DAFNI Conference 2019
The Royal Society London, 10 – 11 June 2019
Following 2 years of intense development effort, we are 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.
What is DAFNI?
DAFNI will become 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.
DAFNI is funded by EPSRC as part of the UK Collaboratorium for Research on Infrastructure and Cities.
DAFNI Showcase
Programme highlights
DAFNI: The next generation platform for infrastructure planning and research – why it is needed and what it will deliver (Professor Jim Hall, Oxford University)
National Infrastructure Strategy and the National Infrastructure Resilience Study (Sir John Armitt CBE)
Unveiling of DAFNI 1.0 (Samuel Chorlton, DAFNI Project Lead)
Pilot project workshops – hear from the lead researchers (Dr Edward Oughton, Oxford University; Dr Adrián Carro, Oxford University; Marcus Young and Dr Simon Blainey, Southampton University; Nik Lomax and Andrew Smith, Leeds University)
Sir John Armitt
Chair of the National Infrastructure Commission
Prof. Jim Hall
Chair of DAFNI Governance Board, Professor of Climate and Environmental Risks, Oxford University
Samuel Chorlton
DAFNI Project Lead,Science and Technology Facilities Council, UKRI
Nick Cook
Senior Analyst, Tessella (Altran Group)
Philippa Hemmings
EPSRC Strategic Lead for UKCRIC
Jeremy Morley
Chief Geospatial Scientist, Ordnance Survey
Prof. Liz Varga
Professor of Complex Systems at UCL
Matt Crossman
Team Leader, National Infrastructure Commission
Mark Enzer
Chair of the DFTG and Chief Technical Officer, Mott MacDonald
Chris Jones
Research and Development Manager, Northumbrian Water Group
Dan Rennison
Head of Data Insight, Costain Ltd
Dr Edward Oughton
Senior Research Associate, University of Oxford
Dr Adrián Carro
Postdoctoral Research Assistant, University of Oxford
Dr Simon Blainey
Associate Professor in Transportation, University of Southampton
Dr Nik Lomax
Associate Professor of Data Analytics for Population Research, University of Leeds
Dr Andrew Smith
Research Fellow, University of Leeds
Marcus Young
Senior Research Assistant in GIS and Transport Engineering Data, University of Southampton
Prof. Stuart Barr
Professor of Geospatial Systems Engineering and Director of Spatial Analytics and Modelling Lab, Newcastle University
Dr Theo Tryfonas
Reader in Smart Cities, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Bristol
Prof. Daniel Coca
Head of Department, Professor of Nonlinear & Complex Systems, University of Sheffield
Agenda
DAFNI Showcase
All sessions will be held in the Welcome Trust Lecture Hall unless otherwise stated.
The programme below may be subject to alteration.
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 08:30 | Registration & refreshments |
| 09:30 |
Welcome and introduction– Jim Hall, Chair of the DAFNI Governance Board, University of Oxford |
| 09:40 |
Keynote PresentationNational Infrastructure Assessment & National Infrastructure Resilience Study and how DAFNI will support this. |
| 10:00 |
Unveiling of DAFNI 1.0A service for Academia, Government and industry – live demonstration of DAFNI’s capabilities and a first look at the modelling service. |
| 10:40 |
Questions and Panel sessionChaired by Jim HallPhilippa Hemmings, EPSRC Strategic Lead for UKCRIC Panel: |
| 11:10 | Refreshment break |
| 11:30 |
Keynote PresentationsUpdate from the Digital Twin Hub and how DAFNI can support practice. NWG’s digital transformation and the technical drivers for a National Facility |
| 12:00 |
Questions and Panel sessionChaired by Jim HallPanel: |
| 12.30 |
Enabling DAFNISetting the scene Audience participation – What the community needs? |
| 13:00 | Lunch and networking Opportunity to network and look at Poster Presentations provided by DAFNI Pilots Projects |
| 14:00 |
The Future of DAFNI and recap so far– Prof. Jim Hall Introduction to the Pilot Projects on DAFNI– Samuel Chorlton, DAFNI Project Lead |
| 14:20 |
Highlights from the DAFNI Pilot ProjectsFour workshops running in parallel (refreshments served throughout) Parallel sessions will be repeated during these times: 14:30, 14:50, 15:10, 15:30 Digital Communications Model – Mobile and Fixed Agent based Housing Model Automated Demand Forecasting Model for new local train stations Population Estimation and Scenario Projection model |
| 16:00 |
Keynote PresentationsThe role of the Observatories – the opportunities, future direction and challenges University of Bristol University of Sheffield University of Newcastle |
| 16:30 |
Closing Remarks– Prof. Jim Hall, Chair of DAFNI Governors |
DAFNI Visualisation Hackathon
A one day intense Hackathon working with data to answer a challenge question set on the day. The day will focus on visualisation and in particular how we can make the data and outputs meaningful to the general public.
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 08:30 | Registration and refreshments |
| 09:00 |
Presentation from DAFNI about the day and how it will work– Samuel Chorlton, DAFNI Project Lead and DAFNI Team |
| 09:20 | Group formation |
| 09:25 | Selection of “Specialist Equipment” |
| 09:30 | Groups split into sub-teams |
| 09:45 | Begin hacking |
| 12:00 | Lunch |
| 12:30 | Hacking |
| 16:30 | Presentations of work done in the day |
| 17.15 | Judging of the work and prize giving |
| 18:00 | Close of the Hackathon |
Location
The Royal Society London, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG
+44 207 451 2500
