Mr. Thomas Bierwirth Profile

Thomas Bierwirth

Software Project Manager / Architect at European Southern Observatory

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Proceedings Article | 25 July 2024 Presentation + Paper

Time allocation and long term scheduling of ESO telescopes at La Silla Paranal Observatory

M. Rejkuba, O. Hainaut, T. Bierwirth, M. Pruemm, A. Weiss

Proceedings Volume 13098, 130981M (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019206

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Databases, Observatories, Human-machine interfaces, Calibration, Astronomy, Astronomical software, Optical interferometry, Large telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 26 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Evolution of VLTI science operations: supporting imaging, astrometry, and monitoring types of interferometric observations

Markus Wittkowski, Giacomo Beccari, Thomas Bierwirth, Stéphane Brillant, Paula Correia dos Santos, Olivier Hainaut, Xavier Haubois, Christian Hummel, Stéphane Marteau, Antoine Mérand, Steffen Mieske, Sangeeta Mysore, Claudia Paladini, Ferdinando Patat, John Pritchard, Michael Pruemm, Marina Rejkuba, Konrad R. Tristram

Proceedings Volume 12183, 121830X (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2627302

KEYWORDS: Interferometry, Stars, Observatories, Turbulence, Telescopes, Calibration, Adaptive optics, Interferometers, Efficient operations

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Proceedings Article | 25 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

The new ESO Phase1 system: from the call for proposals to the OPC review process

Francesca Primas, Ferdinando Patat, Thomas Bierwirth, Dario Dorigo, Fabio Sogni, Stanislaw Podgorski, Lucas Astolfi

Proceedings Volume 12186, 121860M (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630357

KEYWORDS: Efficient operations, Telescopes, Interfaces, Human-machine interfaces, Databases, Visualization

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Proceedings Article | 25 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Preparing observations for ESO telescopes: a versatile approach

Giacomo Beccari, Thomas Bierwirth, Michael Pruemm, Paula Cristina Correia dos Santos, Vincenzo Forchì, Stéphane Brillant, Olivier Hainaut, Stéphane Marteau, Andrea Mehner, Steffen Mieske, Sangeeta Mysore, Monika Petr-Gotzens, John Pritchard, Marina Rejkuba, Lowell Tacconi-Garman, Markus Wittkowski

Proceedings Volume 12186, 121860N (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628991

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Stars, Observatories, Target acquisition, Interfaces, Databases, Astronomy

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SPIE Journal Paper | 11 May 2022 Open Access

End-to-end science operations in the era of Extremely Large Telescopes

Olivier Hainaut, Marie Lemoine-Busserolle, Christophe Dumas, Robert Goodrich, Bryan W. Miller, Michael Sterzik, Thomas Bierwirth, Sidney Wolff, Andrew Stephens, Gelys Trancho, Warren Skidmore, Kim Gillies

JATIS, Vol. 8, Issue 02, 021508, (May 2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.8.2.021508

KEYWORDS: Observatories, Telescopes, Large telescopes, Data archive systems, Calibration, Astronomy, Interfaces, Databases, Data processing, Gemini Observatory

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Flexible and dynamic observing at the ESO Very Large Telescope

T. Bierwirth, B. Amarandei, G. Beccari, S. Brillant, B. Dumitru, S. Mieske, M. Pasquato, M. Pruemm, M. Rejkuba, P. Santos, L. Tacconi-Garman, I. Vera

Proceedings Volume 10704, 107041K (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313167

KEYWORDS: Databases, Computer architecture, Human-machine interfaces, Observatories, Computer programming, Telescopes, Java

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Proceedings Article | 8 August 2016 Paper

The ESO astronomical site monitor upgrade

Gianluca Chiozzi, Heiko Sommer, Marc Sarazin, Thomas Bierwirth, Dario Dorigo, Ignacio Vera Sequeiros, Julio Navarrete, Diego Del Valle

Proceedings Volume 9913, 991314 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232302

KEYWORDS: Astronomy, Observatories, Sensors, Telescopes, Databases, Atmospheric sensing, Control systems, Data modeling, Lanthanum, Java

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2016 Paper

Operations of the laser traffic control system in Paranal

P. Santos, P. Amico, D. Summers, P. Duhoux, R. Arsenault, T. Bierwirth, H. Kuntschner, P.-Y. Madec, M. Pruemm, M. Rejkuba

Proceedings Volume 9910, 991024 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231662

KEYWORDS: Observatories, Telescopes, Data archive systems, Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, Data storage, Prototyping, Databases, Data modeling, Data acquisition, Space telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 24 September 2012 Paper

ESO Archive data and metadata model

Adam Dobrzycki, Cristiano da Rocha, Ignacio Vera, My-Hà Vuong, Thomas Bierwirth, Vincenzo Forchì, Nathalie Fourniol, Christophe Moins, Stefano Zampieri

Proceedings Volume 8451, 845119 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925341

KEYWORDS: Data archive systems, Data modeling, Databases, Data processing, Interfaces, Astronomy, Observatories, Telescopes, Data storage, Calibration

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Proceedings Article | 24 September 2012 Paper

Evolution of the phase 2 preparation and observation tools at ESO

D. Dorigo, B. Amarand, T. Bierwirth, Y. Jung, P. Santos, F. Sogni, I. Vera

Proceedings Volume 8451, 84511B (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926893

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Databases, Java, Astronomical telescopes, Software development, Data modeling, Observatories, Algorithm development, Astronomy, Space telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 30 July 2010 Paper

New observing concepts for ESO survey telescopes

T. Bierwirth, T. Szeifert, D. Dorigo, P. Nunes, M. Rejkuba, K. Baugh, M. Klein Gebbinck, A. Manning, D. Muravov, I. Vera

Proceedings Volume 7737, 77370W (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.858815

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Transparency, Observatories, Databases, Visibility, Astronomical telescopes, Algorithm development, Space telescopes, Large telescopes, Infrared telescopes

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