13 October 2020
Federating Research Cloud resources: IDIA and EGI join forces
As the scale of data and complexity of processing capabilities needed for scientific research grow, cloud computing is…
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7 October 2020
New paper: Mapping neutral hydrogen with MeerKAT to understand the distribution of matter in the Universe
In the early universe, most matter as we know it was in the form of neutral hydrogen. Some of it is still lying around…
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29 September 2020
IDIA supports remote Big Data Hackathon
A hackathon is a fun, fast-paced, strenuous, yet highly rewarding event where developers/coders, designers,…
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15 September 2020
Bioinformatics workshop hosted on ilifu
An initiative by Dr. Ryan Daniels at the Forensic DNA laboratory in the Department of Biotechnology at the University…
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15 August 2020
Data Ecosystems and Gateways to Foster Research Community Networks Across Africa
This is the name of a panel discussion organised by the U.S. National Institutes of Health as part of a funding…
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10 July 2020
Science for development: Human driven development
Carolina Odman of IDIA’s Development and Outreach office, and Kevin Govender from the IAU Office of Astronomy for…
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10 July 2020
EGI Federated Cloud Project
IDIA has joined a project led by EGI, a European organisation specialising in the provision of advanced computing and…
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10 July 2020
Usability review and testing underway for CARTA
As astronomical data sets grow bigger, it is not straightforward to just create an image of them, even less so an image…
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15 June 2020
Announcement: SEADS Seminar by Dr. Linda Strubbe
I suddenly have to move my face-to-face physics/astronomy course online! What should I do? During this COVID-19…
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24 February 2020
Science for Development winning ideas
IDIA’s Development and Outreach shines at international Science for Development meeting. An international,…
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