Shift Accounting
This page will now hold the shift accounting pages. They complement the Shift Sign-up process by documenting it.
- Shift Dues and Special Requests Run 20
- Run 19 special requests
- Run 18 shift dues
- Run 17 shift dues
- Run 16 shift dues
- Shift accounting, dues for Run 15 and findings
- Shift accounting, dues for Run 14 and findings
- Shift accounting, dues for Run 13 and findings
- Shift accounting, dues for 2011 (Run 12) and findings
- ...
Admin interface access
Run 16 shift dues
Dues
Requests to serve additional shifts should be made PRIOR to the final calculation of the dues to the shift committee (D. Keane and D. Smirnov). Please, refer to the important dates section in this document for the "until when" you could make such request.
Past shortfalls, shift coverage by institution
The below table shows the percentage of missed shifts over the past 4 years. This information can be used to exclude authors from the author list in Run 16.
Note: If your institution is in this table and fails again to fulfill its dues and the 4 years average is below the threshold defined by our author exclusion policy (see STAR Note 0545), author would be excluded.
| Institution | Missed percentage, historical |
|---|---|
| Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS) | 71% |
| Institute of Modern Physics, Lanzhou | 41% |
| University of Rajasthan | 31% |
| Pusan National University | 25% |
Shift sign-up - Run 16
Important dates
- 2015/12/04 - initial shift dues calculated - council feedback requested.
- 2015/12/04 - Shift sign-up opens for TESTING purposes only - you may exercise the interface by emulating a sign-up
- 2015/12/13 - The shift sign-up committee needs all council feedback by 12/11. Final shift dues will then be re-computed and provided (they should not change much and will account for all reported changes by that date)
- 2015/12/16 - The testing interface will be turned OFF that day and all test records flushed/removed. The countdown will begin.
- 2015/12/17 - Opening will occur at 10 AM BNL time - please, remember to log prior and wait for the countdown to open the signing
Shift Layout, Period Coordinators and special arrangements
Shift layout
STAR shifts begin January 12, 2016 with cosmic data taking shifts.
Period coordinators
As usual, period coordinators are pre-assigned / pre-signed as selected by the Spokesperson office.
Special arrangements and requests
- UTA has requested for Lanny Ray (QA coordinator) to have the first QA shift.
Status: the shift sign-up coordinators have had flexibility for such arrangements. - FIAS requested 10 shifts to catch-up for unfilled dues in past years.
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2) We've agreed to pre-assign the following QA shifts under the new family-related policy: Sevil Salur (LBNL) FEB 16 Richard Witt (Yale) FEB 23 Juan Romero (UC Davis) MAY 31 3) Bob Tribble (TAMU) is pre-assigned to a shift during APR 12-19. 4) To correct an unusual rounding anomaly, we've agreed to subtract one week from Valparaiso U dues.
- Dec 19, 2015. Run 16 will be shorter by two week than originally planed: 20 weeks total instead of 22
Dear STAR Collaborators: We have just received the guidance from DOE (to BNL) that there will be 20 cryo-week of RHIC run instead of the originally planned 22 weeks. Our shift sign-up was designed for 22 weeks. For those who have already signed up for the last two weeks, please try to un-sign and help to fill other open slots. By now we have 8 open slots and need to un-sign 24. For those who are not able to re-sign to other spots, we will credit your dues, but may ask for help if slots open due to unexpected events (visa etc.). I am looking forward to a successful run 16 and exciting physics from it. Happy Holidays! Zhangbu
Below is a screen shot of the last two weeks of original shift schedule Run 16 as of Jan 5, 2016.
Only those who signed up for shift before Dec 19, 2015 will be eligible for a credit:
Anju Bhasin, University of Jammu
Evan Finch, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Abhinav Sharma, University of Jammu
Yuri Panebratsev, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
Madan Aggarwal, Panjab University
Isaac Upsal, Ohio State University
Yang Wu, Kent State University
Grazyna Odyniec, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Kunsu Oh, Pusan National University
Liwen Wen, University of California - Los Angeles
Saskia Mioduszewski, Texas A&M University
Maowu Nie, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics
Abhinav Sharma, University of Jammu
Renee Fatemi, University of Kentucky
Madan Aggarwal, Panjab University
Subhash Singha, Kent State University
Liang He, Purdue University
Declan Keane, Kent State University
Sonya Kabana, Kent State University (offline QA)
The following shifters signed up after the announcement:
Devika Gunarathne, Temple University
Amani Kraishan, Temple University
Before:
After:
Run 17 shift dues
Dues
Requests to serve additional shifts should be made PRIOR to the final calculation of the dues to the shift committee (D. Keane and D. Smirnov). Please, refer to the important dates section in this document for the "until when" you could make such request.
