Wavefront Sensing in the VLT / ELT era VIII

9:00 - 9:40 (40min)

Arrival / Registration

Registration desk open for collection of badges, delegate packs, upload of presentation files.

9:40 - 11:00 (1h20)

Reconstruction methods & AI

Scott Logic Lecture Theatre (MCS 0001)

› Fourier-type wavefront sensing in linear and nonlinear regimes - Victoria Hutterer, Industrial Mathematics Institute, Johannes Kepler University Linz 09:40-10:00 (20min)

› Improved Fourier-plane wavefront sensors for neural network reconstruction - Esteban Vera, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso 10:00-10:20 (20min)

› 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 10:20-10:40 (20min)

› 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 10:40-11:00 (20min)

11:00 - 11:40 (40min)

Coffee break

Scott Logic Lecture Theatre (MCS 0001)

11:40 - 13:00 (1h20)

Reconstruction methods & AI

Scott Logic Lecture Theatre (MCS 0001)

› PO4AO: XAO control with model-based reinforcement learning - Jalo Nousiainen, European Southern Observatory 11:40-12:00 (20min)

› SLM-based WFS AO Test-bench for Machine Learning; Design and Future Experiments - Deborah Malone, Durham University 12:00-12:20 (20min)

13:00 - 14:00 (1h)

Lunch

Scott Logic Lecture Theatre (MCS 0001)