Astron opens test lab for wireless entrepreneurs
Astron in Dwingeloo has launched the Wireless Data Lab (WDL).
Bedrijf: Astron
Jessica Dempsey takes the helm at Astron
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has appointed Jessica Dempsey as the new director of Astron, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy.
Astron, S&T and KNMI team up for solar eruption warning system
The Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (Astron), S&T (Science and Technology) and the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) have finished the design phase of a new early-warning system for solar eruptions.
Neways to manufacture Lofar electronics upgrade
Astron, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, has awarded a tender for the supply of 328 Uniboard2 units to Neways in Leeuwarden.
Astron and Nikhef get 12 million for shared computing power
As part of the National Roadmap for Large-Scale Scientific Infrastructure, the Dutch Research Council (NWO) is investing 12 million euros in the Fundamental Sciences E-infrastructure (Fuse).
Lofar to measure EMC levels of a new, neighboring wind farm
In the first half of September, the Lofar radio telescope is going to measure the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the first turbine of a new, neighboring wind farm.
The Netherlands first to ratify participation in SKA
Before the summer, the Dutch parliament ratified the convention establishing the Square Kilometre Array observatory and this ratification has now been confirmed by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the depository of the convention.
Astron’s Wim van Cappellen wins Veder Prize
Wim van Cappellen from the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, Astron, has been awarded this year’s Veder Prize for his work on the Apertif receiver, incorporated in the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT).
61 million for IoT security, cosmic AI, predictive maintenance and more
A total of 61 million euros has been made available for the first round of funding by the Dutch National Research Agenda: Research along Routes by Consortia (NWA-ORC).
Datamonsters met waterkoeling
Voor de Square Kilometre Array, de nieuwe megaradiotelescoop, komen er in West-Australië 130 duizend antennes te staan, verdeeld over 512 velden. Elke seconde produceren deze één petabit aan data. Astron ontwikkelt de 288 watergekoelde computerborden die de gegevens verwerken en zo een bijdrage leveren aan de ontrafeling van het heelal.
