Partners
The i-RASE project brings together some of the world's leading researchers and companies in photonics, detector physics and signal processing, ANN, and digital HW design.
DTU Space
DTU Space is a renowned international institution. From space we explore both the climate on Earth and the distant galaxies of the universe and much more. We also develop instruments and other technology for this and other derived or related purposes.
The i-RASE project is anchored at DTU Space under the leadership of professor Irfan Kuvvetli. It is carried out in collaboration with international partners, bringing together leading researchers and companies to establish what Kuvvetli call "a new paradigm in radiation detection".
DTU Compute
DTU Compute is an established school of machine learning research. The conducted work ranges from foundational theory to practical applications.
In the i-Rase project, DTU Compute contributes with physics-inspired machine learning models for inverting theoretical detector models. This will pave the way for real-time detection and analysis.
Politecnico di Milano
Politecnico di Milano is the largest Italian scientific-technological university and first among Italian universities in international rankings. The Electronics division of DEIB Department, has a strong expertise in electronics for solid-state radiation detectors dating back to the pioneering research of prof. Emilio Gatti.
Our contribution in the i-RASE project is focused on the design of a novel low-noise and multichannel front-end ASIC to readout segmented CZT detectors. Recently, we have started to embed machine learning closer and closed to the detectors, with applications spanning from physics to medicine.
Universität Tübingen
The University of Tübingen stands out for its interdisciplinary approach and international focus. Our commitment to cutting-edge research and teaching equips us to tackle the challenges of a globalized world. We collaborate with partners worldwide, including higher education institutions and non-university research organisations. Our success is built on networks and cooperations across faculty and subject boundaries, reflected in our strong international rankings. We offer approximately 200 study programs, providing our students with a broad spectrum of subjects.
The Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, particularly the Department of High Energy Astrophysics, has been involved for many years in the development of hardware and software for satellites and ground-based observatories, as well as in the analysis of the observation data obtained. Both fields of activity are pursued within the framework of international collaborations, often with a significant participation to the projects.
Within the i-RASE framework, we explore the applicability of Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) for event pre-processing, categorisation, and the determination of event properties at GHz data rates in real-time. Our goal is to identify the few interesting signals in a noisy, background-rich environment. These tasks are challenging to capture algorithmically in all their nuances and already see the application of ANNs in specialized analysis software typically used in offline (on-ground) settings. We believe that these tasks are ideal for replacing our previous algorithm-driven hardware design, allowing for adaptation to the properties of the signals, detectors, and front-end electronics, thus improving the quality of the final output.
IDEAS
IDEAS delivers radiation detection and imaging systems with proprietary readout technology. IDEAS was founded in 1992 by a group of scientists and engineers from The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the University of Oslo.
IDEAS will contribute to i-RASE with extensive expertise in applied physics, radiation detector instrumentation, and electrical engineering and a long history of designing custom integrated circuits and subsystems, used for applications in medical imaging, industrial scanning, nuclear science, and astrophysics. IDEAS will provide the GDS100 system as a key component for early prototyping. The GDS100 is a CZT-based gamma-ray spectrometer that employs continuous sampling and pulse shaping to deliver precise waveform data, providing accurate energy and 3D spatial information for gamma events.
Kromek
Kromek Group plc is a leading developer of radiation detection and bio-detection technology solutions for the advanced imaging and CBRN detection segments. Headquartered in County Durham, UK, Kromek has manufacturing operations in the UK and US, delivering on the vision of enhancing the quality of life through innovative detection technology solutions.
For our contribution to i-RASE, Kromek brings CZT detector design and manufacturing for multiple configurations. Kromek will also collaborate with our consortium members by providing detector simulation and data generation for training of Artificial Neural Networks (ANN).