observatory operations

Astronomical Scheduling in the Era of Big Observatories

Scheduling has been a common problem to all astronomical observatories due to the limited telescope time compared to the time request from the community. However, when the complexity scale of the observatories increases, along with the construction …

ALMA engineering fault detection framework

The Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) Observatory, with its 66 individual radiotelescopes and other central equipment, generates a massive set of monitoring data everyday, collecting information on the performance of a variety of …

Todo por la Ciencia (in Spanish)

In this TV program, we talk about how the work we do in operations research in astronomical observatories can help developments in other areas.

Model-based fault detection and diagnosis in ALMA subsystems

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) observatory, with its 66 individual telescopes and other central equipment, generates a massive set of monitoring data every day, collecting information on the performance of a variety of …