IceCube Institutional Memorandum Of Uderstanding (MOU)

IceCube Institutional Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU)
Scope of Work

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Last updated: April 8, 2016

IceCube Institutional Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU)

Scope of Work

Labor Cat.	Names		WBS L3	Tasks	WBS 2.1	WBS 2.2	WBS 2.3	WBS 2.4	WBS 2.5	Grand Total
					Program Management	Detector Maintenance & Operations	Computing & Data Management	Triggering & Filtering	Data Quality, Reconstruction & Simulation Tools
KE	Van Eijndhoven Nick		Reconstruction Tools	development of reconstruction tools (IcePack framework),					0.25	0.25
			Data Quality	data quality verification					0.25	0.25
	Van Eijndhoven Nick total								0.50	0.50
	De Clercq Catherine		administration	Institutional Lead	0.20					0.20
	De Clercq Catherine total				0.20					0.20
PO	De Vries, Krijn		Reconstruction Tools	muon track reconstruction in IceCube and DeepCore					0.25	0.25
			Data Quality	GRB/AGN analysis					0.25	0.25
	De Vries, Krijn Total								0.50	0.50
	Lünemann, Jan		Reconstruction Tools	Low energy muon reconstruction					0.25	0.25
	Lünemann, Jan Total								0.25	0.25
	Toscano, Simona		Reconstruction Tools	optimization of the geometry and the track reconstruction					0.50	0.50
	Toscano, Simona Total								0.50	0.50
	VUB PO		Detector Monitoring	Detector Monitoring		0.06				0.06
	VUB PO Total					0.06				0.06
GR	De Wasseige, Gwenhael	Physics Filters		Optimization of hitspooling for SN and solar flares				0.50		0.50
	De Wasseige, Gwenhael, Total							0.50		0.50
	Maggi, Giuliano		Reconstruction Tools	muon track reconstruction in IceCube and DeepCore					0.25	0.25
			Data Quality	AGN analysis					0.25	0.25
			Core Software	Software Strike Team			0.25			0.25
	Maggi, Giuliano Total						0.25		0.50	0.75
	VUB GR		Detector Monitoring	Detector Monitoring		0.06				0.06
	VUB GR Total					0.06				0.06
VUB Total					0.20	0.12	0.25	0.50	2.25	3.32

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Catherine de Clercq
Ph.D Scientists (Faculty Scientist/Post Doc Grads): 5 (2 3 2)

Faculty:

Catherine de Clercq Institutional Lead
Nick Van Eijndhoven Development of reconstruction tools (IcePack framework) - data quality verification

Scientists/post-docs:

De Vries, Krijn Muon track reconstruction in IceCube and DeepCore
R&D on radio detection
Analysis topics: GRB/AGN analysis
Jan Lünemann Low energy muon track reconstruction
Analysis topics: WIMP analysis
Simona Toscano Optimization of the geometry and the track reconstruction, and GEN2 geometry optimization
Analysis topics: Development of a hybrid reconstruction for EHE (GZK) events using the In-Ice part of IceCube and the radio detectors

Ph.D. Students:

Maggi Giuliano Muon track reconstruction in IceCube and DeepCore, Software Strike Team
Analysis topics: AGN analysis
Thesis topic: Search for high-energy neutirnos from dust-obscured Active Galactic Nuclei
Gwenhael De Wasseige Optimization of hitspooling for SN and solar flares
Analysis topics: Solar flares
Thesis topic: Search for neutrinos from solar flares

Diploma/Master Students:

Computing Resources

IIHE (ULB-VUB)

	2016		2017
	CPU Cores	GPU Cards	CPU Cores	GPU Cards
IceCube		14	Up to 500	14
PINGU
Gen2

The computing resources in the table are provided by the IIHE (ULB-VUB), i.e. by ULB and VUB together.
The 14 GPU cards are presently used for the production of MC samples for the collaboration. The jobs are launched centrally. From our side we cannot see whether the jobs run for IceCube, PINGU or Gen2.
We intend to also open access to CPU cores for the production of MC samples by the collaboration. This is now under development. Probably by next year a max of 500 cores could be made available. The number will increase gradually during 2016.

The person to contact for technical information is Samir, samir.amary@ulb.ac.be

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