1. Computing Resources:

September 25, 2017

IceCube Institutional Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU)

 

Michigan State University

Tyce DeYoung

Ph.D Scientists (Faculty Scientist/Post Doc Grads): 2 (2 0 3)

Scope of Work

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
DeYOUNG, TYCE
Education & Outreach
Education & Outreach
Inst. In-Kind
0.05
         
0.05
 
   
Administration
Executive committee
Inst. In-Kind
0.05
         
0.05
 
 
DeYOUNG, TYCE Total
 
 
0.10
         
0.10
 
 
MAHN, KENDALL
Simulation Software
Integration/development of GENIE for low energy systematics
Inst. In-Kind
       
0.05
 
0.05
 
 
MAHN, KENDALL Total
 
 
       
0.05
 
0.05
 
PO
TBD
Simulation Production
Simulation Production
Inst. In-Kind
               
   
Central Computing Resources
Simulation production site manager at MSU/Condor integration
NSF M&O Core
               
 
PO TBD Total
 
 
               
GR
NEER, GARRETT
Detector calibration
In-situ DOM sensitivity calibration/angular response from muon neutrinos
Inst. In-Kind
         
0.25
0.25
 
 
NEER, GARRETT Total
 
 
         
0.25
0.25
 
GR

 

RYSEWYK, DEVYN
Detector Monitoring
Monitoring Shifts
Inst. In-Kind
 
0.03
       
0.03
 
   
Education & Outreach
Education & Outreach
Inst. In-Kind
0.10
         
0.10
 
RYSEWYK, DEVYN Total
 
 
0.10
0.03
       
0.13
 
GR
MICALLEF, JESSIE
                     
 
MICALLEF, JESSIE Total
 
 
             
MSU Total
 
 
 
0.20
0.03
   
0.05
0.25
0.53
 

 

Michigan State contributions to the maintenance and operations of IceCube include:

Faculty:

Tyce DeYoung – Exec. comm., outreach, 100% IceCube

Kendall Mahn – low energy systematics/GENIE, 5% IceCube (95% GENIE, T2K, DUNE)

Scientists and Post Docs:

PO TBD –   simprod, distributed computing, other contributions TBD once candidate is identified

Ph.D. Students:

Garrett Neer   Reco/analysis tools: DOM calibration using neutrino-induced muons.

  Thesis/Analysis topics: dark matter search using LE and ME contained events

Devyn Rysewyck Detector monitoring: shift
Education and outreach: SP Experiment jury, Science Fest Q&A

  Thesis/Analysis topics: Extended Galactic source search, IceACT R&D

Jessie Micallef  currently TA, plan to join strike team once done with coursework

  Thesis/Analysis topics: Next-generation oscillation analysis

 

 

Computing Resources:
MSU Pledged Computing Resources
 

2017
  CPU Cores GPU Cards
IceCube 500* 8*
PINGU    
Gen2    

 
*as simprod by policy does not carry out low energy signal production, the primary computational task for low energy physics, these resources will be available for IceCube multi-institutional computing but not necessarily under simprod
 
Computing Resources Typically Available
 

2017
  CPU Cores GPU Cards
IceCube 1000 (est.) 200 (est.)
PINGU    
Gen2    

 
 

The Michigan State IceCube group has access to several large computing clusters maintained and administered by the Michigan State High Performance Computing group and the Institute for Cyber-Enabled Research, comprising a total of approximately 15,600 computing cores, including 80 Tesla K20c and 200 Tesla K80 GPU cards. Of these, 728 cores 8 K80 GPUs are dedicated to IceCube. Actual availability will be very substantially higher for jobs with durations less than 4 hours, but cannot be accurately estimated until simprod begins sending processing jobs to MSU.

Note: The activities and staffing levels in this MoU are appropriate for the six-month period beginning Sept 1, 2017.  

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