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Westerhoff, W. (author), Donders, T. (author), Luthi, S. (author)ICDP workshop COring the NOrth Sea Cenozoic focused on the scientific objectives and the technical aspects of drilling and sampling. Some 55 participants attended the meeting, ranging from climate scientists, drilling engineers, and geophysicists to stratigraphers and public outreach experts. Discussion on the proposed research sharpened the...article 2016
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Mora, A. (author), Biermann, M. (author), Bombrun, A. (author), Boyadjian, J. (author), Chassat, F. (author), Corberand, P. (author), Davidson, M. (author), Doyle, D. (author), Escolar, D. (author), Gielesen, W.L.M. (author), Guilpain, T. (author), Hernandez, J. (author), Kirschner, V. (author), Klioner, S.A. (author), Koeck, C. (author), Laine, B. (author), Lindegren, L. (author), Serpell, E. (author), Tatry, P. (author), Thoral, P. (author)The Gaia all-sky astrometric survey is challenged by several issues affecting the spacecraft stability. Amongst them, we find the focus evolution, straylight and basic angle variations Contrary to pre-launch expectations, the image quality is continuously evolving, during commissioning and the nominal mission. Payload decontaminations and...conference paper 2016
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Belleville, M. (author), Fanet, H. (author), Fiorini, P. (author), Nicole, P. (author), Pelgrom, M.J.M. (author), Piguet, C. (author), Hahn, R. (author), van Hoof, C. (author), Vullers, R. (author), Tartagni, M. (author), Cantatore, E. (author)Energy efficiency of electronic systems has emerged as one of the most important trends in integrated circuits research in recent years. The results of this continued effort are visible in all kinds of electronic functions: DSPs (reaching the 10 μW/MMAC according Gene's law), data converters (the FOM of recent ADCs is approaching 15 fJ...article 2010
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van Erp, J.B.F. (author), Kern, T.A. (author)Tactile and haptic interaction is becoming increasingly important and is no longer restricted to assistive technologies and special purpose computing environments. The technology has gone through numerous breakthroughs and replications and is now entering a period of developing empiricism, the phase in which the first benefits of this new...conference paper 2008