Vasileios Vlachakis 28-19/05/2015 Mid-Term Review Early Stage Researcher 1.3, Work Package 1 Mid-Term Review 28-19/05/2015

Background Professional experience Studies 2014 2001 Surveyor at CERN, attached to the Experiments Group of the Large Scale Metrology. (Employed by the French company SINTEGRA). Freelancer Surveying Engineer, involved in various applications of land surveying. Surveying Engineer, in a highway construction site, at Southern Greece. (Employed by the Greek company STRAKTOR). Surveying Engineer, during the military service at the Hellenic Army. Studies High Precision Surveying Applications at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Rural and Surveying Engineering at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Physics at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (not completed). 2014 2001 Background Vasileios Vlachakis, ESR1.3 PACMAN Mid-Term Review 28-29/05/2015

Position overview Starting date: 1st March 2014 Project title: Micro-triangulation for high accuracy short range measurements of dynamic objects. Home Institution: European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva Host Institution: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich Thesis supervisor: Prof. Dr. Markus Rothacher CERN supervisor: Jean-Frederic Fuchs Industry supervisor: Dr. Heinrich Schwenke Secondments: Aug. 2014 (1M) Sept. – Nov. 2014 (3M) mid-Feb. – May 2015 (3.5M) Position overview Vasileios Vlachakis, ESR1.3 PACMAN Mid-Term Review 28-29/05/2015

PhD Thesis Starting date: 3rd April 2014 Thesis title: Micro-triangulation for high accuracy short range measurements of dynamic objects. Status: Provisionally admitted to the Doctoral Studies. Enrolled in spring 2015 semester (3 courses). Research plan in progress Deadline 31.8.2015. Credits: Required 12 Already obtained 0 (officially) Acquired 10-11 (unofficially) PhD Thesis Vasileios Vlachakis, ESR1.3 PACMAN Mid-Term Review 28-29/05/2015

State of the art/ QDaedalus Developed at ETH Zurich Based on Industrial Theodolites/Total Stations Consists of hardware and software developments Replaces eye piece with CCD camera, non destructively Uses Object Target Recognition State of the art/ QDaedalus Vasileios Vlachakis, ESR1.3 PACMAN Mid-Term Review 28-29/05/2015

State of the art/ QDaedalus Hardware Software Previous results Leica TDA5005 (produced since 1996) CCD Guppy (4.65μm pixel size) Software Qt, C++, OpenCV Previous results State of the art/ QDaedalus Vasileios Vlachakis, ESR1.3 PACMAN Mid-Term Review 28-29/05/2015

Research gap Precise and robust wire detection Global geodetic least squares adjustment (spherical targets + the wire) On-line calibration (integration of systematic errors) Simulation of the whole system for better study Limitations of the system and possible ways to overcome Research gap Vasileios Vlachakis, ESR1.3 PACMAN Mid-Term Review 28-29/05/2015

Project/ To measure the targets (fiducials) and the stretched wire in a common coordinate system Project/ Contribution Portable, time and cost efficient metrology solution Automatic, numerous, accurate measurements Vasileios Vlachakis, ESR1.3 PACMAN Mid-Term Review 28-29/05/2015

Project/ Detect the spheres and the stretch wire Methodology Measure horizontal & vertical angles (scale?) Vasileios Vlachakis, ESR1.3 PACMAN Mid-Term Review 28-29/05/2015

Project/ Tasks Adapt the system to the Upgrade the system Control several instruments Apr 15 Enhance Auto-Focus May 15 Automatize exposure time Jun 15 Adapt the system to the PACMAN project Test new FSI targets Jul 15 Detect the stretched wire Sept 15 Simulate configuration Nov 15 Project/ Tasks Inter-compare with FSI Jan 16 Measure on the PACMAN bench Aug 16 Improve GUI Test Leica TS50 Improve connectivity Extrapolate to a portable solution Dec 16 Vasileios Vlachakis, ESR1.3 PACMAN Mid-Term Review 28-29/05/2015

Project/ Results Simulations Vasileios Vlachakis, ESR1.3 PACMAN Mid-Term Review 28-29/05/2015

Project/ Results Auto-Focusing algorithm Vasileios Vlachakis, ESR1.3 PACMAN Mid-Term Review 28-29/05/2015

