DRHack: The results of our Digital Research Hackathon
May 8, 2018
On the afternoon of Friday 27 April, at the same time as the Digital Research Week’s closing ceremony, DRHack kicked off. We co-hosted this event with HackSoc, a student society dedicated to hacking. We invited students to come and try their hand at designing and creating new ways of engaging with research data. Hackathon participants …
First Month on the Job: Small Problems. Big Questions. Tiny Salamanders
May 4, 2018
Four weeks on the job already, and this is only my first blog post as a member of the Digital Research team. I haven’t even got my staff profile set up yet: LinkedIn will have to do for the moment. Apologies for that: there just hasn’t been the time. I joined the team on April …
Join our workshops to influence the University’s Digital Research Strategy
April 17, 2018
We are pleased to invite all University of Nottingham staff and students to participate in one of our five Digital Research Strategy Workshops. The goal of these workshops will be to explore how digital technologies enable tackling new research challenges, providing new scientific insights, and offering approaches to the understanding of people and their behaviours. …
Digital Research Week: Hands-on Demonstrations Wednesday 25 April
April 13, 2018
On Wednesday 25 April, the atrium in the Engineering and Sciences Learning Centre on University Park will host the Digital Research Week’s Demo Day. We have invited researchers from all faculties to showcase innovative technology that they have been working on, and are proud to introduce the following demonstrations: Will Bowden from the Department of …
Internet of Things & Research Ethics Cards
April 12, 2018
Internet of things (IoT) devices & services are increasingly embedded in different aspects of our daily lives. These range from smart speakers (Amazon Alexa) and intelligent thermostats (Nest) in our homes, to smart workplaces (the Edge[1]) & a plethora of smart city projects around the world changing how we interact with urban public space. As …
Digital Research Week: Bring your Research Data to life at DRHack, our Digital Research Hackathon in partnership
April 11, 2018
Bring your research data to life with DRHack, our Digital Research Hackathon On Friday 27 April and Saturday 28 April 2018, as part of the University Of Nottingham’s Digital Research Week, the Digital Research Team are pairing up with HackSoc to organize a 24-hour hackathon. We are calling all researchers at the University of Nottingham …
Creating 3D environments 2/2: 3D Scanning and Photogrammetry
April 10, 2018
After discussing 360 video capture and 3D modelling in a previous blog post, we now introduce two other techniques for capturing 3D environments, 3D scanning and photogrammetry. 3D Scanning 3D Scanning is an approach commonly used in architectural and geospatial surveying. It involves the use of professional equipment which measures the distance of objects using …
Creating 3D environments for virtual experiences 1/2: 360° Video and 3D Modelling
As part of our goal to create a 3D bar for beer tasting experiments – described in our guest blog post by Marit Nijman, researcher in the Sensory Science Centre – we are currently experimenting with a variety of technologies that can be used to capture and recreate realistic 3D environments. In this blog post, …
Cloud Computing for Research
Recently more and more services are moving towards the cloud, it’s a relentless march and one that we can’t and shouldn’t ignore. My work and personal email accounts are now entirely cloud based, at home we download TV programs and films from the cloud and while I write this blog I’m listening to some music …
Digital Research Week: Meet our Keynote Speakers
April 6, 2018
We are proud to introduce our three Keynote Speakers who will be providing their insight into the challenges and opportunities of Digital Research. All three speakers have extensive knowledge of both academic and industrial research and will be contributing their strategic vision to help researchers at the University of Nottingham envision the future of research. …
