The Data Automation Unit supports ESRF beamlines and users in the areas of data management, data access, data visualization, workflow automation, scientific data processing, and data-related software support.

General contact: dau-contact@esrf.fr
For ESRF users, please reach your local contact first.

Unit coordination

Person Contact
Andy Götz
Head of the Data Automation Unit
Phone: +33 (0)4 76 88 21 31
Pierre-Olivier Autran
Deputy-Head of the Data Automation Unit
Phone: +33 (0)4 76 88 28 98

Coordinates the activities of the Data Automation Unit, including data services, visualization tools, workflow automation, and link with beamlines.

Data management, Data Portal and web visualization

Person Field
Axel Bocciarelli
 HDF5 and NeXus web viewers and Domain portals
Marjolaine Bodin
 Data management and Data Portal
Simon Delcamp
Data Portal and Domain portals
Alejandro De Maria Antolinos
Data management and Data Portal
Nadine Fischer
 Data management
Loris Moine
 Data Portal and Domain portals

Works on ESRF data management and visualization services, including the Data Portal, metadata catalogues, data access, data DOI, HDF5 and NeXus web viewers, and tools supporting FAIR data practices.

Workflow automation and data processing

Person Field
Ludovic Broche
Workflow automation and data processing for MX beamlines
Alicia Clark
Workflow automation and data processing for XRD-CT
Wout De Nolf
 Workflow automation and data processing for spectroscopy beamlines
Loic Huder
Workflow automation and data processing for scattering beamlines
Abdul Majith Noordheen
 Workflow automation and data processing for 3DXRD
Henri Payno
Workflow automation and data processing for tomography beamlines
Maxence Ruyer
 Workflow automation and data processing for dark field microscopy
Olof Svensson
 Workflow automation and data processing for MX beamlines
Thomas Vincent
Workflow automation and data processing for scattering beamlines

Works on online and offline data-processing and workflow automation with EWOKS, beamline integration, and support for scientific processing tools used during and after experiments.