ECP Division Structure

ECP : Structure and Internal Organisation

This page gives access to detailed information on

ECP Groups
DI - ADM - FEX - EDO - ALE - DEL - OPA - EDU - ATD - ATC - CME - CMD - CMC - ALD - EOS - ESS - PES - MIC - CO - IPT
Divisional representatives on committees
Organisation of seminars
Divisional support and services directory

Groups

Division Leader :                                    Turala   M. 
Deputy :                                             Gavillet Ph.
Secretary of the Division Leader :                   Prigent  M.
Divisional Safety Officer (DSO) :                    Pothier  J.
Divisional Training Officer (DTO) :                  Storr    K. M.

Administration and Secretariat

Group leader and Divisional Planning Officer (DPO) : Benot  M.		
Contracts (DAO):                                     Sogno J.
Official travel, leave:                              Beaumont M.-N.
Small supplies (economat):                           Collet S.

Fixed Targets Experiments Group - FEX (Leader: A. Norton)

The Fixed Target Experiments Group participates primarily in fixed-target experiments and in R&D projects.

Electronics Design "O" Group - EDO (Leader: F. Formenti)

The EDO group develops and supports front-end, trigger and readout electronics for experiments. The main activity of the group is currently the readout system for the NA48 LKr calorimeter. The RD24 project (SCI - scalable coherent interface) is led from within the group.

Supported experiments : DELPHI, NA48

R&D Projects : RD-24

ALEPH Group - ALE (Leader: J. Harvey)

DELPHI Group - DEL (Leader: L. Pape)

The Group is responsible of the Online and Offline projects of the DELPHI experiment.

At the experiment site it supports the FASTBUS Trigger and Data Acquisition Systems and takes care of the complete Experiment control.

In the Offline domain it is in charge of the development and operation of the offline farm, the interactive graphics and the interactive centre. Central computing support is also provided to the DELPHI users.

The Group also contributes to the offline of the MicroVertex detector.

Since the end of 1995, the group is involved in the various online and offline upgrades required by the evolution of the detector in view of LEP2.

Supported experiments : DELPHI

OPAL Group - OPA (Leader: P. Scharff-Hansen)

The OPA group is participating in OPAL computing, off-line and on-line. The emphasis is on development and support of central tasks such as DAQ, Reconstruction software, Code management and System management.

The group has recently started to participate in developments for CMS.

Electronics Design "U" Group - EDU (Leader: Ph. Farthouat)

The EDU group develops and supports front-end, trigger and readout electronics for experiments. Specific expertise is available on high-speed data links (Hippi, FiberChannel, etc). The group participates in RD27 (trigger....), and has already various commitments to the ATLAS experiment. In the future it will mainly support that experiment.

Supported experiments : ALEPH, ATLAS, DELPHI, OMEGA

R&D Projects : HSI, RD-12, RD-27

ATLAS Trigger/DAQ Group - ATD (Leader: L. Mapelli)

The ATD Group designs and implements data acquisition and high-level trigger system components for the ATLAS experiment at LHC. Members of the group have been or are currently involved in a number of R&D projects including RD11, RD13, RD24 and Esprit projects. The group's main activities are ATLAS Level 2 demonstrator programme and a prototype DAQ system.

ATLAS Computing Group - ATC (Leader: J. Knobloch)

The mandate of the ATC group is to coordinate, design, and implement simulation, reconstruction, and analysis software for the ATLAS experiment. It is involved in object-oriented software R&D projects and coordinates computing infrastructure for the collaboration.

R&D Projects : RD-41, RD-44, RD-45

CMS Electronics Group - CME (Leader: G. Stefanini)

The CME group develops and supports front-end and readout electronics for experiments, and leads two R&D projects on digital front end electronics, and optoelectronic analogue signal transfer. Expertise is available on optoelectronic devices and systems (CCDs, ns light pulsers, etc).

Supported experiments : CHORUS, CMS, NOMAD

R&D Projects : RD-12, RD-16, RD-23

CMS Trigger/DAQ Group - CMD (Leader: S. Cittolin)

The CMD Group is involved in several R&D projects concerned with novel computer-based DAQ and trigger architectures. The group also provides consultancy and advice on application programs for Physics (beyond those maintained by CN).

