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Vil du være en del af cutting-edge videnskab og lære af nogle af landets førende eksperter inden for elektroteknologi og fotonik?⚡💡

Kom og vær med til Girls' Day in Science hos DTU Electro, hvor du vil lære om robotter, lys og internet.

Vi skaber bæredygtige forandringer i samfundet og har brug for netop dig i feltet!💪

Tilmelding👉 https://nvhus.nemtilmeld.dk/1115/

Hybrid PV summer school on photovoltaics 2022 - DONE!💪✅ Danmarks Tekniske Universitet - DTU and Syddansk Universitet – University of Southern Denmark jointly hosted the Hybrid PV summer school on photovoltaics 2022 last week. Twenty students had signed up online and physically for the hybrid event with exciting lectures and exercises within the field of photovoltaics.☀️ The PV summer school organizers, Morten Madsen, Vida Engmann, Gisele Benatto, Sergiu Spataru and Peter Behrensdorff Poulsen, are looking forward to seeing you at the PV summer school in 2024 which will be announced on https://pvsummerschool.com/ #dtudk #education #phd #solar #fotonik #photovoltaics #PV

🌈 The engineering industry is losing by not being actively inclusive of LGBTQIA+ people 🌈

DTU Electro is intersectional and we are pushing equity and safety for students and employees from all walks of life regardless of race, sexuality, gender, nationality, ability and class.

Engineering is behind the curve in terms of equality and diversity for LGBTQIA+ people. Not considering the individual impact of discrimination in education and the work place, businesses that employ engineers also suffer great financial losses as a result of the culture causing LGBTQIA+ employees to remain closeted. This is caused by the fact that the energy expended in hiding one's gender and sexuality can reduce someone’s productivity and engagement at work by up to 30% and could also reduce the productivity of those working around them.

DTU Electro is working to change this from the very core of the Danish engineering industry. This week we wish everyone a happy and safe pride, as we continue our fight for a more inclusive and equal industry.✊

👇 Read more about the impact of workplace discrimination towards LGBTQIA+ people in engineering 👇
https://interengineeringlgbt.com/tackling-homophobia-in-engineering/?fbclid=IwAR2wo87oM3yaAxtPtMcbqAnMKYAu4mNCa-1vjTcr0IxqvvaDd2GSbzBI-yE

📣 CALLING ALL INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS 📣
Would you like to meet with Siemens, Schneider Electric, Netcompany, NIRAS and more, to talk about the future of your career?

Danish Industry is hosting a career kickstarter event for international students primarily within life science and tech, but all are welcome. By joining this event you will receive tips on how to strengthen your connections and job opportunities already as a student, and you will meet and match with major Danish companies, who recruit international talent.

The event is free, you just need print your resumé for the event and register with the form provided in the link below.👇
https://www.state-of-denmark.com/to-copy_stateofdenmark_event_landingpage_template-4?hs_preview=DUYhmLrs-75791534350

JOIN PHD DEFENCE ONLINE
On Monday 11 July, Huaqing Qiu will defend his PhD thesis ‘Energy-efficient Integrated Optical Phased Array on Silicon-on-Insulator Platform' – and you are invited!

“Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) systems use 3D imaging to measure targets at long distances with high accuracy, and as a result, they are used in a wide range of technologies from autonomous driving to complex mapping. The next challenge for the lidar approach is miniaturization and integration into a single chip. Therefore, the integrated optical phased array (OPA) technique becomes a good candidate for the next generation LiDAR. Compared to mechanically rotated LiDAR, OPA LiDAR electronically steer the beam by creating a phase gradient between the integrated emitters, making the OPA LiDAR a true solid-state device because it does not have any moving parts. Moreover, silicon integrated chips are not only cheaper to produce, they are also smaller and consume less energy. These advantages allow it to be seamlessly integrated into many technologies without exhibiting its interference or interfering with the systems in which it is embedded.” says Huaqing Qiu. He continues:

