Closing Remarks

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Closing Remarks
H.Weerts Michigan State University
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The location
Not everybody instantly enthusiastic about
location of workshop this year before the
workshop hot and humid Norman, Oklahoma in the
summer
Would like to thank the Oklahoma group for
hosting the workshop.
Every body is leaving with a different view of
Oklahoma University
Beautiful campus Great facilities Great weather,
although on the hot side Cool meeting rooms and
buildings
Excellent place for workshop
Several other attractions discovered in evening
hours..
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Thank you
Grateful and thankful to our colleagues
Ia Iashvili, Gavin Davies Andrei Nomerotski,
Mike Strauss
Program committee
Local organizers
Brad Abbott, Phil Gutierrez Mike Strauss
and all people behind the scenes
One man everyday problem solving committee
Mike Strauss
made it all work
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Language competition
Public affairs office at Fermilab wants to know
number of languages spoken in CDF and D0.
We have done this before 42 or more
What to do
Send email to Judy Jackson ( jjackson _at_
fnal.gov ) With subject D0, language 1,
language 2, etc
Criteria use only languages which you speak
fluently
Will announce on d0news and D0 IB
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Status
Very broad brush
Detector is complete and we are reading it all
out Collecting data transferring to final form
of storage Processing events, reconstructing
them and making results available to
collaboration Learning and understanding
detector ( calib, align etc.) We are producing
Monte Carlo events at large rate Even are able
to produce first physics results
Still quite a bit away from a smoothly, fast and
efficient running system
Need emphasis on THIS takes manpower
Starting Run 2b
shortage
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Critical areas
Areas of largest concern
The trigger and DAQ
Highest priority
Need nominal bandwidth starting to hurt physics
L1 problems, algorithms in L2, L3 unknown
problems ahead Trigger verification help from ID
physics groups
FOCUS
RECO algorithms
Want to get P13 (physics) a long difficult road.
A lot of effort, but need to focus on getting
physics results. Need for certified L2,L3
algorithms NOW activate them in
Run 2b
HAVE to upgrade for Run 2b and are committed to
this. Solve/attack all administrative hurdles (
Lab, DOE, world) Have to show/document our
commitment ( questioned by Director Proj. Man.)
Luminosity
Problem for whole field
May have to consider to send help to BD (
Already help from Boston student Lorenzo
Feligioni)
Our plate is full.Manpower is needed
everywhere
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Priorities
Have produced first physics results, showing we
can do it
We are on the map
Need to emphasize focus on understanding and
solving basic problems in the detector,
algorithms and computing areas, with emphasis on
producing physics quantities.
Final push towards the nominal operating Run 2a
experiment
(nominal bandwidths everywhere reconstruction
of events)
Need to stop/slow down on (for example)
simulation efforts to find a signal in an
imaginary data set.
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Conclusions and outlook
This was another very useful workshop in the long
series of annual workshops that D0 has had.
Tradition should continue.
It is good for our physics and essential for the
health of the collaboration.
Banquet last night crowd at The Mont
afterwards obvious indicators
Remarkable performance by 25 colleagues at
karaoke bar
Outlook
Crossed the ocean Conquered the mountain
range Cross the last river in front of us
before we enter
River may be wider than we think
The land of milk and honey in physics
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The last six years as a spokesman
Year 1 2.3456
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It has been an incredible honor for me to serve
as one the spokespeople of this outstanding
experiment and collaboration. I have especially
enjoyed the interaction with all of you and it
has been an incredible experience to work with
such fantastic group of physicists from all
around the globe.
THANK YOU ALL