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1 September 2026
New MeerKAT result: Direct detection of faint hydrogen signal from the distant Universe
Science for development: Human driven development
Carolina Odman of IDIA’s Development and Outreach office, and…
EGI Federated Cloud Project
IDIA has joined a project led by EGI, a European organisation…
Usability review and testing underway for CARTA
As astronomical data sets grow bigger, it is not straightforward to…
Growing IDIA During the Lockdown
We are excited to announce that we are once again joined by a new…
Announcement: SEADS Seminar by Dr. Linda Strubbe
I suddenly have to move my face-to-face physics/astronomy course…
IDIA Associate Director Shortlisted for Science Oscars
University of the Western Cape (UWC) veteran scholar, Associate…
SPU hosts Ilifu Big Data Hackathon 2020
Sol Plaatje University hosted the Ilifu Big Data Hackathon from 12 –…
IDIA Welcomes New Postdoc
We are excited to announce that we will be joined by a new…
IDIA Offices Temporarily Closed
The Inter-University Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy (IDIA), a…
Shedding new light on black hole ejections
Academics from the University of Cape Town (UCT) are part of a…
Prof Ewine van Dishoeck Engages Scientists and Community
The Inter-University Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy was…
SPARCS X 2020 Announcement
We are pleased to announce that SPARCS X 2020 “Capturing science from…
Science for Development winning ideas
IDIA’s Development and Outreach shines at international Science…
Dr Ugo Becciani visits IDIA
The Inter-University Institute for Data Intensive and the Astronomy…
Special Colloquium on Building Stars, Planets and The Ingredients for Life in Space with Prof Ewine van Dishoeck
IDIA is pleased to welcome Prof. Ewine F. van Dishoeck from Leiden…
Discovery of the highest energy light from a gamma-ray burst
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the most luminous explosions in the…
IDIA Welcomes Visitor from Canada
We are pleased once again to welcome another international visitor,…
SEADS Announcement: Large Scale Science Campaigns in India
Our next speaker in the Science Engagement And Development…
IDIA represented at the ADASS 2019 conference
ADASS stands for Astronomical Data Analysis Software & Systems.…
How can we realise a corporate world that tackles social challenges? – Judi Sandrock on Space, Schools and Social entrepreneurship
“How can we realise a corporate world that tackles social…
IDIA Retreat – a research community dreaming big
On Thursday 19 September, 35 IDIA researchers and staff gathered in…
SEADS Announcement: #OCCUPY ORBIT!
As part of our third instalment of the SEADS (Science Engagement and…
South African-European Federated Cloud Piloting Meeting
The Inter-University Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy (IDIA)…
IDIA and INAF Observatories of Catania and Cagliari to sign agreement
On 10 September 2019, the Inter-University Institute for Data…