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Nuria P. F. Lorente

Head of Research Data & Software at Australian Astronomical Optics Macquarie Univ

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Publications (26)

Proceedings Article | 26 July 2024 Presentation

Research software engineering as a model for inclusive and sustainable careers in astronomy

Nuria Lorente, Simon O'Toole, Elizabeth Davies, Tony Farrell, Brent Miszalski, Nuwanthika Fernando

Proceedings Volume 13098, 130980I (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020652

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Proceedings Article | 25 July 2024 Paper

MAVIS: The preliminary data reduction pipeline

Nuwanthika Fernando, Nuria Lorente, Richard McDermid, Anthony Horton, Lance Luvaul

Proceedings Volume 13101, 131013L (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019458

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Calibration, Image processing, Distortion, Astrometry, Data processing, Spectral data processing, Astronomical software, Observational astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 25 July 2024 Paper

Python and pipelines: Python interfaces for ESO’s CPL and HDRL data reduction libraries

Anthony Horton, Anthony Heng, Aidan Farrell, Mrunmayi Deshpande, Brent Miszalski, Nuwanthika Fernando, Nuria Lorente, Ralf Palsa, Lars Lundin, Armin Gabasch

Proceedings Volume 13101, 131013Q (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019678

KEYWORDS: Prototyping, Algorithm development, Equipment, Standards development, Observatories, Interfaces, Design, Data processing, Data conversion, Statistical methods

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Presentation + Paper

MAVIS: imager and spectrograph

Simon Ellis, Ross Zhelem, Anthony Horton, Timothy Chin, Nuwanthika Fernando, Max Hewlett, Nuria Lorente, Summer Luo, Richard McDermid, Helen McGregor, David Robertson, Christian Schwab, Scott Smedley, Lew Waller, Jessica Zheng, Johan Kosmalski, Giovanni Cresci, Trevor Mendel, Andrea Bianco, David Brodrick, Jennifer Burgess, Dionne Haynes, Davide Greggio, Robert Content, François Rigaut

Proceedings Volume 13096, 130961B (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018606

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Tunable filters, Imaging systems, Equipment, Visible radiation, Adaptive optics, Spatial resolution, Mirrors, Charge-coupled devices, Design

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Design of the near infrared camera DIRAC for East Anatolia Observatory

Ross Zhelem, Robert Content, Vladimir Churilov, Yevgen Kripak, Lew Waller, Scott Case, Slavko Mali, Rolf Muller, Mario Gonzalez, David Adams, Nick Binos, Timothy Chin, Tony Farrell, Urs Klauser, Yuriy Kondrat, Nirmala Kunwar, Jon. Lawrence, Nuria Lorente, Summer Luo, Erica Mcdonald, Helen McGregor, Vijay Nichani, Naveen Pai, Minh Vuong, Jahanzeb Zahoor, Jessica Zheng, Barnaby Norris, Julia Bryant, Annino Vaccarella, Nick Herrald, James Gilbert, Cahit Yesilyaprak, Bulent Gucsav, Deniz Coker, Onur Keskin, Laurent Jolissaint

Proceedings Volume 12184, 1218440 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629716

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Cameras, Optical filters, Telescopes, Adaptive optics, Lenses, Cryogenics, Mirrors, Image quality, Coronagraphy

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

Development of the FOBOS focal plane positioner

David Adams, Jon Lawrence, Helen McGregor, Ellie O'Brien, Celestina Lacombe, Nuria Lorente, Michael Goodwin, Rebecca Brown, Michael Thomakos, Tayyaba Zafar, Nick MacDonald, Kyle Westfall, Kevin Bundy, Renate Kupke, Marc Kassis, Claire Poppett

Proceedings Volume 12184, 121846K (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2627289

KEYWORDS: Galactic astronomy, Spectrographs, Robots, Spectroscopy, Optical fibers, Glasses, Astronomical imaging, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

MAVIS: imager and spectrograph

Ellis Simon, Anthony Horton, Christian Schwab, Timothy Chin, Robert Content, Nuwanthika Fernando, Nuria Lorente, Richard McDermid, Mahesh Mohanan, Helen McGregor, Jacob Pember, David Robertson, Scott Smedley, Will Saunders, Lew Waller, Ross Zhelem, Jessica Zheng, Johan Kosmalski, Giovanni Cresci, Trevor Mendel, Andrea Bianco, David Brodrick, Jennifer Burgess, Dionne Haynes, Davide Greggio, François Rigaut, Alessio Zanutta

