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@INPROCEEDINGS{Arrabito:428612,
author = {Arrabito, Luisa and Bernlöhr, Konrad and Bregeon, Johan
and Maier, Gernot and Langlois, Philippe and Parello, David
and Revy, Guillaume},
title = {{P}erformance optimization of the air shower simulation
program for the {C}herenkov {T}elescope {A}rray},
journal = {The European physical journal / Web of Conferences Web of
Conferences : proceedings proceedings},
volume = {214},
issn = {2100-014X},
address = {Les Ulis},
publisher = {EDP Sciences},
reportid = {PUBDB-2019-04635},
pages = {05041 -},
year = {2019},
abstract = {The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), currently under
construction,is the next-generation instrument in the field
of very high energy gammarayastronomy. The first data are
expected by the end of 2018, while the scientificoperations
will start in 2022 for a duration of about 30 years. In
order tocharacterize the instrument response to the
Cherenkov light emitted when cosmicray showers develop in
the atmosphere, detailed Monte Carlo simulationswill be
regularly performed in parallel to CTA operation. The
estimated CPUtime associated to these simulations is very
high, of the order of 200 millionsHS06 hours per year.
Reducing the CPU time devoted to simulations would
alloweither to reduce infrastructure cost or to better cover
the large phase space.In this paper, we focus on the main
computing step $(70\%$ of the whole CPUtime) implemented in
the CORSIKA program, and specifically on the
moduleresponsible for the propagation of Cherenkov photons
in the atmosphere.We present our preliminary studies about
different options of code optimization,with a particular
focus on vectorization facilities (SIMD instructions).
Ourproposals take care, as automatically as possible, of the
hardware portabilityconstraints introduced by the grid
computing environment that hosts these
simulations.Performance evaluation in terms of running-time
and accuracy is provided.},
month = {Jul},
date = {2018-07-09},
organization = {23rd International Conference on
Computing in High Energy and Nuclear
Physics (CHEP 2018), Sofia (Bulgaria),
9 Jul 2018 - 13 Jul 2018},
cin = {ZEU-CTA},
ddc = {530},
cid = {I:(DE-H253)ZEU-CTA-20120731},
pnm = {613 - Matter and Radiation from the Universe (POF3-613)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-613},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-H253)CTA-20150101},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16 / PUB:(DE-HGF)8},
doi = {10.1051/epjconf/201921405041},
url = {https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/428612},
}