SUMMARY

Knowledge and Distributed Intelligence

New Computational Challenges

Subcontract: Mining High Energy Physics Data

Julian J. Bunn, Philippe Galvez, Harvey B. Newman, Richard P. Wilkinson

Department of Physics, Maths and Astronomy, Caltech

Paul Messina, Roy Williams

Center for Advanced Computing Research, Caltech

Overview of the Subcontract

The purpose of subcontract is to construct and demonstrate a prototype system for mining large quantities of event data from the next generation of particle physics experiments. The work will be in the context of the NSF-funded "Knowledge and Distributed Intelligence: New Computational Challenges" (KDI) project.

The KDI project's goals are complementary to, and considerably extend, those of the Globally Distributed Object Databases (GIOD) project which we are currently engaged in. GIOD is due to conclude in mid-1999. The GIOD project uses computing infrastructure supplied and supported by the Center for Advanced Computing Research (CACR), and has established a framework for distributed analysis of High Energy Physics (HEP) data. This framework, which is based upon a commercial Object Database and the HPSS storage management system, includes software for storing and analysing physics events.

We believe that the infrastructure, methods and tools we have developed for HEP data are in fact applicable to several scientific areas, and that KDI is thus a natural interdisciplinary follow-on from the work of GIOD.

Duration of the Subcontract

The subcontract will be executed over the five year period corresponding to the parent KDI project.

Principal Investigator

The principal investigator (PI) will be Professor Harvey Newman.

Detailed Workplan

The scope of the subcontract is defined in the following list of work items:

Establish the use of commercial Object Database Management Systems (ODBMS) and hierarchical storage management systems (HSM) for the storage, distribution and analysis of physics data, with particular emphasis on the optimisation of memory, disk and tape caching hierarchies for the physics objects. For this, we will use the Objectivity/DB and High Performance Storage System (HPSS), running on a large commercial SMP server (the Caltech 256-CPU HP Exemplar) or on a Beowulf-class system of more than 100 PCs running Linux. Object caching will be implemented across memory, disk and tape with the aid of the non-DCE HPSS client software running on the host system. Objectivity's Data Replication Option will be used to move replicas of object sets across the Wide Area Network (CALREN-2) into database partitions residing at collaborating institutes. The database will be populated in the near term with 60 GBytes of simulated event data, rising to over 300 GBytes over the next six months. Following this, data from a test-beam experiment at CERN will be moved into the database, so swelling the total object data volume to several TBytes.

Develop efficient clustering and reclustering schemes and strategies to be used for the access and processing of the physics objects. We have already made an initial exploration of this area in the context of the GIOD project. This work has focussed on optimal placement, by hand and automatically, of containers of physics objects within the ODBMS and on disk.

Set up a prototype distributed ODBMS system (WAN/LAN) and adjust the parameters of the system so that it operates well under the foreseen user workload. Particular attention will be paid to tuning the parameters of the network in this context.

Determine, using the prototype system and models of it, the minimum volume of data transport required to make the system work. Measure the scalability of the system as a function of the total data volume stored, the data access latency at each site, and the number of sites in the system.

Explore the use of autonomous agent technology as a means of analysing and mining the huge volume of data in the distributed system. For this we will use emergent technology such as the Java-based "Voyager" product from ObjectSpace. This will allow us to evaluate:

the significance of being able to send the user's application to the data

the possibility of automatic load balancing in the distributed system (the agents find the least loaded system with the best access to the required data)

the use of a user agent to broker a query against the communal agent knowledge pool

Investigate how to take advantage of data mining techniques and tools for

extracting events of a known topology or of known kinematic signature from the system

attempting a separation of signal events from background events, or from rare physics processes that fake the signal

identifying anomalous events which fall neither into known categories of physics signals, nor into those of predicted event discoveries.

YEAR 1

SUMMARY

PROPOSAL BUDGET

FOR NSF USE ONLY

ORGANIZATION

California Institute of Technology

PROPOSAL NO.

