy loss of muons

Luszczak, William (AK)  Service: DOM sensitivity (azimuth and zenith)

 Analysis: TBD

Bourbeau, James (SW)  Service: DST level processing

 Analysis: CR anisotropy, energy and composition and other

Fahey, Sam (JV)  Service: Trigger simulations

 Analysis: Analysis of transients

Hokanson-Fasig**, Ben (KH)  Analysis: thermalizing neutrons

 

Ghorbani, Kevin (FH)  Service: -

 Thesis /Analysis topics: Sterile neutrino search

Griffith,   Zachary (SW)   Thesis /Analysis topics: search for gamma-ray sources in IceTop with IceCube muon veto, gamma hadron separation

 Service: Gamma simulation production

Jero, Kyle (AK) Service: muon event reconstruction, veto techniques

 Analysis: point sources, atmospheric neutrino veto

Kheirandish, Ali (FH)  Service: Supernova system rate studies

 Analysis: Supernova, GRB, Point sources

Mancina*, Sarah (AK)  Service: Calibration studies (DOM sensitivity) with muon neutrinos

  Analysis: TBD Physics with muon neutrinos, possibly point sources

Ty, Bunheng (KH)  Service: DOM noise studies

Wille, Logan (FH)   Analysis: Charm contribution to the atmospheric neutrino flux

Qinrui Lu (FH)  Service: TBD

 Analysis: TBD

Hussain, Ramis (SW)  Service: TBD

 Analysis: IceCube – HAWC correlations

 

* Funded by Fellowship.

** Supported other than NSF.

 



UW-Madison Computing Resources
 

2016
2017
  CPU Cores GPU Cards CPU Cores GPU Cards
IceCube 7000 376 8000 376
PINGU        
Gen2        

 
The dedicated 7000 CPU cores in 2016 are in the IceCube cluster at WIPAC (NPX cluster). The processor types are: Intel X5670, E5-2680, E5-2680v2 and E5-2680v3.
 
UW-Madison also provides access to opportunistic CPU resources at UW and OSG shared clusters. The number of cores accessible this way is higher than 10.000
 
The dedicated 376 GPU cards in 2016 are in the IceCube cluster at WIPAC (including GZK). The GPU types are: 48 Nvidia M2070, 36 Nvidia GTX 690, 36 AMD 7970 and 256 Nvidia GTX 980.

 

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