"In my thesis, I first proposed and demonstrated a fabrication-robust and high-performance silicon optical phase shifter, this phase shifter can decrease the power consumption significantly (~8 times than normal). The simple structure and process make it a CMOS-compatible building block. After that, I proposed and demonstrated two types of energy-efficient silicon integrated optical phased array. One performs well on the far-field sidelobe suppression ratio which determines the signal quality of the beam, the other performs well on the field of view (FoV) and the resolution. I have achieved the reported largest FoV (162 degrees) in the horizontal direction. In addition, the corresponding resolution is 0.1 degree, which is equal to the resolution of the newest bulky commercial LiDAR."

Read more - and find the Zoom link:
https://www.fotonik.dtu.dk/kalender/arrangement?id=d670a163-8a75-41f9-bc1a-49c7d011678f

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On Wednesday 29 June, Frederik Emil Thorsson Schöller will defend his PhD thesis ‘Automatic Detection and Behaviour Prediction of Objects at Sea' – and you are invited!

“This thesis investigates the development of a visual perception system for autonomous surface vessels. Using a combination of heat-sensitive and visual range cameras, detection algorithms for ships and buoys are studied. A method for efficient tracking of detections is proposed in which detection features are reused for appearance embedding, removing the need for additional re-id data. Probabilistic trajectory prediction is investigated with awareness of the navigational fairways indicated in the sea charts. Finally, a novel approach to the identification of buoy light patterns is proposed.” says Frederik Schöller.

Read more - and find the Zoom link:
https://www.elektro.dtu.dk/kalender/arrangement?id=63d74472-2cd1-4461-b29c-8fb360984788

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On Wednesday 29 June, Sarvesh Agrawal will defend his PhD thesis ‘Influence of Audio Spatialization on Immersion in Audiovisual Experiences' – and you are invited!

“The growth in content streaming (e.g., Netflix), technological advancements in audio (e.g., spatial audio reproduction, miniaturization of transducers) and video (e.g., high-dynamic range, ultra-high definition, higher refresh rates), and the coronavirus pandemic have contributed to a phenomenon dubbed as “Hollywood comes home.” As the paradigm shifts further towards home entertainment, it is important to evaluate the experience enabled by domestic audiovisual technology for the end users. Although a lot of work has been conducted on the overall impression of audiovisual experiences from the perspective of quality, liking, etc., the focus in this work is on immersion (i.e., mental absorption/engagement) since it is an encompassing concept and a key factor for content creators, media companies, and the users.” says Sarvesh Agrawal. He continues:

"This research builds the foundation for establishing relationships between the physical parameters and immersion, which is instrumental for determining the factors that influence engagement."

Read more - and find the Zoom link:
https://www.fotonik.dtu.dk/kalender/arrangement?id=48137f70-4a64-464c-b39c-0c2f5599aaf1

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On Monday 27 June, Marie Claire Capolei will defend her PhD thesis ‘A Modular Bio-Inspired Architecture for Motor Learning and Control of Robotics Systems' – and you are invited!

“In the last decades, robots have been incrementally employed in any industrial process that could be dangerous and repetitive for human operators. In most of these industrial applications, robotic systems require a high level of intelligence and adaptation to overcome all the uncertainties and disturbances of real-world scenarios. Classical engineering methods mostly fail to solve the adaptation problem due to modeling errors and lack of real-time response. We investigated how the human brain adaptively controls body movements and we modeled these neural mechanisms for controlling multiple-degrees-of-freedom robotic systems. Special focus is given to the cerebellum, a neural structure pivotal for the learning and ex*****on of complex movements.” says Marie Claire. She continues:

"We propose a cerebellar-inspired learning and control solution that is suitable for real-time robotic applications in unknown and challenging scenarios. Thanks to our control solutions robots can rapidly learn to adapt their movements through the sensory experience like a brain-based organism would do. Moreover, we propose a novel hypothesis regarding the structural modularity for cerebellar-like robotic controllers from a macro and micro level perspectives and we validated through empirical robotic experiments recent neuroscientific theories regarding the cerebellar learning mechanisms."

