DOE Annual Progress Review of the
Lattice Quantum Chromodynamics (LQCD) Computing Project

LQCD-EXT II

June 28-29, 2016

Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
CEBAF Center, Room F224-225

Agenda: updated 6/25/2016

Logistics:

• TJNAF Registration: Registration Guidance
• Accommodations: Travel Accommodations near Jefferson Lab
• Travel Information: Visiting Jefferson Lab
• Review dinner: Fin (seafood tapas)

Review Participants: Reviewers, Participants

Charge to the Review Committee: Charge Letter

Responses to Technical Questions: Technical Q&A ; 3-Sites Q&A

Responses to Science Questions: Science Q&A

LQCD-ext II Controlled Project Documentation

Project Baseline 2015

• Project Execution Plan (PEP): version 1.1d, 5/14/2015
• PEP Signature Page: version 1.1d
• FY15 PEP Addendum: 7/9/2015
• WBS and Schedule
• LQCD MOUs: BNL, FNAL, TJNAF
• Risk Management Plan
  • Risk Register: PDF; 4/27/2016
• Quality Assurance Plan
• Acquisition Strategy
• Acquisition Plan/Alternatives Analysis for FY16
• Certification and Accreditation Document
• Cyber Security Plan

Project Change Request CR16-01: Three-Site Cluster-Hosting

• Project Change Request CR16-01 Document
• Project Execution Plan with CR16-01 implemented: v1.2, 6/10/2016
• WBS and Schedule with CR16-01 implemented
• LQCD MOUs: BNL, FNAL, TJNAF with CR16-01 implemented
• Cost Forecasts: Baseline, Reference, 2-Sites, 3-Sites FY-Aligned, 3-Sites FY-Straddle
  • 2-Sites: the fully updated forecast of the baseline plan through FY19
  • 3-Sites FY-Straddle: the forecast used by CR16-01 for supporting clusters at three sites
• Performance Forecast: Workbook: treats all forecast models
• Description of the Calculation of the BNL IC Allocation
• Signature pages for CR16-01 and CR16-02

Project Change Request CR16-02: Unified Performance Goals

• Project Change Request CR16-02 Document
• Project Execution Plan with only CR16-02 implemented: v1.2 6/10/2016
• Project Execution Plan with CR16-01 and CR16-02 implemented: v1.2 6/10/2016
• Signature pages for CR16-01 and CR16-02

Project Baseline 2: Changed documents after CR16-01,02 approvals

• Project Execution Plan (PEP): version 2.0.2, 3/2/2017
• PEP v2.0 Signature Page
• WBS and Schedule
• LQCD MOUs:
  • BNL: version 1.1, 10/17/2016
  • FNAL: version 1.1, 10/17/2016
  • TJNAF: version 1.1, 10/17/2016

Other LQCD-ext II Project Documents

• FY15 User Survey Report: Full Report, Executive Summary, AHM Slides
• FY16 Acquisition Review Committee Report: version 1.0

Past Project Review Reports and Submissions

• 2016 LQCD-ext II Review Report / Response
• 2015 LQCD-ext II Review Report / Response
• 2014 LQCD-ext/ARRA Review Report / Response
• 2013 LQCD-ext/ARRA Review Report / Response
• 2012 LQCD-ext/ARRA Review Report / Response
• 2011 LQCD-ext/ARRA Review Report / Response
• 2010 LQCD-ext/ARRA Review Report / Response

USQCD Scientific Program Documentation

2013 White Papers

• Lattice QCD at the Intensity Frontier
• Computational Challenges in QCD Thermodynamics
• Lattice QCD for Cold Nuclear Physics
• Lattice Gauge Theories at the Energy Frontier

Other Documents

• USQCD Charter
• Report of the Snowmass 2013 Computing Frontier working group on Lattice Field Theory
• 2016 Publication List: 6/27/2016
• 2015 Publication List: 5/18/2015
• Overview of Resource Allocation Process
• 2016 Scientific Advisory Board comments: in preparation
• 2015 Scientific Advisory Board comments: access may require password, will send by e-mail
• 2014 Scientific Advisory Board comments: access may require password, will send by e-mail