Past shortfalls, shift coverage by institution
The below table shows the percentage of missed shifts over the past 4 years. This information can be used to exclude authors from the author list in Run 17.
Note: If your institution is in this table and fails again to fulfill its dues and the 4 years average is below the threshold defined by our author exclusion policy (see STAR Note 0545), author would be excluded.
Shift sign-up - Run 17
Important dates
- 2016/11/29 - initial shift dues calculated - council feedback requested.
- 2016/11/29 - Shift sign-up opens for TESTING purposes only - you may exercise the interface by emulating a sign-up
- 2016/12/13 - The shift sign-up committee needs all council feedback by 12/11. Final shift dues will then be re-computed and provided (they should not change much and will account for all reported changes by that date)
- 2016/12/19 - The testing interface will be turned OFF that day and all test records flushed/removed. The countdown will begin.
- 2016/12/20 - Opening will occur at 10 AM BNL time - please, remember to log prior and wait for the countdown to open the signing
Shift Layout, Period Coordinators and special arrangements
Shift layout
STAR shifts begin January XX, 2017 with cosmic data taking shifts.
Period coordinators
As usual, period coordinators are pre-assigned / pre-signed as selected by the Spokesperson office.
Feb. 7-March 7 Oleg Eyser (BNL) March 7- April 4 Sal Fazio (BNL) April 4 – April 28 Shuai Yang (BNL) April 28-May 23 Xiaofeng Luo (CCNU) May 23 – June 20 Jinlong Zhang (LBL) June 20 – July 11 Nihar Sahoo (TAMU)
Special arrangements and requests
0) Bob Tribble: SL, evening, beginning Mar 21 1) Pavla + Pavol: 5 shifts as below. 2) Juan Romero wants QA for 1 week, beginning May 02. 3) Sevil Salur wants QA for 1 week, beginning Mar 07. 4) Richard Witt wants QA for 1 week, beginning Mar 21. 5) Lanny Ray, as always, is pre-assigned the first QA shift. 6) Jan Rusnak wants QA for 1 week, beginning Apr 04. 7) FIAS wants pre-assigned shifts like last year: Day, beginning Apr 4: Belousov, 2 weeks of shift crew; Evening, beginning Apr 4: Pugash, 2 weeks of shift crew; Day, beginning Apr 4: Vassiliev, 1 week DO trainee + 1 week DO; Evening, beginning Apr 4: Zyzak, 1 week DO trainee + 1 week DO
Run 18 shift dues
Run 18 Shift Dues & Notes
Period coordinators
As usual, period coordinators are pre-assigned, as arranged by the Spokespersons.
Special arrangements and requests
- Under the family-related policy, the following 6 weeks of offline QA shifts were pre-assigned:
MAR 27 Kevin Adkins (Kentucky)
APR 03 Kevin Adkins
APR 10 Sevil Salur (Rutgers)
APR 17 Richard Witt (USNA/Yale)
MAY 22 Juan Romero (UC Davis)
JUN 12 Terry Tarnowsky (Michigan State)
- Lanny Ray (UT Austin), as QA coordinator, always is pre-assigned the first QA week.
- FIAS remains in “catch-up mode” and is taking extra shifts above their dues. Pre-assigned shifts can be requested in this scenario. FIAS has been pre-assigned 4 Detector Op shifts.
- Bob Tribble (TAMU) requests the evening Shift leader slot during Apr 10-17.
Run 19 special requests
The following pre-assigned slot requests were made.
