Dr Samuel Skipsey
- Research Fellow (Physics & Astronomy)
email:
Samuel.Skipsey@glasgow.ac.uk
427a, Physics & Astronomy, Kelvin Building, Glasgow G12 8QQ
Publications
2025
Mair, Colette ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8885-7161, Bohlmann, Julia
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0724-6671 and Skipsey, Samuel
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6676-6696
(2025)
The Decolonising the Curriculum Community of Practice.
Understanding Racism Transforming University Cultures - 4 years on, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, 27 Mar 2025.
2021
Simili, Emanuele ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0991-4971, Stewart, Gordon, Roy, Gareth, Skipsey, Samuel
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6676-6696 and Britton, David
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9998-4342
(2021)
A Hybrid System for Monitoring and Automated Recovery at the Glasgow Tier-2 Cluster.
In: 25th International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 2021), 17-21 May 2021,
02047.
(doi: 10.1051/epjconf/202125102047)
2020
Roy, G., Simili, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0991-4971, Stewart, G., Skipsey, S.C.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6676-6696 and Britton, D.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9998-4342
(2020)
Using Continous Deployment techniques to manage software change at a WLCG Tier-2.
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1525,
012066.
(doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/1525/1/012066)
2019
Albrecht, J. et al. (2019) A roadmap for HEP software and computing R&D for the 2020s. Computing and Software for Big Science, 3, 7. (doi: 10.1007/s41781-018-0018-8)
Roy, Gareth, Simili, Emanuele ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0991-4971, Skipsey, Samuel Cadellin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6676-6696, Stewart, Gordon and Britton, David
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9998-4342
(2019)
Using the Autopilot pattern to deploy container resources at a WLCG Tier-2.
EPJ Web of Conferences, 214,
07013.
(doi: 10.1051/epjconf/201921407013)
Skipsey, Samuel Cadellin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6676-6696, Brew, Chris, Forti, Alessandra, Traynor, Dan, Li, Teng, Boutcher, Adam, Roy, Gareth, Stewart, Gordon and Britton, David
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9998-4342
(2019)
Caching technologies for Tier-2 sites: a UK perspective.
EPJ Web of Conferences, 214,
04002.
(doi: 10.1051/epjconf/201921404002)
2018
Roy, G., Stewart, G., Crooks, D., Skipsey, S.C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6676-6696 and Britton, D.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9998-4342
(2018)
A container model for resource provision at a WLCG Tier-2.
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1085(3),
032026.
(doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/1085/3/032026)
2017
Skipsey, Samuel Cadellin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6676-6696, Dewhurst, Alastair, Crooks, David, MacMahon, Ewan, Roy, Gareth, Smith, Oliver, Mohammed, Kashif, Brew, Chris and Britton, David
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9998-4342
(2017)
Storageless and caching Tier-2 models in the UK context.
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 898,
062047.
(doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/898/6/062047)
2016
Qin, G., Roy, G., Crooks, D., Skipsey, S.C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6676-6696, Stewart, G.P. and Britton, D.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9998-4342
(2016)
Cluster optimisation using Cgroups at a tier-2.
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 762(1),
012010.
(doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/762/1/012010)
2015
Roy, Gareth, Washbrook, Andrew, Crooks, David, Qin, Gang, Skipsey, Samuel Cadellin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6676-6696, Stewart, Gordon and Britton, David
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9998-4342
(2015)
Evaluation of containers as a virtualisation alternative for HEP workloads.
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 664(2),
022034.
(doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/664/2/022034)
Skipsey, Samuel Cadellin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6676-6696, De Witt, Shaun, Dewhurst, Alastair, Britton, David
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9998-4342, Roy, Gareth and Crooks, David
(2015)
Enabling object storage via shims for grid middleware.
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 664(4),
042052.
(doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/664/4/042052)
Skipsey, Samuel Cadellin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6676-6696, Todev, Paulin, Britton, David
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9998-4342, Crooks, David and Roy, Gareth
(2015)
Extending DIRAC file management with erasure-coding for efficient storage.
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 664(4),
042051.
(doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/664/4/042051)
Washbrook, A., Crooks, D., Roy, G., Skipsey, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6676-6696, Qin, G., Stewart, G.P. and Britton, D.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9998-4342
(2015)
Development of site-oriented analytics for grid computing centres.
