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Draft:Data and Analytics Facility for National Infrastructure


The Data and Analytics Facility for National Infrastructure (DAFNI) is a computing platform which supports advanced research into national infrastructure including transport, water, energy and city scale modelling.[1] DAFNI was established in 2017[2] and spent four years in development before launching in July 2021. [3] It brings together data, computing resources and expertise to support UK infrastructure research. It provides software allowing researchers to study complex infrastructure systems in cities, such a sewage systems or transportation networks.[4] The DAFNI Annual Conference is addressed by experts in these disciplines.[5][6][7]

Chair of the DAFNI Strategy Board is Jim Hall.[8] He is Professor of Environmental Risks in the School of Geography and the Environment at the University of Oxford,[9] a senior research fellow in the Department of Engineering Science at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Linacre College.

Funding and Partners

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From 2017 to 2021, DAFNI was funded by an UKRI EPSRC £8m investment in the UK Collaboratorium for Research on Infrastructure and Cities (UKCRIC) to provide infrastructure systems research capabilities.[10] Since then, the DAFNI programme has received a £1.4m grant under EPSRC's Resource Only Strategic Equipment [11] and in March 2023 UKRI awarded £4m to STFC Scientific Computing to establish a national Centre of Excellence for Resilient Infrastructure Analysis based on the DAFNI platform. Further UK Government funding was received in 2024.[12]

Institutions working with DAFNI include Imperial,[13] University of Bristol,[14] Cranfield University,[15] UCL CASA [16] and Newcastle University.[17]

References

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  1. ^ "DAFNI aims high with analytics for infrastructure". UKAuthority. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
  2. ^ "Launch of the Data and Analytics Facility for National Infrastructure (DAFNI) - Innovate UK Business Connect". 2017-06-15. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
  3. ^ Reis, Alex (2021-07-07). "New platform to advance infrastructure research in the UK". European Scientist. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
  4. ^ Matthews, Brian; Hall, Jim; Batty, Michael; Blainey, Simon; Cassidy, Nigel; Choudhary, Ruchi; Coca, Daniel; Hallett, Stephen; Harou, Julien J; James, Phil; Lomax, Nik; Oliver, Peter; Sivakumar, Aruna; Tryfonas, Theodoros; Varga, Liz (2023-09-01). "DAFNI: a computational platform to support infrastructure systems research". Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Smart Infrastructure and Construction. 176 (3): 108–116. doi:10.1680/jsmic.22.00007. ISSN 2397-8759.
  5. ^ NIC (2019-06-10). "'Data now as important to UK Infrastructure as concrete or steel' - Sir John Armitt speech to DAFNI". NIC. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
  6. ^ "Dr Ana Mijic to speak at DAFNI conference". Imperial College London. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
  7. ^ "Conference Speakers 2023 | Data & Analytics Facility for National Infrastructure - DAFNI". Retrieved 2024-10-24.
  8. ^ "CES". ces.pagelizard.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  9. ^ "People | School of Geography and the Environment". www.geog.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  10. ^ Admin (2019-07-10). "Informed decisions". Construction & Civil Engineering magazine. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
  11. ^ Smart, Belinda (2023-08-25). "£1.4M announced for digital modelling projects that support infrastructure climate change resilience". New Civil Engineer. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
  12. ^ "Pilot projects will aid better and safer use of data in research". www.ukri.org. 2024-03-06. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
  13. ^ "Resilience scenarios for Integrated Water Systems - £330K DAFNI funded project | Imperial News | Imperial College London". Imperial News. 2023-08-29. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
  14. ^ Bristol, University of. "August: Funding for climate change resilience project | News and features | University of Bristol". www.bristol.ac.uk. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
  15. ^ "Cranfield assesses UK aviation resilience". www.airportsinternational.com. 2024-05-02. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
  16. ^ UCL (2023-06-27). "The DAFNI Hardware Fund powers CASA research on the impacts of major infrastructure projects". The Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
  17. ^ "Boosting the resilience of urban areas against floods". Press Office. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
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