The Inter-university Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy is a partnership of three South African universities, the Universities of Cape Town, of the Western Cape and of Pretoria as well as the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory.
The overarching goal of IDIA is to build within the South African university research community the capacity and expertise in data intensive research to enable global leadership on MeerKAT large survey science projects and large projects on other SKA pathfinder telescopes.
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South African MIGHTEE Early Science Workshop5th Floor, SANBI Seminar Rooms, Life Sciences BuildingUniversity of the Western CapeCape Town, South Africa20 – 22 February, 2019 Early observation of several MIGHTEE pointings have been… The Inter-University Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy hosted a “first users” workshop on 23 November 2018 at the University of the Western Cape. The purpose of the workshop was to… The Director of the Inter-University Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy, Prof. Russ Taylor, launched the new IDIA offices at the University of the Western Cape (UWC). The launch of the… IDIA is a co-proposer of the DARA Big Data programme. Part of the initiative is the DARA Big Data Africa School held earlier this year. Another element is the DARA… International Data Week (IDW) 2018 is taking place 5-8 Novembre 2018. A global movement mobilizing data scientists and researchers, representatives from industry and policy makers, IDW stimulates the adoption of data-driven… Both Italy and South Africa have a strong interest in radio astronomy, and invest into the field accordingly. IDIA is a co-organiser of a special workshop on Italy-South Africa Radio…
South African MIGHTEE Early Science Workshop
Ilifu Users Workshop
IDIA at UWC Launch
DARA Big Data Policy fellows at the Science Forum South Africa.
IDIA-supported hackathon for International Data Week
Italy-South Africa Radio Astronomy workshop
