André Csillaghy Head of the Institute of 4D Technologies (i4Ds) University of Applied Sciences North Western Switzerland (FHNW) Steinackerstrasse 5 CH-5210 Windisch, Switzerland

Phone:+41-56-462-4062
Fax:+41-56-462-4482
email andre dot csillaghy at fhnw dot ch

Last update Feb 2011

Past projects

Mass Image Processing in large Data Archives

We design and develop a framework for processing very large (or continuous) streams of images. The framework will allow easy integration of data analysis modules, in particular image processing algorithms. It allows ranking of interesting images in a list in a very similar way google presents information. We are testing this method on data from the french-italian THEMIS instrument, archived at BASS2000, as well as on the SUMER data on board the NASA/ESA SOHO spacecraft, (which, by the way, we use as testbed for future SDO data). This project is in collaboration with LESIA in Paris.

Check out this presentation for more information.

In this context, we will organize the next solar image processing workshop in Switzerland September 12-16, 2010, in Les Diablerets.

VSO Augmentation

This project will enhance the scientific utility of NASA's Virtual Solar Observatory (VSO) by providing desktop software tools. Presently, the VSO provides a Web-based utility for finding data sets using metadata search parameters.  The result of the search is a set of links for downloading the data files.  In order to use the downloaded files, the user must have knowledge about each specific data set and the software needed to read, correct, display, and compare the data.

We develop desktop tools that merge the existing search and retrieval architecture behind the current Web interface to the VSO with analysis and display modules that will facilitate comparing data from different instruments and from theoretical predictions.  These tools will be based on modules that we have already developed for the joint analysis of solar observations. The resulting capabilities of the effort will allow scientists to find and use VSO data more easily and efficiently without worrying about the detailed technical aspects of the individual instruments.

This is a collaboration with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

Check the latest poster from AGU 2008.

Scientific Visualisation in Virtual Reality Studios

This project focused on the visualization of scientific data in 3D space.

Check the first and second movies for an idea about how it works (files are big!).

Grids and Virtual Monitors

The European Grid of Solar Observations (EGSO), an IST project. In this project, our group designed and developed of the consumer system, and co-managed of the overall software development. We are currently working on the continuation of this project