Recent Talks

The rapid progress of quantum technologies—highlighted by recent Nobel Prizes recognizing advances in controlling quantum matter—is reshaping how we investigate the fundamental laws of nature. In this colloquium, I will introduce the concept of quantum machines: platforms such as quantum computers, analog simulators, and engineered networks of photons or ultracold atoms that process information according to the principles of quantum mechanics. These systems are emerging as powerful tools to emulate physical phenomena that were previously inaccessible to theory or experiment. By bridging quantum information science, tensor network methods, and high-energy physics, this work exemplifies how quantum machines are becoming laboratories for exploring exotic phases of matter, the structure of gauge fields, and the processes that shaped the early cosmos. Together, these advances mark the beginning of a new era in which we can engineer, manipulate, and ultimately understand some aspects of the quantum fabric of the universe.

Third lesson of the course "Master Class on Radio Astronomy And Data Visualization" organized by ExGal Twin Project at the IAC

Second lesson of the course "Master Class on Radio Astronomy and Data Visualization" organized by ExGal Twin Projet at IAC

First lesson of the course "Masterclass on Radio Astronomy and Data Visualization"

HARMONI is an integral field spectrograph for the ELT that will provide core spectroscopic capabilities over a range of resolving powers and for different spatial scales. IAC is responsible for two main work packages in HARMONI: the Instrument Pre-OPTICS (IPO) and the Instrument Control Electronics (ICE). In this talk we present the evolution of the control electronics in HARMONI and the related work performed by IAC.

1. “Desarrollo de una librería en C para la integración de PUS (Packet Utilization Standard) en nuevas misiones espaciales” por  Carlos Colodro Conde
2. “Arquitectura del software embedido de la nueva versión de cámaras espaciales de IACTEC (DRAGO-3)” por  David Rodríguez Muñoz
3. “PROCEDIR - Extracción automática de solicitudes de procesos selectivos” por Juan José Herrera Martín
4. “Desarrollo ABAP en SAP: cuando el estándar no es suficiente” por  Ricardo Díaz Campos
5. “Assessment of HMI integration strategies in multi-controller beckhoff systems” por  Irene Chen Cordero León
6. ”Diseño de un sistema de adquisición para los equipos de medida de presión del laboratorio LABIC” por Rafael Alcántara Linares
7. “AuriGLOBES: Auriga GLOBular clustErs cosmological zoom-in Simulations” por  Pablo Daniel Contreras Guerra
8. “Infraestructura y plataforma de desarollo para EST” por Josué Barrera Martín
9. “SAOS: Solar Adaptive Optics Simulator” por Nicolás Adrián Rodríguez Linares
10. “Experiencias y lecciones aprendidas en desarrollo de GUIs para instrumentación astrofísica” por José Marco de la Rosa
11. “Software de Control en Tiempo Real para Sistemas de Óptica Adaptativa: Integración de Espejos Deformables y Tip-Tilt” por  Kevin Martín Chinea y  Rafael Melgar Hernández
12. “Del Papel al Pipeline: Estrategias de DevSecOps con GitLab para Automatizar y Unificar el SDLC” por  Antonio Alejandro Matta Gómez
13. “Machine Learning-driven autonomous control for the Small Exo-Life Finder (SELF)” por  Natalia Arteaga Marrero
14. “Mapping of exoplanet surfaces with the ExoLife Finder (ELF)” por  Max Dobat
15. “IAc-Support: Construcción de un Sistema RAG Multilingüe y Privado para Soporte Técnico de telescopios usando Modelos LLM” por  Olga Zamora
16. “Arquitectura del Sistema de Control del EST” por Fernando Merlos García

Presentamos TelescoPyCo, una suite para el control de cámaras de todo el cielo y el control/robotización de telescopios. TelescoPyCo está escrita en Python y hace uso de las librerías de código abierto Indi para el control de cúpulas, cámaras, monturas, ruedas de filtros, etc. El software también es capaz de controlar placas Arudino/RPI para el encendido/apagado de instrumentación o sensores, así como para su lectura. TelescoPyCo contiene paquetes para programas de observación, reducción y calibración fotométrica, y visualización y manejo de base de datos e imágenes. Tiene un modo de ingeniería para control manual en caso de necesidad a través de una interfaz web, por lo que es accesible desde cualquier dispositivo.

In the past decades, studies of the Milky Way have entered a golden era of large-scale surveys. The Gaia satellite provides precise positions, proper motions, and parallaxes for billions of stars, while ground-based spectroscopic surveys, such as LAMOST, deliver radial velocities and metallicities for nearly ten million stars. In addition, medium- and narrow-band photometric surveys, as well as Gaia’s slitless spectroscopic surveys, provide atmospheric parameters for hundreds of millions of stars. This talk will first summarize our efforts in measuring stellar parameters from these surveys, and then present our work on understanding the assembly history of the Milky Way—particularly its early phase, when the proto-Galaxy formed—and its dark matter distribution, based on the measured parameters of a very large number of stars.