Operations Planning

1. Operations Planning SAC/PAP Review UW-Madison March 1-2, 2007

2. Operations Concept • Analysis • Coordinated by the Collaboration/Analysis Coordinator • Collaborating institutions supported by their respective funding agencies • Operations • Central organization to coordinate and manage in partnership with the collaboration • Cost sharing determined by the funding agencies • Staffing plans include core full-time staff and fractions of staff covered by both research grants and operations support SAC – Operations Planning

3. THE ICECUBE COLLABORATION Sweden: Uppsala Universitet Stockholm Universitet USA: Bartol Research Institute, Delaware Pennsylvania State University UC Berkeley UC Irvine Clark-Atlanta University University of Maryland IAS, Princeton University of Wisconsin-Madison University of Wisconsin-River Falls Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. University of Kansas Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge University of Alaska, Anchorage Germany: Universität Mainz DESY-Zeuthen Universität Dortmund Universität Wuppertal Universität Berlin MPI Heidelberg RWTH Aachen UK: Imperial College, London Oxford University Netherlands: Utrecht University Japan: Chiba university Belgium: Université Libre de Bruxelles Vrije Universiteit Brussel Universiteit Gent Université de Mons-Hainaut New Zealand: University of Canterbury 33 institutions, ~250 members http://icecube.wisc.edu SAC – Operations Planning

4. Operations Scope • Detector Maintenance & Operations (M&O) - Maintain and operate a properly functioning detector. • Data Systems - Enable the collaboration to access data. • Data Integrity - Confirm that high quality data can be used for analysis. • R&D - Modest improvements and evaluation of external threats such as EMI, and technical interfaces with ongoing R&D efforts supported separately. • Education and Outreach • Program Management SAC – Operations Planning

5. Planning Background • Operations tasks and budgets are informed by construction (and operations!) experience. • Organization plans are maturing and during the concurrent construction and operations phase will rely heavily on the ongoing construction project. • Funding agencies need a clear sense of the level of support required in order to advance discussions on the respective funding responsibilities. SAC – Operations Planning

6. Operations Planning Issues • Host Laboratory (NSF) • Responsibilities (NSF, UW, Collaboration) • Influence of resource constraints (power, population, etc.) • Boundary Conditions • MREFC and Research and Related Activities Boundary • Cost sharing algorithms defined by the funding agencies • Data rates, quality and timeliness of analysis • Actual cost of maintenance and operations activities • Coherency of the IceCube Operations Program • Construction, Operations, Analysis Grants, R&D, E&O, … • Emphasis on operations and advanced R&D SAC – Operations Planning

7. Science Operations Operations Support Run Coordination Computing Software & Data Processing R&D Detector Monitoring Administrative Support Online Processing Filtering & Software Systems Northern Data Center Tech Support DAQ Reconstruction Software Metadata & Database Support Logistics Data Distribution Online Filtering Software Detector Hardware RPSC Data Storage Offline Filtering Software SPS Data Handling Tier 2 Support Simulation Software Data Center DESY AMANDA Data Production Winter Overs Offline Data MC Production Europe Monte Carlo SPTS Data Integrity Detector Calibration Data Verification IceCube Operations International Oversight and Finance Group NSF, Executive Agent DRAFT Collaboration Board Executive Committee IceCube Collaboration Collaboration Spokesperson IceCube Neutrino Observatory Principal Investigator Director of Operations Software Coordination Education & Outreach Science Advisory Committee A3RI & Project Support Trigger Filter Transmit Board Detector Operations

8. Operating Strings (Planned going into 06-07 season) Operations Begin SAC – Operations Planning

9. IceCube string and IceTop station 01/05 IceCube string and IceTop station 01/06 IceTop station only 2006 IceCube string and IceTop station 02/07 Deployments 2005: 1 2006: 8 2007: 13 (12 planned) 2008: 14 2009: 14 2010: 14 2011: 7+ AMANDA 01/ 2000 78 74 73 72 67 66 65 59 58 57 56 50 49 48 47 46 40 39 38 30 29 21 SAC – Operations Planning

10. IceCube Integrated Volume (Projected) • Graph shows cumulative km3·yr of exposure × volume • 1 km3·yr reached 2 years before detector is completed • Close to 4 km3·yr at the beginning of 2nd year of full array operation. 3 yr M&O SAC – Operations Planning

11. Already “Operating” • Last Year • IC-9 and Amanda array taking data • Physics analysis ongoing • Continuing Amanda analysis • Publication of results • First IC-9 analysis within 6 months of data • Publication soon! (paper in pub committee) • This year 22 strings • People working on Physics filters for Pole • Active working groups and coordination • See later talks SAC – Operations Planning

