Dr. Franco Carbognani Profile

Dr. Franco Carbognani

Engineer at European Gravitational Observatory

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Proceedings Article | 15 September 2004 Paper

Software engineering practices for the EGO Virgo project

Franco Carbognani, Jacques de Wet

Proceedings Volume 5496, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550414

KEYWORDS: Software development, Standards development, Software engineering, Particle filters, Databases, Interfaces, Control systems, Interferometers, Curium, Sensors

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The Virgo Gravitational Waves Detector has recently entered its commissioning phase. An important element in this phase is the application of Software Engineering (SE) practices to the Control and Data Analysis Software. This article focus on the experience in applying those SE practices as a simple but effective set of standards and tools. The main areas covered are software configuration management, problem reporting, integration planning, software testing and systems performance monitoring. Key elements of Software Configuration Management (SCM) are source code control allowing checkin/checkout of sources from a software archive combined with a backup plan. The tool SCVS developed on top of CVS in order to provide an easier and more structured use mode is supporting this. Tracking bugs and modifications is a necessary complement of SCM. A central database with email and web interface to submit, query and modify Software Problem Reports (SPR) has been implemented on top of the WREQ tool. Integrating software components that were not designed with integration in mind is one of the major problems in software development. An explicit Integration Plan is therefore absolutely essential. We are currently implementing a slow upgrade cycle Common Software Releases management as structured integration plan. Software Testing must be closely integrated with development and to the most feasible extent automatic. With the use of the automated test tool tat, the developer can incrementally build a unit/regression test suite that will help measure progress, spot unintended side effects, and focus the development efforts. One of the characteristics of large and complex projects, like Virgo, is the difficulty in understanding how well the different subsystems are performing and then plan for changes. In order to support System Performance Monitoring the tool Big Brother has been adopted to make it possible to trace the reliability of the different subsystems and thus providing essential information for software improvements.

Proceedings Article | 5 July 2000 Paper

The VLT Interferometer: a unique instrument for high-resolution astronomy

Andreas Glindemann, Roberto Abuter, Franco Carbognani, Francoise Delplancke, Frederic Derie, Alberto Gennai, Philippe Gitton, Pierre Kervella, Bertrand Koehler, Samuel Leveque, Serge Menardi, Alain Michel, Francesco Paresce, Than Phan Duc, Andrea Richichi, Markus Schoeller, Massimo Tarenghi, Anders Wallander, Rainer Wilhelm

Proceedings Volume 4006, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.390163

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Stars, Tin, Mirrors, Interferometers, Adaptive optics, Interferometry, Observatories, Astatine, Ions

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Proceedings Article | 5 July 2000 Paper

VLTI test siderostats: design, development, and performance results

Frederic Derie, Enzo Brunetto, Michel Duchateau, Rodrigo Amestica, Franco Carbognani, Marc Ferrari

Proceedings Volume 4006, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.390164

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Toxic industrial chemicals, Standards development, Stars, Lithium, Mirrors, Interferometers, Optical testing, Interfaces, Control systems design

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