Agenda & Minutes [see old agendas here]

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• Tues, Sept 20, 2005 (GCR Calib) (Notes)
  • Review of Status
    • On-orbit Calibration Plan (Mark)
    • GCR Framework (Mark)
    • Heavy ion rates (Andrey)
    • MIP finding/reaction filtering (Fred)
    • GSI paper (Benoit)
    • Heavy ion peak shape models (Eric, Benoit)
  • Other business
• Tues, July 26, 2005 (GCR Calib)
  • Review and status of tasks (pdf)
  • Comparison of CREME96 and CRHeavyIonPrimary rates (corrected from previous presentation;  Andrey)
• Tues, June 21, 2005 (GCR Calib)
  • GCR Rates form CREME96 and CRHeavyIonPrimary (Andrey)
    • Actions:
      • Check on angular coverage/solid angle normalization of GLEAM CRs
      • Check on simulated date for GLEAM simulations
  • Short meeting at DC2 workshop
    • Meet during EUD Colloquium, Tues afternoon at 3:30pm
  • Next vrvs meeting 12 July
• Wed, May 18, 2005 [Revision Group]
  • Algorithm/Tool Structure
  • Implementation plan
  • Sasha Chekhtman - Cal Trigger Information in TDS
• Tues, May 17, 2005 [GCR Calib]
  • Task List Review (pdf)
  • Action Item Review
    • Produce revised task list for next mtg (Mark)   DONE
    • Check fluxes generated by CRHeavyIonPrimary (Andrey)
    • Implement quenching model in simulation (G4Generator or Digi?) (Sasha)
    • Verify and investigate excessive compute time for heavy ion simulation in G4. Delta e- in MC file? (Andrey + ?))
    • Resolve excessive TKR recon time for heavy ions; email Tracy (Mark + TKR guys) IN PROGRESS
• Wed, May 11, 2005
  • Zach Fewtrell - Proposed extensions to CalXtalRecData
  • Sasha Chekhtman - External Position Estimation (pdf, ppt)
• Wed, May 4, 2005 [Revision Group]
  • Tracy Usher - Status of proposed TDS Classes
  • Considerations on Algorithm/Tool structure
• Wed, April 20, 2005
  • Sasha Chekhtman - external position estimation Postponed to next week
  • Zach Fewtrell - Proposed extensions to CalXtalRecData Postponed to next week
  • MIP finder update (from Fred via email)
    • The Gaudi tool code is now almost de-bugged
    • Next tasks:
      • the update of its outputs (track candidates) to the TDS
      • the modifications of the HepRep service to add these outputs to the FRED event display in a view of better understanding the algorithm behaviour and of scanning easily larger sets of events
  • Other Status Reports
• Wed, April 13, 2005 [Revision again]
  • David Chamont: CalRecon architecture (see confluence link here)
• Wed, April 6, 2005 [CALRecon Revision Group]
  • Bill Atwood: Cal Assessment and Proposal (ppt, pdf)
  • Tracy Usher: Updated TDS Diagram (ppt, pdf
  • Example prototype of CalEventSummary here
  • Example prototype of CalCorToolResult here
• Wed, March 23, 2005 [CALRecon Rewrite Meeting]
  • Tracy
  • Proposed new TDS entries from calXtalResponse (Zach)
• Wed, March 9, 2005 SLAC Meeting
  • Meeting Summary
  • Agenda
  • Sasha
  • Zach
  • David C.
  • Berrie
  • Pol
  • Philippe
  • calrecon problem
  • Benoit
  • Fred
  • Nearterm CAL software tasks
• Wed, February 23, 2005
  • DC2 requirements and nearterm agenda
  • Face to face meeting discussion
  • NRL
    • FLE/FHE thold (Sasha)
    • CalXtalResponse status
  • LLR
    • Low energy reconstruction (Pol)
  • CENBG
    • Proton inelastic xsec (Johan)
  • GAM
  • SLAC
• Wed, February 9, 2005
  • rdb database news (David)
  • CalXtalResponse issues
    • Energy storage -- Bill still wants end energies;  Store energies or asymmetry?
