Computer Science Project Abstract
EXPLORATION AND EXPANSION OF THE SAM DATA HANDLING SYSTEM AT FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY
Presenter:
Dmitry Goldin, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, 1500 West Sullivan Road, Aurora, IL 60506; dgtal@imsa.edu
Mentor:
Gabriele Garzoglio, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Computing Division, P.O. Box 500, MS 114, Batavia, IL 60510
Abstract:
In modern day, there are important physics questions that can only be answered by building new particle accelerators that can reach higher energy levels. However these facilities will require world-wide collaboration and computing is a critical element in making this collaboration work. Creating computer tools that will allow physicists to work at their home base and simultaneously receive data from sources anywhere in the world, is rather new in the scientific community but it will further physics research well beyond what it was before. At my mentorship, I have been involved in a project dealing with a computing grid called SAM, established for Fermilab’s DZero experiment and used to offer access for experiment collaborators at six sites in Europe. I have also helped expand capabilities of SAM using the Globus Project technology, which is needed to build computational grids. Through my research and work I have acquired some familiarity with programming in JAVA, HTML, and SQL, yet I have also learned theory on topics such as client-server relationships as well as learning to operate in Linux. In my mentorship presentation I will include theory and structure of the SAM data handling system in addition to the computer topics I’ve learned.