ARCHERCSEServiceQuarterlyReport

Quarter12016

1. DocumentInformationandVersionHistoryVersion: 1.0Status Draft

Author(s): AndyTurner,LornaSmith,DavidHenty,XuGuo,ChrisJohnson,ToniCollis

Reviewer(s) LornaSmith,AlanSimpson

Version Date Comments,Changes,Status Authors,contributors,

reviewers0.1 2016-03-02 Skeletondocument AndyTurner0.2 2016-04-01 CSEstatisticsentered AndyTurner0.3 2016-04-05 Trainingsectionadded DavidHenty0.4 2016-04-07 Outreachsectionadded ToniCollis0.5 2016-04-11 eCSEsectionadded ChrisJohnson0.6 2016-04-13 AddedcentralisedCSEsections AndyTurner0.7 2016-04-14 Correctionsandadditions AndyTurner0.8 2016-04-16 QA AlanSimpson0.9 2016-04-18 Respondedtoreviewcomments AndyTurner1.0 2016-04-18 FinalversionforEPSRC AlanSimpson,AndyTurner

2. ExecutiveSummaryThisreportcoverstheperiod:1January2016to31March2016inclusive.

• CentralisedCSETeam:o Alongwithusersandservicepartners,wehaveidentifiedkeystrategicpriorities

forthetechnicalworkofthecentralisedCSEteamoverthecomingyeartomaximizethebenefitoftheCSEservicetotheusercommunity(moreinformationinSection7below.

o AJenkinsContinuousIntegration(CI)serverhasbeensetupandconfiguredandasmallsetofinitialcompilertestsimplemented.

o WehaveexchangedapplicationusagedatawiththeNERSCHPCsiteandareintheprocessofanalysingthedatatounderstandwheresimilaritiesanddifferenceslie.ThisshouldhelpexplorehowuniquetheARCHERworkloadisandwherewecanbestshareinformation.

• Training:o Wedelivered19days(408student-days)offace-to-facetraininginthequarter

at6differentlocations,withanaveragefeedbackscorebetterthan“verygood”.o Wedelivered3virtualtutorialsasliveinteractivewebinarswithanaverageof

21attendeespersession.o Scheduleofvirtualtutorialswasalteredfrominitialplantoensureuserswere

keptup-to-datewiththenewfeaturesofamajorARCHERsoftwareupgrade(inFebruary),andtheassociatedavailabilityofOpenMP4.0(inMarch).

o ThefirsttrainingcoursetousetheResearchDataFacility(RDF)andassociatedDataAnalyticCluster(DAC)wassuccessfullyruninMarchtopromotebetterdatamanagementonARCHER.

o Thethirdfollow-upsurveyonlonger-termimpactoftraininghasbeencompletedandtheresultsanalysed;ashortreportwillbesenttotrainingpanelandEPSRCinApril.Thesurveyindicatedthattraininghasastrongimpactonusers'knowledgeanduseofHPCsystemsingeneral.

o 36peoplesuccessfullycompletedtheARCHER“drivingtest”inQ1,29ofwhomhavesubsequentlyappliedforandreceivedauseraccount.

o TheARCHERtrainingprogrammewashighlightedattheARCHERChampionsmeetingandwediscussedhowattendeescanaccesstrainingmaterialandcollaboratetobroadenthereachofHPCtraining..

o WeareusingPRACEfundingtooffertravelbursariestotheweek-longARCHERSummerSchooltrainingeventinJuly.

• ARCHEROutreachProject:o ThefirstARCHERChampionsface-to-facemeetingwasheldon16-17March

2016inEdinburgh.Theeventwasconsideredextremelyusefulbythosewhoattended.ItcoveredabroadrangeoftopicstofacilitatediscussionofwhatthenextstepisfortheARCHERChampionsprogramme.

o TheARCHEROutreachteamstaffedaboothattheBigBangFair(13-19March).Theboothshowcasedthreeinteractiveactivities:WeeARCHIE,designingasupercomputer,andparallelsorting.Wehadaround6000interactionswithchildrenoverthe4days.

o WehavebeensuccessfulinourproposalstoprovideWomeninHPCworkshopsatISC16andSC16;planninghasnowbegunforbothevents.