DURATION (MONTHS)

Proposed

Granted

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR/PROJECT DIRECTOR

Professor Harvey Newman

AWARD NO.

A. SENIOR PERSONNEL: PI/PD, Co-PI’s, Faculty and Other Senior Associates

NSF-Funded

Funds

(List each separately with title, A.7. Show number in brackets)

Person-months

Requested By

Granted by NSF

CAL

ACAD

SUMR

Proposer

(If Different)

6. () OTHERS (LIST INDIVIDUALLY ON BUDGET EXPLANATION PAGE)

7. (1) TOTAL SENIOR PERSONNEL (1-6)

B. OTHER PERSONNEL (SHOW NUMBERS IN BRACKETS)

1. (1) POST DOCTORAL ASSOCIATES

36000

2. (1) OTHER PROFESSIONALS (TECHNICIAN, PROGRAMMER, ETC.)

1.2

4000

3. (1) Scientific Staff Member

40000

4. () UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

5. () SECRETARIAL - CLERICAL (IF CHARGED DIRECTLY)

6. () OTHER

TOTAL SALARIES AND WAGES (A + B)

80000

C. FRINGE BENEFITS (IF CHARGED AS DIRECT COSTS)

20000

TOTAL SALARIES, WAGES AND FRINGE BENEFITS (A + B + C)

100000

D. EQUIPMENT (LIST ITEM AND DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR EACH ITEM EXCEEDING $5,000.)

Workstations, workstation peripherals, network infrastructure

TOTAL EQUIPMENT

19500

E. TRAVEL

1. DOMESTIC (INCL. CANADA, MEXICO AND U.S. POSSESSIONS)

5040

2. FOREIGN

4200

F. PARTICIPANT SUPPORT COSTS

1. STIPENDS

2. TRAVEL

3. SUBSISTENCE

4. OTHER

() TOTAL PARTICIPANT COSTS

G. OTHER DIRECT COSTS

1. MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES

2000

2. PUBLICATION COSTS/DOCUMENTATION/DISSEMINATION

3. CONSULTANT SERVICES

4. COMPUTER SERVICES

5. SUBAWARDS

6. OTHER : Software Licenses and Maintenance

1926

TOTAL OTHER DIRECT COSTS

3926

H. TOTAL DIRECT COSTS (A THROUGH G)

132666

I. INDIRECT COSTS (F&A) (SPECIFY RATE AND BASE)

59.5% of Total Direct Costs (excluding equipment)

TOTAL INDIRECT COSTS (F&A)

67334

J. TOTAL DIRECT AND INDIRECT COSTS (H + I)

200000

K. RESIDUAL FUNDS (IF FOR FURTHER SUPPORT OF CURRENT PROJECT SEE GPG II.D.7.j.)

L. AMOUNT OF THIS REQUEST (J) OR (J MINUS K)

200000

M. COST-SHARING: PROPOSED LEVEL $

AGREED LEVEL IF DIFFERENT: $

PI/PD TYPED NAME AND SIGNATURE*

DATE

FOR NSF USE ONLY

Harvey B. Newman pp. Charles Peck

INDIRECT COST RATE VERIFICATION

ORG. REP. TYPED NAME & SIGNATURE*

DATE

Date Checked

Date of Rate Sheet

Initials-ORG

Richard Seligman

NSF Form 1030 (10/97) Supersedes All Previous Editions

*SIGNATURES REQUIRED ONLY FOR REVISED BUDGET (GPG III.B)

YEAR 2

SUMMARY

PROPOSAL BUDGET

FOR NSF USE ONLY

ORGANIZATION

California Institute of Technology

PROPOSAL NO.

DURATION (MONTHS)

Proposed

Granted

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR/PROJECT DIRECTOR

Professor Harvey Newman

AWARD NO.

