Dr. Fabio Pasian Profile

Dr. Fabio Pasian

Head, Astrophysical Technologies Group at INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste

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Publications (20)

Proceedings Article | 26 July 2016 Paper

Management of the science ground segment for the Euclid mission

Andrea Zacchei, John Hoar, Fabio Pasian, Guillermo Buenadicha, Christophe Dabin, Anna Gregorio, Oriana Mansutti, Marc Sauvage, Claudio Vuerli

Proceedings Volume 9913, 99131B (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232934

KEYWORDS: Data processing, Data storage, Software development, Algorithm development, System on a chip, Data processing, Seaborgium, Prototyping, Space operations, Information technology, Lead

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Euclid is an ESA mission aimed at understanding the nature of dark energy and dark matter by using simultaneously two probes (weak lensing and baryon acoustic oscillations). The mission will observe galaxies and clusters of galaxies out to z~2, in a wide extra-galactic survey covering 15000 deg², plus a deep survey covering an area of 40 deg². The payload is composed of two instruments, an imager in the visible domain (VIS) and an imager-spectrometer (NISP) covering the near-infrared. The launch is planned in Q4 of 2020. The elements of the Euclid Science Ground Segment (SGS) are the Science Operations Centre (SOC) operated by ESA and nine Science Data Centres (SDCs) in charge of data processing, provided by the Euclid Consortium (EC), formed by over 110 institutes spread in 15 countries. SOC and the EC started several years ago a tight collaboration in order to design and develop a single, cost-efficient and truly integrated SGS. The distributed nature, the size of the data set, and the needed accuracy of the results are the main challenges expected in the design and implementation of the SGS. In particular, the huge volume of data (not only Euclid data but also ground based data) to be processed in the SDCs will require distributed storage to avoid data migration across SDCs. This paper describes the management challenges that the Euclid SGS is facing while dealing with such complexity. The main aspect is related to the organisation of a geographically distributed software development team. In principle algorithms and code is developed in a large number of institutes, while data is actually processed at fewer centers (the national SDCs) where the operational computational infrastructures are maintained. The software produced for data handling, processing and analysis is built within a common development environment defined by the SGS System Team, common to SOC and ECSGS, which has already been active for several years. The code is built incrementally through different levels of maturity, going from prototypes (developed mainly by scientists) to production code (engineered and tested at the SDCs). A number of incremental challenges (infrastructure, data processing and integrated) have been included in the Euclid SGS test plan to verify the correctness and accuracy of the developed systems.

Proceedings Article | 19 July 2016 Paper

The Euclid mission design

Giuseppe Racca, René Laureijs, Luca Stagnaro, Jean-Christophe Salvignol, José Lorenzo Alvarez, Gonzalo Saavedra Criado, Luis Gaspar Venancio, Alex Short, Paolo Strada, Tobias Bönke, Cyril Colombo, Adriano Calvi, Elena Maiorano, Osvaldo Piersanti, Sylvain Prezelus, Pierluigi Rosato, Jacques Pinel, Hans Rozemeijer, Valentina Lesna, Paolo Musi, Marco Sias, Alberto Anselmi, Vincent Cazaubiel, Ludovic Vaillon, Yannick Mellier, Jérôme Amiaux, Michel Berthé, Marc Sauvage, Ruyman Azzollini, Mark Cropper, Sabrina Pottinger, Knud Jahnke, Anne Ealet, Thierry Maciaszek, Fabio Pasian, Andrea Zacchei, Roberto Scaramella, John Hoar, Ralf Kohley, Roland Vavrek, Andreas Rudolph, Micha Schmidt

Proceedings Volume 9904, 99040O (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2230762

KEYWORDS: Data processing, Galactic astronomy, Space operations, Telescopes, Point spread functions, K band, Sensors, Image quality, Data archive systems, Calibration

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Proceedings Article | 2 August 2014 Paper

