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Some of you are aware that on April 26, there is an All-Scientists' Retreat where the topic will be "What are the interests of the Fermilab scientists for the decade or so following 2026". Jim Kowalkowski and I are heading up the Computational Science track. We need your input for what to present at this all-scientists' retreat, and so we are having a "Computing R&D Micro-Retreat."
Predicting what Computing will look like in 2026-2036 is a very difficult task ... and we're not going to try. Instead, we would like to talk about Computing R&D steps we may want to perform from now through 2026 or so to get us into that era. We clearly cannot cover all aspects of computing and we need to stay at a big picture scale and think far future. Here are some things that may help the discussion...
Jim and I identified three paths for how "new stuff" comes about in Computing...
It's impossible to predict path 3 by definition. We will try to get input via path 1 by hearing from people in the other retreat tracks (I'll invite them to our meeting) and any ideas from SCD people. Though I think we'll expect that articulating specific computing needs for experiments over 10 years out will be difficult. We'll identify people in computing who can speak to path 2.
We identify three broad core areas for R&D...
A) Computational Software (frameworks, algorithms, simulation, analysis, adapting to new architectures)
B) Operating Computing Systems (Storage, Networking, Load management, Workflows, Middleware, System management and Engineering, connecting to grids and clouds, e.g. HEPCloud)
C) DAQ R&D (triggers, firmware, front/back ends, drivers, communications, electronics)
NEW: A recording of the meeitng is available below. Clicking on the video should download it to your computer (it's about 150 MB). If instead you get a playback screen that doesn't work, right-click on the screen and choose "Download Video" or something similar.