• eCSE:o Of59projectsacceptedforthefirst5calls,54havestartedand29ofthesehave

nowcompleted.14finalreportshavebeenreceived;morefinalreportsareexpectedduringthenextquartertobereviewedattheeCSE08panelmeetinginlateJune/earlyJuly

o The5projectswhichhavenotyetstartedarefromthemostrecentclosedcall(eCSE07),andareallduetostartwiththenextfewmonths

o AcallhadpreviouslygoneoutforearlycareerresearcherstoattendaneCSEPanelmeetingasobserverswiththeaimofgivingsuchresearchersabetterinsightintothemechanismofselectiontoassistinthepreparationoffundingproposals.Wereceived17proposalsandataselectionmeetingon25January2016,ninecandidateswereselectedtoattendPanelsoverthenextyear.OnesuchcandidateattendedtheeCSE07meetingandfoundthisaverypositiveexperience.

3. CollaborationsandOutputsSummary

• Presentations:o 18Feb2016,AndyTurner,MonitoringApplicationUsageonHPCFacilitiesusing

XALTandD3.js,HPC-SIGMeeting,UniversityofSheffield.o 21-23Mar2016,OliverHenrich,PoiseuilleFlowofCholestericLiquidCrystals,

JointConferenceoftheBritishandGermanLiquidCrystalSocieties,Edinburgh.

• Meetings:o 23-24Feb2016,AndyTurner,PRACEWP6F2FMeeting,EPCC,Edinburgh.o 1Mar2016,NeeloferBanglawala,UKCTRFManagementMeeting,Newcastle.o 11March2016,AlanSimpson,HPCSACMeeting,ImperialCollege,London.o 14Mar2016,AndyTurner,Nationale-InfrastructureProjectDirectors’Group

Meeting,FarrInstitute,London.o 17Mar2016,AndyTurner,EPSRCConsortiaChairsMeeting,MRC,London.o 23Mar2016,AndyTurner,ARCHERRAPMeeting,EPSRC,Swindon.o 24Mar2016,GavinPringle,eCSEF2FMeeting,AeronauticsDepartment,

UniversityofGlasgow.o 29Mar2016,GavinPringle,eCSEF2FMeeting,AeronauticsDepartment,

UniversityofGlasgow.

4. ForwardLook

• ParallelI/OBenchmarking:o ParallelI/Operformancewasidentifiedasoneofthekeytechnicalareasforthe

CSEtemtoworkonoverthecomingyear.Inparticular,wewanttounderstandhowstandardI/Obenchmarks(suchasIOR)relatetoI/OpatternsinrealapplicationssothatwecanbothmonitortheI/OperformanceofARCHERfilesystemsinarealisticwayandalsoprovideinputtofutureprocurementsonhowtospecifyI/Obenchmarks.

o WorkwithusergroupstoidentifyasetofI/Obenchmarks(bothsyntheticandrealapplications)thatcanberunacrossavarietyofsystemstoprovideanoverviewofparallelI/Otechnologyperformance.WearecollaboratingwithotherHPCservices(JASMINE,DiRAC,MetOffice),vendorsandusercommunitiestomakethisworkasusefulaspossible.

o ProvidespecifictechnicaladviceforARCHERusersonhowtomaximisetheirI/Operformanceontheservicebasedondifferentusagemodes.

• Training:o Onecourseattendeegaveascoreof“verybad”forarecentcourse.Fromtheir

moredetailedfeedbackwebelievethiswasduetoamisunderstandingoverthecoursecontent,althoughwehavereviewedthecoursepublicityanditwasexplicitaboutthecontent.Feedbackiscurrentlycompletelyanonymoussowecannotfollowthisupanyfurther.Asaresult,wearenowincludingtheoptionforattendeestoentercontactdetailsonthefeedbackform.

o Thenew“ObjectOrientedProgrammingwithFortran”coursewasrunforthefirsttime.Althoughitattractedarelativelysmallclassof6attendees,halfofthemgaveitthehighestratingof“excellent”andweareinvestigatingrunningthiscourseagaininQ3.

o AnonlineQ&AsessiononuserissueswithMPIhasbeenscheduledforQ2.Theoutcomesofthisvirtualtutorialwillbeusedtoinformthecontentofthenewcourseon“DevelopingScalableScientificApplicationswithMPI”toberuninQ4.