Euclid mission status

R. Laureijs, G. Racca, L. Stagnaro, J.-C. Salvignol, J. Lorenzo Alvarez, G. Saavedra Criado, L. Gaspar Venancio, A. Short, P. Strada, C. Colombo, G. Buenadicha, J. Hoar, R. Kohley, R. Vavrek, Y. Mellier, M. Berthe, J. Amiaux, M. Cropper, S. Niemi, S. Pottinger, A. Ealet, K. Jahnke, T. Maciaszek, F. Pasian, M. Sauvage, S. Wachter, U. Israelsson, W. Holmes, M. Seiffert, V. Cazaubiel, A. Anselmi, P. Musi

Proceedings Volume 9143, 91430H (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2054883

KEYWORDS: Space operations, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Galactic astronomy, Sensors, Calibration, Seaborgium, Mirrors, Data processing, Imaging spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 25 September 2012 Paper

Space-borne survey instrument operations: lessons learned and new concepts for the Euclid NISP instrument

L. Valenziano, A. Gregorio, R. C. Butler, J. Amiaux, C. Bonoli, F. Bortoletto, C. Burigana, L. Corcione, A. Ealet, M. Frailis, K. Jahnke, S. Ligori, E. Maiorano, G. Morgante, L. Nicastro, F. Pasian, M. Riva, R. Scaramella, F. Schiavone, D. Tavagnacco, R. Toledo-Moreo, M. Trifoglio, A. Zacchei, F. Zerbi, T. Maciaszek

Proceedings Volume 8448, 844804 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926159

KEYWORDS: Space operations, Calibration, System on a chip, Sensors, Control systems, Satellites, Mathematical modeling, Visible radiation, Seaborgium, Data processing

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Proceedings Article | 24 September 2012 Paper

Science ground segment for the ESA Euclid Mission

Fabio Pasian, John Hoar, Marc Sauvage, Christophe Dabin, Maurice Poncet, Oriana Mansutti

Proceedings Volume 8451, 845104 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926026

KEYWORDS: Seaborgium, Data processing, Data storage, Data modeling, Space operations, System on a chip, Software development, Calibration, Device simulation, Data centers

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Proceedings Article | 21 September 2012 Paper

Euclid: ESA's mission to map the geometry of the dark universe

R. Laureijs, P. Gondoin, L. Duvet, G. Saavedra Criado, J. Hoar, J. Amiaux, J.-L. Auguères, R. Cole, M. Cropper, A. Ealet, P. Ferruit, I. Escudero Sanz, K. Jahnke, R. Kohley, T. Maciaszek, Y. Mellier, T. Oosterbroek, F. Pasian, M. Sauvage, R. Scaramella, M. Sirianni, L. Valenziano

Proceedings Volume 8442, 84420T (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926496

KEYWORDS: Galactic astronomy, Telescopes, Space telescopes, Space operations, Spectroscopy, Sensors, Optical instrument design, Photometry, Mirrors, Staring arrays

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Proceedings Article | 11 July 2008 Paper

The Large Binocular Camera: description and performances of the first binocular imager

R. Speziali, A. Di Paola, E. Giallongo, F. Pedichini, R. Ragazzoni, V. Testa, A. Baruffolo, C. De Santis, E. Diolaiti, J. Farinato, A. Fontana, S. Gallozzi, F. Gasparo, G. Gentile, A. Grazian, P. Manzato, F. Pasian, R. Smareglia, E. Vernet

Proceedings Volume 7014, 70144T (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.790132

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Imaging systems, Sensors, Telescopes, Charge-coupled devices, Control systems, Camera shutters, CCD cameras, Mirrors, Lenses

