Transcript Pegasus in 3 slides

PEGASUS Project
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Particle physicists Engagement with Grids: A Socio-technical Usability Study
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ESPRC funded under “Usability challenges from e-science” programme. 3
years funding (£236,994 ).
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An ethnographic research project to study Grid technology developed and used
by the UK particle physics community.
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GridPP: part of CERN’s LHC Computing Grid, to be completed in 2007 for LHC
experiment. Will help analyse around 12,000,000 Gigabytes of data per year.
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Advisory group consists of IS academics, particle physicists, and IT industrial
professionals.
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Investigators:
– Dr Will Venters (Lecturer – LSE)
– Dr Mark Lancaster (Senior Lecturer in PP – UCL)
– Dr Tony Cornford (Senior Lecturer – LSE)
– Dr Yingqin Zheng (Project Research Officer -LSE)
– Avgousa Kyriakidou (Project student -LSE)
Objectives
• To understand the evolving Grid as
integrated practices “to do science” and of
“doing science”.
• To reflect and theorize innovative
approaches to infrastructure development,
as contrasted with traditional approaches
• To disseminate the experiences of early
Grid adopters to academic, scientific,
political, and industrial audiences, as well
as the general public.
Methodology
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Drawing upon the socio-technical traditions of
Information Systems, consider GridPP as an
emerging infrastructure:
– Considering GridPP as providing an arena within
which work practices, political accommodations,
resources and missions interact.
– Focusing on improvised and bricolage practices
(Ciborra 2002) alongside systematic design and
management.
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Ethnographic study
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Semi-structured interviews
Video and tape recording
Participant Observation
Shadowing