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NSA Award

National Software Academy wins Wales Technology Award

26 June 2017

The National Software Academy has fought off fierce competition to win the coveted ‘Trailblazer of the Year’ award in this year’s ESTnet Wales Technology Awards.

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Detecting riots with Twitter

26 June 2017

Cardiff University research shows that events from the London riots in 2011 could be automatically detected over an hour quicker than they were reported to the police

Fam Jam

National Software Academy opens its doors to public for family fun day

21 June 2017

On Saturday 17 June, the National Software Academy in Newport successfully hosted Wales’ first ‘Family Jam’; an event designed to inspire the next generation of software engineers.

Children in IT workshop

National Software Academy opens its doors to public for family fun day

15 June 2017

Wales’ first ‘Family Jam’ event looks to inspire next generation of software engineers

EstNet

National Software Academy shortlisted for Technology Award

18 May 2017

The National Software Academy has been shortlisted in this year’s ESTnet Wales Technology Awards in the ‘Trailblazer of the Year’ category.

Supercomputer

Supercomputing Wales

27 April 2017

A new £15m supercomputing programme of investment has been announced by universities across Wales

Computer code

Cyber security centre of excellence to open at Cardiff University

24 April 2017

Cardiff University and Airbus launch first centre of its kind in Europe to tackle cyber-attacks on critical infrastructure

EPSRC

First EPSRC Inverse Problems Network Meeting to be held at Cardiff

6 April 2017

The first meeting of the EPSRC sponsored Inverse Problems Network will commence with lunch at on 24 April at Cardiff University.

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National Software Academy to feature on BBC Wales Today

5 April 2017

On Wednesday 5 April, The National Software Academy will feature as part of a BBC series on the Digital Economy in Wales.

Man inspecting of supercomputers

GW4 world-first supercomputer launched at national exhibition

30 March 2017

The supercomputer, known as Isambard, is being developed by GW4 researchers in collaboration with the Met Office and Cray Inc