Organization
STAR Software & Computing is headed by Jérôme Lauret at BNL.
The S&C management structure is as below. Unless otherwise specified, [X] indicates an activity area whose overall coordinator has not been specifically designated (coordination hence rest on the S&C Leader).
- Jérôme Lauret (BNL) - Software & Computing project Leader and OSG council representative
- Gene Van Buren - S&C leader deputy, Data Readiness sub-group coordinator
- Gene Van Buren - S&C leader deputy, Data Readiness sub-group coordinator
The principal members of the S&C structured team are listed below.
- Data readiness sub-group - Coordinated by Gene Van Buren (BNL)
- Gene Van Buren - Calibration Coordinator (+)
- Dmitry Arkhipkin (BNL) - Database administration and support
- Lanny Ray (UTA) - Quality Assurance Coordinator
- Matthew Lamont (BNL) & David Kettler (Washigton) - Online QA
- Elizabeth Wingfield (UTA) - Offline QA
- Offline software - [X]
- Yuri Fisyak (BNL) - Reconstruction leader (+)
- Spyridon Margetis (KSU) - Reconstruction deputy, Inner Silicon tracking
- Victor Perevoztchikov(BNL) - Simulation leader (+)
- Jason Webb (Valparaso->BNL) - Simulation support specialist (Start November 2nd 2009)
- Renee Fatemi (UKY) - Embedding Coordinator (+)
- Hiroshi Masui (LBNL) - Embedding Deputy, base QA support
- Andrew Rose (LBNL) - Embedding Deputy, PDSF contact and job handling
- Embedding Helpers (see the structure for more information)
- Spin: Pibero Djawhoto (TAMU)
- HF: Wenqin Xu (UCLA)
- Lfspectra: Jinhui Chen (SINAP)
- Jet-like-corr:TBC
- Bulk-cor: (none)
- UPC: (none)
- Yuri Fisyak (BNL) - Reconstruction leader (+)
- Data production and library - Coordinated by Lidia Didenko (BNL)
- Lidia Didenko (BNL) - Production coordinator (+) and Software Librarian ()
- Levente Hajdu (BNL) - (1/3rd time) Distributed production support
- Infrastructure, software infrastructure, Middleware support, technology evaluation and integration - [X]
- Valery Fine (BNL) - ROOT development, visualization & software architecture, R&D and support
- Levente Hajdu (BNL) - (1/3rd) technology provisioning and development of tools (for local or distributed computing)
- Computer Operation and user support - Coordinated by Wayne Betts (BNL)
- Wayne Betts (BNL) - Computer support
- Matthew Ahrenstein (BNL) - Computer support
- Grid Operations and OSG activities - Coordinated by Douglas Olson (LBNL) and Wayne Betts (BNL)
- Douglas Olson (LBNL) - Activity Coordinator
- Wayne Betts (BNL) - Grid Operation coordinator and distributed facility point of contact
- Levente Hajdu (BNL) - (1/3rd) Grid Technology support
Other supporting efforts & members
- Related to Software infrastructure
- Anthony Timmins (WSU) - MuDST support
- Zbigniew Chajecki (OSU) - Web master and Web support
- Related to Computing and facilities Operations
- Off-site facilities - This section includes central and/or distributed facility support
- Andrew Rose (LBL) - PDSF support & Data Management Coordinator
- Elizabeth Atems (WSU) - Grid infrastructure and operation support
- Off-site facilities - This section includes central and/or distributed facility support
The Software Sub-system coordinators (+) in each specialized area are as follows :
Detector sub-systems:
- TPC Software – Richard Witt (Yale, USNA)
- FTPC Software - Janet Seyboth (MPI)
- SVT Software - Helen Caines (Yale)
- SSD Software - Jonathan Bouchet (KSU)
- B-EMC Software - Matthew Walker (MIT)
- E-EMC Software - Oleksandr Grebenyuk (LBNL)
- PMD Software - Rashmi Raniwala (U. Rajasthan)
- TOF Software - Frank Guerts (Rice)
- FMS Software - Akio Ogawa (BNL)
- Trigger Detectors (BBC, FPD, CTB, ZDC, MWC, ...) - Akio Ogawa (BNL)
- DAQ Software – Jeff Landgraf (BNL)
- HFT project's software - Spyridon Margetis (KSU)
- RICH Software - Boris Hippolyte (Yale)
- L3 Software - Thorsten Kollegger (Frankfurt)
The names below reflect the list of software coordinators while diverse projects were in R&D phase. The projects moved to full projects in 2007
- Offline Heavy Flavor Tracker Software - Andrew Rose (LBL)
- Offline Inner Silicon Tracker Software - Mike Miller (MIT)
- Offline Hybrid Pixel Detector Software - Sevil Salur (Yale)
The computing and software effort is closely associated with the Physics Working Groups. STAR physics analysis software runs within the context of the computing infrastructure, taking the DST as input. The physics working groups have responsibility for the development of physics analysis software. The STAR Physics Analysis Coordinator acts as coordinator between the PWGs and computing. The PAC's responsibilities are described here.
Bedanga Mohanty (VECC) is the current STAR Physics Analysis Coordinator.
