From krw at andrew.cmu.edu Mon Nov 3 11:24:37 2014 From: krw at andrew.cmu.edu (Karen Widmaier) Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2014 11:24:37 -0500 Subject: Auton Lab seminar on Wednesday November 5th, NSH 3305 at 1:30pm, with Kai Vetter In-Reply-To: <54540275.3040608@cs.cmu.edu> References: <54540275.3040608@cs.cmu.edu> Message-ID: <01ef01cff782$a9d68090$fd8381b0$@andrew.cmu.edu> Hello, I've placed a hold on NSH 3001 from 10 am until noon for meeting with Kai Vetter. Please let me know your preference for time. Karen From: Artur Dubrawski [mailto:awd at cs.cmu.edu] Sent: Friday, October 31, 2014 5:43 PM To: users at autonlab.org Cc: robotics-seminar at cs.cmu.edu; Karen Widmaier Subject: Auton Lab seminar on Wednesday November 5th, NSH 3305 at 1:30pm, with Kai Vetter Title: New Concepts in Nuclear Radiation Detection Relevant for Research and Security - Challenges and Opportunities for Autonomous Systems and Multi-Sensor Fusion Speaker: Kai Vetter Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of California, Berkeley Applied Nuclear Physics, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Abstract: Recent developments in the detector fabrication, signal readout, and data processing enable new concepts in radiation detection that are relevant for applications ranging from fundamental physics to medicine and nuclear security. I will review some examples of recent efforts in our Berkeley Applied Nuclear Physics program on these technical developments and how they are mapped to questions in basic sciences, biomedical imaging, and nuclear security. The presentation will focus on the opportunities and challenges in fusing nuclear radiation with contextual and environmental data. Examples for applications include contamination assessment and mapping in Fukushima in Japan, emergency response and consequence management, detection, as well monitoring, for example of nuclear processes inside facilities. Not only need the sensitivity for nuclear signatures be increased, they need to be correlated with contextual and environmental information to enable the sensitivity and information needed to act or to plan and guide operations, sometimes in realtime. Host: Artur Dubrawski (awd at cs.cmu.edu) Appointments: Karen Widmaier (krw at andrew.cmu.edu) Place and time: NSH 3305, 1:30pm Wednesday, November 5th. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From predragp at andrew.cmu.edu Mon Nov 3 16:59:49 2014 From: predragp at andrew.cmu.edu (predragp at andrew.cmu.edu) Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2014 16:59:49 -0500 Subject: GCC-9.1, Python 3.4 and similar software Message-ID: Dear Autoninas, Several of you express concern that we are running "obsolete software". I just got a great news for those of who must have absolutely the latest stuff regardless of stability. Our friend Josko from Princeton university have put together new repo http://springdale.princeton.edu/data/springdale/SCL/6/x86_64/ I am in the process of installing gcc-9.1 and other selected packages on all our computing nodes and desktops. The software can be found in /opt/rh/devtoolset-3 Please use it on your own risk. While Python 2.7.8, 3.4.1 and Perl 5.16 should work without any problems I would advise you to think twice before using the latest GCC branch. Most Kind Regards, Predrag From awd at cs.cmu.edu Tue Nov 4 09:51:15 2014 From: awd at cs.cmu.edu (Artur Dubrawski) Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2014 09:51:15 -0500 Subject: Reminder: Auton Lab seminar on Wednesday November 5th, NSH 3305 at 1:30pm, with Kai Vetter In-Reply-To: <54540275.3040608@cs.cmu.edu> References: <54540275.3040608@cs.cmu.edu> Message-ID: <5458E7E3.2050804@cs.cmu.edu> Team, Please check that you have this talk on your calendars. Also, please let me and Karen W. know if you'd like to meet with our guest one-on-one. We still have some slots open on his schedule. Cheers, Artur > Title: > New Concepts in Nuclear Radiation Detection Relevant for Research and > Security -- Challenges and Opportunities for Autonomous Systems and > Multi-Sensor Fusion > > Speaker: > Kai Vetter > Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of California, Berkeley > Applied Nuclear Physics, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory > > Abstract: > Recent developments in the detector fabrication, signal readout, and > data processing enable new concepts in radiation detection that are > relevant for applications