• ARCHEROutreacho Bestpracticepaperon“Howtoimprovetherepresentationofwomenat

conferences”iscurrentlyinpreparation.o WewillholdWomeninHPCworkshopsatISC16,SC16andincollaborationwith

EuroMPI2016.o Thesecondhands-onportingandoptimisationworkshopwillrunon13Mayat

ImperialCollege,London.o TheoutreachmaterialfortheTeacherandOutreachAmbassadorspackisnow

beingprepared,withanticipationofthematerialbeingreleasedlaterin2016.

• eCSE:o Ananalysisofavailablefundswillbecompletedduringthenextquarterto

determineifmorepersonmonthsareavailableforthenexttwocalls,overandabovetheminimumof672.

o WearecurrentlyfocusedonutilisingdataprovidedintheeCSEfinalreportstodemonstratetheimpactandbenefitsoftheeCSEandARCHERservice.

o Eachoftheremaining2callswillbeattendedbyupto3earlycareerresearcherswhowillobservetheprocessofthePanelmeeting

5. ContractualPerformanceReportThisisthecontractualperformancereportfortheARCHERCSEServicefortheReportingPeriods:January2016,February2016andMarch2016.ThemetricswerespecifiedbyEPSRCinSchedule2.2oftheCSEServiceContract.

CSEQueryMetrics

• QE1:ThepercentageofallqueriesnotifiedtotheContractorbytheHelpDeskinaQuarterthattheContractorrespondsto,andagreesaworkplanwith,therelevantEndUserwithin3workinghoursofreceivingthenotificationfromtheHelpDesk.ServiceThreshold:97%;OperatingServiceLevel:98%.

• QE2:ThepercentageofallqueriesnotifiedbytheHelpDesktotheContractorthathavebeensatisfactorilyresolvedorotherwisecompletedbytheContractorwithina4-monthperiodfromthedateitwasfirstnotifiedtotheContractor.ServiceThreshold:80%;OperatingServiceLevel:90%.

• TA1:ThepercentageofalltechnicalassessmentsofsoftwareproposalsprovidedtotheContractorbytheHelpDeskinanyServicePeriodthataresuccessfullycompletedbytheContractorwithin10daysofthetechnicalassessmentbeingprovidedtotheContractorbytheHelpDesk.ServiceThreshold:85%;OperatingServiceLevel:90%.

• FB1:ThepercentageofEndUsersatisfactionsurveysforCSEqueriescarriedoutinaccordancewiththePerformanceMonitoringSystembytheContractorshowingthelevelofEndUsersatisfactiontobe“satisfactory”,“good”or“excellent”.ServiceThreshold:30%;OperatingServiceLevel:50%.

Period Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Q12016

Metric Perf. SP Perf. SP Perf. SP Perf. Total

QE1 100% -2 100% -2 100% -2 100% -6

QE2 100% -2 100% -2 100% -2 100% -6

TA1 100% -1 100% -1 100% -1 100% -3

FB1 100% -2 100% -2 100% -2 100% -6

Total -7 -7 -7 -21Pink–BelowServiceThreshold

Yellow–BelowOperatingServiceLevelGreen–AtoraboveOperatingServiceLevel

OfthetenfeedbackratingsreceivedonIn-Depthqueriesthereweresevenratingsof“Excellent”andthreeratingsof“Good”.

TrainingMetrics

• FB2:ThepercentageofalltrainingsatisfactionsurveyscarriedoutinaccordancewiththePerformanceMonitoringSystembytheContractor)ineachQuarterthatarerated“good”,“verygood”or“excellent”.ServiceThreshold:70%;OperatingServiceLevel:80%.

Period Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Q12016

Metric Perf. SP Perf. SP Perf. SP Perf. Total

FB2 100% -1 100% -1 98% -1 100% -3

Total -1 -1 -1 -3Pink–BelowServiceThreshold

Yellow–BelowOperatingServiceLevelGreen–AtoraboveOperatingServiceLevel

ServiceCredits

Period Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16

TotalServicePoints -8 -8 -8

6. CSEQueriesQueriesResolvedinReportingPeriod

MetricDescriptions

In-Depth AlltechnicalqueriespassedtoARCHERCSEteamCourseRegistration RequestsforregistrationonARCHERtraining

coursesorenquiriesaboutregistrationTechnicalAssessment:<Category> RequestforTechnicalAssessmentsofapplications

