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CosylabSwitzerlandandSKADiegoCasadei
(CEOCosylabSwitzerlandGmbH)[email protected]
CosylabandCosylabSwitzerland
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Cosylabinshortq Innovatorandgloballeaderinsoftwarefortheworld’smostcomplex,preciseandadvancedmachines◼Particleaccelerators,nuclearfusion,radio-telescopes◼Atomicforcemicroscopes,real-timeseedclassification
qFoundedin2001.Now200people(160+FTEengineering)qHQinSloveniawithbranchesandteamsinSwitzerland,Sweden,SouthKorea,Japan,USA,China
qReliability,PA/QA,carefulintegration◼ISO 9001 Qualitymanagementsystems- Requirements◼ISO 13485 Medicaldevices- Qualitymanagementsystems◼ISO 14971 Medicaldevices- Applicationofriskmanagementtomedicaldevices
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CosylabqWorldleaderinSystemIntegrationandSoftware forparticleacceleratorsforresearchandcancertherapy◼43%marketshare
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qSelectedreferences:◼Accelerators:FAIR(Darmstadt),LHC,
WhiteRabbit(CERN),SwissFEL (PSI),LCLS/LCLS-II(SLAC)
◼Neutronsources:SNS(OakRidge),ESS(Lund)
◼ Cancertherapy:MedAustron (Austria),iBNCT (Japan),HIMM(Lanzhou,China)
◼Astronomy&Astrophysics:ALMA(Munich,AtacamaDesert),ESOE-ELT(CerroAmazones),CTA(CherenkovTelescopeArray)
◼ Fusion:ITER(Cadarache)
CosylabSwitzerlandGmbHq People:13FTE
¢ 2 computerscientists¢ 7 electronicengineers¢ 4 physicists
q Sites:¢ ParkInnovAarePSIWest,Villigen(mainoffice)
¢ Meyrin(Geneva)
q Projects:¢ SwissFEL,SLS,PANDAatPSI¢ Protontherapyforcancertreatment¢ QualySense (industrial)¢ Space
q Focus:¢ Controlsystems¢ Integration&synchronizationofheterogeneousdevices
¢ Fastreal-timecontrol,synchronization¢ SWengineering
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TheSKAanditschallenges
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Thetechnologicalchallenges◼Complexity◻ Biggestradiotelescopeuptodate◻ Longbaselineinterferometerarrays◻Datafromclustersofsingletelescopes/antennassentaroundtheglobe◻ Enormousamountofdatatobeprocessed◼Telescopemanagement◻ Equipmentorchestration◻Monitoring◼Datahandling– (~300PB/year)◻ Transferacrossglobe◻ Storageindatacenters◼Computationalneeds– ~300PFlops◼Timesynchronizationandeventcorrelation◻ Localclustersynchronizationandpropereventtime-stamping– attheclusterprocessor◻Globaltimesynchronization&correlation
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Theorganizationalchallenge
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Fromhttp://ska-sdp.org/sites/default/files/attachments/overview_of_ska_project_and_current_status_1.pdf
Thelongevitychallenge
qConstruction◼5yearsconstruction(SKA1)◼+7years(SKA2)
qDecadesofoperations
Carefulplanningandchoiceoftechnologicalsolutions,upgradestrategiesandapplication(software)life-cycle
managementisessential
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RelevantCosylabexperience
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AstronomyandastrophysicsqALMACommonSoftware◼Largestoperationalradiotelescopeintheworld◼Cosylabwasthesolecontractor◼CosylabdesignedanddevelopedtheACSjointlywithESO
qESOE-ELTCoreIntegrationInfrastructureSoftware– ongoing◼Largestopticaltelescopeinconstructionintheworld◼Next-generationcoretelescopesoftwareframework◼OngoingprojectatESO
qCherenkovTelescopeArray– ongoing◼InitialSWdistributions◼SWdevelopmentinfrastructure,conventions,manualsandprocess◼SWdevelopmentlife-cycleguidelines
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Afree,opensourceandobject-orientedDistributedControlSystems frameworkusedinlargescientificfacilities(accelerators,wind-tunnels,highpowerlasers)
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q SOLARISSynchrotron,Poland◼CosylabprovidedthecompleteacceleratorCSturn-key◼and2turn-keyTango/Sardana basedbeam-linecontrolsystems
qMAXIVSynchrotron,Sweden◼Cosylabprovidedvarioussub-systems
◻ Example:motionbasedcontrolforundulators
qONERAwind-tunnels,France◼Cosylabprovidedcontrolsystemforsub-systems
qNICA- Nuclotron-basedIonColliderfAcility,Dubna,Russia◼Cosylabisprovidingacompleteturn-keyTangobasedionbeam-linecontrolsystem
chosenforSKA
Timing&SynchronizationqEventbased&timedistributionsystemsexperience:◼MicroResearchFinland(MRF)EventBasedsystemsusedonparticleaccelerators◻EuropeanSpallationSource,PAL-XFEL,Solaris,MedAustron,etc
◼IEEE1558PrecisionTimeProtocol◻AsusedbyITERTCNsub-system
◼CERNWhiteRabbit timedistribution◻Cosylabisdeliveringthecustomdeveloped,open-hardwareTimingboardsfortheGSIFAIRproject,basedontheCERNWhiteRabbit technology◻CosylabprovidesFESAframeworkintegrationofthehardware
◼GPSsynchronizedtimestampingandclocksignals◻AtmanyacceleratorfacilitiesthetimingclocksareGPSsynchronized◻Examplereferenceproject,thetimingsystematMedAustron
qReadyforthenextchallenge!
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Theorganizational&longevitychallengeqITERCODAC(Control,DataAccessandCommunication)use-case◼https://www.iter.org/mach/Codac◼Since2009CosylabhasbeencontractedbyITERtoengineer,maintain&evolvethecoresoftwareControlSystemframeworkforoneoftheworld’slargestcollaborativescientificprojects
qSimilarorganizationalchallengeasSKA!◼~100organizationsworld-wideuseCODACtobuildsub-systemsthatwillallcometogetherattheITERsiteinCadarache,France◼Researchinstitutions&industryalike
qStrongemphasison:◼Standardization,bothofsoftwaredistributionandhardwarecatalog◼Welldefinedanddocumentedprocesses◼Completelife-cyclemanagement◼Obsolescenceplanning◼Documentation,trainingmaterialsandhand-ontrainingworkshops◼Usersupport(engineeringusers)
qSettingsimilarinfrastructureforCTAnow
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WhySKAisimportantforCosylabSwitzerland
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StrategyofCosylabSwitzerland
qCSLCH’saimistogrowandachievegreaterindependencefromHQ◼ToanswernotonlytheuniqueneedsoftheSwissbig-scienceandindustrialmarkets,butalsoprovidecuttingedgeservicesworldwide
qActivelylookingforopportunitiesin◼Core:scientificprojects◼Core:medicalapplications◼New:industrialapplications◼New:space
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CosylabSwitzerland&
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qExistingcompetencesfitSKAverywell
qLong-termprojectslikeSKAgiveCSLCHtheopportunityto◼HirenewexpertsinSwitzerland◼LeverageonHQknow-howtoachieveknowledgetransfertoSwitzerland◼CreatededicatedSwissteamforSKATelescopeManagementandElementMonitoring&Control
SKAgivesCSLCHachancetohireandtrainyoungscientists,engineers,anddeveloperswhowillbeattheleadingedgeoftechnology
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