Cosylab Switzerland and SKA · Cosylab qWorld leader in System Integration and Software for...

CosylabSwitzerlandandSKADiegoCasadei

(CEOCosylabSwitzerlandGmbH)[email protected]

CosylabandCosylabSwitzerland

11.06.2018 CosylabSwitzerlandandSKA 2

Cosylabinshortq Innovatorandgloballeaderinsoftwarefortheworld’smostcomplex,preciseandadvancedmachines◼Particleaccelerators,nuclearfusion,radio-telescopes◼Atomicforcemicroscopes,real-timeseedclassification

qFoundedin2001.Now200people(160+FTEengineering)qHQinSloveniawithbranchesandteamsinSwitzerland,Sweden,SouthKorea,Japan,USA,China

qReliability,PA/QA,carefulintegration◼ISO 9001 Qualitymanagementsystems- Requirements◼ISO 13485 Medicaldevices- Qualitymanagementsystems◼ISO 14971 Medicaldevices- Applicationofriskmanagementtomedicaldevices


CosylabqWorldleaderinSystemIntegrationandSoftware forparticleacceleratorsforresearchandcancertherapy◼43%marketshare

30.05.2018 Cosylab Switzerland 4

qSelectedreferences:◼Accelerators:FAIR(Darmstadt),LHC,

WhiteRabbit(CERN),SwissFEL (PSI),LCLS/LCLS-II(SLAC)

◼Neutronsources:SNS(OakRidge),ESS(Lund)

◼ Cancertherapy:MedAustron (Austria),iBNCT (Japan),HIMM(Lanzhou,China)

◼Astronomy&Astrophysics:ALMA(Munich,AtacamaDesert),ESOE-ELT(CerroAmazones),CTA(CherenkovTelescopeArray)

◼ Fusion:ITER(Cadarache)

CosylabSwitzerlandGmbHq People:13FTE

¢ 2 computerscientists¢ 7 electronicengineers¢ 4 physicists

q Sites:¢ ParkInnovAarePSIWest,Villigen(mainoffice)

¢ Meyrin(Geneva)

q Projects:¢ SwissFEL,SLS,PANDAatPSI¢ Protontherapyforcancertreatment¢ QualySense (industrial)¢ Space

q Focus:¢ Controlsystems¢ Integration&synchronizationofheterogeneousdevices

¢ Fastreal-timecontrol,synchronization¢ SWengineering


TheSKAanditschallenges


Thetechnologicalchallenges◼Complexity◻ Biggestradiotelescopeuptodate◻ Longbaselineinterferometerarrays◻Datafromclustersofsingletelescopes/antennassentaroundtheglobe◻ Enormousamountofdatatobeprocessed◼Telescopemanagement◻ Equipmentorchestration◻Monitoring◼Datahandling– (~300PB/year)◻ Transferacrossglobe◻ Storageindatacenters◼Computationalneeds– ~300PFlops◼Timesynchronizationandeventcorrelation◻ Localclustersynchronizationandpropereventtime-stamping– attheclusterprocessor◻Globaltimesynchronization&correlation


Theorganizationalchallenge


Fromhttp://ska-sdp.org/sites/default/files/attachments/overview_of_ska_project_and_current_status_1.pdf

Thelongevitychallenge

qConstruction◼5yearsconstruction(SKA1)◼+7years(SKA2)

qDecadesofoperations

Carefulplanningandchoiceoftechnologicalsolutions,upgradestrategiesandapplication(software)life-cycle

managementisessential


RelevantCosylabexperience


AstronomyandastrophysicsqALMACommonSoftware◼Largestoperationalradiotelescopeintheworld◼Cosylabwasthesolecontractor◼CosylabdesignedanddevelopedtheACSjointlywithESO

qESOE-ELTCoreIntegrationInfrastructureSoftware– ongoing◼Largestopticaltelescopeinconstructionintheworld◼Next-generationcoretelescopesoftwareframework◼OngoingprojectatESO

qCherenkovTelescopeArray– ongoing◼InitialSWdistributions◼SWdevelopmentinfrastructure,conventions,manualsandprocess◼SWdevelopmentlife-cycleguidelines


Afree,opensourceandobject-orientedDistributedControlSystems frameworkusedinlargescientificfacilities(accelerators,wind-tunnels,highpowerlasers)


q SOLARISSynchrotron,Poland◼CosylabprovidedthecompleteacceleratorCSturn-key◼and2turn-keyTango/Sardana basedbeam-linecontrolsystems

qMAXIVSynchrotron,Sweden◼Cosylabprovidedvarioussub-systems

◻ Example:motionbasedcontrolforundulators

qONERAwind-tunnels,France◼Cosylabprovidedcontrolsystemforsub-systems

qNICA- Nuclotron-basedIonColliderfAcility,Dubna,Russia◼Cosylabisprovidingacompleteturn-keyTangobasedionbeam-linecontrolsystem

chosenforSKA

Timing&SynchronizationqEventbased&timedistributionsystemsexperience:◼MicroResearchFinland(MRF)EventBasedsystemsusedonparticleaccelerators◻EuropeanSpallationSource,PAL-XFEL,Solaris,MedAustron,etc

◼IEEE1558PrecisionTimeProtocol◻AsusedbyITERTCNsub-system

◼CERNWhiteRabbit timedistribution◻Cosylabisdeliveringthecustomdeveloped,open-hardwareTimingboardsfortheGSIFAIRproject,basedontheCERNWhiteRabbit technology◻CosylabprovidesFESAframeworkintegrationofthehardware

◼GPSsynchronizedtimestampingandclocksignals◻AtmanyacceleratorfacilitiesthetimingclocksareGPSsynchronized◻Examplereferenceproject,thetimingsystematMedAustron

qReadyforthenextchallenge!


Theorganizational&longevitychallengeqITERCODAC(Control,DataAccessandCommunication)use-case◼https://www.iter.org/mach/Codac◼Since2009CosylabhasbeencontractedbyITERtoengineer,maintain&evolvethecoresoftwareControlSystemframeworkforoneoftheworld’slargestcollaborativescientificprojects

qSimilarorganizationalchallengeasSKA!◼~100organizationsworld-wideuseCODACtobuildsub-systemsthatwillallcometogetherattheITERsiteinCadarache,France◼Researchinstitutions&industryalike

qStrongemphasison:◼Standardization,bothofsoftwaredistributionandhardwarecatalog◼Welldefinedanddocumentedprocesses◼Completelife-cyclemanagement◼Obsolescenceplanning◼Documentation,trainingmaterialsandhand-ontrainingworkshops◼Usersupport(engineeringusers)

qSettingsimilarinfrastructureforCTAnow


WhySKAisimportantforCosylabSwitzerland


StrategyofCosylabSwitzerland

qCSLCH’saimistogrowandachievegreaterindependencefromHQ◼ToanswernotonlytheuniqueneedsoftheSwissbig-scienceandindustrialmarkets,butalsoprovidecuttingedgeservicesworldwide

qActivelylookingforopportunitiesin◼Core:scientificprojects◼Core:medicalapplications◼New:industrialapplications◼New:space


CosylabSwitzerland&


qExistingcompetencesfitSKAverywell

qLong-termprojectslikeSKAgiveCSLCHtheopportunityto◼HirenewexpertsinSwitzerland◼LeverageonHQknow-howtoachieveknowledgetransfertoSwitzerland◼CreatededicatedSwissteamforSKATelescopeManagementandElementMonitoring&Control

SKAgivesCSLCHachancetohireandtrainyoungscientists,engineers,anddeveloperswhowillbeattheleadingedgeoftechnology

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