forARCHERtimeeCSEApplication QueriesrelatingtoeCSEapplications

Atotalof403querieswereresolvedbytheCSEserviceinthereportingperiod.Metric Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Total %TotalIn-Depth 5 13 13 31 8%CourseRegistration 79 121 103 303 75%TechnicalAssessment:Grant 4 2 8 14 3%TechnicalAssessment:RAP 2 16 1 19 5%TechnicalAssessment:Instant 2 0 2 4 1%eCSEApplication 9 23 0 32 8%10queryfeedbackresponseswerereceivedonIn-depthqueriesinthereportingperiod.Thisrepresentsa32%returnrateforfeedbackforms.ResolvedIn-Depthqueriesfellintothefollowingcategories:Category NumberofQueries %Queries3rdPartySoftware 14 45%UserPrograms 5 16%Compilersandsystemsoftware 2 7%BatchSystemandQueues 1 3%Other 9 29%

In-DepthQueryHighlights

AsmallnumberofIn-DepthquerieshavebeenselectedtoillustratetheworkofthecentralisedCSEteamoverthereportperiod.Q740265:Query-JobActivityAnexperienceduserandapplicationdeveloperwashavingissueswiththeirapplication(CONQUEST,linearscalingDFT)notupdatingoutputfilesonceacertainpointinthesimulationwasreached.Debuggingtheissuewasnon-trivialastheapplicationdidnotcrashattheproblempointbutinsteadkeptrunning,sohadtobemanuallystoppedtotryandidentifywheretheproblemwascomingfrom.ThesamecalculationalsoranfineonanotherHPCsystem,soitwasuncleariftheissuewaswiththeapplicationorwithARCHERsoftware/hardware.TheCSEteammanagedtoidentifythatitwasasubtleparallelbuginthecodethatwasonlyexposedonARCHER,andnotontheotherHPCsystemduetodifferencesintheparallelruntime.AfixwasprovidedbacktotheuserandthiswasincorporatedintotheapplicationforallusersonARCHERandbeyond.Q741917:CP2KSegmentationFaultErrorAuserwasseeingacrashinCP2KwhentheyusedaspecificcombinationofsettingsforgeometryoptimisationcalculationsusingAuxiliaryDensityMatrixMethods(ADMM).AnalysisfromtheCSE

teamrevealedthatthecombinationofoptionsusedinthecalculationswasinvalidbutthatCP2Kwasnotidentifyingthemassuch.TheCP2Kcodewasupdatedtocatchthisexceptionandprintausefulerrormessage(ratherthanjustcrashing)andtheuserwasadvisedonalternativefunctionalitiesinCP2Kthatcouldbeusedforthecalculations.ThechangestoCP2KwereimplementedontheversiononARCHERandfedbackintothemainsourcecodetobenefitallCP2Kusersworldwide.Q743669:InstallFortran77CodeonARCHERAnewuseronARCHERwashavingdifficultycompilingtheirCFDapplicationonARCHER.Afterdiscussionwiththeuserweresolvedtheissuestheywerehaving,primarilyduetolackofexperiencewiththeARCHERapplicationdevelopmentenvironment.Wemanagedtoimprovetheperformanceofthecodebyshowingtheuserhowtousesystemversionsofkeynumericallibrariesratherthantheirownversions.Finally,wealsoprovidedinformationonhowtofuture-prooftheapplicationwithregardtousingthePETSclibraryastheywereusinganobsoletemechanismforincludingthePETScroutines.BoththeadditionalpiecesofadvicewillallowtheapplicationtobemoreportableandbetterperformingonotherHPCsystemsaswellasonARCHER.

In-DepthQueryAnalysis

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7. CentralisedCSETeam:StrategicPrioritiesIncollaborationwithusergroupsandtheotherServicepartners,theCSEservicehasidentifiedanumberofpriorityareastoinvesttechnicaleffortfromthecentralisedCSEteam.Themeetingsidentifiedthreekeyareasandanumberofadditionalareas.Thisidentificationandprioritizationprocesshasanumberofaims:

1. EnsuretechnicalworkundertakenbythecentralisedCSEteamisofmaximumbenefittotheARCHERusercommunity.

2. EnsurethattheCSEservicepartnerseffectivelywithothergroups(e.g.CrayCoE,DiRACbenchmarkingteam)inanyjointtechnicalworktobringbenefittotheARCHERusercommunity

3. EnsurethatUKnationalHPCserviceshavethebesttechnicaldataonwhichtobaseprocurementdecisions

Thethreekeyareasidentifiedare:ParallelI/OPerformanceHPCusersandapplicationdevelopersoftenpoorlyunderstandparallelI/Operformanceintermsof:

• what“good”performanceactuallyisonaparticularfilesystem;• whataparticularapplicationdoes;• whatbenchmarksillustrate.

