Science can be complicated, and no place demonstrates that more so than Diamond. There are sensors of every kind imaginable at our facility, and scientists need a way to record the right information at the right time to understand the results of their experiments.

Our guest today, Chris Kelley, works on a computer program used throughout Diamond to help solve this problem: the "Generic Data Acquisition" program, or GDA for short. Chris and his team are now pushing the boundaries, working to create an autonomous beamline - the first of its kind in the world.

We got a great insight into a part of Diamond which you might not think too much about, but which is absolutely vital for world leading science!

Links

You can see how GDA is used in a series of short videos here: https://www.diamond.ac.uk/Instruments/Mx/Common/Common-Manual/Using-New-GDA/Videos.html

Our website always has the latest Diamond news: https://www.diamond.ac.uk/Home.html

Find more audio highlights here: https://www.diamond.ac.uk/Science/Research/Highlights/audio-highlights.html