R&D Projects : RD-12

CMS Computing Group - CMC (Leader: M. Pimia)

ALICE DAQ Group - ALD (Leader: A. Vascotto)

The mandate of ALD is to co-ordinate the ALICE data-acquisition project and to participate in the related developments.

Current ALD activities:

Co-ordination of the participating institutes.
Installation and support of DAQ for the test beams.
Study of requirements of DAQ components.
Construction of a FC-based DAQ prototype.

Experiments Operational Support - EOS (Leader: J.M. Maugain)

The EOS group provides full or partial operational support to experiments in the following fields:

Beams and instrumentation (West Area Neutrino Facility for CHORUS and NOMAD, ISOLDE)
G64 electronics pool activity for DELPHI, ALEPH, LEAR & WANF slow controls
Safety systems and infrastructure support for experimental areas ( LEP-General Safety System GSS and gas leak detection system SDN)
Safety systems for experiments (ALEPH, DELPHI, L3, WANF)
Magnet controls and operation (ALEPH, DELPHI, L3, WANF)

The last 2 activities will gradually be extended to LHC experiments with an additional involvement in quality controls of detector components.

Supported experiments : ALEPH, CHORUS, DELPHI, ISOLDE, L3, LEAR,NOMAD

Electronic Systems Support - ESS (Leader: L. Jirden)

The ESS group provides support to experiments in several ways:

evaluation, purchase, maintenance and repair of electronics equipment;
operation of a rental pool of modular and general purpose instruments ( the Electronics Pool);
coordination between users and suppliers;
standardisation of busses, electronics and systems;
integration, installation and support of hardware and software systems; standard configurations to allow quick assembly of turn- key DAQ systems (OSCAR, etc).

Product Engineering and Support Group - PES (Leader: B. Heck)

The group provides support in PC design tool installation and operation (networking, PCAD libraries, etc). A major task of this group is the support provided to the design groups, and more generally to the user community, in the layout and prototyping of all types of PCBs and hybrids. Expertise is available on most of the advanced techniques in this field. The group includes an assembly workshop section that provides assistance and service in the wiring of boards (SMD tools), manufacturing of cables (in house or outsourcing), procurement of components, etc. The group participates in RD27 and in ATLAS (design of LAr calorimeter electrodes, etc).

Supported experiments : ATLAS

R&D Projects : RD-27

Microelectronics Group - MIC (Leader: M. Letheren)

The MIC group provides support to experiments in microelectronics developments (system and full-custom ASIC design, rad-hard technologies, etc), semiconductor detector development (pixels) and characterization under irradiation. Specific support is currently provided to several fixed target experiments and to LHC collaborations (e.g. high resolution TDCs, digital front-end architecture for the ATLAS Si tracker, front-end electronics for the CMS forward preshower).

Supported experiments : ALICE, ATLAS, CMS, NA48, WA97

R&D Projects : RD-9, RD-12, RD-19, RD-31,

Control Systems Group - CO (Leader: G. Baribaud)

The CO Group provides and maintains ('slow') control systems to experiments. As much as possible industrial hardware and software components are used.

Information & Programming Technology Group - IPT (Leader: P. Palazzi)

The IPT Group helps in producing software for CERN experiments attempting to improve software development productivity and quality. Activities often lead to direct participation in experiments, and focus on information for the people involved, on organisation of the development process, and on provision of methods and tools needed. The group is also active in Information and Documentations Systems for experiments, mostly using WWW.