    • Coping with 4-range modes:  what do we do with ranges other than "best"?  How do we deal with ranges in the noise?
    • Coping with mixed range modes on ends
    • Implementation of Bill's LAC/2 cut
    • Detection and handling of "near end" events
  • Recon update, schedule
    • Structural upgrade
    • MIP finder
    • Clustering
    • Improved algorithms
  • GSI proton analysis update (Johan)
• Wed, January 26, 2005
  • NRL
    • Mark -- Testing support
    • Zach -- Testing CAL response tools (still finishing digi)
    • Sasha -- Reviewing test data, revamping INTNONLIN procedures
    • Andrey -- Studying CAL/TKR alignment
  • LLR (Philippe)
  • CENBG (Benoit, Johan)
  • GAM (Eric)
  • SLAC
• Wed, January 12, 2005
  • NRL
    • Mark -- Finished calibGenCAL v3 doc
    • Zach -- Working on testing CAL response tools
    • Sasha -- Data review, working on ciFit mods
    • Andrey -- Studying CAL/TKR alignment methods
  • LLR (Berrie, David)
  • CENBG (Benoit, Johan)
  • GAM
    • MIP-finder progress (Fred)
  • SLAC
• Wed, December 15, 2004
  •  NRL (sasha 1, 2)
  • LLR (Philippe)
  • CENBG
  • GAM
  • SLAC/I&T
• Wed, December 1, 2004 (I&T Query Meeting)
  • Query Use Cases (pdf)
• Wed, November 24, 2004
  • Hardware Status
  • NRL
  • LLR
  • CENBG
  • GAM
  • SLAC/I&T
    • Update from David on CAL I&T activities
  • What next?  Upcoming software tasks
    • calibGenCAL v3 (NRL)
    • ced file header into LDF, root (NRL, SLAC, Heather)
    • CalCalibSvc, Cal Response Tools rewrite (NRL)
    • CalRecon restructuring, rewrite; incorporation of calvalstool functionality into CALRecon (SLAC, UCSC, LLR, NRL)
    • CalRecon algorithm improvements (Last Layer, Profile Fitting) (LLR)
    • MIP finding (GAM, SLAC, UCSC)
    • Clustering (SLAC)
    • TKR/CAL alignment studies (?)
    • Incorporation of TKR into CALRecon, GCR calib i.e. development of TKR track extrapolation with uncert, alignment (GAM, CENBG, NRL, SLAC)
    • Recon "decision tree" (NRL, LLR, UCSC)
    • GCR calibration (CENBG, GAM, NRL)
      • Heavy ion simulation (CENBG)
      • Filter development (CENBG, GAM)
      • Calibration algorithms development (GAM, CENBG)
      • Software framework (NRL)
    • Systematic uncertainty studies (NRL, LLR)
• Wed, November 10, 2004
  • Hardware Status
  • NRL (sasha1, sasha2, sasha3)
  • LLR
    • Profile fitting update (Philippe)
  • CENBG
    • Comparing measured and simulated nuclear interaction data (Johan)
  • GAM
    • Fred and Silvain are hard at work at NRL analyzing flight hardware test data
  • SLAC/UCSC
• Wed, October 27, 2004
  • Hardware Status
    • FM 102,103 in TV
    • FM 104 in final assembly
    • Preship review for FM 101 soon
    • Fred and company to arrive soon.  Get some sleep while you can!
  • Calibration Work
    • Will release calibGenCAL v2r5 tomorrow
    • v2r5 is a small mod to v2r4 ("Old" style calibration)
    • No CI calibrations inlcuded -- muon only
    • Will go into preship review for FM101 with calibration package, document based on v2r5
    • "New" style calibration work will be done ~22 Dec
    • All towers shipped with v2r5 packages will be reanalyzed with v3
    • Reanalysis should be done before or about same time that first TKRs arrive
  • Recon rewrite
    • Delays due to SLAC stand-down will delay CALrecon rewrite by a week or two
    • Richard:  Tracy will be ready to start talking 1st or 2nd wk of Nov.
