News

The latest news from the N8 CIR

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.

N8 CIR Renews Internship Scheme for 2025

GW,
Author: GW

The N8 CIR Internship Scheme is a unique opportunity for undergraduate students to engage in cutting-edge computer science projects in machine learning, digital health, and digital humanities.​

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BEDE service to be extended until March 2026

GW,
Author: GW

The funding for N8 CIR supercomputer Bede has been extended until March 2026 by N8 Universities

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Join Our Team: Research Data Management Theme Lead

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Author: GW

To support and grow our community of Research Data Managers, we have created a new position of Research Data Management Theme Lead

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Registrations open for the Digital Research Infrastructure Retreat 2025!

Grainne Wrigley,
Author: Grainne Wrigley

The N8 CIR Digital Research Infrastructure Retreat returns for the third time to Manchester in January 2025.

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N8 CIR Announces Training Bursaries

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Author: GW

We are excited to announce we are launching a bursary to cover travel and accommodation to help those attending our training events.

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N8 CIR Interns Take Over York!

Grainne Wrigley,
Author: Grainne Wrigley

This September, our 2024 class of interns took to York to present their work over the summer to an audience of researchers from across the N8.

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Ellie Rye: Data/Culture workshop reflection

Ellie Rye,
Author: Ellie Rye

Ellie Rye, a Lecturer at York's Department of Language and Linguistic Science, recently attended our Summer Data/Culture Workshop. Here, she recounts her experience and what she has learnt.

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Khushboo Surana: Reflections on the Summer Data/Culture Workshop in Lancaster, UK (5th-7th June)

Khushboo Surana,
Author: Khushboo Surana

Khushboo Surana, a Economics Lecturer from the University of York, attended our Summer Data/Culture workshop. Here, she recounts her experience and what she has learnt.

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DRI Retreat 2024

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Author: 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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Data Access for Digital Health Presentations

Grainne Wrigley,
Author: Grainne Wrigley

Check out presentations from our most popular event

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Train the Trainer: Artificial Neural Networks

Grainne Wrigley,
Author: 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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Join Our Team: RIE Theme Lead

Grainne Wrigley,
Author: 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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Meet our new RSE Lead

Grainne Wrigley,
Author: 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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Mapping the Research Landscapes of N8 CIR

Grainne Wrigley,
Author: 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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Wearables is the name of the game! A reflection on our Digital Health Community Day

Grainne Wrigley,
Author: 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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