A. SENIOR PERSONNEL: PI/PD, Co-PI’s, Faculty and Other Senior Associates

NSF-Funded

Funds

(List each separately with title, A.7. Show number in brackets)

Person-months

Requested By

Granted by NSF

CAL

ACAD

SUMR

Proposer

(If Different)

6. () OTHERS (LIST INDIVIDUALLY ON BUDGET EXPLANATION PAGE)

7. (1) TOTAL SENIOR PERSONNEL (1-6)

B. OTHER PERSONNEL (SHOW NUMBERS IN BRACKETS)

1. (1) POST DOCTORAL ASSOCIATES

37080

2. (1) OTHER PROFESSIONALS (TECHNICIAN, PROGRAMMER, ETC.)

1.2

4120

3. (1) Scientific Staff Member

41200

4. () UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

5. () SECRETARIAL - CLERICAL (IF CHARGED DIRECTLY)

6. () OTHER

TOTAL SALARIES AND WAGES (A + B)

82400

C. FRINGE BENEFITS (IF CHARGED AS DIRECT COSTS)

20600

TOTAL SALARIES, WAGES AND FRINGE BENEFITS (A + B + C)

103000

D. EQUIPMENT (LIST ITEM AND DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR EACH ITEM EXCEEDING $5,000.)

Workstations, workstation peripherals, data tapes, network infrastructure

TOTAL EQUIPMENT

15500

E. TRAVEL

1. DOMESTIC (INCL. CANADA, MEXICO AND U.S. POSSESSIONS)

5040

2. FOREIGN

4200

F. PARTICIPANT SUPPORT COSTS

1. STIPENDS

2. TRAVEL

3. SUBSISTENCE

4. OTHER

() TOTAL PARTICIPANT COSTS

G. OTHER DIRECT COSTS

1. MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES

2000

2. PUBLICATION COSTS/DOCUMENTATION/DISSEMINATION

3. CONSULTANT SERVICES

4. COMPUTER SERVICES

5. SUBAWARDS

6. OTHER : Software Licenses and Maintenance

1434

TOTAL OTHER DIRECT COSTS

3434

H. TOTAL DIRECT COSTS (A THROUGH G)

131174

I. INDIRECT COSTS (F&A) (SPECIFY RATE AND BASE)

59.5% of Total Direct Costs (excluding equipment)

TOTAL INDIRECT COSTS (F&A)

68826

J. TOTAL DIRECT AND INDIRECT COSTS (H + I)

200000

K. RESIDUAL FUNDS (IF FOR FURTHER SUPPORT OF CURRENT PROJECT SEE GPG II.D.7.j.)

L. AMOUNT OF THIS REQUEST (J) OR (J MINUS K)

200000

M. COST-SHARING: PROPOSED LEVEL $

AGREED LEVEL IF DIFFERENT: $

PI/PD TYPED NAME AND SIGNATURE*

DATE

FOR NSF USE ONLY

Harvey B. Newman pp. Charles Peck

INDIRECT COST RATE VERIFICATION

ORG. REP. TYPED NAME & SIGNATURE*

DATE

Date Checked

Date of Rate Sheet

Initials-ORG

Richard Seligman

NSF Form 1030 (10/97) Supersedes All Previous Editions

*SIGNATURES REQUIRED ONLY FOR REVISED BUDGET (GPG III.B)

YEAR 3

SUMMARY

PROPOSAL BUDGET

FOR NSF USE ONLY

ORGANIZATION

California Institute of Technology

PROPOSAL NO.

DURATION (MONTHS)

Proposed

Granted

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR/PROJECT DIRECTOR

Professor Harvey Newman

AWARD NO.

A. SENIOR PERSONNEL: PI/PD, Co-PI’s, Faculty and Other Senior Associates

NSF-Funded

Funds

(List each separately with title, A.7. Show number in brackets)

Person-months

Requested By

Granted by NSF

CAL

ACAD

SUMR

Proposer

(If Different)

6. () OTHERS (LIST INDIVIDUALLY ON BUDGET EXPLANATION PAGE)

7. (1) TOTAL SENIOR PERSONNEL (1-6)

B. OTHER PERSONNEL (SHOW NUMBERS IN BRACKETS)

1. (1) POST DOCTORAL ASSOCIATES

38192

2. (1) OTHER PROFESSIONALS (TECHNICIAN, PROGRAMMER, ETC.)

