On Thursday 19 September, 35 IDIA researchers and staff gathered in Hout Bay for a day-long science retreat. As we both look back at the first four years of the institute, and look to the future and plan for the next quinquennium, this was an enlightening and inspiring day. In his concluding remarks, Russ Taylor expressed the conviction that we … Read More
The paths to success for women in science are as diverse as the women scientists of this country. Over the last few weeks astronomers and stakeholders from the Inter-University Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy (IDIA) have been raising awareness in several communities. A notable event was organised by Protea Heights Academy in Brackenfell to celebrate Women’s Month on August 24. … Read More
As part of our third instalment of the SEADS (Science Engagement and Development Seminar) series, we are welcoming the Xinabox. #Occupy Orbit Judi Sandrock, Co-founder, Xinabox-STEM Space Programme How South African students are launching experiments into space Xinabox is a technology and hardware ecosystem developed in the Western Cape, specifically to eliminate barriers to participation in the growing space economy. The … Read More
The Inter-University Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy (IDIA) recently participated in the Federated Cloud Piloting at Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania, Italy from 10-11 September 2019. The purpose of the meeting was to launch the pilot demonstration project of a South African – European federated cloud to support collaboration on SKA Pathfinder data intensive large programs between South African and European research teams. This meeting … Read More
Researchers, digital curators and digital librarians embarked upon the South African National Bioinformatics Institute at the University of the Western Cape as part of the Ilifu User Engagement Workshop 2019. The aim of Ilifu is to engage South African researchers at the partner organisations to be global pioneers in the strategic science domains of astronomy and bioinformatics and simultaneously promote … Read More
The Inter-University Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy and the South African Astronomical Observatory would like to invite you to a workshop about multi-wavelength astronomy, current and future data challenges, and how cloud computing technology can help to address them. The Multi-Wavelength Astronomy in the Cloud Workshop will be held at the SAAO Auditorium on 26 August 2019 from 09h00 – 17h00. The aim … Read More
The ilifu consortium would like to invite current and prospective users of the ilifu cloud computing facility to a user engagement workshop where we will present the current status of the ilifu cloud computing facility and opportunities to run new Astronomy and Bioinformatics projects on the facility. This workshop aims to provide support and background information for the current call for … Read More
We were excited once again to host our second instalment of the SEADS seminar series. We were proud to host students, academics and researchers from various universities including the University of the Western Cape, University of Stellenbosch and the University of Cape Town. This second talk was given by MJ Schwartz from the Cape Town Science Centre. MJ has been … Read More
For the second instalment of the SEADS (Science Engagement And Development Seminar) series, we are welcoming the Cape Town Science Centre. Strategic Science Communication MJ Schwartz, Education Manager, Cape Town Science Centre Science communication is a powerful tool for engaging society, able to bring about measurable differences. In order to maximise the reach and impact of science communication, strategic infrastructure … Read More
Astronomers from India and South Africa descended upon the Kruger National Park to kick off the superMIGHTEE Workshop from 05 – 07 June 2019. superMIGHTEE is the joint exploration of the Deep Sky with uGMRT and MeerKAT, and evolved from a series of joint workshops co-sponsored by India’s Department of Science and Technology and South Africa’s National Research Foundation bilateral, … Read More