Divisional Representatives on Committees

Academic Training Committee                Pape L.
Administrative liaison Committee (CLA)     Benot M.
Analog Electronics CAE User Group          Rudge A.
Archive Committee                          Ball A., Nappey P.
Budget Planning Group                      Benot M.
COCOTIME                                   Ball A.,	Klein H.
Computer Science Library                   Matheys J.P., Willers I.
Desktop Forum                              Wendler H.
Digital Electronics CAE User Group         Farthouat Ph., Van der Bij E.
Divisional Safety Officers Committee       Pothier J.
Electronics Pool Advisory Committee        Jirden L., Parkman C., H. Muller
                                           Vanuxem J.P.
Executive Electronics Board                Cittolin S., Stefanini G., M. Turala,
                                           Vascotto A.
                                           (and Electronics Group Leaders)
Experiments Committees :	
                        LEPC               Pape L.
                        SPSLC              Drijard D., Norton A.
                        LHCC               Turala M., Sendall M.
Fellows and Scientific Associates          Willers I.
Committee
Induction Programme for New Staff          Storr K. M.
Industrial Services Committee              Benot M.
Joint Training Board                       Bourgeois F.
LHCC Subcommittees : 	
                        LCRB               Harvey J., Kellner G., Ball A
                        LDRB               Stefanini G.		
                        LERB               Bourgeois, Campbell M.
Macintosh User Forum                       Porte J.P.	
Management Board                           Turala M.
Research Board                             Turala M.
Scientific Information Policy Board        Matheys J.P.
Site Committee                             Blum W. (PPE)
Staff Association                          Feldmann E., Matheys J.P.,
                                           Momeux G.
Task Force on Quality Assurance Policy     
Technical Students Committee (also Summer  Carena W.
Students and French cooperants)
TELECOMmunications Board                   Innocenti P.
Training Executive Committee (TEC)         Bourgeois F., Storr K.M.
    TEC specialist working groups :	
         Electronic Design                 Farthouat Ph., Jarron P.
         Language Training                 Dobinson R.
         Management and Communication      Storr K.M.
         Project Management                Benot M.
         Safety                            Pothier J.
         Software Development Technology   Storr K.M.

User Group for Database Support            Le Goff J.M. 
VME Steering Committee                     Parkman C.
for Engineering

Organisation of Seminars

ECP Technical Seminars                     Storr K.M.
Computing Seminars                         Folger G. (CN), Porte J.P.
Computing Forum                            Metcalf M. (CN), Porte J.P.
Technical Presentations                    Cannon S. (CN), McLaren R.
Detector Seminars                          Storr K.M., Tejessy W. (PPE)

Divisional Support and Services Directory

Address (private)                          72052 14-3-013
Administrative procedures                  72052 14-3-013
Advances (travel, inscription fees)        74862 14-3-010
Annual leave                               74862 14-3-010
Beeps (repairs)                            72056 14-3-002
BHT, EDH, TRITON                           74903 14-3-020
Car hire                                   74862 14-3-010
CERN cars, driving licence, job orders     73624 14-3-014
Conference rooms B13/14 (reservation)      73124 14-3-002
DAO "Divisional Administrative Officer"    72052 14-3-013
DPO "Divisional Planning Officer"          74267 14-3-017
Film-badge                                 72056 14-3-002
Home leave                                 74862 14-3-010
Industrial services                        74267 14-3-017
Inscription fees (conference, training)    74862 14-3-010
Inventory (material)                       73624 14-3-014
Keys for ECP offices                       73624 14-3-014
Maintenance contracts                      74903 14-3-020
Mobile phones                              74267 14-3-017
Networks (Porte J.P.)                      73457 32-2-C07
Notice board Bldg. 14                      73124 14-3-002
Office (removal), telephone, fax           72056 14-3-002
Office furniture                           72056 14-3-002
Overtime (calculation)                     72056 14-3-002
Photocopying machines (breakdown)          74069 11-1-005
Registration (Central Computer)            72734 104-2-C09
Report's office (ECP publications)         73124 14-3-002
Safety (documentation)                     72056 14-3-002
School fees                                72052 14-3-013
Sick leave                                 74862 14-3-010
Space Management                           73849 14-4-015
Stationery and administratives forms       72056 14-3-002
Storage (material)                         73624 14-3-014
Temporary labour                           72052 14-3-013
Training (DTO)                             78264 14-4-019
Travel (official)                          74862 14-3-010
Work requests                              72056 14-3-002

KMS 14 March 1997