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 664(2),
022041.
(doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/664/2/022041)
Forti, A. et al. (2015) Multicore job scheduling in the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 664(6), 062016. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/664/6/062016)
2014
Crooks, David, Mitchell, Mark, Purdie, Stuart, Roy, Gareth, Skipsey, Samuel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6676-6696 and Britton, David
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9998-4342
(2014)
Monitoring in a grid cluster.
In: International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 2013), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 14-18 Oct 2013,
062010.
(doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/513/6/062010)
Roy, Gareth, Crooks, David, Mertens, Lena, Mitchell, Mark, Purdie, Stuart, Skipsey, Samuel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6676-6696 and Britton, David
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9998-4342
(2014)
A voyage to Arcturus: a model for automated management of a WLCG Tier-2 facility.
In: International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 2013), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 14-18 Oct 2013,
062040.
(doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/513/6/062040)
Skipsey, Samuel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6676-6696, Purdie, Stuart, Britton, David
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9998-4342, Mitchell, Mark, Bhimji, Wahid and Smith, David
(2014)
Analysis and improvement of data-set level file distribution in Disk Pool Manager.
In: International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 2013), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 14-18 Oct 2013,
042042.
(doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/513/4/042042)
2012
Bhimji, W., Clark, P., Doidge, M., Hellmich, M. P., Skipsey, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6676-6696 and Vukotic, I.
(2012)
Analysing I/O bottlenecks in LHC data analysis on grid storage resources.
In: International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 2012), New York, NY, USA, 21-25 May 2012,
042010.
(doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/396/4/042010)
Crooks, D. et al. (2012) Multi-core job submission and grid resource scheduling for ATLAS AthenaMP. In: International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 2012), New York, NY, USA, 21-25 May 2012, 032115. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/396/3/032115)
Skipsey, Samuel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6676-6696, Bhimji, Wahid and Rocha, Ricardo
(2012)
Testing performance of standards-based protocols in DPM.
In: International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 2012), New York, NY, USA, 21-25 May 2012,
052064.
(doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/396/5/052064)
Skipsey, Samuel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6676-6696, Doherty, Thomas and Turner, A G D
(2012)
Taking the C out of CVMFS.
In: International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 2012), New York, NY, USA, 21-25 May 2012,
042054.
(doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/396/4/042054)
2011
Bhimji, W., Bland, J., Clark, P. J., Mouzeli, E. G., Skipsey, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6676-6696 and Walker, C. J.
(2011)
Tuning grid storage resources for LHC data analysis.
In: International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 2010), Taipei, Japan, 18-22 Oct 2010,
062001.
(doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/331/6/062001)
Purdie, S, Stewart, G, Kenyon, M, Skipsey, S ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6676-6696, Washbrook, A, Bhimji, W and Filipčič, A
(2011)
Hiding the complexity: building a distributed ATLAS Tier-2 with a single resource interface using ARC middleware.
In: International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 2010), Taipei, Japan, 18-22 Oct 2010,
072029.
(doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/331/7/072029)
Doherty, Thomas, Skipsey, Samuel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6676-6696, Turner, Andy and Watt, John
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4884-3640
(2011)
A NeISS collaboration to develop and use e-infrastructure for large-scale social simulation.
In: UK e-Science All Hands Meeting 2011, York, United Kingdom, 26-26 Sep 2011,
Skipsey, Samuel C ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6676-6696, Bhimji, Wahid and Kenyon, Mike
(2011)
Establishing applicability of SSDs to LHC Tier-2 hardware configuration.
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 331(5),
052019.
(doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/331/5/052019)
2010
Skipsey, Sam ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6676-6696, Ambrose-Griffith, David, Cowan, Greig, Kenyon, Mike, Richards, Orlando, Roffe, Phil and Stewart, Graeme
(2010)
ScotGrid: providing an effective distributed Tier-2 in the LHC era.
In: International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 09), Prague, Czech Republic, 21-27 Mar 2009,
052014.
(doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/219/5/052014)
Skipsey, Sam ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6676-6696, Cowan, Greig, Kenyon, Mike, Purdie, Stuart and Stewart, Graeme
(2010)
Optimised access to user analysis data using the gLite DPM.
