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From:     blazey@dsc09-waf-dc-206-214-1-169.rasserver.net
Subject:  Standing Committee on Upgrade Installation-to-Physics Commissioning
Date:     20-APR-2004 22:05
Expires:  04-JUL-2004 22:05


Dear Colleagues

We are pleased to announce formation of a Standing Committee on Upgrade
Installation-to-Physics Commissioning. The committee is being charged with
developing an integrated experiment-wide plan for the installation and full
commissioning of the upgrade elements.  Their findings will be used as input to
the spokesperson's deliberations as we decide on the scheduling of, and the
collaboration-wide resources required for, the installation and commissioning
of each of the upgrade components.  The full charge to the committee is
attached below.

The current committee membership represents the unusually extensive nature of
the task.  It consists of Ela Barberis, Volker Buescher, Bill Cooper, Stefan
Gruenendahl, Bob Hirosky, Rick Jesik, Ken Johns, Eric Kajfasz, Breese Quinn,
Lisa Shabalina, Gordon Watts, and Taka Yasuda, and will be co-chaired by
Cecilia Gerber and Rich Smith. A small number of members may be added as
needed, to bring in additional expertise. The Committee will be necessarily be
drawing on the expertise of many in the collaboration; we ask each of you to
assist them when called upon.  We thank the committee members for agreeing to
take on this important and challenging task.


Sincerely

Jerry Blazey and John Womersley
	

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Charge to the Standing Committee on Upgrade Installation-to-Physics
Commissioning


In order to continue to exploit and maximize the physics potential of the
experiment throughout Run II, the upgrade trigger, DAQ/online, and silicon
sub-projects must be installed and commissioned in a manner that to the
greatest extent possible minimizes the total downtime of the experiment. The
installation and technical commissioning of the hardware represents a portion
of that process; full commissioning of the elements further downstream (physics
commissioning) will also be required in order to resume the acquisition of
physics-quality data. A collaborative effort that effectively bridges the usual
hardware/software boundaries is essential in order to optimally coordinate this
process. To that end, we have assembled a Standing Committee that is being
asked to generate a detailed plan describing the evolution of the various
activities. This plan will include, but not necessarily be limited to, the
following areas:

·	Installation and technical commissioning of the hardware;
·	Calibration databases, both online and offline;
·	Updates to data unpacking & formatting;
·	Development of Level 3 filtering algorithms;
·	Updates to clustering and track finding, both online and offline;
·	Development of Monte Carlo and TRIGSIM.

We have asked the Committee to come up with a plan that includes a breakdown and
timelines for each of the major efforts, the resources required (including
manpower type – physicist, engineer, technician, etc.), and the sequence in
which the various pieces need to be developed. Given the complexity of this set
of processes, we have assembled a broad group of experts to develop this plan.
The Committee therefore includes personnel from the upgrade project, as well as
those more closely affiliated with areas beyond the upgrade and hardware
efforts.

We imagine that the work associated with this effort will go on until the
upgrade elements are commissioned, but that the studies will be done in more
focused periods, not as a constant effort. It is understood that the Committee
will work closely with the Algorithms Coordinator, the Technical Coordinator,
and the Run IIb Project Manager, taking direction and guidance from them in
developing the plan. The spokespersons, in conjunction with the aforementioned 
managers of the experiment, will be asking others in the collaboration to
assist the Committee with any studies that are needed, and to generally lend
their input and expertise as the plan is developed. We have also asked the
co-chairs to provide periodic oral reports on their progress in various forums,
including collaboration meetings and the All DZero Meeting. A written report
describing the findings of the Committee will be updated and submitted to the
spokespersons approximately every three to four months, and will be used to
evaluate the optimal approach to, and timing for, the installation of the
upgrade elements. We have requested a first update be presented at the June
2004 workshop in Fresno.

This is a most challenging task, and we very much appreciate that this group has
agreed to serve the experiment in this capacity. We have every hope and
expectation that the timely establishment of this Committee, and the more
integrated approach to installation and commissioning that their efforts
represent, will enable us to most fully optimize the physics reach of the
experiment during the coming run.

Jerry Blazey and John Womersley

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