Organization

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STAR Software & Computing is headed by Jérôme Lauret at BNL.
The S&C computing project is in re-structuring mode. The sub-groups below are being reshaped to better address scalability.

The S&C management structure is as follow

  • Jérôme Lauret (BNL) - Software & Computing project Leader and OSG council representative
    • 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 ( + )
    • Michael DePhillips (BNL) - Database administration
    • Lanny Ray (UTA) - Quality Assurance Coordinator
      • Paul Sorensen & David Kettler - Online QA 
      • Michael Daugherty - Offline QA
  • Data production and library - Coordinated by Lidia Didenko (BNL)
    • Lidia Didenko (BNL) - Production coordinator (+) and Software Librarian ()
    • Levente Hajdu - (1/3rd time) Distributed production support and development
  • Grid Operations, Research and development - Coordinated by Douglas Olson (LBNL) and Wayne Betts (BNL)
    • Wayne Betts (BNL) - Grid Operation support
    • Levente Hajdu (BNL) - (1/3rd) Grid Technology support 
  • Yuri Fisyak (BNL) - Reconstruction leader ( + )
    • Spyridon Margetis (KSU) - Reconstruction deputy, Inner Silicon tracking
  • Victor Perevoztchikov(BNL) - Simulation leader ( + )
  • Lee Barnby (BHAM) - Embedding Coordinator ( + )
    • Andrew Rose (LBNL) - Embedding Deputy
    • Hiroshi Masui (LBNL) - Embedding Deputy
    • Cristina Suarez (UIC) - Embedding Deputy
       
  • Infrastructure
    • Valery Fine (BNL) - ROOT development, visualization & software architecture, R&D and support
    • Wayne Betts (BNL) - Computer support
    • Matthew Ahrenstein (BNL) - Computer support
    • Michael DePhillips (BNL) - Online computing

Other supporting efforts & members

  • Anthony Timmins (WSU) - MuDST support
  • Off-site facilities
    • Andrew Rose (LBL) - PDSF support & Data Management Coordinator
    • Elizabeth Atems (WSU) - Grid infrastructure and operation support

The Software Sub-system coordinators ( + ) in each specialized area are as follows :

Detector sub-systems:

  • TPC Software – Richard Witt (Yale)
  • FTPC Software - Janet Seyboth (MPI)
  • SVT Software - Helen Caines (Yale)
  • SSD Software - Jonathan Bouchet (Subatech)
  • B-EMC Software - Matthew Walker (MIT)
  • E-EMC Software - Jan Balewski (IUCF)
  • PMD Software - Rashmi Raniwala (U. Rajasthan)
  • TOF Software - Xin Dong (LBNL)
  • 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.