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Monday, September 23, 2024
| Time | Event | (+) |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Arrival / Registration - Registration desk open for collection of badges, delegate packs, upload of presentation files. | |
| 13:00 - 13:10 | Welcome (Scott Logic Lecture Theatre (MCS 0001)) - Tim Morris | |
| 13:20 - 14:40 | Laboratory and on sky demonstration of new designs and concepts (Scott Logic Lecture Theatre (MCS 0001)) | (+) |
| 13:20 - 13:40 | › Spatiotemporal statistics of optical turbulence at the ground layer. - Dario Perez, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso | |
| 13:40 - 14:00 | › MATTO - The Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Techniques Test Optics - Simone Di Filipo - INAF | |
| 14:00 - 14:20 | › The Asgard/BIFROST beam combination instrument for VLTI - Stefan Kraus, University of Exeter, Astrophysics Group | |
| 14:20 - 14:40 | › Using a pyramid wavefront sensor off-zero: from theory to practice - Arnaud STRIFFLING, DOTA, ONERA [Salon], Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille | |
| 14:40 - 15:20 | Coffee break (Scott Logic Lecture Theatre (MCS 0001)) | |
| 15:20 - 17:00 | Hybrid and multi-stage WFSensing (Scott Logic Lecture Theatre (MCS 0001)) | (+) |
| 15:20 - 15:40 | › Co-phasing of Segmented Mirrors Using the Dispersed Fringe Sensor - Radhika Dharmadhikari, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, University of Calcutta | |
| 15:40 - 16:00 | › End-to-end numerical simulations of SAXO+, a two-stage AO system for high-contrast imaging - Charles Goulas, LESIA | |
| 16:00 - 16:20 | › The Phasing and Diagnostic Station of the ELT - Thomas Pfrommer, European Southern Observatory | |
| 16:20 - 16:40 | › Advances in SPAD array-based time-resolved wavefront sensing - Jean-Pierre Veran, NRC Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics | |
| 16:40 - 17:00 | › Phasing tests with the Natural Guide star Wavefront Sensor Prototype for the Giant Magellan Telescope - Cedric Plantet, INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri | |
| 17:00 - 17:20 | Transfer to Ogden Centre West | |
| 17:20 - 19:20 | Poster Session (Ogden Centre West) | (+) |
| 17:20 - 19:20 | › Advances in real-time implementation for deep learning wavefront sensors - Benjamin Gonzalez, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso | |
| 17:20 - 19:20 | › Diversification of Camera Technology in Support of Varied Wavefront Sensing Applications - Tom Seccull, Oxford Instruments Andor, 7 Millennium Way, Springvale Business Park, Belfast, BT12 7AL, UK | |
| 17:20 - 19:20 | › Durham Adaptive Optics (DAO) real-time controller - Barr David, Durham University | |
| 17:20 - 19:20 | › Emulating atmospheric surface layer conditions with a forced convector for optical turbulence studies - Pablo Garrido, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso | |
| 17:20 - 19:20 | › Exploring the Axicon for modulation-free Wavefront Sensing using deep learning - Jorge Tapia, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso | |
| 17:20 - 19:20 | › Holographic Modal Wavefront Sensing for Active and Adaptive Optics - Raveena Koliyatan Manamparambil, University of Galway | |
| 17:20 - 19:20 | › Joint deep learning optics and reconstruction for unmodulated pyramid wavefront sensing - Nicolas Hernandez, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso | |
| 17:20 - 19:20 | › Neural Networks for Turbulence Prediction and Characterization in Adaptive Optics - Alejandro Buendía, Instituto Universitario de Ciencias y Tecnologías Espaciales de Asturias (ICTEA) | |
| 17:20 - 19:20 | › Piston sensing using multi-shot coded aperture complex wavefront sensing - Bastián Romero, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso | |
| 17:20 - 19:20 | › Single Star SCIDAR: Atmospheric parameters profiling using the power spectrum of scintillation. - Youssef Errazzouki, Laboratoire de Physique des Hautes Energies et Astrophysique (LPHEA) FSSM, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech - Morocco |
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
| Time | Event | (+) |
| 09:00 - 09:40 | Arrival / Registration - Registration desk open for collection of badges, delegate packs, upload of presentation files. | |
| 09:40 - 11:00 | WFS needs for new applications (space debris, FSO comms, ...) (Scott Logic Lecture Theatre (MCS 0001)) | (+) |
| 09:40 - 10:00 | › Investigating The Feasibility of a Thin Diffuser Based Wavefront Sensor - Daniel Leporda, Applied Optics Group, Physics Unit, School of Natural Sciences, University of Galway | |
| 10:00 - 10:20 | › Atmospheric optical turbulence as a continuous shared key generator - Lazar Staykov - Durham University | |
