Session

THBR MC10 Software Architecture and Technology Evolution

THBR
25 Sept 2025, 10:45
Red Lacquer Room (Palmer House Hilton Chicago)

Red Lacquer Room

Palmer House Hilton Chicago

17 East Monroe Street Chicago, IL 60603, United States of America

Conveners

THBR MC10 Software Architecture and Technology Evolution

  • Tim Wilksen (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY)
  • Ralph Lange (ITER Organization)

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Luigi Andolfato (European Southern Observatory)
25/09/2025, 10:45
MC10: Software Architecture & Technology Evolution
Contributed Oral Presentation

The 39m diameter primary mirror of the ESO Extremely Large Telescope, currently under construction at Cerro Armazones in Chile, is composed of 798 hexagonal segments. Each segment is equipped with several sensors and actuators to measure and adjust its position. The control algorithm uses 24000 I/O points, distributed over 1195 square meters, to dynamically maintain the alignment and the shape...

Nicolas ROUX (Centre d'Études Scientifiques et Techniques d'Aquitaine)
25/09/2025, 11:00
MC10: Software Architecture & Technology Evolution
Contributed Oral Presentation

The Laser MegaJoule, a 176-beam laser facility developed by CEA, is located near Bordeaux. It is part of the French Simulation Program, which combines improvement of theoretical models used in various domains of physics and high performance numerical simulation. It is designed to deliver about 1.4 MJ of energy on targets, for high energy density physics experiments, including fusion...

Amol Jaikar (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory)
25/09/2025, 11:15
MC10: Software Architecture & Technology Evolution
Contributed Oral Presentation

As particle accelerator control systems evolve in complexity and scale, the need for responsive, scalable, and cost-effective computational infrastructure becomes increasingly critical. Function-as-a-Service (FaaS) offers an alternative to traditional monolithic architecture by enabling event-driven execution, automatic scaling, and fine-grained resource utilization. This paper explores the...

Martin Teichmann (European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser)
25/09/2025, 11:30
MC10: Software Architecture & Technology Evolution
Contributed Oral Presentation

EtherCAT has become a popular communication protocol for controlling equipment in large facilities. Although it is an open standard that can be used on common hardware, commercial solutions on specialized hardware are usually employed. Here we introduce EBPFCat, a fully open-source implementation of the EtherCAT protocol that can be used on any modern Linux system without the need to write...

Steffen Hauf (European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser)
25/09/2025, 11:45
MC10: Software Architecture & Technology Evolution
Contributed Oral Presentation

Karabo is a SCADA system developed at the European XFEL to facilitate operations in a complex and flexible control environment, and to ingest and process data from diverse sources, including MHz-rate detectors, frequently with tight time correlation requirements.
In this contribution an overview of the current state of the Karabo Ecosystem is given and recent developments are presented. These...

Emilio Jose Morales Alejandre (ALBA Synchrotron (Spain))
25/09/2025, 12:00
MC10: Software Architecture & Technology Evolution
Contributed Oral Presentation

The ALBA Synchrotron (Barcelona, Spain) has been operating as a 3 GeV facility for over 10 years and is now preparing its transition to ALBA II, a fourth-generation light source. As part of this planned upgrade, we are evaluating state-of-the-art technologies that could shape the future of our Tango Control System. In particular, we investigate how asynchronous programming can enhance system...

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