    • David C. will come to SLAC for a week.
    • Still want meeting in first half of December?  Yes but not sure when.  Maybe wk of 13 Dec (conflicts with Texas Symp. -- problem?)
  • LLR
    • Philippe Bruel has installed s/w, started working on recon
    • Pol is running gamma batches at Lyon.  Currently 20 nodes and growing.  Looking at new variables to expand range of last layer.
  • CENBG
    • Status report from David (ppt  pdf)
  • GAM
    • Status report from Frederic (pdf)
  • SLAC/UCSC
• Friday, October 1, 2004
  • CAL software meeting at SLAC
    • Pictures
• Wed, September 22, 2004
  • Status of I&T Work
  • Final allocation of speaking time at I&T Meeting
    • Overview of New Recon, Digi, Calib (10min -- Mark)
    • Cross-talk Issues (FLE and "Retrigger") (10min -- Sasha)
    • Various topics (?) (20min -- Benoit)
    • Direct Diode Deposit (10min -- Traudl)
    • Light Behavior Near Xtal Ends (10min -- Andrey proxy)
  • LLR
  • CENBG (Benoit)
  • GAM
  • UCSC
  • SLAC/UW
    • MIP study (David)
    • Recon issues (Toby)
      • CalValsTool migration to CALrecon
      • LAC threshold (1 MeV or 2 MeV?)
  • CAL s/w meeting agenda
    • I&T/flight h/w Status
    • DC2 Requirements
    • Discussion of muon simulation
    • Recon futures
    • GSI results
    • GCR calibration futures
• Wed, September 8, 2004
  • Status of I&T work
  • Speaking assignments for I&T Meeting
  • Agenda for CAL s/w meeting
  • LLR
  • CENBG
  • GAM
  • UCSC
  • SLAC
• Wed, August 25, 2004
  • Status of I&T work (Mark/Sasha)
  • LLR
  • CENBG/GAM
  • UCSC
  • SLAC
  • Agenda for CAL s/w face-to-face meeting
• Wed, August 4, 2004
  • Report on muon threshold problems (Sasha)
  • I&T schedule update (Mark)
  • CAL geometry update (Mark)
  • Light attenuation update (Andrey)
  • LLR
  • CENBG/GAM
  • UCSC
  • SLAC
• Wed, July 21, 2004
  • Report on profile fitting (Pol/Berrie)
  • Report on CalRspSvc desgin (Zach)
    • Description
    • Flow Chart
  • List of I&T/calibration issues (Mark)
  • CENBG/GAM
  • UCSC
  • SLAC
• Wed, June 16, 2004
  • Light attenuation status
  • Geometry document status
  • LLR
  • CENBG
  • GAM
  • UCSC
  • SLAC
• Wed, May 19, 2004
  • Status of calibration algorithms (Sasha)
  • Status of task list
  • LLR
  • CENBG (Benoit)
  • GAM
  • SLAC
• Wed, May 5, 2004 (see notes here)
  • Status of problems in GSI analysis (Benoit, Frederic, Mark)
    • "antiquenching"
    • zero-suppress/autorange data
  • Clustering and Low-energy recon tasks
  • Next face to face mtg -- when?
  • NRL
  • LLR
  • CENBG
  • GAM
• Fri, April 23, 2004
  • Discussion of proposed CAL s/w organization
  • Weekly reports, please
  • Other?
• Thurs, Friday, April 15-16, 2004
  • CAL software meeting at NRL:  see current agenda here
• Fri, Mar 26, 2004
  • Muon calibration study -- Sasha
  • Heavy ion simulation results -- Benoit
  • Discussion of April meeting agenda
  • I&T support status -- Mark, Eduardo/Xin
• Fri, Mar 12, 2004
  • Discussion of I&T and other calibration requirements.  See notes.