Proceedings Volume 12184, 1218409 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629238

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Imaging systems, Mirrors, Adaptive optics, Spatial resolution, Visible radiation, Imaging spectroscopy, Spherical lenses, Spectroscopy, Diffraction

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

TAIPAN starbugs: commissioning and the start of science observations

Rebecca Brown, Tony Farrell, Nuwanthika Fernando, Michael Goodwin, Anthony Horton, Celestina Lacombe, Jon Lawrence, Nuria Lorente, Helen McGregor, Ellie O'Brien, Lewis Waller, Tayyaba Zafar, Jessica Zheng

Proceedings Volume 12184, 121840Y (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629109

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Metrology, Connectors, Optical fibers, Spectrographs, Astronomical spectroscopy, Mechanical positioning systems, Technology

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

MANIFEST@GMT science overview: a multi-interface, multi-mode instrument science and simulations

Tayyaba Zafar, Jonathan Lawrence, Jessica Zheng, David Adams, Vitor Hartmann, Celestina Lacombe, Michael Goodwin, Nuria Lorente, Ellie O'Brien, Will Saunders, Helen McGregor, Lew Waller, Nirmala Kunwar, Daniel Faes, Jennifer Marshall, Darren DePoy, Alexandar Ji, Dennis Zaritsky, Casey Papovich, Steven Finkelstein, Andrew Szentgyorgyi, Roderik Overzier, Kyler Kuehn, Luca Cortese, Scott Croom, Sarah Martell, Matthew Colless, Anilkumar Mailvaganam, Andrew Hopkins, Magda Arnaboldi, Céline Péroux, Christian Johnson

Proceedings Volume 12184, 1218417 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628142

KEYWORDS: Galactic astronomy, Spectrographs, Stars, Interfaces, Telescopes, Polarimetry, Kinematics, Radio astronomy, Gamma radiation, Device simulation

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Paper

The MANIFEST pre-concept design

J. Lawrence, S. Ben-Ami, A. Braulio, M. Colless, A. Contos, D. DePoy, D. Faes, P. Gillingham, M. Goodwin, E. Houston, K. Kuehn, C. Lacombe, N. Lorente, S. Mali, J. Marshall, H. McGregor, R. Millan-Gabet, V. Nichani, V. Neves Hartmann, E. O'Brien, C. Oliveira, H. Ortolan, P. Pires, R. Ribeiro, W. Saunders, L. Schmidt, A. Souza, A. Szentgyorgyi, L. Waller, T. Zafar, J. Zheng

Proceedings Volume 11447, 1144728 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2563238

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Spectrographs, Field spectroscopy, Spectral resolution, Prototyping, Optical instrument design, Optical fibers, Glasses, Robots, Galactic astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Paper

Starbugs field-allocation simulations for FOBOS

Michael Goodwin, David Adams, Kevin Bundy, Renate Kupke, Celestina Lacombe, Jon Lawrence, Nuria Lorente, Nick MacDonald, Helen McGregor, Ellie O’Brien, Claire Poppett, Lew Waller, Kyle Westfall, Jessica Zheng

Proceedings Volume 11447, 114477Y (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560885

KEYWORDS: Device simulation, Telescopes, Spectroscopes, Detection and tracking algorithms, Robotics, Optical fibers, Fiber optics, Spectrographs, Target detection, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 3 January 2020 Paper

Steering Starbugs: routing autonomous fibre positioners for TAIPAN

Nuwanthika Fernando, Carlos Bacigalupo, Tony Farrell, Nuria Lorente

Proceedings Volume 11203, 1120316 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2541296

KEYWORDS: Robots, Optical fibers, Astronomical imaging, Databases, Robotics, Astronomical telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 3 January 2020 Paper

The TAIPAN Starbugs fibre positioner and spectrograph: integration, commissioning, and initial performance

Nuria P. Lorente, Michael Birchall, Rebecca Brown, Scott Case, Steve Chapman, Vladimir Churilov, Tony Farrell, Nuwanthika Fernando, Michael Goodwin, Anthony Horton, Urs Klauser, Kyler Kuehn, Jon Lawrence, Slavko Mali, Helen McGregor, Rolf Muller, Vijay Nichani, Naveen Pai, Scott Smedley, Minh Vuong, Lewis Waller, Ross Zhelem

Proceedings Volume 11203, 112030C (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2541306