1.2

4244

3. (1) Scientific Staff Member

42436

4. () UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

5. () SECRETARIAL - CLERICAL (IF CHARGED DIRECTLY)

6. () OTHER

TOTAL SALARIES AND WAGES (A + B)

84872

C. FRINGE BENEFITS (IF CHARGED AS DIRECT COSTS)

21218

TOTAL SALARIES, WAGES AND FRINGE BENEFITS (A + B + C)

106090

D. EQUIPMENT (LIST ITEM AND DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR EACH ITEM EXCEEDING $5,000.)

Workstations, workstation peripherals, data tapes, network infrastructure

TOTAL EQUIPMENT

10500

E. TRAVEL

1. DOMESTIC (INCL. CANADA, MEXICO AND U.S. POSSESSIONS)

5040

2. FOREIGN

4200

F. PARTICIPANT SUPPORT COSTS

1. STIPENDS

2. TRAVEL

3. SUBSISTENCE

4. OTHER

() TOTAL PARTICIPANT COSTS

G. OTHER DIRECT COSTS

1. MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES

2000

2. PUBLICATION COSTS/DOCUMENTATION/DISSEMINATION

3. CONSULTANT SERVICES

4. COMPUTER SERVICES

5. SUBAWARDS

6. OTHER : Software Licenses and Maintenance

1479

TOTAL OTHER DIRECT COSTS

3479

H. TOTAL DIRECT COSTS (A THROUGH G)

129309

I. INDIRECT COSTS (F&A) (SPECIFY RATE AND BASE)

59.5% of Total Direct Costs (excluding equipment)

TOTAL INDIRECT COSTS (F&A)

70691

J. TOTAL DIRECT AND INDIRECT COSTS (H + I)

200000

K. RESIDUAL FUNDS (IF FOR FURTHER SUPPORT OF CURRENT PROJECT SEE GPG II.D.7.j.)

L. AMOUNT OF THIS REQUEST (J) OR (J MINUS K)

200000

M. COST-SHARING: PROPOSED LEVEL $

AGREED LEVEL IF DIFFERENT: $

PI/PD TYPED NAME AND SIGNATURE*

DATE

FOR NSF USE ONLY

Harvey B. Newman pp. Charles Peck

INDIRECT COST RATE VERIFICATION

ORG. REP. TYPED NAME & SIGNATURE*

DATE

Date Checked

Date of Rate Sheet

Initials-ORG

Richard Seligman

NSF Form 1030 (10/97) Supersedes All Previous Editions

*SIGNATURES REQUIRED ONLY FOR REVISED BUDGET (GPG III.B)

YEAR 4

SUMMARY

PROPOSAL BUDGET

FOR NSF USE ONLY

ORGANIZATION

California Institute of Technology

PROPOSAL NO.

DURATION (MONTHS)

Proposed

Granted

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR/PROJECT DIRECTOR

Professor Harvey Newman

AWARD NO.

A. SENIOR PERSONNEL: PI/PD, Co-PI’s, Faculty and Other Senior Associates

NSF-Funded

Funds

(List each separately with title, A.7. Show number in brackets)

Person-months

Requested By

Granted by NSF

CAL

ACAD

SUMR

Proposer

(If Different)

6. () OTHERS (LIST INDIVIDUALLY ON BUDGET EXPLANATION PAGE)

7. (1) TOTAL SENIOR PERSONNEL (1-6)

B. OTHER PERSONNEL (SHOW NUMBERS IN BRACKETS)

1. (1) POST DOCTORAL ASSOCIATES

39338

2. (1) OTHER PROFESSIONALS (TECHNICIAN, PROGRAMMER, ETC.)

