euspen 21^st International Conference and Exhibition

Richard Leach, Adam Thompson, Sofia Catalucci and Joe Eastwood attended the 21^st euspen ICE (virtual) from 7th to 10th April 2021. They were involved in the following:

• Joe presented an oral paper “Generation of simulated additively manufactured surface texture data using a generative adversarial network parts”, co-authored with Richard, Lewis Newton and Samanta Piano.
• Sofia presented an oral paper “Automated assessment of measurement quality in optical coordinate metrology of complex freeform parts”, co-authored with Richard, Nicola Senin and Samanta Piano.
• Adam presented a poster paper “Calibration of X-ray computed tomography for surface topography measurement using metrological characteristics”, co-authored with Richard, Ángela Rodríguez Sánchez (now left MMT), Nicola Senin, and Matthias Eifler and Julian Hering (Technical University of Kaiserlautern).
• Joe and Richard co-chaired a workshop on Machine Learning in Precision Engineering in which Joe presented an oral paper on “Towards fully automated optical form measurement”, co-authored by Richard and Samanta Piano. Presentations for this will be available on the euspen website soon.
• Joe’s team won the 2020 (inaugural) euspen Talent Programme for their design of a beam alignment platform for a next generation particle accelerator at CERN.
• Joe and Ángela Rodríguez Sánchez (now left MMT) were successful in winning Haidenhain Scholarships, and will get a bursary for euspen ICE 2022.
• Richard, Sofia and Adam chaired sessions and were part of the organising committee for the conference. 
• Joe attended as a guest to STC S and presented his research on creating artificial surface textures using machine learning (see here)
• Han Haitjema (KU Leuven) gave an update on the surface texture noise comparison being run my him, Richard and Peter de Groot (ZYGO).
• Simone Carmignato (University of Padua) presented on the 2020 STC P keynote on dimensional artefacts for which Richard is a co-author.
• Brid Mullany (UNCC) presented on the 2022 STC S keynote on the surface defects in manufacturing for which Richard is a co-author.
• Wim Dewulf (KU Leuven) presented on the 2022 STC P keynote on the X-ray computed tomography for which Richard is a co-author.
• Andreas Archetti (KTH) presented on the 2024 STC S keynote on integrated metrology in manufacturing for which Richard is a co-author
• Gisela Lanza (KIT) presented on the 2025 STC P keynote on the machine learning and metrology for which Richard is a co-author.
• Richard acted as the vice chair of STC S and attended the Liaison Committee meeting.
• Richard was elected Vice President of euspen.

Our thanks to the organisers and all those who contributed to the event.