Chief Scientific Adviser, fellowships and honours for researchers
December 21, 2018
Professor Tom Rodden has been appointed as Chief Scientific Adviser for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. He is among significant numbers of our outstanding academics recognised throughout 2018 by their peers and learned societies for pioneering contributions to scholarship and delivering world-class research. Many of these accolades featured in a review of 2018 …
Introducing Smart Industrial Systems: towards smart production of smart products
August 1, 2017
Concluding a series introducing the University’s Beacons of Excellence, Professor Steve Benford, Director of Smart Industrial Systems, explains how smart products will redefine our relationship with technology. The industrial economy was about manufacturing physical products while the digital economy is about delivering online services. These will collide in the future economy in the form of personalised …
Social media, what is it good for (when used as part of your work)?
August 16, 2016
Dr Ansgar Koene, Senior Research Fellow in the Horizon Digital Economy Research Institute, discusses a study into use of social media in academia. The POET (Public Outreach Engagement Tool) project by the CaSMa and CREATe groups at Horizon Digital Economy Research is developing a tool that can be used by researchers to visualise their social …
