WP3: Infrastructure Web-Based Database

Peter McIntosh (STFC, Daresbury Laboratory)

TIARA Mid-Term Review Meeting, Madrid, 12 - 14th June 2012.

WP3 Infrastructure Database: https://tiara.astec.ac.uk https://tiara.astec.ac.uk

TIARA Objectives• The main objective of TIARA is the integration of

national and international accelerator R&D infrastructures into a single distributed European accelerator R&D facility with the goal of developing and strengthening state-of-the-art research, competitiveness and innovation in a sustainable way in the field of accelerator Science and Technologies in Europe.

• Besides maximizing the benefits for the owners of the infrastructures and their users, TIARA aims at establishing a framework for developing and supporting strong joint European programmes:– for accelerator Research and Development,– for Education and Training,– for Enhancing Innovation in collaboration with industry.

WP3 Infrastructure Survey• Organisation• Facility• Infrastructure:

– Description– Status– Unique features– Is the infrastructure available for TIARA access?– How to access– Support available – Contact details– Keywords

• Key Accelerator Research Area • Key Technical Issues• Costing Model:

– Operations staffing level (FTE’s)– Annual operating costs– Costing model employed– Investment cost

Defined by WP4 (see P Pierini Talk)

WP4: KARA and Applications

Infrastructure Data Collected• 140 infrastructures surveyed and listed in the D3.1 Infrastructure

Survey Report, Annex 2:– https://cdsweb.cern.ch/record/1426607

• In the process of uploading infrastructures:– Austria 1– Denmark 1– Finland 1– France 19– Germany 13– Italy 13– Poland 6– Slovenia 1– Spain 8– Sweden 3– Switzerland 61– UK 13

• 85% of ISR survey data currently available in database (13/6/12).• More infrastructures continually identified, which are being added

as appropriate.

WP3 Survey CollectionLoïc Bordais (CNRS) France, BelgiumAntoine Daël (CEA) FrancePeter McIntosh (STFC) UKHans Mueller (GSI) GermanyDiego Obradors (CIEMAT) SpainPaolo Pierini (INFN) ItalyRoger Ruber (UU) Nordic countries &

NetherlandsThomas Schietinger (PSI) SwitzerlandAnders Unnervik (CERN) SwitzerlandHans Weise (DESY) GermanySlawomir Wronka (IFJ PAN) Poland & former East

European countries

Infrastructure NumberIon Beam facility 14Magnet testing 13Linac Accelerators 11Vacuum coating & preparation 8Proton source 6SRF system testing 6Irradiation facility 6Cryogenic testing 6SRF cavity preparation 5Stabilisation and alignment 5SR Accelerators 5Medical Therapy 4Ion source 4Material analysis 4Instrumentation 4Component vacuum brazing 3

Infrastructure NumberPhoto-injectors 2ERL Accelerators 2Collider Accelerator 2Neutron generation 2Power converter test facility 2Plasma wakefield generator/accelerator 2Electro static Storage Ring 1Positron source 1Coordinate measurement 1Ion implanter 1Radiation reactor 1Anti-proton Accelerator 1Neutroino facility 1Chemistry laboratory 1Polymer Laboratory 1FFAG Accelerator 1Ionisation Cooling 1

Infrastructure Spectrum

• Austria– Medaustron

• Denmark– Aarhus University

• Finland– University of Jyväskylä

• France– CEA Saclay– CNRS/IN2P3 – Ganil

• Germany– DESY– Karlsruhe Institute of Technology– Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin– TU Dortmund– HZD‐Rossendorf– Research Instruments– GSI

• Italy– INFN Genova, Catania, Frascati,

Legnaro, Segrate– SINCROTRONE TRIESTE

• Poland– National Centre for Nuclear Research– Warsaw University of Technology

• Slovenia– Jozef Stefan Institut

• Spain– CIEMAT– CELLS– Insituto de Fisica Corpuscular– Universidad Autonoma de Madrid– National Center of Accelerators– ESS BILBAO CONSORTIUM

• Sweden– Lund University – Uppsala University

• Switzerland– CERN– PSI

• UK– Strathclyde University– STFC Daresbury Laboratory– STFC Rutherford Laboratory– Diamond Light Source

Contributing Labs & Institutes

Database Development Platform• STFC database development team:

– Stephen Buckley (STFC, ASTeC)– Joan Berry (STFC, CSE)– Stephen McGill (STFC, ROE)

• Database – MS SQL server 2005 database.

• Server platforms for both web application and database are Windows 2003 R2 Standard Edition.

• Web front end - Internet Information Services 6 (IIS 6 SP2), written in ASP, Javascript and VBScript technologies.

• Both packages running on a Windows 2003 server.

• Cookies are used throughout the web application and must be enabled on the clients computer.

• SSL encryption provision included:– https://tiara.astec.ac.uk   

Web-based Database Requirements

• Allow TIARA participants to register new test infrastructures for TIARA purposes.

• Allow any potential user to interface and interrogate the database to obtain all required information relating to a infrastructure availability.

• Processes comprise 4 main functionalities.

1. Data entry portal:– Prescriptive unambiguous question entry system.

2. Data storage and manipulation:– Standard SQL processes employed.

3. Data post processing and interrogation:– Appropriate categorisation, filtering, data export and display.

4. Data security provision:– Restricted data entry and data encryption.– UID/password for Public and Administrative access.

WP3: Infrastructure Database

WP3 Infrastructure Database: https://tiara.astec.ac.uk https://tiara.astec.ac.uk

Infrastructure Inclusion

Infrastructure Details

Costing Information

Save and Submit

Searching Options

Geographical Searching

Search Field - FRANCE

Data export capability to: Text, CSV and Excel formats

Organisational Searching

Search Field – Science & Technology Facility Council

Facility Searching

Search Field – SACM

Infrastructure Searching

Search Field – Ion Beam Source

Additional Features to be Included

• Multiple KARA/KTI input selection:– Demo developed, but needs further testing.

• As infrastructure survey initiated before the database development, need to remove remaining data ambiguity:– Introduce additional selection options rather than free text

input.– Assimilate infrastructure descriptions to a smaller, more

concise set of categories, refinement underway.• Provide a normalised operational & investment cost:

– Currency, exchange rate, date to be understood, under review.

• Provide infrastructure plotting capability:– Number of infrastructures per Country.– Infrastructure type per Country.– Infrastructures open for access and location.– Infrastructure investment with variety of filters.

Multiple KARA/KTI Input Selection

Summary• 140 accelerator infrastructure profiles/descriptions obtained

from 37 Laboratories, Institutes and/or Universities across Europe:– Details presented in D3.1 Infrastructure Survey Report.– More infrastructures being continually identified and included.

• Key Accelerator Research Areas (KARA) and Technical Issues (KTI) defined by WP4.

• Web-based database developed via WP3 coordination:– Undergoing testing and final stages of iteration.

• Accelerator infrastructures being categorised against KARA/KTIs.

• Improvements ongoing to refine survey data collected and provide ease of interrogation.

• TIARA will use this information to identify infrastructure priorities and deficiencies:– Prioritisation for future FP8 R&D funding.