Notes on Science Tools in DC2

S. Digel, 13 Dec 2005

Here is a summary of where I think things stand regarding the science tools aspects of DC2.  In terms of reconstruction and classification of events, the data challenge has effectively been underway for a long time, of course, and I'm taking it them for granted here.  The same goes for the DC2 sky model.

Distribution

Linux/Windows - See Julie's posting in Confluence.  The usability of the science tools under Windows is not great, owing to the way the scripts need to open a cmd window every time a tool is run, and the difficulty of making interactive likelihood analysis via Python work.  Multiple ideas for how the distributions should be organized have been floated, but we have not settled on one, or agreed to give up distributing and supporting Windows versions.

Documentation

Where are the holes in the User Workbook?

Operation

 Data distribution

• Of what?  FT1, FT2, GBM-GRB-related files?  Background included?  Precomputed exposure cubes?  Diffuse model, diffuse model terms in FT1?  Pulsar ephemerides
• Status of servers - GSSC & SLAC - for these data products?

Plotting, data and IRF 'exploring' -

Details - like checking checksums, reference dates, versions of files

Response functions

Performance tradeoffs (likelihood analysis)

Feedback

As for the checkouts, I imagine, although probably via a DC2 section of Confluence.  Bug reports to JIRA.

DC2 Kickoff

March 1-3 at SLAC.  Tutorials on using the tools?  I'd rather not.  What else is going to fill 3 days?  I don't think that the agenda has been discussed in detail yet.