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Robots, Telescopes, Robotic systems, Galactic astronomy, Control systems, Metrology, Optical fibers, Extragalactic astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 13 July 2018 Paper

Wide-field multi-object spectroscopy with MANIFEST

Jon Lawrence, Sagi Ben-Ami, David Brown, Rebecca Brown, Scott Case, Timothy Chin, Matthew Colless, Adam Contos, Darren Depoy, Ian Evans, Daniel Faes, Tony Farrell, Peter Gillingham, Michael Goodwin, Sungwook Hong, Narae Hwang, Wong-Seob Jeong, Urs Klauser, Kyler Kuehn, Nuria Lorente, Slavko Mali, Jennifer Marshall, Helen McGregor, Rolf Muller, Rafael Millan-Gabet, Vijay Nichani, Claudia Oliveria, Henrique Ortolan, naveen Pai, Sung-Joon Park, Travis Prochaska, Will Saunders, Luke Schmidt, Aline Souza, Andrew Szentgyorgyi, Lew Waller, Ross Zhelem

Proceedings Volume 10702, 10702A6 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314178

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Spectrographs, Optical instrument design

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Paper

Acquisition and guiding for TAIPAN using Starbugs

Carlos Bacigalupo, Michael Goodwin, Rebecca Brown, David Brown, Scott Case, Tony Farrell, Kyler Kuehn, Nuria Lorente

Proceedings Volume 10706, 107065V (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2307057

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Stars, Telescopes, Metrology, Polymers, Target acquisition, Calibration, Distortion, Point spread functions, Control systems

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Proceedings Article | 9 July 2018 Presentation

TAIPAN: the AAO's first Starbug positioner and spectrograph (Conference Presentation)

Nuria P. Lorente, Kyler Kuehn, Jon Lawrence, Carlos Bacigalupo, David Brown, Rebecca Brown, Scott Case, Steve Chapman, Vladimir Churilov, Robert Content, Tony Farrell, Michael Goodwin, Urs Klauser, Slavko Mali, Rolf Muller, Vijay Nichani, Naveen Pai, Scott Smedley, Minh Vuong, Lewis Waller, Ross Zhelem, Helen McGregor

Proceedings Volume 10702, 107021A (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313032

KEYWORDS: Astronomical imaging, Telescopes, Spectroscopes, Spectrographs, Observatories, Prototyping, Robots, Optical fibers, Glasses, Galactic astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 9 August 2016 Paper

The MANIFEST prototyping design study

Jonathan Lawrence, Sagi Ben-Ami, David Brown, Rebecca Brown, Scott Case, Steve Chapman, Vladimir Churilov, Matthew Colless, Robert Content, Darren Depoy, Ian Evans, Tony Farrell, Michael Goodwin, George Jacoby, Urs Klauser, Kyler Kuehn, Nuria P. Lorente, Slavko Mali, Jennifer Marshall, Rolf Muller, Vijay Nichani, Naveen Pai, Travis Prochaska, Will Saunders, Luke Schmidt, Keith Shortridge, Nicholas Staszak, Andrew Szentgyorgyi, Julia Tims, Minh Vuong, Lewis Waller, Ross Zhelem

Proceedings Volume 9908, 99089O (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232412

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Prototyping, Spectrographs, Optical instrument design, Optical instrument design, Cameras, Interfaces, Connectors, Metrology, Glasses, Galactic astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 2 August 2016 Paper

AAO Starbugs: software control and associated algorithms

Nuria Lorente, Minh Vuong, Keith Shortridge, Tony Farrell, Scott Smedley, Sungwook Hong, Carlos Bacigalupo, Michael Goodwin, Kyler Kuehn, Christophe Satorre

Proceedings Volume 9913, 99130U (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233685

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Software development, Control systems, Detection and tracking algorithms, Robots, Glasses, Metrology, Cameras, Distortion, Calibration

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2016 Paper

TAIPAN instrument fibre positioner and Starbug robots: engineering overview

Nicholas Staszak, Jon Lawrence, David Brown, Rebecca Brown, Ross Zhelem, Michael Goodwin, Kyler Kuehn, Nuria P. Lorente, Vijay Nichani, Lew Waller, Scott Case, Robert Content, Andrew Hopkins, Urs Klauser, Naveen Pai, Rolf Mueller, Slavko Mali, Minh Vuong

Proceedings Volume 9912, 99121W (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233583

