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Minutes from 14 January 2009

2009/01/14 CSEP meeting

Attendees: Phil M., Jeremy Z., John Y., Masha L.

  1. CSEP V9.1.1 release candidate status:
    • Masha fixed Trac tickets:
      1. #124: Preserve catalog with supplemental independence probabilities for RELM Mainshock forecasts groups
      2. #125: Plot labels for daily R-test results should be flipped

    • Masha tagged release candidate in the repository on January 8, 2009: csep/tags/Version_pre9_1_1_01_08, checked it out on csep-cert server

    • Build and all unit/acceptance tests succeeded

    • Has some display problems for R-tests that involve ebel.corrected model within RELM-mainshock-aftershock-corrected forecast group

      1. Once John submits a fix to the repository, Masha will re-tag repository with new release candidate - to be tested for one week on csep-cert
    • Tentative installation date for operational server is Friday, January 23, 2009
  2. SSA abstract:
    • Phil will work on CSEP Testing Center abstract
    • Deadline is Friday, January 16, 2009
  3. Tasks for V9.4 release:

    • RELM S (space) and M (magnitude) evaluation tests

    • Staging of existing raw catalog data to be used by re-processing
    • New web representation of test results:
      1. Danijel suggested to create plots for all results on the web-server site
      2. Acceptance tests for web viewing code
      3. Will need to publish already existing test results in XML format, but extra care must be taken in posting re-processed test dates - only latest results should be posted
    • Modular functionality of the CSEP Toolkit:
      1. Most of the modules can be invoked in standalone mode
      2. There is a lack of documentation on how to invoke modules:
        • Use Doxygen?
    • Danijel asked if CSEP distribution and dependent packages can be organized in the yum-like way
      1. John will look into how to create rpm for CSEP releases
      2. May be should use distutils?
    • New models for Global testing region from Yan, Danijel, Peter:

      1. Yan has global forecast models using CMT catalog (M.+5.8) and PDE catalog (M>=5.0)

        • To be discussed with USC team when and which models to install within SCEC testing center
    • Code distributions for testing centers
    • Integration of Japanese codes
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