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Year 1
Milestone number Milestone name WP no Delivery date Achieved? Forecast/actual delivery date Comments
MS1 Consortium Agreement 1 M01 Yes M06
15/07/11
Signed by participants (Task 1.1)
MS2 Kick-off meeting 1 M01 Yes M01
18/02/11
Marking the start of the project (Task 1.1)
MS3 Document repository operational 1 M03 Yes M07
12/08/11
Electronic repository for storing project documentation portal for submission and review of project related publications(Task 1.2)
It was decided to use a single online repository/database to satisfy both these milestones, see report.
MS4 Publications database operational 1 M06
MS25 Overall scope and timetable 4 M08 Yes M11
06/12/11
The overall project plan is to be refined and detailed, in particular addressing the industry contact network (Task 4.1)
The plan entails 2 academia-industry matching events per year and will adjust according to project needs. Event follow-up also foreseen with database of industrial contacts for informal exchange and follow-up events for topics where technology is evolving rapidly.
MS10 Running first prototype of the particle flow algorithm. 2 M10 Yes M12
05/01/12
Application to LC detector (Task 2.3).
Achieved and the algorithm was used for the CLIC CDR.
MS5 First Annual Meeting 1 M12 Yes M14
28/03/12
Marking the end of the first year of the project (Task 1.1), see event agenda.
MS27 Specifications for beamline fixed 8 M12 Yes M14
11/03/12
Final specification for the design study in Task 8.2, available here.
Year 2
Milestone number Milestone name WP no Delivery date Achieved? Forecast/actual delivery date Comments
MS37 Telescope arm interfaces 9 M13 Yes M17
01/06/12
Design for deliverable D9.4 (Task 9.3)
MS38 Off-beam infrastructure design 9 M13 Yes M16
02/05/12
Design for deliverable D9.4 (Task 9.3)
MS39 Design of Silicon micro-strip ladders 9 M13 Yes M15
01/04/12
Design for deliverable D9.5 (Task 9.4). Report available here.
MS18 Availability of wafers with ASIC 3 M17 Yes M19
24/08/12
Layout of ASICs in MPW (Task 3.2)
MS19 Submission of dedicated sensors for 3D interconnection 3 M17 Yes M19
24/08/12
Layout of sensors (Task 3.2)
MS11 Running prototype of tracking toolkit including some algorithms 2 M18 Yes M20
07/09/2012
Application to ILD-TPC simulation (Task 2.2). The latest iLCSoft framework release v01-15 with the tracking packages: MarlinTrk, Clupatra and KiTracking. These packages define a complete re-write of the pattern recognition and track fitting software for the ILD detector concept and serve as a prototype for the AIDA tracking toolkit. The tracking software will be used for a massive Monte Carlo production of Standard Model and New Physics channels for the Detailed Baseline Design report of ILD.
MS26 Working group report after first overall workshop 4 M20 Yes 30/10/2012 Report available
MS30 Definition of test procedure and specifications 8 M20 Yes 09/03/2013 Report available
MS28 Design of TASD and MIND 8 M20 Yes M19
01/0/2012
Report available
MS29 Design of GIF++ infrastructure  8 M20 Yes 01/08/2012 Detailed design ready for the cosmic ray tracker, the radiation measurement facility and the DCS (Task 8.5)
Report available
MS40 Workshop upgrade 9 M23 Yes   Intermediate stage for deliverable D9.2 MPGD workshop at CERN (Task 9.2)
Report in preparation
MS41 Pixel gas read-out progress 9 M23 Yes   Intermediate stage for deliverable D9.6 (Task 9.2)
Report in preparation
MS6 Second Annual Meeting 1 M24 Yes M27 Second Annual Meeting to be held in April 2013
MS7 Mid-term Review 1 M24   M27 Organised by the European Commission (Task 1.1)
MS42 Gas system, control and bench structure 9 M24 Yes   Intermediate stage for D9.7 (Task 9.5)
Report in preparation
Year 3
Milestone number Milestone name WP no Delivery date Achieved? Forecast/actual delivery date Comments
MS20 Qualification of ASIC and sensors for 3D interconnection 3 M25 In progress   Laboratory tests (Task 3.2)
MS12 Running prototype of the geometry toolkit 2 M26 In progress   Application to ILD detector simulation (Task 2.2)
MS13 Running prototype of the tracking code for the pile-up 2 M26 Delayed M32 Application to sLHC simulation (Task 2.3). Delayed to M32.
MS21 Validation of first set of IP blocks 3 M26 In progress   Laboratory tests and full documentation of functional blocks (Task 3.3)
MS31 Installation of new equipment 8 M26 Yes M26 Movable irradiation tables opeational (Task 8.3)
MS32 First test results on selected components 8 M26 In progress   Intermediate result with respect to deliverable D8.7 (Task 8.4)
MS43 3rd generation fast readout chip 9 M30     Availability of chio for deliverable D9.7
MS44 Multilayer tungsten structure with position control and monitoring for forward calorimeters 9 M30     Availability for deliverable D9.7 (Task 9.5)
MS8 Third Annual Meeting 1 M36     Marking the end of the third year of the project (Task 1.1)
MS22 3D interconnection processing accomplished 3 M36     3D integrated devices available for technology assessment (Task 3.2)
MS33 Installation of TASD and MIND 8 M36     Installation at CERN for deliverable D8.11 completed (Task 8.5)
MS34 Test beam EDMS and DAQ commissioning 8 M36     Intermediate stage for deliverable 8.8 (task 8.6)
MS45 Calibration and power supply system 9 M36     Availability for deliverable D9.9 (Task 9.5)
MS46 Electromagnetic calorimeter of at least 18x18 cm² area 9 M36     Prototype available for deliverable D9.7 (Task 9.5)
Year 4
Milestone number Milestone name WP no Delivery date Achieved? Forecast/actual delivery date Comments
MS35 Installation of infrastructure 8 M37     Cold boxes and fluence monitoring system operational (Task 8.3)
MS47 Multichannel readout ASICs for luminosity detector readout 9 M40     Availability for deliverable D9.7 (Task 9.5)
MS14 Integration of tracking toolkit into LC software framework 2 M44     Validation of physics performance (Task 2.3)
MS15 Application of PFA tools to sLHC detectors 2 M44     Demonstration of concept (Task 2.3)
MS16 Application of alignment tools to sLHC 2 M44     Validation of performance (Task 2.3)
MS17 Integration of pile-up tracking code in sLHC software frameworks 2 M44     Validation of tracking efficiency (Task 2.3)
MS36 Commissioning of tracking telescope 8 M44     Start of operation of telescope delivered in D8.5 (Task 8.5)
MS9 Final Project Meeting 1 M48     Marking the end of the project (Task 1.1)
MS23 Enable access to 3D interconnection technology 3 M48     Laboratory tests for validation of 3D integration processes (Task 3.2)
MS24 Validation of second set of IP blocks 3 M48      Laboratory tests and full documentation of functional blocks