Last updated: August 30, 2014
IceCube Institutional Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU)
Scope Of Work
University of Alberta
Darren Grant Ph.D Scientists (Faculty Scientist/Post Doc Grads) : 2 ( 2 0 2) |
| Labor Cat. | Names | WBS L3 | Tasks | WBS 2.1
|
WBS 2.2
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WBS 2.3
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WBS 2.4
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WBS 2.5
|
Grand Total |
Program Management
|
Detector Maintenance & Operations
|
Computing & Data Management
|
Triggering & Filtering
|
Data Quality, Reconstruction & Simulation Tools
|
KE
|
GRANT, DARREN and KOPPER, CLAUDIO | Reconstruction/ Analysis tools | Maintenance of IceCube-Photonics interface (D) | 0.10
|
0.10
|
| Icetray framework maintenance (C) | 0.05
|
0.05
|
| Maintenance of clsim direct photon propagation tool (C) | 0.10
|
0.10
|
| Simulation Production | WestGrid computing (D) | 0.10
|
0.10
|
| Simulation coordination board member (C) | 0.10
|
0.10
|
| GPU computing resourses (C) | 0.10
|
0.10
|
| Administration | PubComm member (D) | 0.10
|
0.10
|
| Engineering and R&D support | Co-convenor for PINGU (D) | 0.35
|
0.35
|
| Lead in-ice high-energy extension (C) | 0.35
|
0.35
|
| TFT Coordination | TFT Board Member (D) | 0.10
|
0.10
|
| L2 manager (C) | 0.10
|
0.10
|
| GRANT, DARREN and KOPPER, CLAUDIO Total | 0.80
|
0.30
|
0.20
|
0.25
|
1.55
|
PO
|
ALBERTA, PO | Reconstruction/ Analysis tools | Maintenance of IceCube-Photonics interface | 0.00
|
0.00
|
| ALBERTA, PO Total | 0.00
|
0.00
|
GR
|
Nowicki, Sarah
Wood, Tania |
Simulation Production
Reconstruction/ Analysis tools |
Clsim photon table production
Calibrations with LED and minimum ionizing muons |
0.35
|
0.35 |
0.35
0.35 |
| WOOD, TANIA and NOWICKI, SARAH Total | 0.35
|
0.35
|
0.70
|
ALBERTA Total
|
0.80
|
0.65
|
0.20
|
0.60
|
2.25
|
Faculty:
Darren Grant, Claudio Kopper (from October 1, 2014)
Scientists and Post Docs:
Ph.D. Students:
Tania Wood (PhD): Calibration working group (detector systematics with LEDs) (Analysis focus – low-energy atmospheric neutrino flux )
Sarah Nowicki (PhD): Simulation production – WestGrid computing; muon table production. (Analysis focus – neutrino oscillations with DeepCore)
Diploma/Master Students:
Undergraduates : 3 summer students .
Explanation:
A Canadian Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Discovery Subatomic Projects grant was awarded beginning April 1, 2014 for a period of 1 year to support IceCube-DeepCore analysis and PINGU development efforts at the University of Alberta and the University of Toronto. The level of support awarded includes 2 full-participant faculty (Grant and Clark) and 3 associate-participant faculty on PINGU (Krauss, Moore and Pinfold). Also supported are 1 postdoctoral fellow (hire pending with potential start date November 1 2014), 2 PhD graduate students and 3 undergraduate students.
Description of planned analysis:
The Alberta group has focused thus far on analyses involving data from DeepCore and the development of the PINGU project. Tania’s PhD thesis is the measurement of the atmospheric neutrino flux at energies to ~10 GeV with DeepCore. Sarah is currently working on semi-infinite muon spline tables and simulation production on WestGrid and will complete her PhD thesis on a test of maximal theta_atm mixing with the 5-year DeepCore dataset. The undergraduates this summer have worked on the measurement of DOM efficiency with stopped muons, trigger efficiency studies of PINGU and a direct fitter with simulation. With the addition of Kopper as tenure-track faculty, this analysis program will grow significantly to include studies of high-energy neutrino searches and design studies for the high-energy detector extension. The group anticipates 2 postdoctoral fellows starting in the current fiscal year ending March 2015.
Description of Service work
Compute-Canada resources have been established as a primary simulation production resource for the IceCube collaboration. In 2014, a resource allocation valued at $980k from Compute-Canada was awarded to support IceCube activities. In particular, this allocation provides guaranteed GPU and CPU resources for the collaboration. Our service activites are centred on the simulation production and reconstruction developments with these resources, and calibration efforts.
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