Contributions to a conference proceedings

The human brain contains 86 billion cells, but so far only a part could be visualized. The task corresponds to the acquisition and treatment of a petabyte-size dataset – analogous to plotting every star in the Milky Way [...]

Observables for single-inclusive hadron productions can be calculated by convolution of process-dependent partonic cross sections and universal fragmentation functions (FFs) at leading power in QCD factorization theory. The FMNLO framework is proposed to perform such calculations in an automated way at next-to-leading order (NLO) in QCD using general-purpose Monte Carlo generators. [...]

The precise measurement of the properties of the top quark are among the most important goals of the LHC. The signature o\f top quarks can only be measured through their decay products, which are almost exclusively a W-boson and a b-quark, and unbiased measurements of the top-quark pair production process are therefore performed in the final state of two W-bosons and two b-quarks (WWbb). [...]

The transition of the Worldwide Large Hadron Collider Computing Grid (WLCG) storage services to dual-stack IPv6/IPv4 is almost complete; all Tier-1 and 94% of Tier-2 storage are IPv6 enabled. While most data transfers now use IPv6, a significant number of IPv4 transfers still occur even when both endpoints support IPv6. [...]

We present results from the global electroweak fit to precision measurements of the Standard Model (SM). The fit uses the latest experimental results as well as up-to-date theoretical calculations for observables on the Z pole and the W boson mass, yielding precise SM predictions for the effective weak mixing angle and the masses of the W and Higgs bosons, as well as the top quark. [...]

We introduce Reality Fusion, a novel robot teleoperation system that localizes, streams, projects, and merges a typical onboard depth sensor with a photorealistic, high resolution, high framerate, and wide FoV rendering of the complex remote environment represented as 3D Gaussian splats (3DGS). Our framework enables robust egocentric and exocentric robot teleoperation in immersive VR, with the 3DGS effectively extending spatial information of a depth sensor with limited FoV and balancing the trade-off between data streaming costs and data visual quality [...]

Femtosecond Laser Irradiation followed by Chemical Etching is exploited to create microfluidic devices for High-order Harmonic Generation (HHG) in noble gases. A finetuning of the channels’ diameter and length permits the production of high-order harmonics in completely different regimes, going from the hollow waveguiding regime to the sub-mm interaction regime. [...]

This paper investigates the application of redirected walking techniques in the context of a virtual reality (VR) telepresence system designed for remote control of a maintenance robot within hazardous environments. We estimate detection thresholds for curvature gains in two distinct environments: a 360-degree video-based VR setup and a three-dimensional (3D) modeled environment. [...]

Real-world industrial facilities often present complex equipment that requires extensive inspection and maintenance for their operations. In this work, we present a virtual reality (VR) framework that supports virtual facility inspection and maintenance tasks by using neural radiance fields (NeRF) models to replicate, store, and visualize the appearance of complex industrial facilities. [...]

The secondary beam production target at future positron sources at the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF), the International Linear Collider (ILC) or the Future Circular Collider (FCC), features unprecedented mechanical and thermal stresses which may compromise sustainable and reliable operation. Candidate materials are required to possess high melting temperature together with excellent thermal conductivity, elasticity and radiation hardness properties. [...]