ranging from fundamental physics to medicine > and nuclear security. > I will review some examples of recent efforts in our Berkeley Applied > Nuclear Physics program on these technical developments and how they > are mapped to questions in basic sciences, biomedical imaging, and > nuclear security. > The presentation will focus on the opportunities and challenges in > fusing nuclear radiation with contextual and environmental data. > Examples for applications include contamination assessment and mapping > in Fukushima in Japan, emergency response and consequence management, > detection, as well monitoring, for example of nuclear processes inside > facilities. Not only need the sensitivity for nuclear signatures be > increased, they need to be correlated with contextual and > environmental information to enable the sensitivity and information > needed to act or to plan and guide operations, sometimes in realtime. > > Host: Artur Dubrawski (awd at cs.cmu.edu) > Appointments: Karen Widmaier (krw at andrew.cmu.edu) > > Place and time: NSH 3305, 1:30pm Wednesday, November 5th. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From krw at andrew.cmu.edu Tue Nov 4 10:01:49 2014 From: krw at andrew.cmu.edu (Karen Widmaier) Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2014 10:01:49 -0500 Subject: Reminder: Auton Lab seminar on Wednesday November 5th, NSH 3305 at 1:30pm, with Kai Vetter In-Reply-To: <5458E7E3.2050804@cs.cmu.edu> References: <54540275.3040608@cs.cmu.edu> <5458E7E3.2050804@cs.cmu.edu> Message-ID: <011c01cff840$42d192e0$c874b8a0$@andrew.cmu.edu> I've attached the current schedule, there are still some openings. Karen From: Autonlab-users [mailto:autonlab-users-bounces at autonlab.org] On Behalf Of Artur Dubrawski Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2014 9:51 AM To: autonlab-users at autonlab.org; Eric Lei Subject: Reminder: Auton Lab seminar on Wednesday November 5th, NSH 3305 at 1:30pm, with Kai Vetter Team, Please check that you have this talk on your calendars. Also, please let me and Karen W. know if you'd like to meet with our guest one-on-one. We still have some slots open on his schedule. Cheers, Artur Title: New Concepts in Nuclear Radiation Detection Relevant for Research and Security - Challenges and Opportunities for Autonomous Systems and Multi-Sensor Fusion Speaker: Kai Vetter Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of California, Berkeley Applied Nuclear Physics, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Abstract: Recent developments in the detector fabrication, signal readout, and data processing enable new concepts in radiation detection that are relevant for applications ranging from fundamental physics to medicine and nuclear security. I will review some examples of recent efforts in our Berkeley Applied Nuclear Physics program on these technical developments and how they are mapped to questions in basic sciences, biomedical imaging, and nuclear security. The presentation will focus on the opportunities and challenges in fusing nuclear radiation with contextual and environmental data. Examples for applications include contamination assessment and mapping in Fukushima in Japan, emergency response and consequence management, detection, as well monitoring, for example of nuclear processes inside facilities. Not only need the sensitivity for nuclear signatures be increased, they need to be correlated with contextual and environmental information to enable the sensitivity and information needed to act or to plan and guide operations, sometimes in realtime. Host: Artur Dubrawski (awd at cs.cmu.edu) Appointments: Karen Widmaier (krw at andrew.cmu.edu) Place and time: NSH 3305, 1:30pm Wednesday, November 5th. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Karen From: Autonlab-users [mailto:autonlab-users-bounces at autonlab.org] On Behalf Of Artur Dubrawski Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2014 9:51 AM To: autonlab-users at autonlab.org; Eric Lei Subject: Reminder: Auton Lab seminar on Wednesday November 5th, NSH 3305 at 1:30pm, with Kai Vetter Team, Please check that you have this talk on your calendars. Also, please let me and Karen W. know if you'd like to meet with our guest one-on-one. We still have some slots open on his schedule. Cheers, Artur Title: New Concepts in Nuclear Radiation Detection Relevant for Research and Security - Challenges and Opportunities for Autonomous Systems and Multi-Sensor Fusion