• Fri, Mar 5, 2004
  • LLR --Pol: Gain determination for CAL using cosmic muons
  • LLR -- Berrie: using tracker hist in energy estimation
  • GAM -- Frederic: EM GSI calibration
• Fri, Feb 20, 2004
  • Review Julie's Plots
  • CALRecon tag promotion for v4r1?
  • NRL -- Sasha
  • LLR -- Pol
  • Bordeaux -- Benoit, Thierry
  • GAM -- Frederic
  • SLAC -- Xin
  • Meeting in April?
• Fri, Feb 6, 2004
  • NRL -- Sasha
  • LLR -- Berrie, Pol
  • Bordeaux -- Benoit
  • Montpelier -- Frederic
  • SLAC -- Xin
• Fri, Jan 23, 2004
  • correction for events with direct energy deposition in diodes (Berrie)
  •  simulation of pedestals in the EM (Pol)
  Fri, Nov 7, 2003
  • EM CAL analysis at NRL (Sasha)
  • EM CAL analysis at SLAC (Xin)
  • EM CAL analysis at LLR (Pol)
  • CAL failure mode analysis status (Andrei)
  • CAL s/w meeting?
• Fri, Oct. 10, 2003
  • EM CAL results (Sasha)
  • Failure mode analysis (Andrey)
  • CAL recon (Berrie)
  • GSI/CERN (Benoit)
    • Quenching effects (Johan)
• Fri, Sept. 5, 2003
  • New EM CAL results (Sasha)
  • Geometry Verification (Andrey)
  • Recon update (Berrie)
  • CERN beam test result update fig 1 and fig 2  (Benoit)
  • JQMD/G4 heavy ion update (Thierry)
• CAL S/W Meeting at SLAC, 12-13 August 2003
  • Eric's CAL hardware update
  • Sasha's E/M calibration analysis update
  • Eduardo's E/M testing at SLAC update
  • Berrie's CAL recon talk

• Fri,  July 25,2003
  • NRL update (Sasha)
  • LLR update (Berrie)
  • Bordeaux update (Benoit)
  • Plans for next CAL s/w face to face mtg
    • 12-13 Aug @ SLAC ?
• Fri,  July 11,2003
  • NRL update (Sasha, Mark)
    • EM calibration analysis update
    • Preparation for flight cde testing
    • Recon info to Tracy (today, hopefully)
  • LLR update (Berrie)
    • Characterization of  last layer correlation
      • Efficiency
  • Bordeaux update (Benoit)
    • CERN beam test prep
    • GSI prep
  • Other business
• Fri   June 6, 2003
  • NRL update (Mark, Sasha)
    • EM test data analysis update (Sasha)
  • GCR calib/GSI planning (Mark, Benoit)
    • Preliminary task list emailed to calsoftlist
    • Results of Ganil beam test (Johan)
  • LLR update and update (Berrie)
• Fri   May,23, 2003
  • NRL update (Sasha)
  • LLR update (Berrie)
  • Bordeaux update (Benoit)
• Fri   May,9, 2003
  • NRL update (Sasha)
  • LLR update (Berrie)
    • Clustering tool (Gabriel)
  • Bordeaux update (Benoit)
• Fri   Apr 25, 2003
  • NRL update (Sasha)
  • LLR/Bordeaux update (Berrie)
• Fri   Apr 11, 2003 (Cen-A)
  • NRL update (Sasha)'
  • LLR update (Berrie)
  • Bordeaux update (Benoit)
  • SLAC update (Richard)
• Fri   Mar 14, 2003 (Cen-A)
  • NRL update ( Sasha)
  • LLR update (Gabriel)
  • Bordeaux update (Benoit)
    • energy corrections
    • heavy ion simulation
  • SLAC update (Richard)
  Fri   Feb 28, 2003 (Cen-A)
  • NRL update (Mark, Sasha)
  • LLR update (Berrie)
  • Bordeaux update (Benoit)
    • Heavy ions
    • Recon thoughts
  • SLAC update (Richard)
• Fri   Feb 14, 2003 (Cen-A)