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2006 Paper

Calibration and testing of the Planck-LFI QM instrument

A. Mennella, B. Aja, E. Artal, M. Balasini, G. Baldan, P. Battaglia, T. Bernardino, M. Bersanelli, E. Blackhurst, L. Boschini, C. Burigana, R. Butler, B. Cappellini, F. Colombo, F. Cuttaia, O. D'Arcangelo, S. Donzelli, R. Davis, L. De La Fuente, F. Ferrari, L. Figini, S. Fogliani, C. Franceschet, E. Franceschi, T. Gaier, S. Galeotta, S. Garavaglia, A. Gregorio, M. Guerrini, R. Hoyland, N. Hughes, P. Jukkala, D. Kettle, M. Laaninen, P. Lapolla, D. Lawson, R. Leonardi, P. Leutenegger, G. Mari, P. Meinhold, M. Miccolis, D. Maino, M. Malaspina, N. Mandolesi, M. Maris, E. Martinez-Gonzalez, G. Morgante, L. Pagan, F. Pasian, P. Platania, M. Pecora, S. Pezzati, L. Popa, T. Poutanen, M. Pospieszalski, N. Roddis, M. Salmon, M. Sandri, R. Silvestri, A. Simonetto, C. Sozzi, L. Stringhetti, L. Terenzi, M. Tomasi, J. Tuovinen, L. Valenziano, J. Varis, F. Villa, A. Wilkinson, F. Winder, A. Zacchei

Proceedings Volume 6265, 62650G (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.669408

KEYWORDS: Receivers, Temperature metrology, Calibration, Cryogenics, Amplifiers, Waveguides, Radiometry, Temperature sensors, Sensors, Switches

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Proceedings Article | 23 June 2006 Paper

The wide-field eyes of the Large Binocular Telescope

Roberto Ragazzoni, Emanuele Giallongo, Fabio Pasian, Andrea Baruffolo, Ray Bertram, Emiliano Diolaiti, Andrea Di Paola, Jacopo Farinato, Giorgia Gentile, John Hill, Matteo Lombini, Fernando Pedichini, Roberto Speziali, Riccardo Smareglia, Elise Vernet

Proceedings Volume 6267, 626710 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.673919

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Cameras, Mirrors, Manufacturing, Glasses, Tolerancing, Optical components, Optical alignment, Astronomical telescopes, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 30 September 2004 Paper

The double Prime Focus camera for the Large Binocular Telescope

Roberto Ragazzoni, Emanuele Giallongo, Fabio Pasian, Carmelo Arcidiacono, Andrea Baruffolo, Emiliano Diolaiti, Andrea Di Paola, Fabio Faccin, Jacopo Farinato, Adriano Fontana, F. Gasparo, Fernando Pedichini, Riccardo Smareglia, Roberto Speziali, Elise Vernet

Proceedings Volume 5492, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552136

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Cameras, Lenses, Aspheric lenses, Charge-coupled devices, Optical alignment, Glasses, Optomechanical design, Cryogenics, Optical design

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Proceedings Article | 16 September 2004 Paper

The International Virtual Observatory Alliance: recent technical developments and the road ahead

Peter Quinn, David Barnes, Istvan Csabai, Chenzhou Cui, Francoise Genova, Bob Hanisch, Ajit Kembhavi, Sang Chul Kim, Andrew Lawrence, Oleg Malkov, Masatoshi Ohishi, Fabio Pasian, David Schade, Wolfgang Voges

Proceedings Volume 5493, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551247

KEYWORDS: Observatories, Astronomy, Standards development, Data modeling, Prototyping, Data centers, Databases, Visualization, Software development, Data storage

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Proceedings Article | 15 September 2004 Paper

Planck/LFI DPC pipeline integration and testing

Andrea Zacchei, Claudio Vuerli, Davide Maino, Giancarlo de Gasperis, Fabio Pasian

Proceedings Volume 5496, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550778

KEYWORDS: Software development, Prototyping, Standards development, Data processing, Calibration, Data modeling, Interfaces, Data archive systems, Data communications, Device simulation

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Proceedings Article | 7 March 2003 Paper

LBC: the prime focus optical imagers at the LBT telescope

Fernando Pedichini, Emanuele Giallongo, Roberto Ragazzoni, Andrea Di Paola, Adriano Fontana, Roberto Speziali, Jacopo Farinato, Andrea Baruffolo, Carlo Magagna, Emiliano Diolaiti, Fabio Pasian, Riccardo Smareglia, Enzo Anaclerio, Daniele Gallieni, Paolo Lazzarini

