+----------+-------------------------------------------------+---------+
| ![](me   | **Technical Progress Report for the Research    |         |
| dia/imag | Program**                                       |         |
| e1.png){ |                                                 |         |
| width="0 | **October-December 2003**                       |         |
| .9375in" |                                                 |         |
| h        |                                                 |         |
| eight="1 |                                                 |         |
| .125in"} |                                                 |         |
+----------+-------------------------------------------------+---------+

  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  **2.1 PHYSICS**

  -----------------------------------------------------------------------

**2.1 Subsystem Manager\'s Summary** **Jim Shank (Boston University)**

Entering this on behalf of I.Hinchliffe, LBNL:

Most effort in this period was devoted to preparations for DC2 data
challenge. Pool persistency for event generation became available in
release 7.1.0. This required a modification in the event collection
structure to accommodate the limitations of Pool. Further testing is
needed as the Pool output is considerably larger than the AthenaRoot
format that it is replacing.

A strategy for Monte Carlo truth to be used with Geant-4 has been agreed
and will be deployed in time for DC2. Integration of the LHAPDF
structure function package was completed and validated. This is
currently used alongside the old PDFLIB package which is no longer being
maintained and will be phased out at some future time. A new
CosmicGenerator package was integrated. This calculates the muon flux at
the surface above the atlas cavern and is to be used for simulating the
cosmic ray background in the detector. Maintenance of this package is
the responsibility of S. Bentvelson (NICKHEF). Further work is needed to
obtain a description of the particles entering the cavern itself. The
decay package for B hadrons, EvtGen, is integrated into Athena in
release 7.3.0. This package, which originated in the BaBar collaboration
and has been developed by CDF, will eventually replace the decay
packages in the multi-purpose generators Herwig and Pythia. The MC@nlo
next to leading order generator is partially deployed in release 7.4.0.
This generator provides a more accurate description of events in certain
kinematic regimes, for example, the production of top quarks at large
transverse momentum. It produces events with negative weights and
therefore the event record has been modified to handle weighted events.
ATLAS would like to use this generator in DC2 if validation can be
completed in time.

The LCG Genser package was brought into use in release 7.4.0. This will
eventually replace all the generator libraries currently in /external.
In release 7.4.0, Pythia and Isajet are using Genser. external/pythia
and external/isajet will be removed for release 8.0.0. Tauola and Photos
were updated a repackaged in 7.4.0 to facilitate a smooth transition to
Genser at some future date.

  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  **2.2 SOFTWARE**

  -----------------------------------------------------------------------

**2.2 Subsystem Manager\'s Summary**

  -------------------------- -------------- ---------------- -------------- -------------
  **Milestone**              **Baseline**   **Previous**     **Forecast**   **Status**

  POOL/SEAL Prototype        30-Jul-03      \[New\]          30-Jul-03      Completed
  Release                                                                   

  LCG-1 Deployment           31-Aug-03      \[New\]          31-Aug-03      Completed
  -------------------------- -------------- ---------------- -------------- -------------

**2.2.1 Coordination**

**2.2.2 Core Services** **Paolo Calafiura (Lawrence Berkeley
Laboratory)**

The emphasis in these three months has been to adapt Core services to
the new Atlas persistency technology, LCG Pool, with the goal of
providing production-quality services in time for Atlas Data Challenge 2
and the 2004 Combined Test Beam Data Processing.

**2.2.2.1 Framework**

  -------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ----------------
  **Milestone**              **Baseline**   **Previous**   **Forecast**   **Status**

  SEAL v1 Release            30-Jun-03      \[New\]        30-Jun-03      Completed

  Integration of Pool        30-Sep-03      \[New\]        15-Nov-03      Delayed (See #1)
  Persistency Service                                                     

  New Particle Data Service  30-Sep-03      \[New\]        30-Sep-03      Completed

  Pile-Up Support for Full   30-Sep-03      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  Detection Simulation                                                    

  Prototype Python Object    30-Sep-03      \[New\]        30-Dec-03      Delayed (See #2)
  Browser                                                                 

  Support for Multi Input    30-Sep-03      \[New\]        15-Nov-03      Delayed (See #3)
  Streams                                                                 

  Support for Multiple       30-Sep-03      \[New\]        30-Sep-03      Completed
  Threads                                                                 

  Support for Python         30-Sep-03      \[New\]        30-Sep-03      Completed
  Scripting                                                               

  Integration of Seal        3-Dec-03       \[New\]        30-Sep-04      On Schedule
  plug-in Service                                                         

  Integrate SEAL             30-Mar-04      \[New\]        30-Sep-04      On Schedule

  Integration with LSF Batch 30-Mar-04      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  System                                                                  

  Object Browser Integrated  30-Mar-04      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  with Analysis Tools                                                     

  Physics Analysis           30-Mar-04      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  Requirements ID                                                         

  Pile-up Support for DC2    30-Mar-04      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  Production                                                              

  Prototype Event Mixing     30-Mar-04      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  Framework                                                               

  Support for Reconstruction 30-Mar-04      \[New\]        30-Dec-04      On Schedule
  on Demand                                                               

  Support for Unit Testing   30-Mar-04      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule

  Evaluate Mech for Job      30-Jun-04      \[New\]        30-Jun-04      On Schedule
  Config/History                                                          

  Evaluate Scope of Seal     30-Jun-04      \[New\]        30-Jun-04      On Schedule
  Integration                                                             

  Event Mixing Framework     30-Jun-04      \[New\]        30-Jun-04      On Schedule
  Validated                                                               

  Integration with Job       30-Jun-04      \[New\]        30-Jun-04      On Schedule
  Management                                                              

  Physics Analysis Tools     30-Jun-04      \[New\]        30-Jun-04      On Schedule
  Prototype                                                               

  Pile-up Support for DC2    30-Jun-04      \[New\]        30-Jun-04      On Schedule
  Production Validated                                                    
  -------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ----------------

**Paolo Calafiura (Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory)**

1\) Athena and Gaudi Framework

The Interval of Validity service was put in production together with an
ascii conditions database for testing purposes. The Gaudi
Histogramming/Ntuples service were updated and improved as well as the
new Particle Property service. The Athena event loop manager and output
streams were adapted to support POOL persistency.

2\) PileUp and Event mixing support for DC2

Adapted to work with G4-generated AthenaPool hits. For the first time
multiple input stream were supported. Tested with Silicon detectors.

