Dr. Andreas Luedeke

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• Head of operation of the Large Research Facilities at PSI
• Maintaining the ELOG service for the division of Large Research Facilities (LRF/GFA).
• Information safety representative for LRF/GFA

Ph.D. in Physics:
University of Dortmund, Germany, March 1999, Entwurf und Aufbau effizienter Zustandsdiagnostik für das Booster-Synchrotron BoDo, supervisor Prof. Thomas Weis.

Diploma in Physics:
University of Dortmund, Germany, October 1994, Entwicklung und Aufbau einer Elektronik zur Steuerung des zeitlichen Ablaufs der Injektion in das Synchrotron BoDo, supervisor Prof. Klaus Wille.

• 2017 - present: Head of operation Large Research Facilities at PSI
• 2002 - 2023: Operations manager Swiss Light Source at PSI
• 1999 - 2004: SLS accelerator controls engineer at PSI
• 1994 - 1999: Accelerator controls engineer during Ph.D. at the University of Dortmund

Head of operation, 2017 - present:
Leading 25 people, handling the 24/7 operation of all large research facilities of PSI.

SLS operations manager, 2001 - 2023:
Participating in the commissioning of the Swiss Light Source; organizing the transition from the commissioning to regular user operation; supervising operation. Development and maintenance of applications for operations and operation management.

Control system engineer, 1994 - 2004:

1999 - 2004:
Accelerator controls engineer at the SLS, Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland. Working on control of digital regulated magnet power supplies, pulsed magnets interface, graphical user interface design for operations, robust low-level beam lifetime application; operation alarm handling, EPICS channel management database, ...

1997 - 1999:
Group leader of the DELTA accelerator controls group, University of Dortmund, Germany. Managing controls group of three Ph.D students and control system efforts of several Diploma students. Participating in the DELTA storage ring commissioning.

1994 - 1997:
Member of the DELTA accelerator controls group, University of Dortmund, Germany. Working on injection timing control, booster ramp control, booster tune measurement, booster orbit measurement, generic controls applications, ...

SLS Home, PSI Home

• SLS Digital Magnet PS and Digital BPMs, slides 712k, ESLS 2000, Orsay, France
• Magnet Control at the SLS, slides 556k, EPICS Workshop '01, Villigen, Switzerland
• System Integration of High Level Applications during the Commissioning of the SLS, paper, slides, ICALEPCS '01, San Jose, CA, USA
• Application of Digital Regulated Power Supplies for Magnet Control at the SLS, paper, poster, ICALEPCS '01, San Jose, CA, USA
• Top-Up Operation Experience at the SLS, paper, poster, EPAC '02, Paris, France
• Channel Configuration Management, paper, slides, PCaPAC '02
• Applications for Top-up Operation at the SLS, paper, poster, PCaPAC '02, Frascati, Italy
• Control of Digital Power Supplies, slides, EPICS Collaboration Meeting '03, Abingdon, England, UK
• Name Selection on Client Side, slides, EPICS Collaboration Meeting '03, Abingdon, England, UK
• Status of the SLS, slides, ESLS '03, Grenoble, France
• Design, Performance & Experience with the Fast Orbit Feedback, slides, ESLS '03, Grenoble, France
• Operation of the Swiss Light Source: Top-up for Highest Performance, paper 257k, EPAC '04, Lucern, Switzerland
• Lessons from the SLS design and commissioning, slides, invited talk, Nov. 2005 at CELLS - ALBA, Spain
• SLS Status, slides 401k, Nov. 2005 ESLS-XIII at ALBA, Spain
• SLS Operation Management: Methods and Tools, paper 209k, poster 1.3M, EPAC '06, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
• Status of the Swiss Light Source, paper 214k, poster 492k, EPAC '06, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
• Operation Information Management at the Swiss Light Source, paper and slides as ODF. at the WAO'07, Sep. 2007 in Trieste, Italy
• SLS Performance: Current Status and Upgrade Plans, slides at the ESLS XV , Nov. 2007 at Diamond, UK talk at the ESLS XV, Nov. 2007 at Diamond, UK
• Top-up Experience at the SLS, invited talk at the ESLS XV, Nov. 2007 at Diamond, UK-->
• Top-up Experience at the SLS, invited talk at the ESLS XV (link discontinued), Nov. 2007 at Diamond, UK
• The Operation Event Logging System of the SLS, paper, poster, EPAC '08, Genoa, Italy
• Methods of Operation Failure Analysis at Light Sources, invited talk slides PPT or PDF, Jan. 2009 at the ARW'09, Vancouver, Canada
• The Operation Event Logging System of the Swiss Light Source, article published Feb. 2009 in PRST-AB, EPAC'08 Special Edition
• Controls tools for operation management at the Swiss Light Source, slides, EPICS Collaboration Meeting '10, Aix-en-Provence, France
• Status of the Swiss Light Source, slides, Nov. 2010 at the ESLS-XVIII 2010, Elettra, Brasovizza, Italy
• April 2011 at the ARW 2011 in Cape town, South Africa:
  • Do you believe in Operation Statistics?, slides
  • The electronic logbook revisited, slides
  • Operational Experience with the High Intensity Proton Accelerator Facility of PSI, slides presented for J. Grillenberger

