IAC Projects

  • LGSF in GTC
    Development of the Laser Guide Star Facility (LGSF)

    The Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation and the IAC has signed the ERDF Agreement INSIDE-OOCC (8,139 keuros) to guarantee the implementation of 11 actions of the Strategic Plan approved for the Observatorios de Canarias (OOCC) in 2018. A bried summary of the strategic investments for the Laser Guide Star Facility Development (LGSF) are

    Marcos
    Reyes García-Talavera
    In progress
  • Plan de Transformación Digital
    Plan de Transformación Digital. Plan de Acción para la Transformación Digital del IAC 2021-2023

    According to the purposes of the Digital Transformation Plan published by the AGE, the Action Plan for the Digital Transformation of the IAC has been elaborated defining a set of projects to be executed in the period 2021-2023. The planned actions will be related to document management, the implementation of different solutions to improve the

    In progress
  • EUROCC
    EuroCC – National Competence Centres in the framework of EuroHPC

    Instituto Astrofísica de Canarias is a member of the National Center of Competences in High Performance Computing/Supercomputing (HPC), High Performance Data Analysis (HPDA) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) through the European project, EuroCC. The EuroCC project promotes the development of competences in HPC, HPDA and AI in the academic, the

    Carlos
    Allende Prieto
    In progress
  • Telescope Operations Group
    Enhance Technological Capabilities At The Observatories, Including The Joint Development Of State-Of-Art Instrumentation-INSIDE (OOCC)

    The Observatorios de Canarias (OOCC) represent the largest collection of professional solar and night-time telescopes in the world. The aim of the IAC´s telescopic installations operation project is the correct management of those installations of the IAC in the OOCC, as well as the IAC´s own instruments and the observing time enjoyed by other

    Alejandro
    Oscoz Abad
    In progress
  • EU Outermost Regions
    FORWARD - Fostering research excellence in EU Outermost Regions

    The overall objective of this project is to improve the Outermost Regions excellence in research and their innovation potential to strengthen their participation in EU research and innovation funded projects, and link research activities with territorial development.

    Rafael
    Rebolo López
    In progress
  • Example of state of the art 3-D simulation of the Sun
    The Whole Sun Project: Untangling the complex physical mechanisms behind our eruptive star and its twins

    The Sun is a magnetically active star with violent eruptions that can hit Earth´s magnetosphere and cause important perturbations in our technology-dependent society. The objective of the Whole Sun project is to tackle in a coherent way for the first time key questions in Solar Physics that involve as a whole the solar interior and the atmosphere

    Fernando
    Moreno Insertis
    In progress