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

LQCD-EXT II

May 21-22, 2018

Brookhaven National Laboratory

(Computational Science Initiative) Building 725, Meeting Room 2-124

Agenda

Logistics:

• BNL Guest Registration (required): link and instructions
• Accommodations: hotel block setup for review
• Travel information (getting to BNL): online or detailed instructions
• Directions to: meeting venue
• Review dinner at 7PM May 21: Pure North Fork Craft Kitchen & Bar

Review Participants: Reviewers, Participants

Charge to the Review Committee: Charge Letter

Responses to Technical Questions: Technical Q&A

Responses to Science Questions: Science Q&A

LQCD-ext II Controlled Project Documentation

Project Baseline 2 - 2016

• Project Execution Plan (PEP): v2.0.2, 3/2/2017
• PEP v2.0 Signature Page
• WBS and Schedule 4/10/2017
• LQCD MOUs:
  • BNL MOU:
    • BNL-IC: v0.0, 12/21/2017
    • BNL-KNL: v0.0, 12/21/2017
    • BNL-SL: v0.0, 12/21/2017
    • BNL-Overall: v2.0, 12/21/2017
  • FNAL MOU:
    • FNAL: v1.1, 10/17/2016
  • TJNAF MOU:
    • TJNAF: v1.1, 10/17/2016
• Risk Management Plan
  • Risk Register: PDF; 5/10/2017
• Quality Assurance Plan
• Acquisition Strategy
• Alternatives Analysis for FY17 final, 11/14/2017
• Alternatives Analysis for FY17 draft, 5/12/2017
• Certification and Accreditation Document
• Cyber Security Plan

Other LQCD-ext II Project Documents

• FY17 Acquisition Review Committee Report: final, 11/15/2017
• FY17 Acquisition Review Committee Report: draft, 5/12/2017
• Alternatives Analysis for FY16
• FY16 User Survey Report: draft, 5/11/2017

Past Project Review Reports and Submissions

• 2017 LQCD-ext II Review Report / Response
• 2016 LQCD-ext II Review Report / Response
• 2015 LQCD-ext II 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
• 2017 Publication List: 5/15/2017
• 2016 Publication List: 6/27/2016
• 2015 Publication List: 5/18/2015
• Overview of Resource Allocation Process
• 2017 Scientific Advisory Board comments: access may require password, will send by e-mail
• 2016 Scientific Advisory Board comments: access may require password, will send by e-mail
• 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