The BRICS Astronomy Consortium has laid a good foundation and made progress over the years, evident in that finally in 2021 the consortium was successfully granted seed funding to work on the flagship project, The BRICS Intelligent Telescope and Data Network (BITDN) Project. The flagship programme is based on a merger of the transients and…
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The BRICS Intelligent Telescope and Data Network (BITDN) is a partnership between the Inter-University Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy (IDIA) and the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) under the BRICS Astronomy programme. The project looks to impact positively on society through various initiatives including hackathons. The first BITDN regional hackathon will take place in Cape Town, South Africa, at SAAO on…
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In accordance with the resolutions of the 5th BRICS Astronomy Working Group (BAWG) meeting held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on the 2nd of October, 2019, it was agreed to host the next BAWG meeting and scientific workshop in Russia. The event is organized by the Boris N. Yeltsin Ural Federal University with the support…
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