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DAFNI Conference 2021 - Outputs

Virtual Event, 5 July 2021

Following 4 years of intense development effort, we were delighted to unveil to the wider community the exciting advancements within the facility and how it will relate to and revolutionise infrastructure business and research nationwide. You can access the event outputs by clicking the button below.

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DAFNI Launch - Academic use cases and training

Virtual Event, 14 September 2021

This is part of the DAFNI launch events. The first part of this virtual day will be led by DAFNI Champions, demonstrating the power of DAFNI and real use cases of models and data on DAFNI, followed by training sessions. 

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Bridging the gap between academic research, data analysis and strategic infrastructure planning

The UK’s next generation platform to support the development of essential infrastructure services, revolutionising the UK’s ability to adapt to a changing climate and technological landscape.

Bridging the gap between academic research, data analysis and strategic infrastructure planning

The UK’s next generation platform to support the development of essential infrastructure services, revolutionising the UK’s ability to adapt to a changing climate and technological landscape.

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.

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smart motorway

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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New investment boost for UK infrastructure research

New investment boost for UK infrastructure research

Infrastructure Intelligence website (http://www.infrastructure-intelligence.com) reported on the new investment on Infrastructure Research through DAFNI. Read more

DAFNI Newsletter – June 2021
DAFNI Newsletter – June 2021

Brian Matthews, DAFNI Project Leader, provides an insight into the DAFNI launch event starting 5th July! Read more

DAFNI Newsletter – March 2021
DAFNI Newsletter – March 2021

Brian Matthews, DAFNI Project Leader, provides an insight into DAFNI 2.0 Release. Read more

DAFNI Release 2.0
DAFNI Release 2.0

DAFNI Release 2.0 is here. Check the main features and improvements Read more

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