3\) Support for Python Scripting and Physics Analysis

Starting in September concentrated efforts on providing Scripting
capabilities and Python bindings to C++ libraries to use in an
interactive environment for Physics Analysis based on Python. This work
in progress constitutes the SEAL work package PyLCGDict in concertation
with extensions to the Dictionary package and OO analysis for the new
API of the latter. Starting in October, when the product reached
sufficient maturity, initiated an effort with early adopters Atlas
physicists toward fulfilling the use case for a Python framework for
physics analysis.

PyBus, a python software bus, has been released as part of SEAL, a
python object browser has been added to Athena. Further big performance
improvements in PyROOT, the Python - ROOT bridge, were made, and
functionality for switching interpreters and transfer of ROOT objects
back and forth was added. User feedback on the interactive tools was
collected in a tutorial session. The Athena Startup Kit (ASK) GUI was
rewritten for improved responsiveness.

**2.2.2.2 EDM Infrastructure**

  --------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------
  **Milestone**                     **Baseline**   **Previous**   **Forecast**   **Status**

  Enforcement of RTF                30-Sep-03      \[New\]        30-Nov-03      Completed
  Recommendations/Policies                                                       

  Performance Optimizations         30-Sep-03      \[New\]        30-Sep-03      Completed

  Prototype Support for Composite,  30-Sep-03      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  Bi-Directional Navigation                                                      

  Prototype Support for Integer     30-Sep-03      \[New\]        30-Jun-04      On Schedule
  Keys                                                                           

  Support for Object Pool           30-Sep-03      \[New\]        30-Sep-03      Completed

  Support for Writing out           30-Sep-03      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  Conditions Object on Demand                                                    

  Multi Thread Support              30-Dec-03      \[New\]        30-Dec-03      Completed

  Performance Optimizations         30-Dec-03      \[New\]        30-Dec-03      Completed

  Support for Persistent            30-Dec-03      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  Inter-Object Relationships                                                     

  Support for History Objects       30-Mar-04      \[New\]        30-Sep-04      On Schedule

  Support for Perisitent            30-Mar-04      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  Inter-Object Relationships                                                     

  Integrate CLID Database           30-Jun-04      \[New\]        30-Jun-04      On Schedule
  Generation                                                                     

  Integrate Data Store with Physics 30-Jun-04      \[New\]        30-Jun-04      On Schedule

  Integration with POOL-Cache       30-Jun-04      \[New\]        30-Jun-04      On Schedule
  Manager                                                                        

  Integration with POOL-Cache       30-Jun-04      \[New\]        30-Jun-04      On Schedule
  Manager                                                                        

  Support for Integer Keys          30-Jun-04      \[New\]        30-Jun-04      On Schedule
  --------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------

**Paolo Calafiura (Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory)**

We delivered a prototype History service managing transient data objects
provenance information, as well as general job configuration
information. DataLink and ElementLink were made parseable by the SEAL
dictionary so that they could be persisted using the automatic POOL
converters. We adapted to POOL the EventHeader class that provides all
information needed to load the event data proxies. We prototyped the new
Navigation design, which allows us to build a type-safe, persistable
tree of relationships between reconstruction (and analysis) objects

**2.2.2.3 Detector Description**

  ---------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------
  **Milestone**                      **Baseline**   **Previous**   **Forecast**   **Status**

  Full Integration of Muon System    30-Jul-03      \[New\]        30-Jun-03      Completed

  Material Services                  30-Jul-03      \[New\]        30-Jun-03      Completed

  Full Description of ATLAS Detector 30-Sep-03      \[New\]        1-Sep-03       Completed

  Magnetic Field Description         30-Sep-03      \[New\]        15-Nov-03      Completed

  Runge-Kutte Integrators            30-Sep-03      \[New\]        30-Jun-03      Completed

  Tiny HEP Transforms                30-Sep-03      \[New\]        16-Sep-03      Completed

  GeoG4 Conversion Available, used   30-Dec-03      \[New\]        30-Dec-03      Completed
  in G4 Simulation                                                                

  Accelerated Access to Geometry     30-Mar-04      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  Tree                                                                            

  Automatic Clash Detection          30-Mar-04      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule

  Detector Description Fitted to     30-Mar-04      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  Time Dependent Conditions Data                                                  

  Native GeoModel Material           30-Mar-04      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  Integration Service                                                             

  Geometry Configuration Design      30-Jun-04      \[New\]        30-Jun-04      On Schedule
  Completed                                                                       

  Geometry Configuration System      30-Jun-04      \[New\]        30-Jun-04      On Schedule
  Available                                                                       

  Native GeoModel Material           30-Jun-04      \[New\]        30-Jun-04      On Schedule
  Integration Service Available                                                   
  ---------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------

**2.2.2.4 Graphics**

  -------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------
  **Milestone**                    **Baseline**   **Previous**   **Forecast**   **Status**

  Deployment of Graphics for use   30-Mar-04      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  in 2004 Test-Beam Runs                                                        

  Integration of Graphic Tools     30-Mar-04      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  within Athena                                                                 

  Real Time Histogramm Displays    30-Mar-04      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  for Monitoring                                                                
  -------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------

**2.2.2.5 Analysis Tools**

  ---------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------
  **Milestone**                      **Baseline**   **Previous**   **Forecast**   **Status**

  Deployment of an Analysis          30-Mar-04      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  Framework with Basic                                                            
  Functionalities                                                                 
  ---------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------

**2.2.2.6 Grid Integration**

  ----------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------
  **Milestone**                       **Baseline**   **Previous**   **Forecast**   **Status**

  Integration with Ganga              30-Sep-03      \[New\]        30-Jun-04      On Schedule

  Prototype Implementation for Grid   30-Sep-03      \[New\]        30-Jun-04      On Schedule
  Monitoring Architecture                                                          

  Integration with Distributed File   30-Mar-04      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  Replication Service                                                              
  ----------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------

**2.2.3 Database**

  ---------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------
  **Milestone**                      **Baseline**   **Previous**   **Forecast**   **Status**

  ATASL Release with POOL Based      30-Jul-03      \[New\]        15-Oct-03      Completed
  Persistency                                                                     
  ---------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------

**David Malon (ANL)**

The U.S. team provided overall coordination of the ATLAS offline
database effort during this reporting period. These responsibilities are
expected to change in the coming quarter, as international ATLAS
reorganizes its database-related effort to span offline, online and
technical coordination boundaries.

On the personnel front, Peter van Gemmeren replaced Valeri Fine at
Brookhaven as the developer principally responsible for ATLAS control
framework integration of the LHC-wide POOL persistence infrastructure.

Technical details of U.S. work in this reporting period appear at the
next level of detail (level 4) in the WBS.