WewillrunanumberofbenchmarkstounderstandI/Operformanceinproductionandmaketheresultspublicallyavailable.Thesebenchmarkswillinclude:

• Syntheticbenchmarks:IOR(multiplemodels),EPCCI/Obenchmark.ThisincludesunderstandinghowtheyrelatetohowusersactuallyperformI/O.

• Applicationbenchmarks:identifyapplicationsfromtheusercommunitythatareI/Oboundinsomeway.

Wewillalsoidentifyasubsetofbenchmarksthatcanberunregularly(usingtheCIserver)tobuildupstatisticalpictureofperformancevariationinproduction.Finally,wewillcollaboratewithotherpartiestocompareperformanceforthebenchmarksacrossdifferentsystemsandtechnologies.UnderstandingtheARCHERApplicationLandscapeUnderstandingwhichapplicationsareusedonARCHERandbywhomhasadirectbearingonstructuringtheserviceinthebestwayfortheusercommunityandalsoonunderstandingwhatisrequiredfromanyfuturenationalservice.WealreadycollectstatisticonapplicationsrunningonARCHERandwillextendthistocollect:

• thelibrariesandcompilersused,andhowoftenusersrecompileapplications;• memoryusagepatterns;• I/Ousagepatterns;• energyusagebyapplications.

Wewillalsoanalysethedatasettounderstandif:

• theARCHERprocurementbenchmarksstillrepresenthowthesystemisactuallyusedcurrently;

• wherethegrowthareasarefornationalHPCusage.AssessingNewHPCTechnologiesOnekeyquestionthatwedonotcurrentlyhaveaconcreteanswertois:Whatperformancecanyougetoutoffutureprocessor/memorytechnologiesfromthemajorapplicationsinuseonARCHERwiththelimitedportingeffortthatusersanddevelopersusuallyhaveavailablewhenmovingtoanewHPCsystem.

ThisactivityshouldmorerealisticallyrepresentthepositionwhenmovingtoanewHPCplatformratherthanthein-depthportingeffortnumbersthatarequotedbyvendorswhenpromotinganewtechnology.FromthisactivityweshouldgainabroadoverviewofhowmucheffortwouldberequiredfordifferentcommunitiestoexploitfutureHPCplatforms.Wewillcollaboratewithexternalpartiestogainaccesstoappropriatetechnology.OtherAreasInadditiontothethreekeyareasabove,anumberofotherareaswereidentified:

• Usingautotuningframeworkstosetcompile/inputoptionsforapplications;• Usingcontinuousintegrationserverstobenchmarkandprofileapplications

;automatically• UncertaintyquantificationinHPCapplications;• Usinguser-levelcontainersonnationalHPC.

8. TrainingInthereportingperiod,theCSEServiceprovidedatotalof19days(408student-days)offace-to-facetrainingacrosssixdifferentlocations,and1.5daysofinteractiveonlinetutorials(averageattendance21pertutorial).Month Dates Course Location Days AttendeesJan2016 13

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9. OutreachProjectWorkPackage1:Diversity

Current/completedactivities:• DiversityinHPC(www.hpc-diversity.ac.uk)

o Currentlywehave7interviewsand7historicalbiographiesavailableonline.• WomeninHPC

o WomeninHPChassuccessfullyappliedtorunonefull-dayworkshopatSC16(SaltLakeCity,UT,November2016),andahalf-dayworkshopandBoFatISC16(Frankfurt,Germany,June2016).

Futureactivities:• Howtoimprovetherepresentationofwomenatconferences:theoutcomeofthe

discussionsatSC15arecurrentlybeingmergedwithbestpracticesasdiscussedinliteraturetoabestpracticeandexperiencepapertobesharedwiththeWomeninHPCcommunityaswellasbeingmadeavailableontheHPCdiversitywebsite.

• PlanningfortheWomeninHPCworkshopsandBoFsisnowunderway.

