Winter 2020 Agenda

Winter 2020 ESCC Meeting Agenda

                                                     March 3-5, Berkeley, CA

 

 Venue: David Brower Center, 2150 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94704 

 Please go to the lobby, take the elevator or stairs to the 2nd floor, and go to the “TAMALPAIS Room”.

 Remote Participation: Zoom Meeting ID: 510-486-4100

 Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://ESnet.zoom.us/my/bigzoom

 WIFI username: DBC Public, no password is needed

 

Day One – March 03

Time

Topics

Speaker

07:45 - 08:00

Registrations

08:00 - 08:30

Welcome and Opening

Surya Singh. Cyber Security Engineer, PNNL

08:30 - 09:00

DOE Program Manager Update

Ben Brown (remote). Director, Facilities Division (acting); ESnet Program Manager, DOE

09:00 - 09:30

ESnet Director Update

 

Inder Monga. Director, ESnet; LBNL Division Director, Scientific Networking

09:30 - 10:00

ESnet6 Project Status

Kate Mace. ESnet6 Project Director, Network Engineering Group Lead, ESnet

10:00 - 10:30

Break – refreshments

10:30 - 12:00

Transition to ESnet 5.0 and ESnet 5.5 Status - Discussion and Q&A

Joe Metzger. Network Engineer, ESnet

12:00 - 13:30

Break - lunch is not provided

13:30 - 14:30

ESnet 5.5 to ESnet 6 Routing/Services Transition and Site Expectations

Michael Sinatra. Network Engineer, ESnet

14:30 - 15:30

Site Lightning Talks -

  1. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  2. Oakridge National Laboratory
  3. Argonne National Laboratory
  4. Idaho National Laboratory

 

Site Coordinators

15:30 - 16:00

Break - refreshments

16:00 - 16:30

Case Study: Network Troubleshooting

Chris Tracy, Network Engineer, ESnet

16:30 - 17:00

ESnet Annual User Satisfaction Survey Results and Discussion

Surya Singh – moderator

 

17:00 - 19:00

Evening Social

Day Two – March 04

Time

Topics

Speaker

08:30 - 08:45

Previous Day Summary and Follow-up Questions

Surya Singh – moderator

08:45 - 9:30

Overview of the GRETA Project

Eli Dart. Network Engineer, ESnet

Eric Pouyoul. Software Engineer, ESnet

09:30 - 10:00

Case Study: Engagement and Performance Operations Center (EPOC)

Jason Zurawski. Science Engagement Engineer, ESnet

10:00 - 10:30

Break - refreshments

10:30 - 11:30

ESnet 6 Automation

Jon Dugan, Software Engineer, ESnet

Dale Carder, Software Engineer, ESnet

11:30 - 12:00

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Efforts in ESnet

Mariam Kiran. Research Scientist, ESnet

12:00 - 13:30

Break - lunch is not provided

13:30- 14:30

Site Lightning Talks -

  1. Jefferson Lab
  2. Ames Laboratory
  3. Brookhaven National Laboratory
  4. Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

 

Site Coordinators

14:30 - 15:30

High-Touch Platform

Richard Cziva. Software Engineer, ESnet

15:30 - 16:00

Break - refreshments

16:00 - 16:30

Network Operation Center Update

David Mitchell. NOC Group Lead, ESnet

16:30 - 17:00

Round Table - How to Improve ESCC?

Surya Singh – moderator

Day Three – March 05

Time

Topics

Speaker

08:30 - 08:45

Previous Day Summary and Follow-up Questions

Surya Singh, Ben Brown (remote)

08:45 - 10:00

Site Lightning Talks -

  1. Sandia National Laboratory
  2. General Atomics
  3. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
  4. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
  5. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

 

Site Coordinators

10:00 - 10:30

Break - refreshments

10:30 - 11:00

2020 Fall ESnet User Meeting

Lauren Rotman, Science Engagement Group Lead, ESnet

11:00 - 12:00

Round Table Discussions

Surya Singh – moderator

12:00

Adjourn

 

 

* AM and PM Refreshments will be served during the meeting, while work is being performed. Attendance is required during these times.