1.2

4371

3. (1) Scientific Staff Member

43709

4. () UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

5. () SECRETARIAL - CLERICAL (IF CHARGED DIRECTLY)

6. () OTHER

TOTAL SALARIES AND WAGES (A + B)

87418

C. FRINGE BENEFITS (IF CHARGED AS DIRECT COSTS)

21855

TOTAL SALARIES, WAGES AND FRINGE BENEFITS (A + B + C)

109273

D. EQUIPMENT (LIST ITEM AND DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR EACH ITEM EXCEEDING $5,000.)

Workstations, workstation peripherals, data tapes, network infrastructure

TOTAL EQUIPMENT

6000

E. TRAVEL

1. DOMESTIC (INCL. CANADA, MEXICO AND U.S. POSSESSIONS)

5040

2. FOREIGN

4200

F. PARTICIPANT SUPPORT COSTS

1. STIPENDS

2. TRAVEL

3. SUBSISTENCE

4. OTHER

() TOTAL PARTICIPANT COSTS

G. OTHER DIRECT COSTS

1. MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES

2000

2. PUBLICATION COSTS/DOCUMENTATION/DISSEMINATION

3. CONSULTANT SERVICES

4. COMPUTER SERVICES

5. SUBAWARDS

6. OTHER : Software Licenses and Maintenance

1118

TOTAL OTHER DIRECT COSTS

3118

H. TOTAL DIRECT COSTS (A THROUGH G)

127630

I. INDIRECT COSTS (F&A) (SPECIFY RATE AND BASE)

59.5% of Total Direct Costs (excluding equipment)

TOTAL INDIRECT COSTS (F&A)

72370

J. TOTAL DIRECT AND INDIRECT COSTS (H + I)

200000

K. RESIDUAL FUNDS (IF FOR FURTHER SUPPORT OF CURRENT PROJECT SEE GPG II.D.7.j.)

L. AMOUNT OF THIS REQUEST (J) OR (J MINUS K)

200000

M. COST-SHARING: PROPOSED LEVEL $

AGREED LEVEL IF DIFFERENT: $

PI/PD TYPED NAME AND SIGNATURE*

DATE

FOR NSF USE ONLY

Harvey B. Newman pp. Charles Peck

INDIRECT COST RATE VERIFICATION

ORG. REP. TYPED NAME & SIGNATURE*

DATE

Date Checked

Date of Rate Sheet

Initials-ORG

Richard Seligman

NSF Form 1030 (10/97) Supersedes All Previous Editions

*SIGNATURES REQUIRED ONLY FOR REVISED BUDGET (GPG III.B)

YEAR 5

SUMMARY

PROPOSAL BUDGET

FOR NSF USE ONLY

ORGANIZATION

California Institute of Technology

PROPOSAL NO.

DURATION (MONTHS)

Proposed

Granted

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR/PROJECT DIRECTOR

Professor Harvey Newman

AWARD NO.

A. SENIOR PERSONNEL: PI/PD, Co-PI’s, Faculty and Other Senior Associates

NSF-Funded

Funds

(List each separately with title, A.7. Show number in brackets)

Person-months

Requested By

Granted by NSF

CAL

ACAD

SUMR

Proposer

(If Different)

6. () OTHERS (LIST INDIVIDUALLY ON BUDGET EXPLANATION PAGE)

7. (1) TOTAL SENIOR PERSONNEL (1-6)

B. OTHER PERSONNEL (SHOW NUMBERS IN BRACKETS)

1. (1) POST DOCTORAL ASSOCIATES

40518

2. (1) OTHER PROFESSIONALS (TECHNICIAN, PROGRAMMER, ETC.)

1.2

4502

3. (1) Scientific Staff Member

45020

4. () UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

5. () SECRETARIAL - CLERICAL (IF CHARGED DIRECTLY)

6. () OTHER

TOTAL SALARIES AND WAGES (A + B)

90041

C. FRINGE BENEFITS (IF CHARGED AS DIRECT COSTS)

22510

TOTAL SALARIES, WAGES AND FRINGE BENEFITS (A + B + C)