WorkPackage2:UserEngagementandSkillsDevelopment

Current/Completedactivities:• ARCHERChampions:

o ARCHERChampionswasheldon16-17March2016.o Weinvited11peoplebasedonthepreviousteleconferencemeetingheldin

November,andwealsoprovidedanopenapplicationprocedureincludingtheopportunitytoapplyfortravelandaccommodationbursaries.Atotalof26peopleregistered,ofwhom23actuallyattended.

o TheChampionseventincludedthefollowingsessions:• OverviewofARCHERasaNationalresources,whenARCHERshouldbe

usedandhowitfitsintotheNationalHPCInfrastructure.• ViewsfromregionalHPCservicesonprovidingacoherentHPC

infrastructure.• MigratingtoARCHER:commonissuesencountered.• ARCHERtraining• SAFEdemonstration• OutreachactivitiesandbecomingandHPCOutreachAmbassador• TheeCSEProgramme• ARCHERSupportstructure:howdoweassistusers.• AccessroutestoARCHER

o Thefinalfocusofthemeetingwasdiscussion,ensuringthatweunderstandhowtheChampionsprogrammecanbetakenforward,howoftenmeetingsshouldbe,andwheretheyshouldbelocated.

o FeedbackfromtheeventindicatedthatallwhoattendedwereengagedandwouldliketostayinvolvedintheChampionsprogramme.InthefeedbackformattendeesprovidedtheChampionseventwithanaveragescoreof4.2outofapossible5.0.

o Attendeefeedbackrequeststhatweruneitherannualortwiceperyearevents.

Futureactivities:• Thesecondhands-onportingandoptimisationworkshopwillrunon13MayatImperial

College,London.

WorkPackage3:OutreachProgramme

Current/Completedactivities:• TheARCHERoutreachteamattendedtheBigBangFairattheNECinBirmingham

between14and19March2016.

o Over80,000peopleregisteredfortheBigBangFair.o TheARCHERboothhadthreeactivities:

• UsingtheDesign-a-SupercomputergameoniPadstolearnaboutwhatcomponentsareinanHPCsystem,howtomanageamachine,andthetradeoffsbetweencomponents.

• WeeARCHIEandthedinosaursimulator.• Postsorting:howyourmailissortedandhowthiscanbeimplementedasa

pipelineandinparallel.o SevenARCHERstaffworkedontheARCHERboothasdemonstratorsoverthe

courseoftheevent..o Overthefourdays,wehadover2590recordeddirectinteractionswithchildren

throughtheactivities,andweestimatethatwespoketoatleastanother3000childrenwhodidnotdirectlyinteractwiththeactivities.

• Teacherandoutreachambassadorspack:o Workhasnowbegunontheteacherandoutreachambassadorspacks.Weare

liaisingwithschoolstoensurethattheteachermaterialcomplimentsthecurriculum,andhavestartedtoengagetheARCHERChampionscommunitywiththeoutreachambassadorsprogram.

Futureactivities:

• Nationaloutreachactivitiesdesignedtoreachawidegeographicaldistributionofschoolsandchildren.

o WeplantoobtainaccreditationfromtheChildren’sUniversityforouron-lineoutreachmaterial.Thisnationwideschemeoperatesacredit-basedpassportschemeandshouldprovidebenefittoschoolchildrenonanationwidelevel.

o WeplantoattendtheBigBangFairagainin2017tomaximizeourreturnoninvestmenttodiscussHPCwiththegeneralpublic.

• Teacherpack:o Thiswillbeproducedoverthenext6months.o Teachersupportforumandtutorials–2016/17o Teacher’sworkshop–mid/late2016.

• OutreachAmbassadors:o Theoutreachambassadorspackisnowindevelopmentandweanticipate

holdingourfirsttrainingsessioninQ3of2016.• Onlineoutreachresources:tobedevelopedalongsidetheoutreachpack.

WorkPackage4:ImpactMaterial

Current/Completedactivities:• ARCHERcasestudies:sevencompleted.• Annualimpactandsuccessreportiscurrentlyinprogress,andwillincludethesuccesses

andscientificimpactofARCHERontheUKandinternationalresearchcommunity.Futureactivities:Continuingprogrammeofcasestudydevelopmentfromavarietyofsources,includingeCSEs,imageandimpactcompetitions,andConsortia.

10. EmbeddedCSE(eCSE)

OverviewofeCSEEffort

• TheeCSEpersonmonthsawardeduptoandincludingthe7theCSEcallareshownin

blue.• Atleast672personmonthswillbeawardedbytheendoftheproject(14FTEsfor4

years).• 582personmonthshavebeenawardedsofarover59awardedeCSEprojects.

eCSECall1

• 12ofthe14projectshavecompletedwith11finalreportsreceived.Onereportispresentlyoverdueandisbeenpursued.