  • NRL update (Mark)
  • France update (Berrie, Benoit)
• Fri    Jan 24, 2003
  • Fuzzy clustering update (Gabriel)
  • Recon update (Berrie)
  • SLAC mtg agenda (Mark)
• Fri    Jan 17, 2003
  • Recon studies (Berrie)
  • Calibration update (Sasha)
  • SLAC mtg agenda
• Fri    Jan 10, 2003 (Saturn)
  • New calibration classes (Sasha)
  • Recon studies (Berrie)
  • Interactive Recon (Richard)
  Fri    Dec 20, 2002 (Saturn)
  • Calibration class review (Sasha)
  • Recon studies (Berrie)
  • SLAC update (Richard)
  • Bordeaux update (Benoit)
  • Meeting date (Mark)
• Fri    Dec 6, 2002 (Saturn)
  • Task List review
  • CAL s/w team meeting plans
• Wed Nov 6, 2002 (Mars)
  • SLAC Update (Richard)
  • France Update (Berrie)
  • NRL Update (Sasha)
  Wed Oct 9, 2002 (Mars)
  • NRL Update (Sasha)
  • France Update (Berrie)
  • SLAC Update (Richard)
  • Performance Review Update (All)
• Wed Oct 2, 2002 (Sun)
  • NRL Update (Mark, Sasha)
  • France Update (Berrie)
  • SLAC Update (Richard)
  • Performance Review Discussion
• Wed Sep 25, 2002 (Venus)
  • Recon parameter recalc update (Berrie, Richard)
  • Interaction rate and energy scale studies (Richard)
  • Recon update (Sasha)
  • Low energy photons (Eduardo)
• Wed Sep 4, 2002 (Venus)
  • NRL update (Mark)
  • CalDigi update (Richard)
  • France update (Berrie, Gabriel)
• Wed Aug 21, 2002 (Venus)
  • CalDigi update (Richard)
    • The MSU plot showing light taper is here
  • France Update (Berrie, Gabriel)
    • High energy correction recalculation
    • Cluster algorithm
  • CAL tuple quantities
  • Software Requirements
  • Mark's Aug/Sept/Oct schedule
• Tues  Aug 6, 2002 (Saturn)
  • Berrie's Status Report
  • Task List
• Wed July 24, 2002 (Saturn)
  • Discuss face to face mtg minutes
• Thurs - Fri 18-19 July 2002 -- Face to Face Calorimeter Software Mtg @ NRL
  • Agenda
  • Minutes
• Wed   June 12, 2002 [CANCELED] (Neptune)
  • Doc review preparation status
    • Cal Recon (Sasha)
    • Cal Digi (Richard)
    • Event (Richard, Sasha)
  • Face to face meeting prep (Mark)
  • Update on what will be done in France (Berrie)
  • Action items (Mark)
• Wed   June 5, 2002 (Moon)
  • Doc review preparation status (Sasha)
  • Face to face meeting schedule? (Mark)
  • Recap of Analysis Group meeting (Mark)
  • CAL software mtg schedule for next few weeks (Mark)
  • Action Items (Mark)
• Wed   May 29, 2002 (Mars)
  • Cal S/W update (Sasha)
  • Action Items (Mark)
• Wed   May 22, 2002 (Moon)
  • Cal S/W update (Sasha) 
  • CAL S/W code review (Mark, Sasha)
  • Action Items (review due dates)  (Mark)
• Wed   May 15, 2002 (Neptune)
  • Calorimeter Calibration Database update (Sasha) 
  • EGRET low energy "recon" technique (Berrie)
  • Update on Root CAL Digis (Richard)
  • Action Items (sounds more official than "To do list" --  and they will have due dates too!)  (Mark)
• Wed.  May 8, 2002 (Moon)
  • CALRecon update (Sasha)
  • Update to what's going on in France (Berrie)
  • To do list (All)

Last Modified: M. Strickman 09/20/05 09:57