Proceedings Volume 4841, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461011

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Telescopes, Charge-coupled devices, Sensors, Stars, Imaging systems, Camera shutters, Control systems, CCD cameras, Lenses

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Proceedings Article | 19 December 2002 Paper

Data mining of large astronomical databases with neural tools

Giuseppe Longo, Ciro Donalek, Giancarlo Raiconi, A. Staiano, Roberto Tagliaferri, Salvatore Sessa, Fabio Pasian, Riccardo Smareglia, Alfredo Volpicelli

Proceedings Volume 4847, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461147

KEYWORDS: Lithium, Data mining, Astronomy, Databases, Stereolithography, Data analysis, Digital Light Processing, Palladium, Heads up displays, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 19 December 2002 Paper

Planck data processing centers

Fabio Pasian, Jean-François Sygnet

Proceedings Volume 4847, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461140

KEYWORDS: Data processing, Calibration, Data archive systems, Space operations, Microwave radiation, Polarization, Device simulation, Data acquisition, Document management, Independent component analysis

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Proceedings Article | 16 December 2002 Paper

Archive systems for the TNG telescope: lessons learned in the VO perspective

Riccardo Smareglia, Fabio Pasian, Andrea Zacchei, Alessandro Caproni, Claudio Vuerli, Giuseppe Longo, Ugo Becciani, Claudio Gheller

Proceedings Volume 4846, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.460827

KEYWORDS: Data archive systems, Telescopes, Databases, Control systems, Prototyping, Observatories, Data storage, Calibration, Astronomy, Adaptive optics

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Proceedings Article | 16 August 2000 Paper

Double prime focus camera for the F/1.14 Large Binocular Telescope

Roberto Ragazzoni, Emanuele Giallongo, Fabio Pasian, Fernando Pedichini, Adriano Fontana, Gianni Marconi, Roberto Speziali, M. Turatto, J. Danziger, Gabriele Cremonese, Riccardo Smareglia, Daniele Gallieni, Enzo Anaclerio, Paolo Lazzarini

Proceedings Volume 4008, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.395502

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Cameras, Charge-coupled devices, Optical design, Interfaces, Mirrors, Data storage, Sensors, Aspheric lenses, Optical filters

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Proceedings Article | 2 June 2000 Paper

Sharing data, information, and software for the ESA Planck mission: the IDIS prototype

Kevin Bennett, Fabio Pasian, Jean-Francois Sygnet, Anthony Banday, Matthias Bartelmann, Richard Gispert, Adam Hazell, William O'Mullane, Claudio Vuerli

Proceedings Volume 4011, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.387214

KEYWORDS: Commercial off the shelf technology, Prototyping, Software development, Data processing, Document management, Databases, Space operations, Data storage, Calibration, Process control

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Proceedings Article | 2 June 2000 Paper

Distributed observing facility for remote access to multiple telescopes

Massimo Callegari, Antonio Panciatici, Fabio Pasian, Mauro Pucillo, Paolo Santin, Simo Aro, Peter Linde, Maria Duran, Jose Rodriguez, Francois Genova, Francois Ochsenbein, J. Ponz, Antonio Talavera

Proceedings Volume 4011, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.387217

KEYWORDS: Telecommunications, Control systems, Telescopes, Astronomy, Software development, Data storage, Space telescopes, Plasma physics, Human-machine interfaces, Data archive systems

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Proceedings Article | 26 May 1998 Paper

Software integration at TNG and Active Optics: a practical example

Claudio Vuerli, Carlotta Bonoli, Andrea Balestra, Andrea Baruffolo, Leonardo Corcione, D. Fantinel, Daniele Gardiol, P. Marcucci, Fabio Pasian, Claudio Pernechele, Mauro Pucillo, Riccardo Smareglia

Proceedings Volume 3351, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.308830

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Control systems, Active optics, Local area networks, Human-machine interfaces, Interfaces, Operating systems, Data archive systems, Databases, CCD cameras

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