As A Result of The University’s Cooperation with “Search” Center and The European Organization for Nuclear Research

As A Result of The
University’s Cooperation with “Search” Center and The European Organization for
Nuclear Research

UOB Discusses A
Master’s Degree to Improve Measuring Tools For “Large Muon Detector”

30 June 2020

The College of Information Technology at the University of
Bahrain (UOB) recently discussed a master’s thesis in software engineering
titled “Improving the Performance of Data Acquisition Systems in the Large Muon
Detector Experiment Using Parallel Programming Performance Measurement Tools
When Using Multipurpose Graphic Processors”, which was done by the student
Abdullah Ebrahim Sabah.

The researcher used(GPGPUs) 
graphics processors in the experiment of the CMS large muon detector to
analyze the data, with the aim of the research being in choosing one of the
programs used in the experiment to be re-engineered to be compatible with the
graphics processors to make it faster and increase its data production.

Also, the research touched on how to evaluate and measure
the performance of parallel programs on graphic processors and how to improve
their performance in order to achieve the maximum utilization of processor
resources, and various improvement techniques have been studied that in their
entirety increased the program’s productivity by 13 times over the core
program.

The thesis was supervised by the Assistant Professor from
the Department of Information Systems at UOB Dr. Ahmed Mohammed Zaki, Assistant
Professor from the Department of Computer Science Dr. Abdullah Mohammad
Alqaddoumi, and Dr. Adria from the European Organization for Nuclear Research
(CERN). While the discussion committee consisted of each of the Associate
Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the College Dr. Mustafa
Mohamed Hammad as the internal examiner, and the Professor from Khalifa
University in the United Arab Emirates Dr. Hassan Barada as the external
examiner.

The researcher Sabah conducted this research as part of the
requirements for obtaining a master’s degree. As he spent a year at CERN, which
is based in Geneva at Switzerland, with comprehensive support for the
implementation of the project from the “Search Center for Elementary Particle
Physics”, branching off from the Shaikh Ebrahim Bin Mohammad Al-Khalifa Center
for Culture and Research, as part of a joint research project between UOB, the
“Search Center for Elementary Particle Physics” and the muon detector
experiment group at CERN. As the implementation of this type of project comes
within the framework of UOB being a participant member in the muon detector
experiment of CERN.

The Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS)
detects and measures elementary particles released during collisions of protons
at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), which is located inside a giant solenoid
magnet that can generate a magnetic field to nearly 100,000 times stronger than
the Earth’s magnetic field.

On this occasion, the President of UOB, Prof. Riyad Yousif
Hamzah, extended his thanks to the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Shaikh
Ebrahim bin Mohammad Al-Khalifa Center for Culture and Research, Her Excellency
Sheikha Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifa, for supporting the UOB in becoming an
associate member of the Muon Detector Group in CERN, as well as for supporting
the implementation of the research project of the student Abdullah Ibrahim
Sabah at CERN.

Furthermore, he added that “The completion of this
thesis was a fruitful collaborative effort that formed a strong starting point
for the promotion of science and technology. And we hope that such scientific
cooperation will continue between the three institutions, UOB and Search Center
for Elementary Particle Physics on one hand, and with CERN on the other hand, in
order to support the march of education and scientific research that will
contribute to achieving the goals and vision of the Kingdom of Bahrain 2030.

Sustainable Development Goals:

4 Quality Education

9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

17 Partnerships for The Goals

Key Words

Master’s in software engineering, Large Muon Detector,
European Center for Nuclear Research, CERN, Search Center for Elementary
Particle Physics, Bahrain Vision 2030