**2.2.3.1 Server and Services**

  ----------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------
  **Milestone**                       **Baseline**   **Previous**   **Forecast**   **Status**

  Prototype Access Control for Early  30-Mar-04      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  POOL Users                                                                       

  Replication Machinery for           30-Mar-04      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  Database-Resident Data Sufficient                                                
  for DC2                                                                          

  Embedded Server Support and         30-Jun-04      \[New\]        30-Jun-04      On Schedule
  Extraction Protocols                                                             
  ----------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------

**David Malon (ANL)**

Coordination of ATLAS offline databases servers and services, and
leadership of the corresponding ATLAS working group, remained a U.S.
responsibility in this reporting period. The U.S. team is also
responsible for MySQL servers and services, and for administration of
MySQL-related software packages, for the LHC-wide POOL persistence
project. In addition to the ongoing maintenance, support, and
coordination effort that these responsibilities entail, principal
accomplishments in this WBS area included development of a database
server deployment plan for 2004 ATLAS combined test beam runs, and
planning for database deployment at Tier 1 centers in support of
distributed grid production for ATLAS Data Challenge 2.

**2.2.3.2 Common Data Management**

  --------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------
  **Milestone**                     **Baseline**   **Previous**   **Forecast**   **Status**

  Initial POOL Deployment on LCG-1  12-Jul-03      \[New\]        12-Jul-03      Completed

  Initial Suite of ATLAS POOL       30-Jul-03      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  Acceptance Tests                                                               

  POOL Conversion Service Prototype 30-Jul-03      \[New\]        2-Jun-03       Completed
  Deployed                                                                       

  POOL Conversion Service ready for 30-Jul-03      \[New\]        10-Oct-03      Completed
  Early Adopters                                                                 

  Athena I/Fs for Physical          30-Sep-03      \[New\]        1-Jun-04       On Schedule
  Placement Control Defined                                                      

  Athena Mechanisms for Write       30-Sep-03      \[New\]        1-Oct-03       Completed
  Control from Transient Detector                                                
  and Conditions Stores                                                          

  Athena/POOL Object                30-Sep-03      \[New\]        15-Feb-04      On Schedule
  Lifetime/Ownership Issues                                                      
  Resolved                                                                       

  Athena/POOL Plug-in Issues        30-Sep-03      \[New\]        10-Oct-03      Completed
  Resolved                                                                       

  Athena/POOL Support for Physical  30-Sep-03      \[New\]        1-Jul-04       On Schedule
  Placement Control Delivered                                                    

  Athena/POOL Support for Writing   30-Sep-03      \[New\]        15-Feb-04      On Schedule
  Multiple Streams                                                               

  Content Definition Interface      30-Sep-03      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  Defined for Writing to Multiple                                                
  Streams                                                                        

  POOL Enhancements to Support      30-Sep-03      \[New\]        15-Feb-04      On Schedule
  ATLAS Object                                                                   

  POOL/SEAL Machinery for           30-Sep-03      \[New\]        14-Nov-03      Completed
  Persistifying Event Data Objects                                               
  incorporated into Build Process                                                

  SEAL/Athena Class ID Strategy     30-Sep-03      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  Defined                                                                        

  Database Support Sufficient for   30-Dec-03      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  2003 Muon Testbeam Data                                                        

  Consistent Approach to Schema     30-Mar-04      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  Definition for Event and                                                       
  non-Event Deployed                                                             

  Content                           30-Mar-04      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  Characterization/Aggregation                                                   
  Model                                                                          

  Strategy for Transaction          30-Mar-04      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  Granularity                                                                    

  Schema Evolution Requirements     30-Jun-04      \[New\]        30-Jun-04      On Schedule
  Defined                                                                        

  Support for Multiple Transaction  30-Jun-04      \[New\]        30-Jun-04      On Schedule
  Contexts                                                                       
  --------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------

**David Malon (ANL)**

The U.S. team is responsible for integration of the LHC-wide POOL
persistence software into the ATLAS Athena control framework. By the end
of this reporting period, the level of integration was sufficiently
extensive and robust to allow ATLAS to release this software as the
recommended technology for use even by non-core developers. The
AthenaPOOL infrastructure is now the persistence technology of choice
for all new event-data-related work in simulation, reconstruction, and
analysis (though trigger-related work may sometimes more appropriately
use bytestreams), and for much conditions data work as well.

With AthenaPOOL services now well beyond the proof of principle stage, a
major redesign of control framework persistence services was undertaken,
in preparation for deployment in 2004 in Data Challenge 2.

**2.2.3.3 Event Store**

  -------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------
  **Milestone**                    **Baseline**   **Previous**   **Forecast**   **Status**

  Athena SEAL/POOL Demonstrably    30-Sep-03      \[New\]        15-Feb-04      On Schedule
  Capable of Supporting Prototype                                               
  Event Model                                                                   

  Persistent Event Header Navig    30-Sep-03      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  Model Deployed                                                                

  Implicit/Explicit Collection     30-Mar-04      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  Model for ESD                                                                 

  Model for DC2 ESD and AOD        30-Mar-04      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  Organization                                                                  

  Support for Collection-Level and 30-Mar-04      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  Subsample Extraction                                                          

  Deep Copy Support for Event      30-Jun-04      \[New\]        30-Jun-04      On Schedule
  Extraction                                                                    
  -------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------

**David Malon (ANL)**

The U.S. group has lead responsibility for the software and data flow
aspects of an ATLAS computing model, as part of a team organized by
ATLAS computing management late in mid-2003. A "reasonable" prototype of
this model is intended to be tested in Data Challenge 2 (2004) as input
to an ATLAS Computing Technical Design Report due in 2005. A
U.S.-developed model for Tier 0 reconstruction in Data Challenge 2,
along with a corresponding event store model, has been accepted as the
de facto model for Data Challenge 2 deployment.

The focus of most database development effort to date has been
principally at the level of how single jobs write and read data. Much
new capability will be required to build a usable event store out of
these job-level tools if ATLAS is to exercise a reasonable prototype of
its computing model in Data Challenge 2. The U.S. group has developed a
plan for this work, and has organized an Event Store Readiness workshop
to be held at CERN early in the next reporting quarter.

