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To keep you up to date with all our activities, announcements of interest to the N8 CIR community, and presentations from recent events are shared here.

DRI Retreat 2024

EF,

We are hosting a five-day retreat comprising panel discussions and group sessions for technology specialists to develop soft skills and network with peers on the 18th - 22nd March, 2024.

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light rays from earth

Data Access for Digital Health Presentations

Grainne Wrigley,

Check out presentations from our most popular event

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DNA puzzle
DNA puzzle

Train the Trainer: Artificial Neural Networks

Grainne Wrigley,

Zeynep Aki attended our incredibly popular Introduction to Artificial Neural Networks in Python workshop as part of our ‘Train the Trainer’ scheme and hosted another session at Durham University to expand the reach of this training. We caught up with him about the merits of this model and how it has benefited the community.

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lake landscape

Join Our Team: RIE Theme Lead

Grainne Wrigley,

We are looking for an RIE Theme Lead who will lead activities to develop communities of practice for Research Infrastructure Engineers across the partnership and beyond.

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white puzzle pieces

Meet our new RSE Lead

Grainne Wrigley,

Sam Bland from the University of York is taking over from Marion Weinzierl as our new Research Software Engineer (RSE) Theme Lead. In an interview with us, he discusses his plans for the theme going forward.

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Sam Bland
Sam Bland

Mapping the Research Landscapes of N8 CIR

Grainne Wrigley,

We have launched surveys for our Digital Health and Digital Humanities themes to identify the people and the areas of active research to enable N8 CIR to better support research

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people with speech bubbles

Wearables is the name of the game! A reflection on our Digital Health Community Day

Grainne Wrigley,

Across many subthemes of research in the Digital Health space, a few strong themes emerged. Our community showed us how connecting with technology and each other is pushing forward health innovation.

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Isaac Odiase meeting presentation
Isaac Odiase meeting presentation

Why We're Not Defining Digital Humanities: A reflection on our Community Day

Grainne Wrigley,

The digital humanities research area is expanding faster than definitions can keep up. Our wonderful community of digital humanities researchers explain how connections are enabling this.

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Jennifer Richards meeting presentation
Jennifer Richards meeting presentation

Presentations from Digital Humanities Community Day

Grainne Wrigley,
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claire warwick meeting
claire warwick meeting

How Bede is leading the way in green computing for Earth Day

Grainne Wrigley,

In celebration of Earth Day, here's what we're doing to make Bede sustainable and environmentally friendly!

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Tree in laptop

N8 CIR Announces 2023 Annual RSE Day

Grainne Wrigley,

Join us for an annual meeting of RSE professionals across the N8 Universities to exchange experiences and discuss relevant topics in the community.

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N8 CIR YouTube gets a Makeover!

Grainne Wrigley,

Our YouTube gets a new look to make it easier for you to access our training to fulfil your needs

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training offered on YouTube

MEGANOMICS Course by Cloud-SPAN

Grainne Wrigley,

Join our experts for this free online Cloud-SPAN course on METAGENOMICS

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clouds

Machine Learning Launch Event a Roaring Success!

Grainne Wrigley,

To celebrate our new research theme of Machine Learning, we hosted a launch event at the University of Leeds including talks from our theme leads, abstract presentations, and a poster session.

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lecture room

Save Yourself Stress at our Software Skills Session!

Nilani Ganeshwaran,

Nilani Ganeshwaran

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Computer lab from Library Carpentry Durham 2019
Computer lab from Library Carpentry Durham 2019