ASTRON launches database of female experts
Today marks International Women’s Day. This year’s theme is ‘Inspire Inclusion’.
LOFAR ERIC: Distributed Research Infrastructure for European Astronomical Research Launched
LOFAR ERIC (European Research Infrastructure Consortium) has been officially launched at its first Council meeting today. The world-leading LOFAR (LOw Frequency ARray) Distributed Research Infrastructure has already revolutionised low-frequency radio astronomy research, resulting in an avalanche of scientific publications in the past decade. LOFAR ERIC is now a single legal entity across the European Union. The LOFAR ERIC statutory seat is in Dwingeloo, the Netherlands, hosted by NWO-I/ASTRON (Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy; the original designer of LOFAR).
Telescope quartet reveals surprising statistics of cosmic flashes
Scientists led by Chalmers astronomer Franz Kirsten have studied a famous source of repeating fast radio bursts – a still unexplained cosmic phenomenon. Comparing with earlier measurements, the scientists draw a conclusion with far-reaching consequences: any source of fast radio bursts will repeat, if watched long enough and carefully enough. The research team, a unique collaboration between professional and amateur radio astronomers, used four telescopes in northern Europe, amongst which ASTRON’s Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope.
Dutch astronomers prove last piece of gas feedback-feeding loop of black hole
Three astronomers from the Netherlands have proven that gas that was previously heated near a supermassive black hole and flowed to the outskirts of the galaxy and cooled down, is moving back towards the black hole. While there had been indirect evidence for this theory, this is the first time that the cooled gas moving toward the black hole has actually been observed.
Sangeeth Kochanthara wins one of the Best PhD Thesis Awards by the Dutch National Association for Software Engineering !🎓🏆
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Sangeeth Kochanthara, from COMPAS group, a systems engineer at SDC, won one of the Dutch National Association for Software Engineering PhD awards. Dutch National Association for Software Engineering (VERSEN - VEReniging Software Engineering Nederland) is a National Association for Software Engineering supported by NWO. Every year, VERSEN awards the best three Ph.D. theses in software engineering based on novelty, impact, timeliness, quality of the thesis and associated artifacts, methodological approach, and execution. The award ceremony took place on the 11th of April at NWO ICT.OPEN at the Beatrix Theater, Jaarbeurs Utrecht.
Sangeeth defended his Ph.D. in Computer Science Engineering at Eindhoven University of Technology. His thesis, ‘A Changing Landscape: On Safety & Open Source in Automated and Connected Driving’ explored the safety of traditional and machine learning software for next-generation connected and autonomous driving vehicles. The thesis' main contributions include identifying safety issues in the design of the software of the next-generation automotive systems, proposing a method to ensure safety that complies with safety standards, and exploring the adoption of open source by the automotive industry.
Toegepaste RF-techniek
Mon 13 May 2024 - Thu 16 May 2024
De cursus Toegepaste RF-techniek bestaat uit een theoriegedeelte (75%) en hands-on sessies in ons eigen lab (25%).
Deelnemers aan deze cursus dienen een hbo werk- en denkniveau te hebben. De deelnemer kent de basisbegrippen van elektronica. Parate kennis van wiskundige concepten is niet vereist, maar komt wel aan de orde bij de transmissielijntheorie. In de cursus wordt ook complexe rekenwijze toegepast.