KEYWORDS: Metrology, Telescopes, Glasses, Connectors, Cameras, Control systems, Space telescopes, Fiber science, Electronics, Coating

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Proceedings Article | 7 August 2014 Paper

Starbug fibre positioning robots: performance and reliability enhancements

David Brown, Scott Case, James Gilbert, Michael Goodwin, Daniel Jacobs, Kyler Kuehn, Jon Lawrence, Nuria P. F. Lorente, Vijay Nichani, Will Saunders, Nick Staszac, Julia Tims

Proceedings Volume 9151, 91511A (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055594

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Connectors, Metrology, Glasses, Ceramics, Electrodes, Space telescopes, Reliability, Prototyping, Optical fibers

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Proceedings Article | 28 July 2014 Paper

The MANIFEST fibre positioning system for the Giant Magellan Telescope

Jon Lawrence, David Brown, Jurek Brzeski, Scott Case, Matthew Colless, Tony Farrell, Luke Gers, James Gilbert, Michael Goodwin, George Jacoby, Andrew Hopkins, Michael Ireland, Kyler Kuehn, Nuria P. Lorente, Stan Miziarski, Rolf Muller, Vijay Nichani, Azizi Rakman, Samuel Richards, Will Saunders, Nick Staszak, Julia Tims, Minh Vuong, Lew Waller

Proceedings Volume 9147, 914794 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055742

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Telescopes, Prototyping, Glasses, Metrology, Connectors, Optical fabrication, Coating, Astronomical telescopes, Optical fibers

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2014 Paper

Field target allocation and routing algorithms for Starbugs

Michael Goodwin, Nuria P. Lorente, Christophe Satorre, Sungwook Hong, Kyler Kuehn, Jon Lawrence

Proceedings Volume 9152, 91520S (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055047

KEYWORDS: Detection and tracking algorithms, Algorithm development, Stars, Telescopes, Galactic astronomy, Robotics, Device simulation, Metrology, Prototyping, Computer simulations

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Proceedings Article | 8 July 2014 Paper

TAIPAN: optical spectroscopy with StarBugs

Kyler Kuehn, Jon Lawrence, David Brown, Scott Case, Matthew Colless, Robert Content, Luke Gers, James Gilbert, Michael Goodwin, Andrew Hopkins, Michael Ireland, Nuria Lorente, Rolf Muller, Vijay Nichani, Azizi Rakman, Samuel Richards, Will Saunders, Nick Staszak, Julia Tims, Lewis Waller

Proceedings Volume 9147, 914710 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055677

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Galactic astronomy, Stars, Astronomy, Prototyping, Control systems, Metrology, Optical spectroscopy, Spectroscopes, Astronomical imaging

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Proceedings Article | 23 July 2008 Paper

Science requirements for EAGLE for the E-ELT

C. Evans, M. Lehnert, J.-G. Cuby, S. Morris, A. Swinbank, W. Taylor, D. Alexander, N. Lorente, Y. Clénet, T. Paumard

Proceedings Volume 7014, 701462 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.787797

KEYWORDS: Galactic astronomy, Stars, Spectroscopy, Adaptive optics, Spatial resolution, Signal to noise ratio, Galaxy evolution, Spectral resolution, Physics, Point spread functions

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Proceedings Article | 14 July 2008 Paper

ALMA Observing Tool

Alan Bridger, David Clarke, Nuria P. F. Lorente, Hiroshi Yatagai, Marcus Schilling, Leonardo Testi, Rein Warmels

Proceedings Volume 7019, 70190R (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789108

KEYWORDS: Antimony, Observatories, Calibration, Visualization, Astronomy, Optical correlators, Antennas, Telescopes, Interferometry, Oscillators

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Proceedings Article | 27 June 2006 Paper

Specsim: the MIRI medium resolution spectrometer simulator

Nuria Lorente, Alistair Glasse, Gillian Wright, Macarena García-Marín

Proceedings Volume 6274, 62741F (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671240

KEYWORDS: Spectroscopy, Sensors, James Webb Space Telescope, Device simulation, Data modeling, Astronomy, Telescopes, Software development, Space telescopes, Image sensors

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Conference Committee Involvement (4)

Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy VIII

16 June 2024 | Yokohama, Japan

Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy VII

17 July 2022 | Montréal, Québec, Canada

Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy VI

14 December 2020 | Online Only, California, United States

Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy VI

13 December 2020 | San Diego, California, United States

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