Last updated: April 18, 2011
IceCube Institutional Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU)
Scope Of Work
University of Alberta
Darren Grant Ph.D Scientists (Faculty Scientist/Post Doc Grads) : 1 (1 0 1 ) |
| Labor Cat. | Names | WBS L3 | Tasks | WBS 2.1
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WBS 2.2
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WBS 2.3
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WBS 2.4
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WBS 2.5
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Grand Total |
Program Management
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Detector Maintenance & Operations
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Computing & Data Management
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Triggering & Filtering
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Data Quality, Reconstruction & Simulation Tools
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KE
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GRANT, DARREN | Reconstruction/ Analysis tools | Maintenance of IceCube-Photonics interface | 0.10
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0.10
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| Simulation Production | WestGrid computing | 0.10
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0.10
|
| TFT Coordination | TFT Board Member | 0.10
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0.10
|
| GRANT, DARREN Total | 0.10
|
0.10
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0.10
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0.30
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PO
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ALBERTA, PO | Reconstruction/ Analysis tools | Maintenance of IceCube-Photonics interface | 0.00
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0.00
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| ALBERTA, PO Total | 0.00
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0.00
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GR
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WOOD, TANIA | Simulation Production | WestGrid computing | 0.20
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0.20
|
| WOOD, TANIA Total | 0.20
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0.20
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ALBERTA Total
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0.30
|
0.10
|
0.10
|
0.50
|
Darren Grant
Scientists and Post Docs:
The current NSERC Discovery Grant does not support last year’s previously anticipated post-doc. This has been amended to the total.
Students:
Tania Wood - started MSc Winter January 2011. A second student is expected potentially January 2012.
Explanation:
A Canadian National Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Discovery Grant was awarded beginning April 1, 2010 for a period of 3 years to support IceCube-DeepCore analysis efforts at the University of Alberta. The level of support awarded includes 1 faculty, 2 graduate students and 2 undergraduate summer students.
Description of planned analysis:
The Alberta group will focus on analyses involving data from DeepCore and physics feasibility studies for PINGU. Tania’s MSc thesis topic will be a GC WIMP search with DeepCore. The undergraduates this summer will focus on proton decay feasibility in PINGU and SuperPINGU, a DeepCore angular reconstruction algorithm and a DeepCore energy estimator. In January the goal is to add an additional MSc student who will begin work on a 5 year solar WIMP analysis with IceCube-DeepCore.
Description of Service work
In the past year we took the initial steps to establish WestGrid as an IceCube computing facility. With WestGrid we have already established the production for WIMP signal and SUSY model generation as well as the production of simulation for PINGU. It remains necessary to make WestGrid an official part of IceProd and this will be the focus of the coming year. In particular will be the implementation of the extensive GPUs within WestGrid to bolster PPC production within the collaboration. I estimate the following service activity level for the local group of 1 faculty + 1 graduate student in the 2011/12 fiscal year:
- 0.3 FTE/year to establish IceProd on WestGrid and maintain its operation. This would be a responsibility shared by one graduate student and myself. We will participate in traditional IceProd production and filtering. We will continue the role of WIMP signal production and SUSY model production and PINGU simulations already established.
- We will continue to maintain and verify the data for the DeepCore SMT3 trigger and the veto-based filter. This will be the responsibility of the second graduate student at an estimated level of 0.15 FTE/year.
Other contributions
As one of the leaders of PINGU infill many of our resources this year will be dedicated to the physics feasibility studies for that detector and preparation of the LOI and Spring 2012 proposals. The intention is to request Canadian agencies for funds towards hardware for 3 of the infill strings should the results of the studies prove favorable. I estimate 0.3 FTE of my time on IceCube will be dedicated to directing this effort.
The University of Alberta is the host of the Lake Louise Winter Institute (LLWI). I would welcome the opportunity to utilize the well established organizing committees, of which I will now be a part, to host an IceCube collaboration meeting- at a similar time as the LLWI; possibly February or Spring/Summer 2012. I note that a very successful meeting of the Low-Energy Working group was held in February 2011 at the Banff Centre for the Arts – an affiliated institute of the University of Alberta in Banff AB Canada.
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