**2.2.3.4 Non-Event Data Management**

  -------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------
  **Milestone**                    **Baseline**   **Previous**   **Forecast**   **Status**

  Conditions Data Accessible to    30-Jul-03      \[New\]        15-Aug-03      Completed
  Athena Applications via IOV                                                   
  Database Service                                                              

  NOVA Support for Materials from  30-Jul-03      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  Detector Description Group                                                    

  Documentation for Registering    30-Sep-03      \[New\]        15-Nov-03      Completed
  POOL Resident Data with the IOV                                               
  Database Service                                                              

  Documented Procedures Readable   30-Sep-03      \[New\]        30-Nov-03      Completed

  IOV Database Support for         30-Sep-03      \[New\]        15-Sep-03      Completed
  StoreGate Symlinks and Retrieval                                              
  by Non Folder Name Keys                                                       

  IOV Interface for Controlling    30-Sep-03      \[New\]        15-Feb-04      On Schedule
  Preloading, Global/Local Tag                                                  
  Selection                                                                     

  Support for Multi IOV Databases  30-Sep-03      \[New\]        15-Feb-04      On Schedule

  Generalized Support for NOVA     30-Dec-03      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  Loading from Non-AGE Sources                                                  

  Generation of Transient          30-Mar-04      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  NovaObject Classes from                                                       
  Structure Definitions                                                         

  Support for Retrieval and        30-Mar-04      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  Iteration over Objects                                                        
  Registered in the IOV                                                         

  NOVA Schema Definition           30-Jun-04      \[New\]        30-Jun-04      On Schedule
  Consistent with Event Store Data                                              

  Support for Multiple IOV         30-Jun-04      \[New\]        30-Jun-04      On Schedule
  Databases, with Import/Export                                                 
  -------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------

**David Malon (ANL)**

The U.S.-provided NOVA database infrastructure, used by ATLAS in a
variety of geometry and detector description roles, saw ever wider
adoption, both in terms of the extent of the data it handles and the
number of clients that rely upon it. The success of this effort is
evident in the load: ATLAS hit a 1,000-simultaneous-connection limit to
the NOVA database during this reporting period.

Much development effort was therefore devoted to enhancing the
robustness of the software and servers, and to improving the process of
generating the code that must be synchronized with versions of the
database. Tools to browse, inspect, and manage the database were also
part of this period's development effort.

**2.2.3.5 Collections, Catalogs, Metadata**

  -------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------
  **Milestone**                    **Baseline**   **Previous**   **Forecast**   **Status**

  Pool Event Collections useable   30-Jul-03      \[New\]        30-Jul-03      Completed
  in Athena                                                                     

  Athena Interface for             30-Sep-03      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  Writing/Reading Event-Level                                                   
  Metadata (tags)                                                               

  Collection Cataloging Deployed   30-Sep-03      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule

  Machinery for including          30-Sep-03      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  Navigational Metadata in POOL                                                 
  Collection Support                                                            

  Athena Interface/Read/Write      30-Dec-03      \[New\]        30-Dec-03      On Schedule
  Access to Collection-Level                                                    
  Metadata                                                                      

  Collection Merging Deployed      30-Dec-03      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule

  Magda/RLS Integ/Migration        30-Dec-03      \[New\]        15-Feb-04      On Schedule
  Demonstrated                                                                  

  Prototype Tag Database/Metadata  30-Dec-03      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  Capability                                                                    

  RLS Prototype Deployed in ATLAS  30-Dec-03      \[New\]        15-Feb-04      On Schedule

  Workshop to Agree on Strategy    30-Dec-03      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  for DC-2 Recipe Management                                                    

  Collect Replication/Distribution 30-Mar-04      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  Infrastructure Deployed                                                       

  Collection Building and          30-Mar-04      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  Aggregation Strategy for DC2                                                  
  -------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------

  -------------------------------- ----------- --------- ----------- ----------
  Integration of Collection        30-Mar-04   \[New\]   30-Mar-04   On
  Support & Bookkeeping                                              Schedule

  Support for Collection           30-Mar-04   \[New\]   30-Mar-04   On
  Subsetting (skims) based upon                                      Schedule
  Server-Side Processing                                             

  Attribute Lists Capable of       30-Jun-04   \[New\]   30-Jun-04   On
  Supporting File/Location Lists                                     Schedule

  Content Categories/Aggregates    30-Jun-04   \[New\]   30-Jun-04   On
  Represented in Event-Level                                         Schedule
  Metadata                                                           
  -------------------------------- ----------- --------- ----------- ----------

**David Malon (ANL)**

U.S. work in this WBS area is performed largely under the aegis of POOL,
as a U.S. ATLAS contribution to the LHC-wide persistence project effort.
The U.S. team coordinates the POOL collections and metadata work
package, and is principally responsible for relational database
implementations of collections and metadata software.

The focus of the development effort in this reporting period was upon
scalability and performance testing and improvement. Preliminary results
were reported by the U.S. team in an LHC-wide forum in the fall A major
restructuring of the implementation was thereafter delivered by the U.S.
team, resulting in significant storage savings.

**2.2.4 Application Software**

  -------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------
  **Milestone**                    **Baseline**   **Previous**   **Forecast**   **Status**

  Full Simulation of ATLAS         30-Sep-03      \[New\]        10-Sep-03      Completed
  Detector in GEANT4 using Nova                                                 
  DB.                                                                           

  Geometry Model Based Detector    30-Sep-03      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  Description used for                                                          
  Reconstruction                                                                

  Update of Material Amounts in    30-Sep-03      \[New\]        1-Dec-03       Completed
  GEANT4 Detector                                                               

  ATLAS Complete GEANT4 Validation 30-Dec-03      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule

  First Release of Full Chain of   30-Dec-03      \[New\]        17-Dec-03      Completed
  Software for Combined Testbeam                                                

  Pile-Up Demonstrated in Athena   30-Dec-03      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  at Full Luminosity                                                            

  Prototype Definition of AOD      30-Dec-03      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule

  Prototype Definition of ESD      30-Dec-03      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule

  Prototype Definition of          30-Dec-03      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  Event-Level Physics Metadata                                                  
  (tag)                                                                         

  RTF Recommendations Implemented  30-Dec-03      \[New\]        30-Jun-04      On Schedule

  ATASL Release 8                  30-Mar-04      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule

  Combined Test Beam Simulation &  30-Mar-04      \[New\]        30-Apr-04      On Schedule
  Monitoring Software Validated                                                 

  Extract Module Alignment         30-Mar-04      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  Constants                                                                     

  GEANT4 Simulation of Full        30-Mar-04      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  Detector Validated as Fully                                                   
  Working                                                                       

  Intial Implementation of GEANT4  30-Mar-04      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  Simulation of Combined Testbeam                                               
  Setup Released                                                                

  Mixing of Simulation Data into   30-Mar-04      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  Bytestream Files for Tier 0                                                   
  Reconstruction Prototyping                                                    

  Reading of Hits and Digits from  30-Mar-04      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  POOL Files Validated                                                          

  Combined Test Beams              30-Jun-04      \[New\]        30-Jun-04      On Schedule

