Software & Computing R&D

The US has long played a leading role in software and computing R&D across its focus areas of core software, event I/O and distributed computing. Given the compute-limited physics of ATLAS, a particular focus has been leveraging as broad an array of computing resources as possible, including supercomputers, DOE Leadership Class Facilities (the largest supercomputers), and commercial clouds as well as the grid. 

In 2018, preparing for the tremendous growth in computing requirements that the HL-LHC will bring for ATLAS, US ATLAS created an R&D activity specifically focused on HL-LHC computing R&D, with the following activity areas.
 

Software Reengineering and Algorithm Development

This area addresses software reengineering, algorithm development and performance improvements towards readying ATLAS software for HL-LHC requirements,

Workflow Porting and Integration on New Platforms

This area addresses the work required to adapt, port, integrate, optimize and commission ATLAS software and workflows on new platforms and architectures

Distributed Computing Development

This area addresses the extensive distributed computing development required to meet the computing requirements of HL-LHC, including data management and

Leadership