Minutes from 1 October 2008

2008/10/01 CSEP meeting

Attendees: Yan K., Phil M., Jeremy Z., Danijel S., Masha L.


  1. CSEP V8.10 release:
    • Re-tagged John's webviewer code after John committed his latest changes
    • Copied tags/Version_8_9_21 to tags/Version_8_10_0

    • Checked out release code on to csep-op:
      1. Unit tests failed because we forgot to upgrade matplotlib package
      2. John updated matplotlib and numpy, Masha restarted the build
      3. Build will finish around 7pm
    • Proposed to have RAM upgraded tomorrow when nightly Dispatcher's finish:
      1. Due to the disk check it may take a long time, and system may not come back up until mid-night if updated today after build finishes
    • Masha updated all configuration files for natural laboratories on csep-op to include alarm-based tests and new forecasts groups
    • Trac web-page has a link to the code distribution tar ball
  2. ACES technical paper:
    • Jeremy will submit once he receives pending input from reviewers
  3. V9.1.0 priorities:
    • Global testing:
      1. One-degree cells
      2. One bin for magnitude 5.X and above to save on file size
      3. Possible models from:
        • Warner
        • Danijel
        • Jeremy
        • Dave and Yan
      4. Data source - CMT
    • Source code consolidation:
      1. Should we host custom code modules developed by other testing centers?
      2. Define better distribution methods for external packages used by the CSEP
    • CSEP Toolkit:
      1. There is a need for toolkit functionality by researchers to test their models

    • CSEP result web-page:
      1. Code design that makes it easy to distribute to other centers
    • Matt is visiting for 10 days:
      1. Help Matt to introduce New Zealand specific modules that make use of latest CSEP V8.10.0 release
      2. This effort should make it easy for CSEP upgrades in NZ
      3. 1:30 pm meeting on Monday, October 6, to discuss support and testing of custom modules from other than SCEC testing centers