In: International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 09), Prague, Czech Republic, 21-27 Mar 2009,
062066.
(doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/219/6/062066)
Articles
Roy, G., Simili, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0991-4971, Stewart, G., Skipsey, S.C.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6676-6696 and Britton, D.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9998-4342
(2020)
Using Continous Deployment techniques to manage software change at a WLCG Tier-2.
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1525,
012066.
(doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/1525/1/012066)
Albrecht, J. et al. (2019) A roadmap for HEP software and computing R&D for the 2020s. Computing and Software for Big Science, 3, 7. (doi: 10.1007/s41781-018-0018-8)
Roy, Gareth, Simili, Emanuele ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0991-4971, Skipsey, Samuel Cadellin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6676-6696, Stewart, Gordon and Britton, David
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9998-4342
(2019)
Using the Autopilot pattern to deploy container resources at a WLCG Tier-2.
EPJ Web of Conferences, 214,
07013.
(doi: 10.1051/epjconf/201921407013)
Skipsey, Samuel Cadellin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6676-6696, Brew, Chris, Forti, Alessandra, Traynor, Dan, Li, Teng, Boutcher, Adam, Roy, Gareth, Stewart, Gordon and Britton, David
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9998-4342
(2019)
Caching technologies for Tier-2 sites: a UK perspective.
EPJ Web of Conferences, 214,
04002.
(doi: 10.1051/epjconf/201921404002)
Roy, G., Stewart, G., Crooks, D., Skipsey, S.C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6676-6696 and Britton, D.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9998-4342
(2018)
A container model for resource provision at a WLCG Tier-2.
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1085(3),
032026.
(doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/1085/3/032026)
Skipsey, Samuel Cadellin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6676-6696, Dewhurst, Alastair, Crooks, David, MacMahon, Ewan, Roy, Gareth, Smith, Oliver, Mohammed, Kashif, Brew, Chris and Britton, David
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9998-4342
(2017)
Storageless and caching Tier-2 models in the UK context.
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 898,
062047.
(doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/898/6/062047)
Qin, G., Roy, G., Crooks, D., Skipsey, S.C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6676-6696, Stewart, G.P. and Britton, D.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9998-4342
(2016)
Cluster optimisation using Cgroups at a tier-2.
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 762(1),
012010.
(doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/762/1/012010)
Roy, Gareth, Washbrook, Andrew, Crooks, David, Qin, Gang, Skipsey, Samuel Cadellin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6676-6696, Stewart, Gordon and Britton, David
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9998-4342
(2015)
Evaluation of containers as a virtualisation alternative for HEP workloads.
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 664(2),
022034.
(doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/664/2/022034)
Skipsey, Samuel Cadellin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6676-6696, De Witt, Shaun, Dewhurst, Alastair, Britton, David
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9998-4342, Roy, Gareth and Crooks, David
(2015)
Enabling object storage via shims for grid middleware.
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 664(4),
042052.
(doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/664/4/042052)
Skipsey, Samuel Cadellin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6676-6696, Todev, Paulin, Britton, David
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9998-4342, Crooks, David and Roy, Gareth
(2015)
Extending DIRAC file management with erasure-coding for efficient storage.
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 664(4),
042051.
(doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/664/4/042051)
Washbrook, A., Crooks, D., Roy, G., Skipsey, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6676-6696, Qin, G., Stewart, G.P. and Britton, D.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9998-4342
(2015)
Development of site-oriented analytics for grid computing centres.
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 664(2),
022041.
(doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/664/2/022041)
Forti, A. et al. (2015) Multicore job scheduling in the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 664(6), 062016. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/664/6/062016)
Skipsey, Samuel C ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6676-6696, Bhimji, Wahid and Kenyon, Mike
(2011)
Establishing applicability of SSDs to LHC Tier-2 hardware configuration.
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 331(5),
052019.
(doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/331/5/052019)
Conference or Workshop Item
Mair, Colette ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8885-7161, Bohlmann, Julia
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0724-6671 and Skipsey, Samuel
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6676-6696
(2025)
The Decolonising the Curriculum Community of Practice.
Understanding Racism Transforming University Cultures - 4 years on, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, 27 Mar 2025.