112551

D. EQUIPMENT (LIST ITEM AND DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR EACH ITEM EXCEEDING $5,000.)

Workstations, workstation peripherals, data tapes, network infrastructure

TOTAL EQUIPMENT

2000

E. TRAVEL

1. DOMESTIC (INCL. CANADA, MEXICO AND U.S. POSSESSIONS)

5040

2. FOREIGN

4200

F. PARTICIPANT SUPPORT COSTS

1. STIPENDS

2. TRAVEL

3. SUBSISTENCE

4. OTHER

() TOTAL PARTICIPANT COSTS

G. OTHER DIRECT COSTS

1. MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES

2000

2. PUBLICATION COSTS/DOCUMENTATION/DISSEMINATION

3. CONSULTANT SERVICES

4. COMPUTER SERVICES

5. SUBAWARDS

6. OTHER : Software Licenses and Maintenance

347

TOTAL OTHER DIRECT COSTS

2347

H. TOTAL DIRECT COSTS (A THROUGH G)

126138

I. INDIRECT COSTS (F&A) (SPECIFY RATE AND BASE)

59.5% of Total Direct Costs (excluding equipment)

TOTAL INDIRECT COSTS (F&A)

73862

J. TOTAL DIRECT AND INDIRECT COSTS (H + I)

200000

K. RESIDUAL FUNDS (IF FOR FURTHER SUPPORT OF CURRENT PROJECT SEE GPG II.D.7.j.)

L. AMOUNT OF THIS REQUEST (J) OR (J MINUS K)

200000

M. COST-SHARING: PROPOSED LEVEL $

AGREED LEVEL IF DIFFERENT: $

PI/PD TYPED NAME AND SIGNATURE*

DATE

FOR NSF USE ONLY

Harvey B. Newman pp. Charles Peck

INDIRECT COST RATE VERIFICATION

ORG. REP. TYPED NAME & SIGNATURE*

DATE

Date Checked

Date of Rate Sheet

Initials-ORG

Richard Seligman

NSF Form 1030 (10/97) Supersedes All Previous Editions

*SIGNATURES REQUIRED ONLY FOR REVISED BUDGET (GPG III.B)

ALL YEAR TOTALS

SUMMARY

PROPOSAL BUDGET

FOR NSF USE ONLY

ORGANIZATION

California Institute of Technology

PROPOSAL NO.

DURATION (MONTHS)

Proposed

Granted

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR/PROJECT DIRECTOR

Professor Harvey Newman

AWARD NO.

A. SENIOR PERSONNEL: PI/PD, Co-PI’s, Faculty and Other Senior Associates

NSF-Funded

Funds

(List each separately with title, A.7. Show number in brackets)

Person-months

Requested By

Granted by NSF

CAL

ACAD

SUMR

Proposer

(If Different)

6. () OTHERS (LIST INDIVIDUALLY ON BUDGET EXPLANATION PAGE)

7. (1) TOTAL SENIOR PERSONNEL (1-6)

B. OTHER PERSONNEL (SHOW NUMBERS IN BRACKETS)

1. (1) POST DOCTORAL ASSOCIATES

191129

2. (1) OTHER PROFESSIONALS (TECHNICIAN, PROGRAMMER, ETC.)

21237

3. (1) Scientific Staff Member

212365

4. () UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

5. () SECRETARIAL - CLERICAL (IF CHARGED DIRECTLY)

6. () OTHER

TOTAL SALARIES AND WAGES (A + B)

424731

C. FRINGE BENEFITS (IF CHARGED AS DIRECT COSTS)

106183

TOTAL SALARIES, WAGES AND FRINGE BENEFITS (A + B + C)