  Combined Testbeam Event Display  30-Jun-04      \[New\]        30-Jun-04      On Schedule
  Available                                                                     

  Initial Combined Testbeam        30-Jun-04      \[New\]        30-Jun-04      On Schedule
  Monitoring Running in Athena                                                  

  Initial Implementation of AOD    30-Jun-04      \[New\]        30-Jun-04      On Schedule
  and ESD Available                                                             

  Initial Implementation of        30-Jun-04      \[New\]        30-Jun-04      On Schedule
  Combined Testbeam Analysis Code                                               
  Available                                                                     

  Initial Implementation of ESRAT  30-Jun-04      \[New\]        30-Jun-04      On Schedule
  Completed                                                                     

  Support for Alignment in Readout 30-Jun-04      \[New\]        30-Jun-04      On Schedule
  Elements                                                                      
  -------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------

**2.2.5 Software Support**

  -------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------
  **Milestone**                    **Baseline**   **Previous**   **Forecast**   **Status**

  Development for ATLAS Releases   30-Jul-03      \[New\]        30-Jul-03      Completed
  and Associated Software                                                       
  Installation                                                                  

  Make Use of New Reconstruction   30-Jul-03      \[New\]        12-Dec-03      Completed
  Tests projected for ATLAS 7.x                                                 
  Releases in ATLAS Nightly Builds                                              

  POOL Integration, in particular  30-Jul-03      \[New\]        30-Jul-03      Completed
  \'bridge\' Packages interfacing                                               
  POOL for ATLAS Software                                                       

  Start Regular Nightly Builds of  30-Jul-03      \[New\]        10-Aug-03      Completed
  LCG Software                                                                  

  Support for Nightly Builds of    30-Jul-03      \[New\]        30-Jul-03      Completed
  ATLAS Software at CERN and BNL                                                

  Testing Releases with New        30-Jul-03      \[New\]        31-Dec-04      On Schedule
  Compiler Versions                                                             

  Continue to Provide Software     30-Sep-03      \[New\]        30-Sep-03      Completed
  Support for U.S. ATLAS Users                                                  

  Improve Informative Web Pages    30-Sep-03      \[New\]        30-Sep-03      Completed

  Release Version 2.0 of Nightly   30-Sep-03      \[New\]        1-Dec-03       Completed
  Control System (NICOS)                                                        

  Support of US ATLAS MySQL Server 30-Sep-03      \[New\]        30-Sep-03      Completed

  Continue to Support ATLAS, LCG,  30-Mar-04      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  and Associated Software Releases                                              
  at BNL                                                                        

  Contribution, Upgrades, and      30-Mar-04      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  Maintenance of Software Builds                                                

  Improve Appearance of Web Pages  30-Mar-04      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  with Results of Nightly Builds                                                

  Support of Nightly Build at      30-Mar-04      \[New\]        30-Mar-04      On Schedule
  CERN, BNL and LCG                                                             

  Integrate CppUnit in ATLAS       30-Jun-04      \[New\]        30-Jun-04      On Schedule
  Nightly Build System                                                          
  -------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------

**Srini Rajagopalan (Brookhaven National Laboratory)**

U.S. Atlas Software Librarian provided management for nightly build
facilities of ATLAS and LCG projects and participated in the work of LCG
and ATLAS infrastructure teams, SPI and SIT, serving also as a liaison
between two teams.

The ATLAS and LCG nightly build facilities were successfully operated at
CERN and BNL. After successful tests, new version 0.2 of Nightly Control
System, NICOS, tool was applied for ATLAS nightly builds. This version
features the improved web page design. The code is PERL based and
portable (i.e. can be used on machines with different computing
platforms).

New tests were added to ATLAS nightly builds. A new tool, \"checkreq\",
that compares the nominal package dependencies (as determined by the
\"use\" statements in the CMT requirements files) with the needed
dependencies (as determined by C++ \"include\" statements) was ported to
the nightly builds. The results of \"checkreq\" analysis for individual
packages is published on the web pages of build results. Several
integrated tests were added to nightlies, including three tests of
Athena POOL interface.

The work on integration of C++ unit test framework CppUnit with
management environment of Atlas Software releases has been started (this
work is performed by U.S. Atlas Software Librarian as a contribution to
SIT activities). In this quarter a simple CppUnit test was successfully
developed for a package in ATLAS software release and possible ways of
its integration with CMT environment were investigated.

New ATLAS software was promptly installed at the BNL Tier I Center,
usually in one to three days after CERN installation. The software
support was provided for users and the requests/questions were promptly
resolved. The BNL software support page was updated in a timely way. In
addition, LCG software was installed and regularly updated.

The U.S. Atlas MySQL database, web server, and cvs pserver were
maintained and administered and their services were actively used by the
U.S. Atlas community.

  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  **02.03 FACILITIES**

  -----------------------------------------------------------------------

**2.3 Subsystem Manager\'s Summary**

**2.3.1 Tier 1 Facility**

  ----------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------
  **Milestone**                       **Baseline**   **Previous**   **Forecast**   **Status**

  Tier 1 Fabric Upgrade Fully         25-Mar-04      \[New\]        \--            On Schedule
  Operational for DC2                                                              
  ----------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------

**2.3.1.2 Tier 1 Fabric Infrastructure** **Richard Baker (Brookhaven
National Laboratory)**

During the 1st quarter of FY\'04, we initiated a purchase of LAN
components required to support the expansion of the Tier 1 Linux farm
and the Tier 1 disk storage systems.

**2.3.1.3 Tier 1 Linux Systems**

  -------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------
  **Milestone**                    **Baseline**   **Previous**   **Forecast**   **Status**

  Tier 1 Linux CPU Upgrade for DC2 10-Jan-04      \[New\]        \--            On Schedule
  Complete                                                                      

  LCG-1 Full Services Available    19-Jan-04      \[New\]        \--            On Schedule
  -------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------

**Richard Baker (Brookhaven National Laboratory)**

During the first quarter of FY\'04, a purchase of 48 new dual processor
nodes for the Tier 1 Linux farm was initiated. Delivery of the new nodes
is expected in the second quarter, and they should be available for
production use by the end of the quarter.

**2.3.1.4 Tier 1 Storage Systems**

  ---------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------
  **Milestone**                      **Baseline**   **Previous**   **Forecast**   **Status**

  Tier 1 Mass Storage Upgrade for    26-Dec-03      \[New\]        \--            On Schedule
  DC2 Complete                                                                    

  Tier 1 Disk Upgrade for DC2        9-Feb-04       \[New\]        \--            On Schedule
  Complete                                                                        
  ---------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------

**Richard Baker (Brookhaven National Laboratory)**

During the 1st quarter of FY\'04, a procurement of 10 TB additional disk
was initiated and completed. This disk will go into production service
during the second quarter.

