Head of Reliability Department, Institute of Machine Components (IMA), University of Stuttgart

Martin Dazer earned his B.Sc. in mechanical engineering from Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW) in 2011, followed by an M.Sc. in mechanical engineering in 2014, and a Dr.-Ing. in reliability engineering from the University of Stuttgart in 2019. From 2015 to 2018, he worked as a Research Assistant at the Institute of Machine Components, focusing on stochastic fatigue calculations and optimization methods for reliability test planning. He currently serves as the Head of the Reliability and Drive Technology Department at the Institute of Machine Components. Additionally, he is the Founder and Consultant of RelTest-Solutions GmbH in Stuttgart, which offers highly advanced reliability consulting, coaching, and training for the industry. His current research interests include various aspects of reliability engineering, with a primary focus on life testing. Dr. Dazer is a member of the Advisory Board of Safety and Reliability of the Association of German Engineers (VDI) and the Head of the Technical Committee of Reliability Management of VDI. Additionally, he serves on the Program Committee of the Technical Reliability Conference in Germany. 

Head of Machine Protection and Electrical Integrity Group, CERN Technology Department

Dr. Jan Uythoven started his career with a Physics degree from Eindhoven University of Technology in 1987. He obtained his PhD from Oxford University in 1991.

From 1988 to 1992, Dr. Uythoven worked as a Project Engineer at Oxford Instruments. He then moved on to work at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) to further develop his expertise. At CERN, Dr. Uythoven served as a physicist in the Radio Frequency group from 1992 to 1996, working directly with particle accelerators.

In 1996, he worked as ‘Engineer in Charge’ in the control room of the Large Electron-Positron Collider (LEP) at CERN, a pivotal role he held until 1998. After that, he joined CERN's Beam Transfer Group, where he developed fast pulsed magnets, including those for the LHC beam dumping system. His roles in the period included a tenure as the LHC Machine Coordinator.

From 2016 to 2023, Dr. Uythoven led the Machine Interlocks section of the Machine Protection and Electrical Integrity (MPE) group. Since 2024, he is the Group Leader of the MPE group. Additionally, Dr. Uythoven chairs the Reliability and Availability Working Group (RAWG) at CERN.

Project Leader, Radiation Protection Group, CERN Occupational Health and Safety and Environmental Protection Unit

Dr. Hamza Boukabache received one master’s degree in electronic and automatic control from the French Institute of Applied Science at Toulouse and a second master’s degree in microtechnology from the University of Toulouse, France, in 2009, and the Ph.D. degree in micro- and nano-systems from the National Institute of Applied Sciences, Toulouse, France, in 2013. After working in aerospace industry, he joined CERN in 2015 as a Project Leader, in charge of the development and the production of CERN new generation of mixed-field ionizing RadiatiOn Monitoring systEm (CROME) for safety and environment. He is currently leading development and research and development projects within the Radiation Protection Group in various fields related to ultra-low current measurement, front-end electronics for pulsed radiations quantification, fast detection of weak radiation sources, prognostic and health management of large scale radiation monitoring network .,Dr. Boukabache has received many awards for his research work in heterogeneous aerospace structural health monitoring within the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS). He was a recipient of the Engineering Sciences Prize from Toulouse Academy of Science in 2014, the GEET Prize in 2013 for the Best Ph.D. Research Work among five universities and nominated the same year for the sixth top innovations in French aerospace cluster.

Reliability Engineer, Machine Protection and Electrical Integrity Group, CERN Technology Department

Dr. Lukas Felsberger has had a distinguished career in engineering and computer science, marked by significant academic achievements and professional dedication. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in Engineering Science in 2015 and a master’s degree in Applied and Engineering Physics in 2017 from the Technical University of Munich. Dr. Felsberger pursued doctoral studies at CERN's Power Converter Group, focusing on data-driven reliability engineering, and earned a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Munich in 2021.

From 2020 to 2023, Dr. Felsberger worked as a Fellow in the Machine Protection Group at CERN. He was responsible for assessing the reliability of the MYRRHA accelerator, emphasizing the importance of precision and reliability in high-energy physics environments. Since 2023, Dr. Felsberger has been a Reliability Engineer in the same group. Dr. Felsberger is responsible for ensuring the reliability of protection systems, managing accelerator fault tracking, and serving as the scientific secretary for the Reliability and Availability Working Group (RAWG) at CERN. His contributions underscore his unwavering commitment to enhancing safety and reliability in cutting-edge scientific endeavors.

Doctoral Student, Reliability Department (IMA) and Radiation Protection Group (CERN)

After earning his B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Stuttgart in 2019, Felix Waldhauser worked as a Technical Student in the Radiation Protection group at CERN. There, he investigated novel machine learning techniques for predicting hardware failures. He later returned to the University of Stuttgart to complete his master's degree. After graduation, he rejoined the Radiation Protection group at CERN in 2023, this time as a Doctoral Student. In his current position, Felix Waldhauser focuses on developing simulation-assisted algorithms to predict failures in analog electronics.