9 WEEKS PRE-ASSIGNED QA AS FOLLOWS
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Lanny Ray (UT Austin) QA Mar 5
Richard Witt (USNA/Yale) QA Mar 19
Sevil Salur (Rutgers) QA Apr 16
Wei Li (Rice) QA Apr 23
Kevin Adkins (Kentucky) QA May 14
Juan Romero (UC Davis) QA May 21
Jana Bielcikova (NPI, Czech Acad of Sci) QA May 28
Yanfang Liu (TAMU) QA June 25
Yanfang Liu (TAMU) QA July 02
8 WEEKS PRE-ASSIGNED REGULAR SHIFTS AS FOLLOWS
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Bob Tribble (BNL) Feb 05 SL evening
Daniel Kincses (Eotvos) Mar 12 DO Trainee Day
Daniel Kincses (Eotvos) Mar 19 DO Day
Mate Csanad (Eotvos) Mar 12 SC Day
Ronald Pinter (Eotvos) Mar 19 SC Day
Carl Gagliardi (TAMU) May 14 SL day
Carl Gagliardi (TAMU) May 21 SL day
Grazyna Odyniec (LBNL) July 02 SL evening
Shift Dues and Special Requests Run 20
For the calculation of shift dues, there are two considerations.
1) The length of time of the various shift configurations (2 person, 4 person no trainees, 4 person with trainees, plus period coordinators/QA shifts)
2) The percent occupancy of the training shifts
For many years, 2) has hovered about 45%, which is what we used to calculate the dues. Since STAR gives credit for training shifts (as we should) this needs to be factored in or we would not have enough shifts.
The sum total of shifts needed are then divided by the total number of authors minus authors from Russian institutions who can not come to BNL.
date weeks crew training PC OFFLINE
11/26-12/10 2 2 0 0 0
12/10-12/24 2 4 2 1 0
12/24-6/30 27 4 2 1 1
7/02-7/16 2 4 0 1 1
Adding these together (3x a shift for crew, 3x45% for training, plus pc plus offline) gives a total of 522 shifts.
The total number of shifters is 303 - 30 Russian collaborators = 273 people
Giving a total due of 1.9 per author.
For a given institution, their load is calculated as # of authors - # of expert credits x due -> Set to an integer value as cutting collaborators into pieces is non-collegial behavior.
However, this year, this should have been:
date weeks crew training PC OFFLINE
11/26-12/10 2 2 0 0 0
12/10-12/24 2 4 2 1 0
12/24-6/02 23 4 2 1 1
6/02-6/16 2 4 0 1 1
Adding these together (3x a shift for crew, 3x45% for training, plus pc plus offline) gives a total of 456 shifts for a total due of 1.7 per author.
We allowed some people to pre-sign up, due to a couple different reasons.
Family reasons so offline QA:
James Kevin Adkins
Jana Bielčíková
Sevil Selur
Md. Nasim
Yanfang Liu
Additionally, Lanny Ray is given the first QA shift of the year as our experience QA shifter.
This year, to add an incentive to train for shift leader, we allowed people who were doing shift leader training to sign up for both their training shift and their "real" shift early:
Justin Ewigleben
Hanna Zbroszczyk
Jan Vanek
Maria Zurek
Mathew Kelsey
Kun Jiang
Yue-Hang Leung
Both Bob Tribble and Grazyna Odyniec sign up early for a shift leader position in recognition of their schedules and contributions
This year because of the date of Quark Matter and the STAR pre-QM meeting, several people were traveling on Tuesday during the sign up. These people I signed up early as I did not want to punish some of our most active colleagues for the QM timing:
James Daniel Brandenburg
Sooraj Radhakrishnan
3 other cases that were allowed to pre-sign up:
Panjab University had a single person who had the visa to enter the US, and had to take all of their shifts prior to the end of their contract in March. So that the shifter could have some spaces in his shifts for sanity, I signed up:
Jagbir Singh
Eotvos Lorand University stated that travel is complicated for their group, and so it would be good if they could insure that they were all on shift at the same time. Given that they are coming from Europe I signed up:
Mate Csanad
Daniel Kincses
Roland Pinter
Srikanta Tripathy
Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS) wanted to be able to bring Masters students to do shift, but given the training requirements and timing with school and travel for Europe, this leaves little availability for shift. So I signed up:
Iouri Vassiliev
Artemiy Belousov
Grigory Kozlov