Project/ Results Comparison between CMM and μ-Triangulation Vasileios Vlachakis, ESR1.3 PACMAN Mid-Term Review 28-29/05/2015

Project/ Results Wire detection algorithm @ETHZ Vasileios Vlachakis, ESR1.3 PACMAN Mid-Term Review 28-29/05/2015

Training/ @CERN ? Technical Languages Introduction to Metrology 16 h Advanced course in FSI, Etalon AG 16 h AXEL: Introduction to Particle Accelerators 15 h Languages General and Professional French courses (Level 3) 60 h Communication and Personal Development Communication course for guides 4 h Team-based Interventions 8 h Making presentations 24 h Administration CERN Induction Programme 16 h CERN EDMS - Introduction 8 h Introduction to EDH and HRT 1 h Secure e-mail and Web browsing 2 h Indico for beginners - Meeting Organization 2 h ? 1 credit 2 credits Training/ @CERN Vasileios Vlachakis, ESR1.3 PACMAN Mid-Term Review 28-29/05/2015

Training/ @ETHZ Physical Geodesy and Geodynamics 4 credits Lectures: 28 h, Labs: 11 h, homework: 59 h Total: 98 h Project Parameter Estimation 3 credits Lectures: 27 h, Homework: 54 h Total: 81 h Industrial Metrology and Machine Vision 4 credits Lectures: 22 h, Labs: 13 h, Homework: 68 h Total: 103 h IT courses C/C++ 2 h LaTeX 4 h MATLAB 4 h HTML, CSS 2 h Geomatics seminars Recent Advances in Terrestrial Radar Interferometry 2 h Bathymetry of lakes: Exploring the underwater world 2 h Training/ @ETHZ Vasileios Vlachakis, ESR1.3 PACMAN Mid-Term Review 28-29/05/2015

Training/ @Etalon AG Frequency Scanning Interferometry principles and technology Absolute Multiline software and hardware Coordinate Measuring Machine manual use and measurements of geometric deviations Training/ @Etalon AG Vasileios Vlachakis, ESR1.3 PACMAN Mid-Term Review 28-29/05/2015

Dissemination & Outreach International Workshop on Accelerator Alignment (IWAA 2014), 13-17 October, Beijing. Co-author (with Solomon) in the conference note: PACMAN study of FSI and Micro-triangulation for the pre-alignment of CLIC. ETH Zurich PhD students’ day, 22 October 2014, Zurich. Presentation of the poster: QDaedalus for the CLIC pre-alignment study in the frame of PACMAN training network. Large Volume Metrology Conference (LVMC 2014), 19-20 November, Manchester. Attendance and contribution to the presentation: Metrology and Alignment of the Components of CLIC in the PACMAN Project given by Solomon William Kamugasa. Milestone M1-7 document, November 2014. Document: Specification of Micro-triangulation software and hardware. Dissemination & Outreach Vasileios Vlachakis, ESR1.3 PACMAN Mid-Term Review 28-29/05/2015

Dissemination & Outreach CLIC Workshop 2015, 26-30 January 2015, Geneva. Attendance and contribution (with Solomon) to the presentation: Metrology and pre-alignment of the components of CLIC in the PACMAN project given by myself. 1st PACMAN Workshop, 02-04 February 2015, Geneva. Attendance and presentation: Micro-triangulation for high accuracy short range measurements of dynamic objects. Swiss National Report on the Geodetic activities in the years 2011 to 2015. Co-author (with Solomon) in the article: FSI and Micro-Triangulation Study for the Pre-alignment of CLIC in the PACMAN Project. Dissemination & Outreach Vasileios Vlachakis, ESR1.3 PACMAN Mid-Term Review 28-29/05/2015

Networking Vasileios Vlachakis, ESR1.3 PACMAN Mid-Term Review 28-29/05/2015

Impact Training Personal Job Research Career Opportunities Development State-of-the-art Research Training Career Development Personal Development Networking Vasileios Vlachakis, ESR1.3 PACMAN Mid-Term Review 28-29/05/2015

Thank you for your attention Mid-Term Review 28-19/05/2015 Vasileios Vlachakis ESR 1.3, WP 1