I nformation S ystems and D ata A cquisition for ATLAS

1. The team What was achieved Amélia Maio Helmut Wolters KTIDBExplorer/NODE LIP- Coimbra LIP Jaime Villate FEUP António Amorim José Augusto Guiomar Evans FCUL João Simões Diogo Caracinha João Batista Belmiro Pinto ONASIC Lourenço Lopes Ricardo Neves Oracle IS COOL Marta Brandão Paulo Pereira IS2OKS MySQL OKS2COOL TIDB2 OKS OKS2TIDB2 PostgreSQL ONASIC LCG application area “Controller” Calibration & Alignment What is proposed Database access Conditions DB LVL1 electronics Open Source software Muon Central Trigger LTPIM Necessary resources DCS Athena TDAQ Information SystemsandData Acquisitionfor ATLAS This team continues to consolidate its position within the ATLAS Trigger and Data Acquisition (TDAQ) group, in all areas it holds responsibilities. We emphasize the achievements in the TDAQ databases, the First Level Trigger (FLT) electronics, and Calibration and Alignment studies • We’ve participated in the ATLAS TDAQ Large Scale Tests and in the Inner Detector’s Alignment effort • We’ve initiated the development of the Temporal Instrumental Database (TIDB2) – a database C++ API for managing Interval of Validity (IOV) data, which uses a plug-in system to interface with several DBMSes (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, COOL) and data types (BUFR, GRIB, ROOT) • We’ve created a KDE/Qt-based browser (KTIDBExplorer) for database navigation. It uses TIDB2 for DBMS interface and its own plug-ins for visualization of extended data types, and will be the base of the • We’ve created the Online Asynchronous Interface to COOL (ONASIC), the successor to the TDAQ Online Conditions interface to log all information from the running Online system to the ATLAS Configuration Database • We’ve developed the OKS2COOL tool – an interface between the Configuration Database (OKS) and ATLAS’s Main Database (COOL) • We’ve developed, tested and validated the Local Trigger Processor Interface Module hardware electronics • We’ve designed a Local Trigger Processor Interface Module (LTPIM) prototype and the VHDL codes for the full VME slave interface and module control This team will maintain its decisive contribution to the advancement of knowledge in the domain of the information systems for HEP experiments, and will solidify its role in the necessary developments for the success of the ATLAS experiment • Diploma theses: • Tiago Franco, “Generalização da interface BDs temporais CondDB com base na tecnologia Oracle”. Departamento de Informática da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia. Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2005. • Dinis Klose, “O desenvolvimento da 'ATLAS Conditions Database' e a sua generalização ao processo de dados técnico-científicos com evolução temporal”. Departamento de Física da Faculdade de Ciências. Universidade de Lisboa, 2004. • Nuno Barros, “Database systems to manage time varying data in High Energy Physics – a case study report”. Departamento de Física da Faculdade de Ciências. Universidade de Lisboa, 2005. Publications in refereed scientific journals: • J. Vermeulen et al. (incl. António Amorim, Nuno Barros, Dinis Klose). “ATLAS DataFlow: the Read-Out Subsystem, Results from Trigger and Data-Acquisition System Testbed Studiesandfrom Modeling”. 14th IEEE-NPSS Real Time Conference 2005 Nuclear Plasma Sciences Society (RT2005), Stockholm, Sweden, Junho 2005 – 6 pgs. • S. Gadomski et al. (incl. A. Amorim, N. Barros, D. Klose). “Deployment and use of the ATLAS DAQ in the Combined Test Beam”. In: 14th IEEE-NPSS Real Time Conference 2005 Nuclear Plasma Sciences Society (RT2005), Stockholm, Sweden, Junho 2005 – 5 pgs. • D. Liko et al. (incl. A. Amorim, N. Barros, D. Klose, L. Pedro). “Control in the ATLAS TDAQ System”. In: 14th IEEE-NPSS Real Time Conference 2005 Nuclear Plasma Sciences Society (RT2005), Stockholm, Sweden, Junho 2005. • Nuno Barros, António Amorim, Richard Hawkings, Tiago Franco, Dinis Klose, Luis Pedro. “The ATLAS experience with databases for strutured data with temporal and hierarchical order”.14th IEEE – NPSS Real Time Conference 2005 Nuclear Plasma Sciences Society RT2005, Stockholm, Sweden, Junho 2005. • A. Amorim, J. Lima, L. Pedro, D. Klose, C. Oliveira, N. Barros. “An implementation for the ATLAS conditions data management based on relational DBMSs”. IEEE Transactions on NuclearScience (2004), vol. 51, issue 3, pg. 591-595. • I. Alexandrov et al. (incl. A. Amorim, D. Klose, J. Lima, L. Lucio, M. Mineev, L. Pedro, H. Wolters). “Online software for the ATLAS test beam data acquisition system”. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (2004), vol. 51, issue 3, pg. 578-584. • Conference communications (submitted): • D. Carachinha, F. Farthouat, P. Gallno, J. Soares Augusto, G. Evens, A. Amorim. “Local Trigger Processor Interface Module”,12th Workshop on Electronics for LHC and future Experiments,2006. • D. Caracinha, P. Farthouat, A. Amorim, J. Augusto. “Resolução da sobreposição de muões para a experiência ATLAS/CERN”. Jornadas sobre Sistemas Reconfiguráveis (REC2005). Universidade do Algarve, Fevereiro de 2005. • A. Amorim. "PAIPIX: a live DVD Linux based on DEBIAN/KNOPPIX with special emphasys on scientific packages including ROOT.". ROOT2005 workshop, Geneva, Switzerland, September 2005. • J. Simões, A. Amorim, R. Neves. "TIDB, an investigating the interface between object structures for scientific data and relational database features.”. ROOT2005 workshop, Geneva, Switzerland, September 2005. • Internal notes: • “Large Scale Functionality and Performance Tests July 2005”. LST05, Geneva, Switzerland, June/July 2005. ATLAS Databases: • Test and validate ONASIC in the context of the TDAQ Online system and Configuration Databases, and integrate in the TDAQ online software bundle • Develop the Online Objects Extended Database Browser (NODE), based on KTIDBExplorer – a TDAQ Monitoring Working Group tool for navigating COOL tables and displaying ROOT histograms • Test and validate OKS2COOL – the interface between the Configuration and Main ATLAS databases, in the context of the Configuration Database group • Develop a software tool (“Controller”) to perform stress tests on Offline Databases • Research on a database interface for general scientific data objects (TIDB2). The task is conducted locally but reported to the ATLAS online database group First Level Trigger hardware electronics: • Complete test, validation and documentation of the LTPIM including combined tests with ATLAS test beam Calibration and Alignment: • Participation in the study and validation of the Calibration and Alignment strategies for the ATLAS detector, namely the Inner Detector calibration stream. We seek to obtain Calibration and Alignment constants in 24 hours, to be used in the first-pass reconstruction Our software, developed for ATLAS, is part of the LCG persistent framework We use standard GNU tools for a portable development strategy. We aim to make our applications reusable in any environment and platform Human resources: • Ongoing: 2 BI (M.Sc.) + 4 BTI (Lic./Bach.) • Required: 1 BPD Missions: • Participation at congresses (ATLAS T/DAQ, FLT, Databases) • Short-term stays; participation at conferences Equipment: • Computer hardware and network infrastructure (Gb switch) and farm upgrade • Electronics development hardware