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 …
Steve Benford: new ways to enrich our lives, digitally
April 21, 2016
Q&A with Professor Steve Benford, Global Research Theme Lead for Digital Futures. This is the fifth of our monthly Q&As with our five Global Research Theme (GRT) leads, for you to find out about who they are, their research and what it means to lead one of the University’s five GRTs. Read previous Q&As from Professor Georgina …
Trajectories into Practice
July 26, 2013
Research impact Maybe it’s an age thing, but I’m increasingly bothered by the question of how my research might make a difference – why might a professional working at the coalface of user experience design be bothered about what I am doing? Of course, there are probably other reasons why this is bothering me too …
