The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias is designing and developing, as ordered by the Spanish company Thales Alenia Space , the adaptive optics which will be a parto f the ground station for the GARBO project, the first Spanish geostationary system for distributing quantum keys by satellite. This is a decisive step in the field of secure quantum communication on a large scale, and will strengthn the position of Spain, and of Europe at the Forefront of this technology. Within the framework of the project the IAC will lead the development of the adaptive optics systems, and will participate
Representantes de la Fundación Mujeres por África visitaron hoy la sede del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias en La Laguna, en un encuentro institucional centrado en el programa Ciencia por Mujeres , iniciativa que impulsa la investigación y el liderazgo científico femenino africano. El director del programa Ciencia por Mujeres, Juan Algar , la coordinadora del programa, María Almela , y la técnica de proyectos, Emma Garcia Taboadela , fueron recibidos por el director del IAC, Valentín Martínez Pillet , y por el coordinador de investigación del IAC, Jonay I. González Hernández . Durante
The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has received a visit from Robert P. Kirshner, Executive Director of the Thirty Meter Telescope International Observatory (TIO) . During his stay at the IAC headquarters in La Laguna, he was welcomed by the center’s director, Valentín Martínez Pillet, and by the deputy director, Eva Villaver Sobrino, along with other members of the research institute. During his visit, he was able to learn firsthand about the institution’s scientific and technological capabilities and gave a colloquium titled The Thirty Meter Telescope and Science of the Future