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The DARA Big Data Project

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2020

Anna M. M. Scaife  and
Sally E. Cooper
Anna M. M. Scaife
Affiliation:
Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester, Alan Turing Building, Oxford Road, ManchesterM13 9PL, UK Email: anna.scaife@manchester.ac.uk
Sally E. Cooper
Affiliation:
Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester, Alan Turing Building, Oxford Road, ManchesterM13 9PL, UK Email: sally.cooper@manchester.ac.uk
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Abstract

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The DARA Big Data project is a flagship UK Newton Fund & GCRF program in partnership with the South African Department of Science & Technology (DST). DARA Big Data provides bursaries for students from the partner countries of the African VLBI Network (AVN), namely Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia and Zambia, to study for MSc(R) and PhD degrees at universities in South Africa and the UK. These degrees are in the three data intensive DARA Big Data focus areas of astrophysics, health data and sustainable agriculture. The project also provides training courses in machine learning, big data techniques and data intensive methodologies as part of the Big Data Africa initiative.

Keywords

Radio AstronomyData IntensiveBig Data
Type
Contributed Papers
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 14 , Symposium A30: Astronomy in Focus XXX , August 2018 , pp. 569
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