**2.3.2 Tier 2 Facilities**

  ---------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------
  **Milestone**                      **Baseline**   **Previous**   **Forecast**   **Status**

  Tier 2 Fabric Upgrade Fully        25-Mar-04      \[New\]        \--            On Schedule
  Operational for DC2                                                             
  ---------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------

**2.3.2.1 Tier 2-A \"Currently Indiana/Chicago Prototype\"**

  ------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------
  **Milestone**                   **Baseline**   **Previous**   **Forecast**   **Status**

  IU Tier 2 Fabric Upgrade for    1-Jul-03       \[New\]        \--            On Schedule
  DC2 Complete                                                                 
  ------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------

**2.3.2.2 Tier 2-B \"Currently Boston Prototype\"**

  ------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------
  **Milestone**                   **Baseline**   **Previous**   **Forecast**   **Status**

  BU Tier 2 Fabric Upgrade for    5-Mar-04       \[New\]        \--            On Schedule
  DC2 Complete                                                                 
  ------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------

**2.3.3 Wide Area Network**

  ------------------------------------ -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------
  **Milestone**                        **Baseline**   **Previous**   **Forecast**   **Status**

  Alpha Version Host Network           31-Oct-03      \[New\]        \--            On Schedule
  Diagnostics Deployed                                                              

  Beta Version Host Network            27-Feb-04      \[New\]        \--            On Schedule
  Diagnostics Deployed                                                              
  ------------------------------------ -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------

**2.3.4 Grid Tools & Services**

  --------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------
  **Milestone**                     **Baseline**   **Previous**   **Forecast**   **Status**

  GCE:Grid Component                1-Jul-03       \[New\]        \--            On Schedule
  Enviroment:Release 0.1                                                         

  GCE 0.5                           1-Aug-03       \[New\]        \--            On Schedule

  GCE 1.0                           16-Sep-03      \[New\]        \--            On Schedule

  GCE 1.5:Grid 3/PreDC2 Delivery    17-Oct-03      \[New\]        \--            On Schedule

  GCE 2.0: DC2 Alpha                1-Feb-04       \[New\]        \--            On Schedule

  GCE 2.0: DC2 Delivery             1-Mar-04       \[New\]        \--            On Schedule
  --------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------

**2.3.5 Grid Production**

  -------------------------------- -------------- ---------------- -------------- -------------
  **Milestone**                    **Baseline**   **Previous**     **Forecast**   **Status**

  DC1 Production Complete          3-Nov-03       \[New\]          1-Feb-04       Delayed (See
                                                                                  #1)

  Grid 3 GTA Version Ready for     3-Nov-03       \[New\]          1-Feb-04       Delayed (See
  Production                                                                      #2)

  PreDC2 Production Operation      3-Nov-03       \[New\]          1-Feb-04       Delayed (See
  Begins                                                                          #3)

  Grid3 Goals Complete             31-Dec-03      \[New\]          1-Feb-04       Delayed (See
                                                                                  #4)

  PreDC2 Production Goals Achieved 31-Dec-03      \[New\]          1-Feb-04       Delayed (See
                                                                                  #5)

  Start new Production System      1-Feb-04       \[New\]          1-Feb-04       Delayed (See
  Software Testing                                                                #6)

  DC2 GTS Version Ready for        1-Apr-04       \[New\]          \--            On Schedule
  Production                                                                      

  Start ATLAS DC2                  1-Apr-04       \[New\]          \--            On Schedule

  DC2 50% Complete                 15-Jun-04      \[New\]          \--            On Schedule
  -------------------------------- -------------- ---------------- -------------- -------------

**2.9 Subsystem Manager\'s Summary** **Jim Shank (Boston University)**

# 

During this quarter the main event was the very successful
implementation of the Grid3 fabric as part of the Grid2003 project. This
was highlighted at the SuperComputing 2003 meeting in Nov. 2003. At the
time of this meeting, ATLAS was using over 1500 CPUS distributed over 16
sites. These sites included both of the LHC Tier 1 sites, all the US
ATLAS and CMS Tier 2 sites plus many other sites involved in the 3 main
US HEP grid projects, GriPhyn, iVDGL, and PPDG. The Figure below shows a
summary of the US ATLAS effort demonstrating a full chain grid-based
production system, from event generation to simulation, reconstruction
and analysis. This demonstration proved that we have the basic
functionality we need for a successful completion of the Data Challenge
2 that will take place May 2004.

![](media/image2.jpeg){width="3.40625in" height="1.9833333333333334in"}

![](media/image3.png){width="0.7611111111111111in" height="0.50625in"}

![](media/image4.png){width="3.40625in" height="2.0006944444444446in"}

In addition to the great success of the Facilities, Production and Grid
Tools and Services teams in Grid 2003, there was much progress on the
Software development front. Here the effort was in two main areas:
preparation for the large Combined Test Beam(CTB) running in May, 2004
and the full Data Challenge(DC2) also starting in May,2004. This
involved the move to full Geant4 simulation and the complete adoption of
the LCG POOL and SEAL products. The schedule to get both these major
software development projects (CTB and DC2) has always been tight, but
the progress made this quarter gives us some confidence that we will
have the required functionality in time for the May 2004 milestones. The
ability to get full pile-up simulation into the ATLAS software for DC2
remains one of the biggest worries.

**Technical Report for M&O**

**3.1 M&O Silicon**

**3.1 Subsystem Manager\'s Summary** **Abraham Seiden (UCSC)**

ROD spares were purchased this quarter during process of ordered all the
parts for both Strip and Pixel ROD construction. The cost was \$101k and
we paid for one item (crates) which costs 10% of the total ROD
construction activity (parts plus board loading costs). This completes
the expenditure of FY03 funds. No funds have been received or committed
for FY04 as yet.

**3.1.3 RODs** **Abraham Seiden (UCSC)**

ROD spares were purchased this quarter during process of ordered all the
parts for both Strip and Pixel ROD construction. The cost was \$101k and
we paid for one item (crates) which costs 10% of the total ROD
construction activity (parts plus board loading costs).

**3.2 M&O TRT**

**3.2 Subsystem Manager\'s Summary** **Harold Ogren (Indiana
University)**

The only M&O work presently underway is the module checkout in building
154. It is proceeding on schedule. We should have all type 1 modules
processed and ready for insertion by April 1.

