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

     Last updated: September 15, 2019


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): 15 (5 10 13)

 

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, TFT 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 , Individual DOM hole ice calibration Base Grants        

 

 
0.55
0.55
    Reconstruction Reconstruction software  

NSF M&O Core

       

 

0.15
 
0.15
    Simulation Software Maintain and Verify Simulation of Photon Propagation and update Ice Properties  

NSF M&O Core

       
0.30
 
0.30
  CHIRKIN, DMITRY Total            
0.45
0.55
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 calibrations, 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  
0.10
       
0.10
  KAUER, MATTHEW Total      
0.9
       
0.9
  KELLEY, JOHN Detector Maintenance & Ops Detector Maintenance and Operations Manager NSF M&O Core  
0.65
       
0.60
    Data Acquisition DOM software: DOR device driver, DOMHub scripts, DOMCal, DOMHub hardware and timing system maintenance NSF M&O Core  
0.15
       
0.20
    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 SPICE core project coordination, NSF M&O Core          
0.00
0.00
    Surface Detector Operations Test and commission experimental apparatus for restoring IceTop detector efficiency NSF M&O Core  
0.25
       
0.25
  TOSI, DELIA Total    
0.25
     
0.25
0.25
  WENDT, CHRISTOPHER Detector Calibration Flasher output, flasher calibration, Pencil beam, NSF M&O Core          
0.40
0.40
    Detector Calibration DOM charge response, linearity, DOM cal support, Absolute DOM sensitivity, PMT base, microDAQ NSF M&O Core          
0.40
0.40
  WENDT, CHRISTOPHER Total            
0.80
0.80
PO KHEIRANDISH, ALI Detector Monitoring Detector monitoring shifts, fast Response monitoring shifts Base Grants  
0.20
       
0.20
  KHEIRANDISH, ALI Total      
 0.20
       
0.20
  YUAN, TIANLU Reconstruction Impact of DOM response on reconstruction, cascade reconstruction at high energies Base Grants      
0.40
   
0.40
  YUAN, TIANLU Total          
 0.40
   
0.40
  UW PO Detector Monitoring Monitoring shifts Base Grants  
0.08
       
0.08
  UW PO Total      
0.08
       
0.08
  MANCINA, SARAH Real Time filter development (ESTES), DOM sensitivity Base Grants          
0.20
0.20
  SCHNEIDER, AUSTIN Reconstruction Event reconstruction, software development Base Grants          
0.15
0.15
  LEONARD, KAYLA Offline Data Production Developing for MuonGun for low energies Inst. In-kind      
0.50
   
0.50
  SILVA, MANUEL Simulation (PA 1 sem) Muongun maintenance, upgrade NSF M&O Core          
0.25
0.25
  LUSZCZAK, WILLIAM Detector Calibration Calibration, 2D-DOM response, anisotropy with muons Base Grants          
0.30
0.30
  GRIFFITH, ZACHARY Reconstruction Photon/hadron separation Base Grants        
0.20
 
0.20
    Simulation Production Gamma simulation production Base Grants      
0.30
   
0.30
  TY, BUNHENG Detector Calibration PMT negative HV studies Inst. In-kind          
0.05
0.05
  TY, BUNHENG Data Acquisition DOR Firmware NSF M&O Core  
0.25
       
0.25
  SAFA, IBRAHIM Detector Calibration IceTop maintenance, Scintillator project Inst. In-kind          
0.20
0.20
  SAFA, IBRAHIM Detector Monitoring Monitoring shifts Inst. In-kind  
0.10
       
0.10
  WILLE, LOGAN Simulation Production Simulation production for muon decay Glashow resonance events Inst. In-kind      
0.30
   
0.30
  PIZZUTO, ALEX Real Time, Reconstruction Fast response analysis maintenance, SkyLab transients Inst. In-kind        
0.20
 
0.20
  UW GR Detector Monitoring Monitoring shifts Base Grants  
0.12
       
0.12
  GR Total      
0.67
 
1.10
0.40
1.35
3.62
 UW – Madison Total    
2.23
2.56
0.0
1.60
0.65
2.15
9.19
 


Faculty:
 

Halzen, Francis   Principal Investigator

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

Hanson, Kael   Director of IceCube Maintenance & Operations, DeepCore / Upgrade neutrino oscillations

Vandenbroucke, Justin   Pub comm, TFT board, transients and multi-messenger analysis (fast radio bursts, ANITA followup, novae)

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

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

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

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), scintillator array lead. IceCube Upgrade, deployment.
 Analysis: IceTop veto for astrophysical neutrino search
 
Wendt, Christopher (80%)  Service: Flasher Calibrations; DOM sensitivity, Supporting DOM charge response (lab, flashers), DOM Cal support, microDAQ (scintillator project).

 

Post Docs (supervisor):

Tianlu, Yuan (KH)      Service: DOM response impact on reconstruction, bright DOMs use in high energy events.

 Analysis: Physics with high energy cascade events.

Kheirandish, Ali (FH)  Service: detector monitoring shifts, fast response monitoring shifts

 Analysis: Supernova, GRB, Point sources

 

Grad Students (supervisor):

Schneider, Austin (AK)  Service: Energy reconstruction of events with contained vertex, systematics issue in HESE

 Analysis: HESE and MESE diffuse analysis

Luszczak, William (AK)  Service: DOM sensitivity

 Analysis: Stacked flaring sources search, blazar catalogues

Silva, Manuel (AK)  Service: Muongun maintenance and upgrade.

 Analysis: Starting track southern hemisphere (ESTES)

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

  Analysis: ESTES analysis

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

  Analysis: ESTES point source analysis

Ty, Bunheng (KH)  Service: DOM noise studies, PMT with negative HV, DOR firmware

 Analysis: double bang analysis using waveforms

Qinrui Liu (FH)  Service: csky and skylab software

 Analysis: galactic sources, dark matter annihilation in the sun

Kayla Leonard (FH)  Service: developing for MuonGun for low energies

 Atmospheric neutrino studies as background to astrophysical

Hussain, Ramis (SW)  Service: TBD

 Analysis: IceCube – HAWC correlations

Safa, Ibrahim** (FH)  Service: monitoring shifts

 Analysis: search for time-dependent sources, ANITA followup, GZK search with tau neutrinos

Alex Pizzuto (JV)  Service: maintenance of fast response analysis, implementing transient functionality in SkyLab

Analysis: Galactic novae, ANITA followup, fast response analyses

Lazar, Jeffrey (FH/KH)  Service: DOM Waveform Templates

 Analysis: Dark matter annihilation in the sun

Prado-Rodriguez, Maria  Service: monitoring shifts

  Analysis: Deep learning reconstruction / particle ID in DeepCore / Upgrade.

 

* Funded by Fellowship.

** Supported other than NSF.

 



UW-Madison Computing Resources
 

2018
2019
  CPU cores GPU Cards CPU cores GPU Cards
pledged resources in the IceCube common cluster 7000 410 6000 400  

The dedicated 6000 CPU cores in 2016 are in the IceCube cluster at WIPAC (NPX and GZK clusters). 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
 
From June 2018, the IceCube GPU cluster at WIPAC (NPX and GZK) has 400 GPU cards. The GPU types are: 184 Nvidia GTX 1080 and 256 Nvidia GTX 980.

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