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

June 28
  8:30      Executive Session (45 min)
  9:15      Logistics and Introductions (5 min) – Bill Boroski
  9:20      Welcome (15 min) – Amber Boehnlein, CIO, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
  9:35      LQCD-ext II Overview (55 min) – Paul Mackenzie
10:30      Break (15 min)
10:45      Science Talk 1: Cold Nuclear Physics (30 min) – Will Detmold
11:15      Science Talk 2: QCD Thermodynamics (30 min) – Swagato Mukherjee
11:45      Science Talk 3: Beyond the Standard Model (20 min) – Ethan Neil
12:05      Lunch / Executive Session

  1:05      Science Talk 4: QCD for Particle Physics (40 min) – Andreas Kronfeld
  1:45      LQCD-Ext II: Project Management and Performance (45 min) – Bill Boroski / Rob Kennedy
  2:30      LQCD-Ext II: Change Requests: Overview, Unified Performance KPIs (15 min) – Rob Kennedy
  2:45      Coffee Break (15 min)
  3:00      LQCD-Ext II: Change Requests: 3-Site Cluster Hosting (30 min) – Bill Boroski
  3:30      LQCD-Ext II: BNL Computing Overview (15 min) – Bob Mawhinney
  3:45      LQCD-Ext II: FY16 Hardware Acquisition (30 min) – Chip Watson
  4:15      Executive Session (60 min)
  5:15      Committee request for additional information – Review Committee & Project Leadership
  6:00      Adjourn
  6:30      Dinner: 10 min drive from TJNAF

June 29
  8:30      Executive Session (30 min)
  9:00      Committee questions and discussion (60 min)
10:00      Break (15 min)
10:15      Executive Session / Preliminary Report Writing (105 min)
12:00      Lunch
  1:00      Closeout (60 min)
  2:00      Adjourn