**3.2.1 TRT-Subsystem**

  -------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ----------------
  **Milestone**              **Baseline**   **Previous**   **Forecast**   **Status**

  Start of Pre-Operations on 1-Apr-04       \--            1-Apr-04       On Schedule
  Barrel                                                                  
  -------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ----------------

**3.2.1.1 TRT Pre-Operations**

**3.2.1.1.1 Module Check** **Harold Ogren (Indiana University)**

Building 154 module checkout

Pauline Gagnon has been organizing the module flow through this area.
She is working with Kirill Egorov and Fred Kayumov to complete the
testing of all modules as they arrive from the US. All of the type 1
modules are now in Building 154. The module gain mapper, MGM, arrive in
December, they are now remeasuring the gain in all modules. Some work
has also been done by C. Kline on small module repair. We have had an
engineering trainee help out while he is waiting for activity on the
endcaps. This has been very helpful, in completing the gas leak tests.

**Kenneth McFarlane (Hampton University)**

Hampton University area of responsibility for Module Checking is Gain
mapping at CERN (with the Module Gain Mapper). This was brought into
full operation at CERN beginning this month. Seventeen modules were
mapped in January: 11 type-1 modules and 6 type-2. The detailed results
will be reported following final calibrations.

**3.3 M&O Argon**

**Milestones with changed forecast dates:**

  ----------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------- --
  **3.3.1.2.1 Cryostat**                                                                   

  **Milestone**                 **Baseline**   **Previous**   **Forecast**   **Status**    

  Welding of the Barrel         1-Feb-04       1-Feb-04       1-Mar-04       Delayed (See  
  Cryostat Complete                                                          #1)           

  **Note #1**  The welding                                                                 
  expertise was needed for the                                                             
  barrel torroid work. Not on                                                              
  the critical path.                                                                       
  ----------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------- --

+--------------------------+--------+--------+--------+---------------+
| **3.3.1.2.4 FCAL**       |        |        |        |               |
+--------------------------+--------+--------+--------+---------------+
| **Milestone**            | **Base | **Prev | **Fore | **Status**    |
|                          | line** | ious** | cast** |               |
+--------------------------+--------+--------+--------+---------------+
| Commissioning of Endcap  | 1-     | 1-     | 1-     | Delayed (See  |
| C Complete               | Mar-04 | Mar-04 | May-04 | #1)           |
+--------------------------+--------+--------+--------+---------------+
| Commissioning of Endcap  | 1-     | 1-     | 1-     | Delayed (See  |
| A Complete               | Jun-04 | Jun-04 | Sep-04 | #2)           |
+--------------------------+--------+--------+--------+---------------+
| **Note #1**  EndCap C    |        |        |        |               |
| cryostat is used for     |        |        |        |               |
| test how to fix leaks in |        |        |        |               |
| the endcap A cryostat.   |        |        |        |               |
| The tests are expected   |        |        |        |               |
| to continue through      |        |        |        |               |
| April.                   |        |        |        |               |
|                          |        |        |        |               |
| **Note #2**  EndCapA     |        |        |        |               |
| cryostat shows pressure  |        |        |        |               |
| leaks. It is expected to |        |        |        |               |
| be commissioned by       |        |        |        |               |
| August 2004.             |        |        |        |               |
+--------------------------+--------+--------+--------+---------------+

  ---------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------
  **3.3.2.3 Maintenance**                                                         

  **Milestone**                      **Baseline**   **Previous**   **Forecast**   **Status**

  Pre-Operations Full Crate Test at  1-May-04       1-May-04       1-Apr-04       On Schedule
  BNL Complete                                                                    
  ---------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------

**3.3 Subsystem Manager\'s Summary** **Ryszard Stroynowski (Southern
Methodist University)**

During the last quarter of 2003, the Front End Crate test system at BNL
was assembled and prepared for FEC tests. The test extends until the PRR
of the FEB and other boards in the crates. The PRR is scheduled for
March 04.

The construction of the tail catcher has been finished at the University
of Arizona and the components are sent to CERN in Jan. 04. The design of
the electrical-to-optical transition boards for the data links in the
test beam has been completed. The prototype boards will be tested at
CERN in February and the full production is scheduled for March 2004.
The installation and commissioning of the boards in the test beam system
at CERN is possible after the delivery of the ROD system by the
University of Geneva and it is now expected for April 2004.

**3.3.1 Mechanical Liquid Argon M&O**

**3.3.1.2 Operations**

**3.3.1.2.1 Cryostat**

  ------------------------------ -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------
  **Milestone**                  **Baseline**   **Previous**   **Forecast**   **Status**

  Welding of the Barrel Cryostat 1-Feb-04       1-Feb-04       1-Mar-04       Delayed (See
  Complete                                                                    #1)

  Insertion of the Solenoid      1-Jun-04       \--            1-Jun-04       On Schedule
  Complete                                                                    
  ------------------------------ -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------

**Note #1**  The welding expertise was needed for the barrel torroid
work. Not on the critical path.

**3.3.1.2.3 Cryogenics**

  -------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ----------------
  **Milestone**              **Baseline**   **Previous**   **Forecast**   **Status**

  Commissioning in Bldg 180  1-Jun-04       \--            1-Jun-04       On Schedule
  Complete                                                                
  -------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ----------------

**3.3.1.2.4 FCAL**

  -------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ----------------
  **Milestone**              **Baseline**   **Previous**   **Forecast**   **Status**

  Commissioning of Endcap C  1-Mar-04       1-Mar-04       1-May-04       Delayed (See #1)
  Complete                                                                

  Commissioning of Endcap A  1-Jun-04       1-Jun-04       1-Sep-04       Delayed (See #2)
  Complete                                                                
  -------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ----------------

**Note #1**  EndCap C cryostat is used for test how to fix leaks in the
endcap A cryostat. The tests are expected to continue through April.

**Note #2**  EndCapA cryostat shows pressure leaks. It is expected to be
commissioned by August 2004.

**3.3.2 Electronic Liquid Argon M&O**

**3.3.2.1 Pre-Operations and Commissioning**

**3.3.2.1.3 System Crate Integration**

  ---------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------
  **Milestone**                      **Baseline**   **Previous**   **Forecast**   **Status**

  Assembly of the System Crate       1-Dec-03       \--            1-Mar-04       Delayed (See
  Completed (SMU)                                                                 #1)
  ---------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------

**Note #1**  The system crate optical links are part of the Front-End
Crate Test. The assembly will be completed and fully tested in February
2004. The FEC test will be completed in March 04.

