Research project

DAFNI-ROSE: Extending DAFNI’s usage and capabilities through EPSRC’s Resource-Only Strategic Equipment (ROSE) fund

Project overview

This EPSRC Research Only Strategic Equipment (ROSE) grant aimed to increase usage and capability of the Data and Analytics Facility for National Infrastructure (DAFNI), to support research in EPSRC's Engineering programme and related fields.

DAFNI was developed over a 4 year development phase, thanks to a capital grant from EPSRC. The system is now delivering game-changing computational and data services to the community researching into infrastructure systems. The ROSE grant allowed the DAFNI team to build on and expand the user group that has been established within the development phase of DAFNI, thus allowing a larger group of researchers to take advantage of the benefits of the investment in DAFNI. The funding provided by ROSE has facilitated the provision of two years of high-quality service, with continuous improvement to the DAFNI system. 

Please see further details for DAFNI.

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Simon Blainey PhD, FRGS, FHEA, MCIHT, CMILT

Professor of Sustainable Transport

Research interests

  • Rail demand and operations modelling
  • GIS and transport
  • Transport decision support systems
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Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Research outputs