Review of the Particle Data Group
September 12, 2008, DOE Germantown
Particle Data Group participants
Michael Barnett (PDG Leader)Juerg Beringer (PDG Scientist and Computing Upgrade Leader)
Keith Olive (PDG, Univ. of Minnesota; Astrophysics)
Piotr Zyla (PDG Editor)
Cecilia Aragon (LBNL Computing)
AGENDA
| 8:30 -- 9:00 | Executive Session | |
| Slides | 9:00 -- 9:35 | Significance and Relevance of the PDG to HEP. (Barnett)
PDG as an educational project. |
| Slides Slides | 9:35 -- 9:50 | Vital Roles of Berkeley, CERN, Japan, SLAC, Retirees. (Barnett) The Role of PDG Members Outside Berkeley (Olive) |
| Slides | 9:50 -- 10:25 | Value of PDG Deliverables and Prioritized List (Barnett/Beringer)
(with dates and estimated costs of each) Five-Year Plan --Budget and FTE tables. --Costs of salaries, materials, and operations. --Availability of hardware and software with costs and maintenance. --Alternative sources of funding (national and intl.). --In-kind contributions and deliverables. --Mix of online and offline publications and costs. |
| 10:30 -- 10:45 | Break *************** |
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| Slides | 10:45 -- 11:00 | Process of Producing the Review of Particle Physics (Barnett) |
| Slides Handout | 11:00 -- 11:40 | Roles of PDG Members in the Process (Barnett, Beringer, Zyla) |
| Slides | 11:40 -- 11:55 | Future Development of Astrophysics/Cosmology in PDG (Olive) |
| 12:00 -- 1:00 | LUNCH *************** |
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| Slides WBS (HTML) WBS (MS Project) Production Handout | 1:00 -- 2:15 | Computing Upgrade and Production Overview (Beringer/Zyla/Aragon) --Commercial search engines role --Existing computing system and shortcomings --Why do we need the computing upgrade? --Technical evaluation of existing system --Computing upgrade project plan |
| Slides | 2:15 -- 2:30 | Summary, Budget, Personnel Requirements (Barnett) |
| 2:30 -- 3:00 | Q&A - Discussion | |
| 3:00 -- 4:30 | Executive Session | |
| 4:30 -- 5:00 | Closeout |