**3.3.2.3 Maintenance**

  ---------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------
  **Milestone**                      **Baseline**   **Previous**   **Forecast**   **Status**

  Pre-Operations Full Crate Test at  1-May-04       1-May-04       1-Apr-04       On Schedule
  BNL Complete                                                                    
  ---------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------

**3.3.3 Beam Test**

  ---------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------
  **Milestone**                      **Baseline**   **Previous**   **Forecast**   **Status**

  FCal Tail-Catcher Construction     1-Feb-04       \--            1-Feb-04       On Schedule
  Complete                                                                        

  Commissioning of Optical Data      1-Apr-04       \--            1-Apr-04       On Schedule
  Links Complete                                                                  

  Combined Beam Test Set-up Complete 1-May-04       \--            1-May-04       On Schedule
  ---------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ------------

**3.3.3.1 FCal Hadronic Tail Measurement**

  ------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------
  **Milestone**                   **Baseline**   **Previous**   **Forecast**   **Status**

  Complete Construction of Cold   10-Dec-03      \--            10-Dec-03      On Schedule
  Tail Catcher (Arizona)                                                       

  Commission Cold Tail Catcher    15-Mar-04      \--            15-May-04      Delayed (See
  (Arizona)                                                                    #1)
  ------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------

**Note #1**  The commissioning will require complete data acquisition
system in the beam test setup. The ROD will not be ready until mid-April
04.

**3.3.3.2 Test Beam-Optical Link**

  ------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------
  **Milestone**                   **Baseline**   **Previous**   **Forecast**   **Status**

  Test Beams-Optical Links        31-Dec-03      \--            29-Feb-04      Delayed (See
  \'Design of the Transition                                                   #1)
  Modules Completed\' (SMU)                                                    
  ------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------

**Note #1**  The date change reflects the change of the \"date needed\"
by the test beam. The DAQ system is not available for testing of the
prototype before that date.

**3.4 M&O TILE**

**3.4 Subsystem Manager\'s Summary**

**3.4.1 TileCal - Specific Costs**

**3.4.1.1 Pre-Operations**

  -------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ----------------
  **Milestone**              **Baseline**   **Previous**   **Forecast**   **Status**

  Start of Pre-Operations    1-Jun-03       \--            1-Jun-03       Completed

  Electrical Support         30-Sep-03      \--            30-Sep-03      Completed
  (Chicago)                                                               

  Mechanical Support (ANL)   30-Sep-03      \--            30-Sep-03      Completed

  Start of Integration       1-May-04       \--            1-May-04       On Schedule
  Underground                                                             
  -------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ----------------

**3.4.2 Calibration & Monitoring**

**3.4.2.1 Pre-Operations**

  -------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ----------------
  **Milestone**              **Baseline**   **Previous**   **Forecast**   **Status**

  Start of Calibration       1-Apr-03       \--            1-Apr-03       Completed

  UTA Calibration of Modules 30-Sep-03      \--            30-Sep-03      Completed
  (UTA)                                                                   
  -------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ----------------

**3.4.3 Tilecal System Common Costs**

  -------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ----------------
  **Milestone**              **Baseline**   **Previous**   **Forecast**   **Status**

  Common Costs (ANL)         30-Sep-03      \--            30-Sep-03      Completed
  -------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ----------------

**3.5 M&O Muon**

**3.5 Subsystem Manager\'s Summary** **Frank Taylor (MIT)**

The M&O Plan for ATLAS Endcap Muons has been worked out and the overall
budget has been presented in several reviews.

During this reporting period the planning and initial setup work for the
MDT Test Station has been done under the leadership of the Michigan
group. The work plan for MDT Phase I commissioning is clear in terms of
resources (material and personnel) and schedule.

The barrel and endcap toroid cooling loop fabrication problems continue
to have a potentially major impact on the schedule and the details are
not resolved at this time. The plans for Phase II (conducted above-pit)
and Phase III (conducted in the pit) commissioning are still in a very
recent stage. Most problematic is the gaining of space where the
installation of chambers on the support structures and Phase II
commissioning can be accomplished.

**3.5.1 MDT Pre-operations, Operations & Maintenance**

**3.5.1.1 MDT Pre-Operations**

**3.5.1.1.1 Set-up of MDT Test & Test Station** **Frank Taylor (MIT)**

The setup of the MDT test station has started and is on schedule. Work
areas have been setup and workflow determined. The effort is conducted
by the Michigan group under the leadership of Zhou.

**3.5.1.1.2 Pre-Operations of MDT Chambers -Phase 1**

  -------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ----------------
  **Milestone**              **Baseline**   **Previous**   **Forecast**   **Status**

  Start Pre-Operations MDT   1-Feb-04       \--            1-Feb-04       On Schedule (See
  Chambers -Phase 1                                                       #1)
  Commissioning                                                           
  -------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ----------------

**Note #1**  Phase I pre-operations has been started at CERN and is
on-schedule.

**3.5.2 CSC Pre-Operations, Operations & Maintenance**

**3.5.3 Alignment System Pre-Operations, Operations & Maintenance**

**3.5.4 Muon Endcap Common Costs**

**3.5.4.2 Muon Endcap Common Costs Operations**

  ----------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------
  **Milestone**                 **Baseline**   **Previous**   **Forecast**   **Status**

  MDT Operations Common Costs   30-Sep-03      \--            30-Sep-03      Completed
  (MIT)                                                                      

  MDT Operations Common Costs   1-Oct-03       \--            1-Oct-04       Delayed (See
  (MIT)                                                                      #1)
  ----------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------

**Note #1**  The US common costs have been paid for FY02 and FY03. FY04
has yet to be invoiced. The M&O MOU funding has been worked out with
ATLAS project office.

**Frank Taylor (MIT)**

FY02 and FY03 costs have been paid. FY04 costs have not been invoiced
yet to MIT.

**3.5.5 Monitoring & Calibration**

**3.5.5.2 Muon Test Beams**

  -------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ----------------
  **Milestone**              **Baseline**   **Previous**   **Forecast**   **Status**

  Muon Test Beams Support    1-Jun-03       \--            30-Sep-03      Completed (See
  (Boston)                                                                #1)

  Muon Test Beams Support    1-Jun-03       \--            30-Sep-04      See Note #2
  (Washington)                                                            

  Muon Test Beams Support    30-Sep-03      \--            30-Sep-04      See Note #3
  (Michigan)                                                              

  Muon Test Beams Support    30-Sep-03      \--            30-Sep-03      Completed (See
  (MIT)                                                                   #4)
  -------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ----------------

**Note #1**  Boston\'s work on Summer 03 Test Beam is complete.

**Note #2**  Washington will participate in the Summer 04 Test Beam work
at CERN.

**Note #3**  Michigan will participate in the Summer 04 Test Beam work
at CERN.

**Note #4**  This is complete - i.e. payment for Summer 03 Test beam
work is finished.