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DAFNI Annual Conference 2024
Book now for our 2024 DAFNI conference on the 10th of September 2024!
We are holding early bird prices up until August 2024! From September standard prices will rise from £45 to £60, student prices will rise from £20 to £30
Our conference theme this year is ‘Working Together for Resilient Infrastructure’, including the sub-themes:
- Modelling for Resilient Infrastructure
- Challenges and Opportunities in Data Sharing
- The Impact of Digital Twins
Date: 10th September 2024
Time: 09:00 – 17:00 GMT
Location: Conference Aston, Aston University Campus, B4 7ET
DAFNI Webinar – Challenges and Opportunities in Data Sharing
Dr Brian Matthews
Dr. Brian Matthews leads the DAFNI and Data Science and Technology Group at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL). He has over 30 years of experience in R&D development in computing, with a focus on tools, methods and standards for managing accessing research data from scientific experiments. He took a leading role in the development of the data management infrastructure that supports the ISIS Neutron and Diamond Light Sources, and has worked extensively on European programmes on Data Infrastructures. He leads the DAFNI team, developing data and modelling infrastructure to support research into national infrastructure. He is co-investigator on the Physical Sciences Data Infrastructure programme, an emerging initiative to enable interoperable data sharing in the chemical and materials sciences.
Date: 2nd October 2024
Time: 12:00 – 13:00 GMT
Data & Analytics Facility for National Infrastructure
DAFNI is the National Platform to satisfy the computational needs in support of data analysis; infrastructure research; and strategic thinking for the UK’s long term planning and investment needs.
The platform will support academic research that is aiming to provide the UK with a world leading infrastructure system that is more: efficient, reliable, resilient and affordable.
It will achieve this by enabling the research community to conduct research that is able to generate new insights at a higher level of detail and accuracy than ever before.
The launch of the DAFNI system represents a monumental milestone in developing the UK’s Data and Analytics Facility for National Infrastructure. With Climate change impacting our nation, it is now more important than ever to understand how we can better prepare the UK for extreme events. DAFNI will provide the UK with infrastructure data analysis and previously unseen levels of computer performance providing greater insights to inform policy decisions and therefore lead the world in our ability to prepare for these extreme events.
Prof. Jim Hall
Chair of DAFNI Governance Board
News
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Networkshop
DAFNI (the Data & Analytics Facility for National Infrastructure) held the inaugural DAFNI Networkshop on 21st May 2024 at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. The day-long event provided the opportunity for DAFNI users to meet each other in-person, make new connections, ...
DAFNI Newsletter, July 2024
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Handling uncertainty in infrastructure systems modelling
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DAFNI Newsletter Special Conference Mailing, July 2024
Book now for our 2024 DAFNI Conference on the 10th of September 2024! We are holding early bird prices up until the end of July 2024. Book now at £45, student price £20Martine Wauben Head of Data for London at the Greater London AuthorityHelen Huemer-Markides Infrastructure ...
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