Data & Analytics Facility for National Infrastructure
DAFNI is the National Platform to satisfy the computational needs in support of data analysis; infrastructure research; and strategic thinking for the UK’s long term planning and investment needs. The platform will support academic research that is aiming to provide the UK with a world leading infrastructure system that is more: efficient, reliable, resilient and affordable. It will achieve this by enabling the research community to conduct research that is able to generate new insights at a higher level of detail and accuracy than ever before.

The launch of the DAFNI system represents a monumental milestone in developing the UK’s Data and Analytics Facility for National Infrastructure. With Climate change impacting our nation, it is now more important than ever to understand how we can better prepare the UK for extreme events. DAFNI will provide the UK with infrastructure data analysis and previously unseen levels of computer performance providing greater insights to inform policy decisions and therefore lead the world in our ability to prepare for these extreme events.
Prof. Jim Hall
Chair of DAFNI Governance Board
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Centre of Excellence for Resilient Infrastructure Analysis announced
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has announced a £4M investment via the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Scientific Computing Department to establish a national Centre of Excellence for Resilient Infrastructure Analysis. Read more
Season’s Greetings December 2022
On behalf of the DAFNI team, I would like to wish you all a very happy Christmas and a prosperous new year for 2023 and beyond. I hope to write to you all again in the new year to update you on our future plans for DAFNI. We have been working on how we might develop DAFNI in Read more
DAFNI Newsletter – October 2022
We would like to share the DAFNI conference outputs with you in this newsletter. Also, there are a couple of pieces on particular projects. Firstly André Neto Bradley discusses his work using DAFNI on energy modelling for different types of household, a very relevant topic ... Read more
DAFNI Newsletter – June 2022
We are delighted to invite you to our 2022 conference on the 5th July at the University of Manchester. This one day conference highlights work on environmental research which involves DAFNI and showcases our involvement in digital twins. This is an excellent opportunity ... Read more
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