• Oftherunningprojects,ariskanalysisidentifiedallprojectsasbeingofeitherloworverylowriskapartfromeCSE01-019thatwasconsideredtobeofmediumriskduetodifficultiesinagreeingstaffingfortheproject.

o ThisprojectisnowalmostcompleteandisbeingmonitoredviatheeCSEcontactwithinthecentralisedCSEteam.Theprojectisprogressingwell.

eCSECall2

• 8ofthe9projectshavecompletedwith3finalreportsreceived.3overduefinalreportsarebeingpursued.

• Oftherunningprojects,ariskanalysisidentifiedallprojectsasbeingofeitherloworverylowriskapartfromeCSE02-11whichwasconsideredofmediumriskduetotheoriginalnamedmemberoftechnicalstaffleavingtheprojectandanewmemberofstaffbeingrecruited.

o ThestaffingforthischangedforasecondtimeandtheactivityhasrecommencedwithamemberoftheUCLResearchSoftwareDevelopmentgrouptakingonthework.TheprojectwillbemonitoredviatheeCSEcontactwithinthecentralisedCSEteam.

eCSECall3

• All10projectshavestarted;6ofthesehavenowcompleted.• Oftherunningprojects,ariskanalysisidentifiedallprojectsasbeingofeitherlowor

verylowriskapartfromeCSE03-8whichwasidentifiedasbeingofmediumriskduetothechallengingnatureofcompletingtheworkwithinthegiventimescale.

o Thisprojectwasmonitoredandhasnowcompleted.Theprojectappearstohavegonewellwithplansfortheresultingcodetobecontributedtothelibsupermeshlibrary.

eCSECall4

• All8projectshavestartedwith3completed.• Ariskanalysisidentifiedallprojectsasbeingofeitherloworverylowriskapartfrom

thefollowing:o eCSE04-4whichwasidentifiedasbeingofmediumriskasthepersonnamedto

dothetechnicalworkwasofferedapositionelsewhere.§ Thememberofstafforiginallynamedonthecontractcompleted1.5of

the12monthsofworkbeforeleavingtotakeupanotherpost.WithapprovalfromthePIandeCSEPanelchair,weidentifiedanewmemberofstaffwithintheARCHERCSEteamwhotookontheworkfrom01/10/15.

o eCSE04-10whichwasidentifiedasbeingofmediumriskasthePIindicatedthatthepersonnamedtodothetechnicalworkmightnotbeavailable.

§ Thisprojectwillgoaheadwiththeoriginalstaffing.Therewasashortdelaytothestartoftheprojectwhichstartedon01/01/16

o eCSE04-16whichwasidentifiedasbeingofmediumriskasthePIindicatedthatthepersonnamedtodothetechnicalworkmightnotbeavailable.

§ Thisprojectstartedon01/9/15withachangeofstaffing.ThisprojectwasoriginallytobestaffedbyImperialCollegebutwillnowbestaffedbySTFC.ThePIandPanelchairhaveapprovedthisarrangement.

eCSECall5

• All8projectshavestarted.• Ariskanalysisidentifiedallprojectsasbeingofeitherloworverylowrisk.

eCSECall6

• 5ofthe6projectshavenowstarted.• Ariskanalysisidentifiedallprojectsasbeingofeitherloworverylowrisk.

eCSECall7

• Thecallclosedon19/01/16receiving16proposalsrequestingatotalof167personmonths.

• 5projectswereacceptedatthePanelmeetingon14/03/16;allapartfromonewillstartinthenextquarter.

eCSECall8

• TheeCSE08callopenedon29/04/16andclosesaton10/05/16.• Improvementshavebeenmadetotheproposalformandassociatedguidancewith

regardtorequestinginformationaboutanypreviouslyfundedeCSEprojectsthePImayhavehad.Applicantsarenowrequestedtoprovidethepreviousfinalreport(s)or,asa

minimum,givensectionsofsaidreport(s).Applicantsarealsorequestednowtojustifytheirchoiceofapplicationwheretherearemultipleapplicationsavailableforagiventask.

FutureeCSECalls

• eCSEcallsareruntoaregularschedule.Thefuturecallsare:o eCSE08:openedTuesday29/03/16andclosesat4pmon10/05/16;o eCSE09:opensTuesday02/08/16andclosesat4pmon13/09/16.