A Realisation of Distributed Analysis for LHC

In response to the recommendations of the report of the ARDA RTAG of November 2003, the LCG Project Execution Board  agreed on the goals and organisation of a project to coordinate the activities to prototype distributed analysis systems for the LHC experiments using a grid.

The previously mentioned RTAG report, as well as a high-level description of the project, with an outline of the objectives, deliverables and organisation, can be found in the public documents section. 

The first practical outcome of the project will be four prototype analysis systems, one for each experiment, integrating middleware with common HEP tools and the analysis software of the experiments. An essential goal of the project will be the validation of these systems including users from the experiments: end-to-end prototyping going beyond mere demonstrations. The prototyping phase evolves within a limited time into distributed analysis services: with enhanced middleware and applications software suitable for sustainable distributed analysis services for the four experiments deployed at the Regional Centres.