Infrastructure
Distributed System of Scientific Collections (DiSSCo-Vlaanderen) Ghent University
DiSSCo is a new world-class research infrastructure for the physical and digital management of European natural science collections with an overarching management and access policy. To make collections more visible and usable, associated data and media must become more findable, accessible, exchangeable and reusable (FAIR). DiSSCo represents the largest formal agreement ever between natural history museums, botanical gardens, zoos, universities and other institutions with collections, and enables the transformation of a fragmented landscape into an integrated knowledge base. DiSSCo ...
Necropolis United (Necropolis United) Ghent University
NECROPOLIS UNITED is developing an integrated, sustainable, non-extractive and open-source database that inventories reported dead refugees in Europe. It is integrating and updating source data from three different databases, each providing a fragmented dataset, with specific metadata: the list compiled by UNITED Against Racism (data from 44,764 reported deaths, period 1993-2021), the Missing Migrants Project (MMP) of the IOM (International Organization for Migration) (more than 35,000 reported deaths, as of 2013) and the Deaths at the Border Database (DBD) developed within a completed ...
HPC cluster storage University of Antwerp
HPC cluster Vaughan - part 1 University of Antwerp
TOPTRANS: a micro-transfer printing instrument with sub-micron alignment accuracy on a large scale for the electronic/photonic microsystems of the future (TOPTRANS) Ghent University
TOPTRANS: a micro-transfer printing instrument with sub-micron alignment accuracy on a large scale for the electronic/photonic microsystems of the future
The instrument allows the integration of so-called 'chiplets' on a substrate with very high alignment accuracy (+/- 0.5micron 3 sigma). This fits into the trend of heterogeneous integration where bringing together components implemented in different material systems allows to increase the performance of the resulting system. In the first place, we look here at photonic systems on chip where, for example, III-V semiconductor ...
110 GHz Real-time Oscilloscope for Advancing Flemish Measurement Infrastructures (ROAMI) Ghent University
The ROAMI infrastructure consists of a top notch 4 channel 110 GHz Real-time Oscilloscope (RTO) capturing 256 GSa/s with a memory of 2 Gpts per channel. The RTO will be procured from Keysight Technologies. The datasheet and application notes are available on the supplier’s website, with reference UXR1104A Infiniium UXR Real-Time Oscilloscope.
The involved research groups will build various measurement modalities around the RTO in order to achieve research on the characterization of novel multi-layer material systems, nonlinear devices, integrated circuits, and subsystems for ...
Painting potential traps on a Bose-Einstein Condensate (BEC) KU Leuven
We are applying for a state of the art custom-designed projection laser system that will be vital for doing actual research with the BEC system. This system will “paint” optical traps onto the cloud of BEC atoms, with a high resolution and framerate. This high level of control on the BEC turns it into a genuine quantum simulator. We plan experiments on cutting-edge topics in quantum many body physics, including: non-equilibrium phenomena like prethermalization, quantum turbulence and collective BEC excitations. In addition, in the context of quantum technological applications, we plan to ...
Studying PHYsiology with NeXt generation Molecular imaging: SPHYNX (SPHYNX) Ghent University
Existing Total Body PET scanners are very expensive. In this project, we ensure that this fast technique can also provide high patient throughput. Using the latest monolithic detector technology, we propose a new design, departing from the classical positioning of the patient on a bed. We propose an upright scanner (similar to mm-wave scanners at airports or flat X-ray) using TOF technology. This optimizes the detector area and avoids time-consuming positioning of the patient. The purpose of this scanner is to study physiology in plants, veterinary animals and humans. The new design has a ...
Towards a collection management infrastructure for Flanders (DISSCO-VLAANDEREN) KU Leuven
DiSSCo is a new world-class Research Infrastructure for the physical and digital curation of
European natural science collections under common management and access policies. To make the
collections more visible and used, their associated data and media should become more Findable,
Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR). Representing the largest ever formal agreement
between natural history museums, botanical gardens, zoos, universities and other collection-holding
institutions, DiSSCo enables the transformation of a fragmented landscape into an ...