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
We are excited once again to announce that IDIA is proud to welcome a new Postdoctoral Fellow who will be joining the University of Pretoria. Since joining the partnership in 2018, the University of Pretoria has grown its research, researchers and science in the IDIA-supported project “Artificial Intelligence enhanced wide-field VLBI surveys: precursor science to the full SKA”. Dr. Jack … Read More
We were very happy to welcome Kiara, a Grade 11 learner from Edgemead High School during the last school holidays. She spent two days at IDIA getting to see what work we do from taking part in a curriculum design workshop to the IDIA data processing pipeline. We also got the opportunity to visit the South African National Bioinformatics Institute, … 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
We were lucky to welcome a very wide audience for the the first instalment of this seminar series, designed for anyone using science and technology to engage communities and stimulate development. We had representatives from UWC’s Physics and Astronomy department, where it was hosted, as well as from the Humanities where long-term community engagement projects also take place. We welcomed … Read More
The Western Cape is host to many science engagement initiatives. From University community outreach to non-profits, private citizens and organisations engage with the public and use science and technology to stimulate development. While everyone is busy running those programmes, there is yet to be a forum for practitioners of science and technology engagement and development to come together and share … Read More
We created an Astronomy Careers resource in English, we now have it in Sesotho! Please help us translate it into all other South African languages. A form is ready for your input: https://forms.gle/mwits61FYLcvg3qx5 Any questions or comments, feel free to get in touch!
