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'''JLab''': Hovanes Egiyan, Mark Ito (chair), Yi Qiang, Dmitry Romanov, Simon Taylor, Elliott Wolin, Beni Zihlmann
 
'''JLab''': Hovanes Egiyan, Mark Ito (chair), Yi Qiang, Dmitry Romanov, Simon Taylor, Elliott Wolin, Beni Zihlmann
  
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maybe a new one maybe not
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The meeting was called to order at 2:04 pm EDT.
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simon will give a talk at clas12 meeting, kalman filter and speed-up
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writing out error matrices to hddm file, implemented, write-only mode, David
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==Announcements==
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next week, tue, wed, lehman meeting, offline
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64-bit linux bug, 32-bit compiled
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* '''New release: [https://halldsvn.jlab.org/repos/tags/sim-recon-2010-08-26/RELEASE sim-recon-2010-08-26]'''. Mark announced this yesterday. The code is now a month old.
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* '''[https://mailman.jlab.org/pipermail/halld-offline/2010-September/000368.html 64-bit ROOT on CUE]'''. Mark switched the official version. The old one was broken.
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* '''Kalman Filter Talk''': Simon will give a talk at an upcoming CLAS12 meeting on his work with the Kalman filter and speeding-up tracking.
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* '''Writing out error matrices to an HDDM file'''. David has implemented the writing of error matrices from track fits. Working on reading them in is in progress.
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* '''64-bit Linux root exploit'''. Beni gave us a heads-up about [http://linux.slashdot.org/story/10/09/20/0217204/Linux-Kernel-Exploit-Busily-Rooting-64-Bit-Machines this bug] in the Linux kernel.
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==Review of minutes from the last meeting==
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We looked at the [[GlueX Offline Meeting, August 24, 2010#Minutes|minutes from the August 24 meeting]]. No comments of note.
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==Calibration Database==
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We had two talks on the subject, with lots and lots of discussion.
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* Mark introduced the current thinking on the design of the database tables. See [http://argus.phys.uregina.ca/cgi-bin/public/DocDB/ShowDocument?docid=1607 his slides] for details.
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* Dmitry discussed several issues with implementing the design. See [https://halldweb1.jlab.org/talks/2010-09/CCDB_design.pptx his slides] for details.
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==Action Item Review==
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We did not get the the review of action items. The links are reproduced here for reference.
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* [http://tinyurl.com/2beqwlk Resolved issues]
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* [http://tinyurl.com/25g8af6 Outstanding issues]
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The meeting was adjourned at 4:35 pm EDT.

Revision as of 18:12, 21 September 2010

GlueX Offline Software Meeting
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
2:00 pm EDT
JLab: CEBAF Center F326/7

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Video Conferencing

Slides

Talks can be deposited in the directory /group/halld/www/halldweb1/html/talks/2010-09 on the JLab CUE (you have to be a member of the "halld" Unix group). This directory is accessible from the web at https://halldweb1.jlab.org/talks/2010-09/ .

Agenda

  1. Announcements
    1. New release: sim-recon-2010-08-26: Mark
    2. 64-bit ROOT on CUE: Mark
  2. Review of minutes from the last meeting: all
  3. Calibration Database
    1. Introduction: Mark
    2. Implementation considerations: Dmitry
  4. Action Item Review: all
    1. Resolved issues
    2. Outstanding issues
    • To view these links, login first. Anonymous login is available.

Minutes

JLab: Hovanes Egiyan, Mark Ito (chair), Yi Qiang, Dmitry Romanov, Simon Taylor, Elliott Wolin, Beni Zihlmann

The meeting was called to order at 2:04 pm EDT.

Announcements

  • New release: sim-recon-2010-08-26. Mark announced this yesterday. The code is now a month old.
  • 64-bit ROOT on CUE. Mark switched the official version. The old one was broken.
  • Kalman Filter Talk: Simon will give a talk at an upcoming CLAS12 meeting on his work with the Kalman filter and speeding-up tracking.
  • Writing out error matrices to an HDDM file. David has implemented the writing of error matrices from track fits. Working on reading them in is in progress.
  • 64-bit Linux root exploit. Beni gave us a heads-up about this bug in the Linux kernel.

Review of minutes from the last meeting

We looked at the minutes from the August 24 meeting. No comments of note.

Calibration Database

We had two talks on the subject, with lots and lots of discussion.

  • Mark introduced the current thinking on the design of the database tables. See his slides for details.
  • Dmitry discussed several issues with implementing the design. See his slides for details.

Action Item Review

We did not get the the review of action items. The links are reproduced here for reference.

The meeting was adjourned at 4:35 pm EDT.

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