Intensity Frontier Computing at Fermilab

Abstract

The Intensity Frontier (IF) experiments at Fermilab require computing, software, data handling, and infrastructure development for detector and beamline design and to extract maximum scientific output from the data. The emphasis of computing at Fermilab for many years has been on the Tevatron collider Run 2 experiments and CMS. Using the knowledge and experience gained from those experiments as well as new computing developments, preparations for computing for IF experiments are ramping up. There are many challenges in IF computing. These include event generators and detector simulation, beamline simulation, detector design and optimization, data acquisition, data handling, data analysis, and all of the associated services required. In this presentation the computing challenges and requirements will be described and the approaches being taken to address them will be shown.