12. Atmospheric neutrinos • Dominant background • Point source searches • Diffuse neutrinos • Important calibration “beam” • Standard candle to measure sensitivity to neutrinos • Established IceCube as a neutrino detector! SAC – Operations Planning

13. Atmospheric neutrinos in 2006 Data selection done online at S. Pole and transferred by satellite North Ratio of data to simulation: At selected cut strength 10: 156 up-going muon events Purity of neutrino sample > 95% John Pretz, Ph.D. thesis SAC – Operations Planning

14. First Neutrinos from IceCube-9 Physics paper prepared for publication within 6 months of initial operation! SAC – Operations Planning

15. IceCube-22 calibrations LED Flashers Standard Candle SAC – Operations Planning

16. IceCube-22 Muon Plan for Physics data taking with filters in place at Pole (15-25 GB/day satellite rate) to begin before May 1 SAC – Operations Planning

17. Operations Planning - History SAC – Operations Planning

18. Revised M&O Budget SAC – Operations Planning

19. Revised M&O details (Non in-kind) SAC – Operations Planning

20. Revised M&O Details (In-kind) SAC – Operations Planning

21. Where are we now? • NSF funding reality plus $400k common fund fall short in first two years of operation • Prioritization of budget elements & cost cutting • Developed the revised budget • Plan to support core operations areas for IceCube in FY07 and FY08 • Goal to Maintain low impact on MRE contingency! • Increased risk to operations • Need to make case to NSF for better support in FY09 and later years • FY09 (~$6.6M funding needed) • Steady state FY11 on (~$10M) SAC – Operations Planning

22. Operations Planning - Next Steps • SAC/PAP Review – March 1-2, 2007 • collect operations material for reviews • get feedback from you • NSF Review of Revised Proposal - March 15 2005 • At NSF with same review committee from last year • No direct IceCube participants • Review Operations/Construction transition • Same committee gave mostly positive review of full funding request • Revised Budget already drastically cut (~50% in FY07) • Evaluate pending and existing base grants in “big picture” context • IceCube is operating with 22 strings in the ice • Planning for operations funding to start April, 2007 at reduced levels to support core operations. SAC – Operations Planning

23. Summary • IceCube is Physics Capable Now! • Competition & Synergy with Other Exps • Students & Postdocs … • IceCube M&O funding begins this year (April)!! • Planned from initial baseline review in 2004 • Budget estimates well grounded in MREFC & operating experience • Have “Replanning” numbers for first two years • Ramp up in M&O funding slower then planned • Prioritized tasks to ensure core operations • Try to minimize impact on MRE • Need to get full requested amount for Year 3 (FY09) funding in NSF budget plans now SAC – Operations Planning

24. Backup Slides SAC – Operations Planning

25. U.S. Funding Transition Plans US M&O only Non-US in-kind ~ $3.5M SAC – Operations Planning

26. SP Systems (Tier 0) Data Flow ~30 GB / d a y 10 T B / ye ar 1 MB/s 677 OMs F il t ered Da t a T W R AMANDA D A Q JEB/PnF A ll Da t a ICECUBE E v e n t Bu il der 5120 DOMs 5-6 MB/s >400 GB/day Tape Archive O n li n e m o n i to r & a l er t s y s t e m Filter Reconstruction Processor Farm SAC – Operations Planning

27. South Pole System (SPS) 17 Racks, 150 computers, real time DAQ, PnF system, networking, security, data handling 300GB/day tape, 28 GB/day satellite Tier 0 Winter Over Operations (WO) South Pole Test System (SPTS) Data Warehouse Core IceCube Resources SP&NH Data movement, 30TB/yr Data&MC disk, Tape archive, Database 2 Winter Overs, training 3FTE/yr, 300GB/day tape 8 Racks, ~60 computers, cable, DOM, DAQ, PnF UW Madison Data Center Data Center US MC Production UW Data Center DESY MC Production Germainy Offline data formatting & merging, L1 Filtering, >800 GHz-CPU dedicated Manage MC Production, MC production, >800 GHz-CPU dedicated + shared CPU resources Offline data formatting & merging, re-Filtering, >800 GHz-CPU Dedicated MC production, >800 GHz-CPU dedicated + shared CPU resources Tier 1 MC Production Sweden/Belgium MC Production UMD MC Production US MC production, >400 GHz-CPU dedicated MC production, >400 Ghz-CPU using shared CPU resources Distributed Resources MC production, using shared CPU resources ALL ICECUBE COLLABORATING INSTITUTIONS Tier 2

28. Data Warehouse (Tier 0) & Data Processing Centers (Tier 1) Data Flow