• Cognitive Ergonomics of Operational Tools, invited talk, paper, ICALEPCS, 10-14th Oct. 2011, Grenoble, France
• Cognitive Ergonomics of Operational Tools, article published Oct. 2012 in the Journal of Instrumentation
• Synchrotron Light Sources at PSI, slides, Nov. 2012 at the ESLS-XX 2012, Berlin-Adlershof, Germany
• Find your ''Happy User Index'', slides, Apr. 2013 at the ARW 2013 in Melbourne, Australia
• One decade work on accelerator reliability at the Swiss Light Source, slides, Apr. 2013 at the ARW 2013 in Melbourne, Australia
• June 2014 at the IPAC in Dresden, Germany
  • Finding Your Happy-User-Index, paper, poster
  • The Accelerator Reliability Forum, paper, poster
  • Accelerator Reliability Reporting at the Swiss Light Source, paper, poster
  • A Common Operation Metrics for Third Generation Light Sources, paper, slides
  • A Review on Accelerator Operator Training, paper, poster
• Common operation metrics for storage ring light sources, article published Aug. 2016 in Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams

• D.Nölle, Status of the Dortmund Electron Test Accelerator Facility, paper, EPAC '98
• S. Hunt, The Control and Data Acquisition System of the Swiss Light Source, paper, ICALEPCS '01
• S. Hunt, Status of the SLS Control System, paper, ICALEPCS '01
• M. Sekoranja, Visual DCT - Visual EPICS Database Configuration Tool, paper, ICALEPCS '01
• B. Kalantari, Enhancements of Top-up Operation at the Swiss Light Source, paper, EPAC'04
• M. Böge, User operation and upgrades of the fast orbit feedback at the SLS, paper, PAC '05
• L. Tanner, Five years of operational experience with digitally controlled power supplies for beam control at the Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), paper, European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, 2005, Pages: 10 pp.
• Å. Andersson (MAX-lab, Lund), Recent Results from the Electron Beam Profile Monitor at the Swiss Light Source, paper, DIPAC'07
• Å. Andersson (MAX-lab, Lund), Determination of a small vertical electron beam profile and emittance at the Swiss Light Source, paper, NIM A 591 (2008) 437-446
• A. Streun, Coupling Control at the SLS, paper, EPAC '08
• M. Böge, Ultra-Low Vertical Emittance at the SLS, paper, May 2009 at the PAC, Vancouver, Canada
• A. Streun, Correction of Imperfections in the SLS Storage Ring Lattice, paper, May 2009 at the PAC, Vancouver, Canada
• M. Böge et al., The Swiss Light Source a Test-bed for Damping Ring Optimization, paper, May 2010 at the IPAC, Kyoto, Japan
• Gaudenz Jud, The PSI Web Interface to the EPICS Channel Archiver, poster, paper, ICALEPCS2011, Grenoble, France
• E. Zimoch, Purpose and Benefit of Control System Training for Operators, paper, Oct 2011 at the ICALEPCS, Grenoble, France
• Ph. Lerch, Assessing noise sources at synchrotron infrared ports, paper, Jan. 2012 in the Journal of Synchrotron Radiation
• F. Antoniou, Preparation of SLS for IBS Measurements, paper, May 2012 at the IPAC, New Orleans, Louisiana
• A. Streun et al., SLS: Pushing the Envelope Based on Stability, paper, May 2013 in the Synchrotron Radiation News
• P. Willmott et al., The Materials Science beamline upgrade at the Swiss Light Source, paper, Jul. 2013 in the Journal of Synchrotron Radiation
• M. Aiba et al., Exploring the Potential of the Swiss Light Source, paper, June 2019 at the IPAC, Melbourne, Australia

• Achievements of the SLS Commissioning, pdf, PSI Annual Report 2001, Volume VII
• SLS Operation, pdf, PSI Annual Report 2001, Volume VII
• High Level Software and Operator Interface, pdf, PSI Annual Report 2001, Volume VII
• Status of the SLS Control System, pdf, PSI Annual Report 2001, Volume VII
• Operation of the PSI Accelerator Facilities in 2002, PDF, PSI Annual Report 2002, Volume VI
• Software Management at SLS, PDF, PSI Annual Report 2002, Volume VI
• Operation of the PSI Accelerator Facilities in 2003, PDF, PSI Annual Report 2003, Volume VI
• Operation of the PSI Accelerator Facilities in 2004, PDF, PSI Annual Report 2004, Volume VI
• Enhancements of the Top-up Operation at the SLS, PDF, PSI Annual Report 2004, Volume VI
• Operation of the Swiss Light Source in 2005, PSI Annual Report 2005 pages 86 ff.
• Operation of the Swiss Light Source in 2006, PSI Annual Report 2006 pages 102 ff.
• Operation of the Swiss Light Source in 2007, PSI Annual Report 2007 pages 82 ff.
• Operation of the PSI Accelerator Facilities in 2008, PSI Annual Report 2008 pages 92 ff.
• Operation of the PSI Accelerator Facilities in 2009, PSI Annual Report 2009 pages 90 ff.
• Operation of the PSI Accelerator Facilities in 2010, PSI Annual Report 2010 pages 92 ff.
• Operation of the PSI Accelerator Facilities in 2011, PSI Annual Report 2011 pages 92 ff.
• Operation of the PSI Accelerator Facilities in 2012, PSI Scientific Highlights 2012 pages 86 ff.