| 10:20 - 10:40 | › Modelling of a novel point diffraction interferometer wavefront sensor design for laser guide star wavefront phase retrieval - Erin Holdorf, The Australian National University | |
| 10:40 - 11:00 | › Wavefront sensing technologies for bioimaging - Yan Feng, Laboratory of Biology, Engineering and Imaging for Ophthalmology (BiiO), Faculty of Medicine, Health Innovation campus, Jean Monnet University, Saint-Etienne, France | |
| 11:00 - 11:40 | Coffee break (Scott Logic Lecture Theatre (MCS 0001)) | |
| 11:40 - 13:00 | WFS for High-Constrast Imaging (HCI) (Scott Logic Lecture Theatre (MCS 0001)) | (+) |
| 11:40 - 12:00 | › Upgrading SPHERE with the second stage AO system SAXO+ - Maud Langlois, Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon | |
| 12:00 - 12:20 | › Performances of the integrated Mach-Zehnder wavefront sensor for extreme adaptive optics - Camille Graf, Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon | |
| 12:20 - 12:40 | › AO performance and optical gain tracking with a polychromatic pyramid WFS - Aurelie Magniez, Durham University | |
| 12:40 - 13:00 | › Closing me softly - Handing over from the ELT under mis-registered conditions - Markus Feldt, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy | |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch (Scott Logic Lecture Theatre (MCS 0001)) | |
| 14:00 - 15:20 | WFS for High-Constrast Imaging (HCI) (Scott Logic Lecture Theatre (MCS 0001)) | (+) |
| 14:00 - 14:20 | › Developments on LLNL's High Contrast Testbed and Lick/ShaneAO - Benjamin Gerard, LLNL | |
| 14:20 - 14:40 | › Pushing high contrast with new wavefront control methods - Valentin Fonteneau, Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon | |
| 14:40 - 15:00 | › RISTRETTO: Current Status and Error Budget of Its High-Performance Multi-Stage XAO System - Mathieu Motte, Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, CNES, LAM, DOTA, ONERA [Salon-de-Provence] | |
| 15:00 - 15:20 | › Update from the Starfire High-contrast Adaptive Optics Wfs (SHADOW) testbed - Mala Mateen, AFRL/RDS | |
| 15:20 - 16:00 | Coffee break (Scott Logic Lecture Theatre (MCS 0001)) | |
| 16:00 - 17:00 | WFS for extended objects (Scott Logic Lecture Theatre (MCS 0001)) | (+) |
| 16:00 - 16:20 | › Fusing focal and pupil plane wavefront sensors: Combining the Zernike and Shack-Harmann wavefront sensors for high dynamic, high sensitivity wavefront sensing - Francisco Oyarzun, Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, CNES, LAM | |
| 16:20 - 16:40 | › Exploring the Ingot Wavefront Sensor for Sodium Laser Guide Stars in the laboratory - Tania Sofia Gomes Machado, INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia "Galileo Galilei", Università di Padova, ADONI - Laboratorio Nazionale di Ottica Adattiva Italiano | |
| 16:40 - 17:00 | › Comparing the Shack-Harmann and Pyramid wavefront sensors with laser guide stars for 40 m telescopes - Francisco Oyarzun, Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, CNES, LAM | |
| 19:00 - 21:00 | Dinner (The Hub, Mount Oswald) |
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
| Time | Event | (+) |
| 09:00 - 09:40 | Arrival / Registration - Registration desk open for collection of badges, delegate packs, upload of presentation files. | |
| 09:40 - 11:00 | Reconstruction methods & AI (Scott Logic Lecture Theatre (MCS 0001)) | (+) |
| 09:40 - 10:00 | › Fourier-type wavefront sensing in linear and nonlinear regimes - Victoria Hutterer, Industrial Mathematics Institute, Johannes Kepler University Linz | |
| 10:00 - 10:20 | › Improved Fourier-plane wavefront sensors for neural network reconstruction - Esteban Vera, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso | |
| 10:20 - 10:40 | › On how to gain 60nm RMS (for the instrument METIS) in AO Control, or: A stable DM fitting avoiding modal truncation - Andreas Obereder, MathConsult GmbH | |
| 10:40 - 11:00 | › Towards joint wavefront sensing and scene reconstruction with photonic lanterns: automated characterisation with digital off-axis holography - Adam K. Taras, Astralis-Usyd, Sydney Institute for Astronomy, The University of Sydney, Sydney Astrophotonic Instrumentation Laboratory, School of Physics, The University of Sydney | |
| 11:00 - 11:40 | Coffee break (Scott Logic Lecture Theatre (MCS 0001)) | |
| 11:40 - 13:00 | Reconstruction methods & AI (Scott Logic Lecture Theatre (MCS 0001)) | (+) |
| 11:40 - 12:00 | › PO4AO: XAO control with model-based reinforcement learning - Jalo Nousiainen, European Southern Observatory | |
| 12:00 - 12:20 | › SLM-based WFS AO Test-bench for Machine Learning; Design and Future Experiments - Deborah Malone, Durham University | |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch (Scott Logic Lecture Theatre (MCS 0001)) |
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