Research project: UKCRIC Strand C: Data Analytics Facility for National Infrastructure

DAFNI is a major UK facility which aims to advance infrastructure research. Based at the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC Harwell), DAFNI will host national infrastructure datasets and provide a complex system science driven platform for modelling, simulation and visualisation. These capabilities will be underpinned by the high throughput data interconnectivity and integrated high performance computing facilities required for multi-scale infrastructure system modelling, linked with a unique national infrastructure database.

DAFNI will be implemented and tested over the four year period from 2017 to 2021, enabling significant new advances in infrastructure research and facilitating access to tools and methods capable of addressing real-world challenges at a range of scales. It will therefore provide world-leading capability to support UK research, business and government in infrastructure systems analysis, modelling, simulation and visualisation. The University of Southampton is one of 12 partner institutions overseeing the delivery and management of the programme, with the university’s input being provided by representatives from TRG.

For more information see www.dafni.ac.uk.