Students at University of
Marburg present a big data scenario using Apama, a Software AG product, for
evaluating huge data volumes from the world’s largest particle accelerator
With its third annual CeBIT Idea Contest, the University Relations
department at Software AG opens up the opportunity for universities and
research institutes all over the world to develop an exhibit for CeBIT 2014.
This year’s winners have now been chosen: A collaborative partnership between
CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Geneva, Switzerland,
and the University of Marburg, Germany, will create a showcase project. The
University will receive a grant of €10,000 to finance the project. The showcase
they are developing for the Software AG booth at CeBIT 2014 will utilize Apama
to perform intelligent analysis of event streams in real time in an
attention-getting scenario from the real-world environment at CERN.
CERN’s research
objective for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world’s largest particle
accelerator at 26.7 km, is to generate and study both known and yet-unknown
elementary particles in extensive detail. To this point, its greatest success
has been finding experimental evidence of a new elementary particle, sometimes
called the “God particle” (Higgs Boson particle).
The collision of
protons and lead ions in the LHC creates enormous volumes of data that are
evaluated with the help of an IT infrastructure: Approximately 10,000 server
applications analyze the physical data and in turn generate log data streams
and monitoring data. This also includes status information for these
applications and commands that control them. As winner of the CeBIT Idea Contest,
students at the University of Marburg will collaborate with CERN to create a
system using Apama, Software AG’s
product for Complex Event Processing (CEP), to simulate these massive data
volumes in real time, process them further and maintain data persistence.
Software AG provides
€10,000 in financial support for this idea contest to underscore its commitment
to the higher education sector. Professor Dr. Bernhard Seeger from the Faculty
of Mathematics and Computer Science at University of Marburg and his group of
students are very excited about the project. “I’m thrilled about winning this
year’s CeBIT Idea Contest and that the students can expand their knowledge of
Complex Event Processing in such an interesting project with our partner, CERN.
We have an excellent opportunity here to demonstrate the performance scope of
CEP technology in collaboration with an innovative company like Software AG.”
Matthias Bräger, an
employee at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, is equally excited about the
collaborative partnership with the University of Marburg, which is contributing
a high level of expertise in CEP. “I’m very excited to see the new pattern
recognitions that could emerge from this showcase project, and Apama from
Software AG could be a new option for our existing IT infrastructure.”
Jürgen Powik, Director
of University Relations at Software AG, is very satisfied with the response to
this year’s contest and the high number of submissions. “The collaboration
between the University of Marburg and CERN opens up the opportunity for us to
visually demonstrate the processing of big data, the top theme for CeBIT 2014,
in a real-world scenario. At our booth, people can see how valuable knowledge
can be gained and visualized from enormous data volumes and complex events.”
Catherine d’Adesky catherine@keycommunications.be