530914

D. EQUIPMENT (LIST ITEM AND DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR EACH ITEM EXCEEDING $5,000.)

Workstations, workstation peripherals, data tapes, network infrastructure

TOTAL EQUIPMENT

53500

E. TRAVEL

1. DOMESTIC (INCL. CANADA, MEXICO AND U.S. POSSESSIONS)

25200

2. FOREIGN

21000

F. PARTICIPANT SUPPORT COSTS

1. STIPENDS

2. TRAVEL

3. SUBSISTENCE

4. OTHER

() TOTAL PARTICIPANT COSTS

G. OTHER DIRECT COSTS

1. MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES

10000

2. PUBLICATION COSTS/DOCUMENTATION/DISSEMINATION

3. CONSULTANT SERVICES

4. COMPUTER SERVICES

5. SUBAWARDS

6. OTHER : Software Licenses and Maintenance

16304

TOTAL OTHER DIRECT COSTS

26304

H. TOTAL DIRECT COSTS (A THROUGH G)

646917

I. INDIRECT COSTS (F&A) (SPECIFY RATE AND BASE)

59.5% of Total Direct Costs (excluding equipment)

TOTAL INDIRECT COSTS (F&A)

353083

J. TOTAL DIRECT AND INDIRECT COSTS (H + I)

1000000

K. RESIDUAL FUNDS (IF FOR FURTHER SUPPORT OF CURRENT PROJECT SEE GPG II.D.7.j.)

L. AMOUNT OF THIS REQUEST (J) OR (J MINUS K)

1000000

M. COST-SHARING: PROPOSED LEVEL $

AGREED LEVEL IF DIFFERENT: $

PI/PD TYPED NAME AND SIGNATURE*

DATE

FOR NSF USE ONLY

Harvey B. Newman pp. Charles Peck

INDIRECT COST RATE VERIFICATION

ORG. REP. TYPED NAME & SIGNATURE*

DATE

Date Checked

Date of Rate Sheet

Initials-ORG

Richard Seligman

NSF Form 1030 (10/97) Supersedes All Previous Editions

*SIGNATURES REQUIRED ONLY FOR REVISED BUDGET (GPG III.B)

Budget Justification

Staff

Funds are requested to support a Scientific Staff Member working at 2/3 of her/his time, a PostDoctoral Scholar, and a System Manager working at 1/10 of her/his time. The Scientific Staff member position will command a gross salary of $60,000. (All salaries are adjusted by 3% inflation in years following the first.) The PostDoctoral Scholar's initial salary will be $36,000. The duties of the Scientific Staff Member and the PostDoctoral Scholar are described in the body of the subcontract proposal. The System Manager, employed on the basis of a full salary of $40,000, will maintain the computing equipment used in the subcontract work, which includes installation of software, operating systems and new hardware, backups and restores, maintenance of the network infrastructure, and general troubleshooting of the systems. The Scientific Staff Member and PostDoctoral Scholar will be administered by the PI, Professor Harvey Newman, and the System Manager will be provided by CACR.

Staff benefits are calculated at the Caltech rate of 25%, and overheads on the combined salary and benefits at 59.5%.

Computing Equipment

Funds are requested to equip each of the staff members with a workstation, disks, other peripherals, and a network connection. The workstation (PC) costs are budgeted at $5000 each (maintenance included), spread over 5 years.

The disks and peripherals, mostly paid for in the first 3 years of the project, will be local to each workstation, and not part of the distributed Object Database system described in the proposal (the infrastructure for which will be funded by existing HEP and CACR-based projects).

Funds are also requested for magnetic tapes to be used as storage of the bulk HEP data. These tapes will be inserted in CACR's HPSS robotic system.

In the first two years of the project Gigabit Ethernet switches and interfaces, and OC-12 ATM interfaces driving monomode optical fibers, will be purchased that connect the workstations with existing facilities in CACR and HEP. The networks will be upgraded in the third year to keep them close to the state of the art.

Finally, commercial software licenses, such as those required for the Object Database, libraries, compilers and tools, require an initially large investment and continued maintenance, update and change.

Materials and Supplies

$1000 per annum per staff member is requested for the purchase of incidental materials and supplies required during the course of the research.

Travel

Trips to conferences and for meetings with collaborators require funding at a level of $1200 per domestic trip per person, and $2000 per foreign trip per person (on the basis of a few days of stay). Each of the staff members is expected to make two domestic and one foreign trips per year: the System Manager will travel proportionally less than the Scientific Staff Member and PostDoctoral Scholar.

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