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AGENDA

II LIOM International WORKSHOP

Wavefront Sensing and Optomechanical concepts for Large Telescopes

 

Day 1. Feb. 14, 2024

Morning session (Chair Rafael Rebolo)

09h00-09h15   Rafael Rebolo: Welcome from IAC and LIOM

09h15-09h30   Jeff Kuhn: Workshop Organization

09h30-10h00     All: Introduction LIOM and Collaborators

10h00-10h10   Nicolas Lodieu: SELF telescope construction update

10h10-10h40   Gil Moretto: Live mirror curvature polishing (online)

10h40-11h00   Jeff Kuhn: Live mirror discussion, timelines, milestones

11h00-11:15      Paula Sola La Serna: Differential abrasive polishing, timelines, milestones

11h15-11h30   Ed Kibblewhite: Discussion, abrasive shaping

11h30-12h00   Coffee Break

12h00-12h30   Niko Romer: Curvature polishing, status

12h30-13:00      Jeff Kuhn: Discussion curvature polishing, timeline and milestones

13h00-13h30   Uzair Mirza/Cynthia Giebink: The LIOM SELF public presence (online)

13h30-13h45   Hamid Rafii: Creating greater public presence, AI and other tools

13h45-14:00   Maud Langlois: High order wavefront correction  (online)

14:15-15:00       Light Lunch @ IACTEC

Afternoon session (Chair Nicolas Lodieu)

15h15-15h30   Douglas Hope/Stuart Jefferies: AO, wavefront correction discussion, SURI

15h30-16h00   Auxiliadora Padrón: Photonic Lantern wavefront measurement

16h00-16h15   Pradip Gatkine: PL discussion, milestones (online)

16h15-16h30   Jeff Kuhn/Nicolas Lodieu: subgroup follow-up discussions

16h30-17h00   Kevin Lewis: Further ideas on LIOM/ELF messaging

17h30  END of day 1 - Return to Hotel

 

Day 2. Feb. 15, 2024

Morning session (Chair: Jeff Kuhn)

09h00-09h30   Ye Zhou/Thimothy Ko: Tensegrity, microELF and mirror support systems

09h30-10h00   Patricia Fernández: Discussion, optomechanical systems

10h00-10:30     Ye Zhou/Sergio Salata/Diego Tamayo/Alejandro Ruiz: SELF telescope status

10h30-11h00   Sergio Salata: SELF discussion

11h00-11h15   Sudhakar Prasad: Super Resolution

11h15-11h45   Luis Fernando Rodríguez: Photonics discussion

11h45-12h00   Coffee Break

12h00-12h30   Stuart Jefferies: SURI project and discussion (online)

12h30-13:00      Justin Fletcher/Ryan Swindle: USSF collaboration (online)

13h00-13h30   Nicolas Lodieu:  Broadening SELF collaborations, discussion

13h30-14h00   Jannick Rolland: Discussion of IP protection and collaborator rights

14:00-15:00       Light Lunch @ IACTEC

Afternoon session (Chair: Nicolas Lodieu)

15h00-15h15   Alfonso Rivera: IAC and space technology projects discussion

15h15-15h30   Niko Romer: Satellite projects: Coronagraph and space debris

15h30-15h45  Pradip Gatkine: Satellite projects: Cubesat spectrograph (online)

15h45-16h15   Jeff Kuhn: Fizeau telescopes in space

16h15-16h45   Alex Oscoz: LIOM and space project discussion

16h45-17h00   Wolfgang Osten: Creating Commercial Value, spinoffs and startupsSubgroup followup discussions

17h00-17:30   Subgroup followup discussions

17h30  END of day 2 - Return to Hotel

 

Day 3. Feb 16, 2024 

Morning session (Chair: Jeff Kuhn)

09h00-09h30   Natalia Arteaga: Machine Learning wavefront solutions

09h30-10h00   Andres Asensio/Fabien Capsal: Reinforcement solution strategies, adaptive wavefronts

10h00-11:00     Wolfgang Osten: Optomechanics masters curricula, examples, discussion

11h00-11h30   Jeff Kuhn: Wrap up discussion, collaborations, milestone review

11h30-12h00   Coffee Break

12:00   Leave to Teide Observatory: SELF site and telescopes visit

18:00    Return to La Laguna = END of Workshop

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