Conference Proceedings
Simili, Emanuele ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0991-4971, Stewart, Gordon, Roy, Gareth, Skipsey, Samuel
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6676-6696 and Britton, David
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9998-4342
(2021)
A Hybrid System for Monitoring and Automated Recovery at the Glasgow Tier-2 Cluster.
In: 25th International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 2021), 17-21 May 2021,
02047.
(doi: 10.1051/epjconf/202125102047)
Crooks, David, Mitchell, Mark, Purdie, Stuart, Roy, Gareth, Skipsey, Samuel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6676-6696 and Britton, David
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9998-4342
(2014)
Monitoring in a grid cluster.
In: International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 2013), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 14-18 Oct 2013,
062010.
(doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/513/6/062010)
Roy, Gareth, Crooks, David, Mertens, Lena, Mitchell, Mark, Purdie, Stuart, Skipsey, Samuel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6676-6696 and Britton, David
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9998-4342
(2014)
A voyage to Arcturus: a model for automated management of a WLCG Tier-2 facility.
In: International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 2013), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 14-18 Oct 2013,
062040.
(doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/513/6/062040)
Skipsey, Samuel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6676-6696, Purdie, Stuart, Britton, David
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9998-4342, Mitchell, Mark, Bhimji, Wahid and Smith, David
(2014)
Analysis and improvement of data-set level file distribution in Disk Pool Manager.
In: International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 2013), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 14-18 Oct 2013,
042042.
(doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/513/4/042042)
Bhimji, W., Clark, P., Doidge, M., Hellmich, M. P., Skipsey, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6676-6696 and Vukotic, I.
(2012)
Analysing I/O bottlenecks in LHC data analysis on grid storage resources.
In: International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 2012), New York, NY, USA, 21-25 May 2012,
042010.
(doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/396/4/042010)
Crooks, D. et al. (2012) Multi-core job submission and grid resource scheduling for ATLAS AthenaMP. In: International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 2012), New York, NY, USA, 21-25 May 2012, 032115. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/396/3/032115)
Skipsey, Samuel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6676-6696, Bhimji, Wahid and Rocha, Ricardo
(2012)
Testing performance of standards-based protocols in DPM.
In: International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 2012), New York, NY, USA, 21-25 May 2012,
052064.
(doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/396/5/052064)
Skipsey, Samuel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6676-6696, Doherty, Thomas and Turner, A G D
(2012)
Taking the C out of CVMFS.
In: International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 2012), New York, NY, USA, 21-25 May 2012,
042054.
(doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/396/4/042054)
Bhimji, W., Bland, J., Clark, P. J., Mouzeli, E. G., Skipsey, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6676-6696 and Walker, C. J.
(2011)
Tuning grid storage resources for LHC data analysis.
In: International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 2010), Taipei, Japan, 18-22 Oct 2010,
062001.
(doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/331/6/062001)
Purdie, S, Stewart, G, Kenyon, M, Skipsey, S ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6676-6696, Washbrook, A, Bhimji, W and Filipčič, A
(2011)
Hiding the complexity: building a distributed ATLAS Tier-2 with a single resource interface using ARC middleware.
In: International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 2010), Taipei, Japan, 18-22 Oct 2010,
072029.
(doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/331/7/072029)
Doherty, Thomas, Skipsey, Samuel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6676-6696, Turner, Andy and Watt, John
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4884-3640
(2011)
A NeISS collaboration to develop and use e-infrastructure for large-scale social simulation.
In: UK e-Science All Hands Meeting 2011, York, United Kingdom, 26-26 Sep 2011,
Skipsey, Sam ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6676-6696, Ambrose-Griffith, David, Cowan, Greig, Kenyon, Mike, Richards, Orlando, Roffe, Phil and Stewart, Graeme
(2010)
ScotGrid: providing an effective distributed Tier-2 in the LHC era.
In: International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 09), Prague, Czech Republic, 21-27 Mar 2009,
052014.
(doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/219/5/052014)
Skipsey, Sam ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6676-6696, Cowan, Greig, Kenyon, Mike, Purdie, Stuart and Stewart, Graeme
(2010)
Optimised access to user analysis data using the gLite DPM.
In: International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP 09), Prague, Czech Republic, 21-27 Mar 2009,
062066.
(doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/219/6/062066)