Speaker: Kai Vetter Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of California, Berkeley Applied Nuclear Physics, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Abstract: Recent developments in the detector fabrication, signal readout, and data processing enable new concepts in radiation detection that are relevant for applications ranging from fundamental physics to medicine and nuclear security. I will review some examples of recent efforts in our Berkeley Applied Nuclear Physics program on these technical developments and how they are mapped to questions in basic sciences, biomedical imaging, and nuclear security. The presentation will focus on the opportunities and challenges in fusing nuclear radiation with contextual and environmental data. Examples for applications include contamination assessment and mapping in Fukushima in Japan, emergency response and consequence management, detection, as well monitoring, for example of nuclear processes inside facilities. Not only need the sensitivity for nuclear signatures be increased, they need to be correlated with contextual and environmental information to enable the sensitivity and information needed to act or to plan and guide operations, sometimes in realtime. Host: Artur Dubrawski (awd at cs.cmu.edu) Appointments: Karen Widmaier (krw at andrew.cmu.edu) Place and time: NSH 3305, 1:30pm Wednesday, November 5th. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From awd at cs.cmu.edu Tue Nov 18 16:36:22 2014 From: awd at cs.cmu.edu (Artur Dubrawski) Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 16:36:22 -0500 Subject: Prateek to give his thesis proposal talk tomorrow at 9am in NSH 3305 Message-ID: <546BBBD6.9060509@cs.cmu.edu> Dear Autonians, Please come and cheer Prateek up if you can! Thanks, Artur From predragp at andrew.cmu.edu Wed Nov 19 12:42:18 2014 From: predragp at andrew.cmu.edu (predragp at andrew.cmu.edu) Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 12:42:18 -0500 Subject: ntfs-3g broken Message-ID: This message concerns only people who use Auton Lab Linux desktops or who have external HDD mounted on Auton Lab server. ntfs-3g package which is Linux kernel module for Microsoft NT file system NTFS for short is broken by Red Hat. In layman words that means that you will not be able to use/mount your USB sticks typically formatted as FAT-16 or external HDD which were formatted on Windows. I am in the process of downgrading package to previous working version but it will take a while to test the solution. Sorry, Predrag From predragp at andrew.cmu.edu Thu Nov 20 23:43:50 2014 From: predragp at andrew.cmu.edu (predragp at andrew.cmu.edu) Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 23:43:50 -0500 Subject: LOT2 SoftRAID 6 degraded (xfsdata) Message-ID: Dear Autoninas, During the routine checkup of computing node LOT2 tonight I found out that SoftRAID 6 consisting of 5 HDD mounted as xfsdata is seriously degraded. It appears that 2 out of 5 HDD which make up the RAID have died without any warnings due to the old age. The good news is that only scratch directory is affected and secondary back up of some very old databases. So no real data loss will occur even if the RAID totally fails. Please don't try to read or write data to /xfsdata aka. scratch. Based upon my preliminary tests RAID appears to be salvageable. However I don't have spare HDD for the RAID and based upon current available storage space in the Lab one possibility is that we completely retire this RAID as unnecessary. Best, Predrag From predragp at andrew.cmu.edu Thu Nov 27 22:33:24 2014 From: predragp at andrew.cmu.edu (predragp at andrew.cmu.edu) Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 22:33:24 -0500 Subject: LOV3 kernel crash Message-ID: LOV3 crashed about 10 minutes ago under the load. The computing node is back on line now and ready for use. Predrag From predragp at andrew.cmu.edu Sun Nov 30 10:27:54 2014 From: predragp at andrew.cmu.edu (predragp at andrew.cmu.edu) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 10:27:54 -0500 Subject: neill-zfs scheduled maintenance Message-ID: Dear Autonians, This message concerns only the members of Neill group. My plan is to talk neill-zfs off the line tomorrow at 11:00 am off the line for about 45 minutes in order to do some maintenance work. During the off line time server has to be rebooted. If my planning is interfering with your deadlines please speak up now. Sincerely, Predrag Punosevac