Read more - and find the Zoom link:
https://www.aut.elektro.dtu.dk/calendar/arrangement?id=8217a54c-6063-4642-95de-3b2513bf5405

This is a picture of the humanoid robot iCub learning to control his movements through an adaptive control system inspired by the human’s central nervous system.

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On Tuesday 28 June, Frederik Klejs will defend his PhD thesis ‘Boundaries of Four-Wave Mixing Based Optical Signal Processing in Optical Communications' – and you are invited!

“This thesis considers methods of meeting the challenges that face the world of optical communications; the ever increasing demand for and use of data. As usage increases so too does the electricity consumption of the internet, and both electricity consumption and load threatens to grow beyond what can be handled by existing infrastructure. To meet these challenges we investigate spectrally highly efficient communication systems, such as the ones carrying data between continents, and using a frequency comb we push the boundaries of data rates at long distances. Novel technologies using all-optical signal processing techniques are studied, focusing on their limitations and the conditions under which they can be deployed as practical systems.” says Frederik Klejs. He continues:

"We find that optical time lenses can operate using coherent modulation formats, and that such systems can be deployed in dispersion uncompensated regimes, which resemble practical links. Further we find that -10 dB conversion efficiency maximizes the noise properties of optical wavelength converters. We show that dual-stage wavelength converters can be used for true any-2-any wavelength conversion within the band of operation of the nonlinear medium, and that such systems can be improved by using Raman amplification to operate beyond the limitations of stimulated Brillouin scattering."

Read more - and find the Zoom link:
https://www.fotonik.dtu.dk/kalender/arrangement?id=6bba347c-c0da-428e-8908-b43eb559055b

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On Monday 27 June, Aleksander Pruski will defend his PhD thesis ‘Time Sensitive Networking Ethernet: Architecture, Implementation and Applications' – and you are invited!

“Time Sensitive Networking Ethernet is a suite of openly standardized technologies aiming to enhance Ethernet with features to support real-time applications. Real-time applications are found in various areas, from industrial automation to in-vehicle networking,” says Aleksander Pruski. He continues:

"In this PhD thesis, we explored how an existing and proven Ethernet switch architecture can be enhanced with TSN features and developed a traffic scheduling method supporting this architecture."

Read more - and find the Zoom link:
https://lnkd.in/dxNKCyuk

Postdoc Ahmed Ammar has been awarded the Otto Mønsteds Fond Bright Idea Award 2022, for his PhD work on LED drivers.

"Ahmed Ammar has developed prototypes of an LED driver that is both smaller and more efficient than existing LED drivers.
These improvements enable new ways of using LEDs as light source, which will be a significant contribution to the green transition," the fond writes.

Read more (in Danish): https://lnkd.in/eZBsj8bD

Congratulations to Ahmed Ammar, who has been awarded DKK 250,000 for the further development of the idea.

“The next R&D activities," Ahmed Ammar says, "will mainly focus on bringing the technology closer to market by increasing the prototypes’ technology readiness level (TRL). With respect to commercialization, different strategies are currently considered; including the collaborative development of industrial solutions, as well as IP licensing.”

Photo: Otto Mønsteds Fond

Once more, the DTU Robcup has been a great success and an amazing experience!

And the winneeers aaare...

The First Prize and Best DTU robot goes to Melina
The Second Prize goes to Roadrunner
The Third Prize and Prize for Design and Effects goes to Viola
The fighter price goes to Simon
And the best Video Maker goes to Penguins: https://youtu.be/BWtnvnIUgOI

Big thanks to all participants and our sponsors.
We are already looking forward to next years event!

Pictures: Mikal Schlosser