BOSS-LDG: A Novel Computational Framework that Brings Together Blue Waters, Open Science Grid, Shifter and the LIGO Data Grid to Accelerate Gravitational Wave Discovery
E. A. Huerta, Roland Haas, Edgar Fajardo, Daniel S. Katz, Stuart, Anderson, Peter Couvares, Josh Willis, Timothy Bouvet, Jeremy Enos, William, T. C. Kramer, Hon Wai Leong, David Wheeler

TL;DR
This paper introduces a new computational framework that unites Blue Waters, Open Science Grid, Shifter, and the LIGO Data Grid to enhance gravitational wave data analysis and accelerate discoveries.
Contribution
It is the first to connect these high-performance computing resources and tools for large-scale gravitational wave data analysis.
Findings
Successfully integrated Blue Waters with LIGO Data Grid via Open Science Grid.
Enabled large-scale gravitational wave searches on Blue Waters during LIGO's discovery campaign.
Demonstrated the framework's potential to accelerate scientific discovery in gravitational wave astrophysics.
Abstract
We present a novel computational framework that connects Blue Waters, the NSF-supported, leadership-class supercomputer operated by NCSA, to the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) Data Grid via Open Science Grid technology. To enable this computational infrastructure, we configured, for the first time, a LIGO Data Grid Tier-1 Center that can submit heterogeneous LIGO workflows using Open Science Grid facilities. In order to enable a seamless connection between the LIGO Data Grid and Blue Waters via Open Science Grid, we utilize Shifter to containerize LIGO's workflow software. This work represents the first time Open Science Grid, Shifter, and Blue Waters are unified to tackle a scientific problem and, in particular, it is the first time a framework of this nature is used in the context of large scale gravitational wave data analysis. This new framework has been…
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