Room is Sad is an interactive immersive experience that uses AI and the Internet of Things (IoT) to tell the story of a smart room that isn’t feeling itself, encouraging players to talk to the Room and discover what might be wrong. Room...
The project investigates the cultures of diplomacy from 1677-1860 between the British Crown and the Six Nations of the Iroquois - the dominant indigenous confederacy of the Northeastern Great Lakes and Canada - and in particular the Covenant...
This AHRC-funded research project, in partnership with Durham Cathedral, is creating an online digital edition of the four autobiographical manuscripts written by Alice Thornton (1626-1707). Born into a family of English gentry in...
What brought me to the Virginia Woolf Building was the doctoral programme I am pursuing at the University of Cagliari under the scientific responsibility of professor Giampaolo Salice, and in particular the training course linked to the PON R&I scholarship I hold.
Experimental digital research is difficult for independent artists to do in terms of finance and skills on their own, but they are exactly the type of people that will move the use of digital tools forward from interesting tech demos to tools of storytelling.
A colleague asked, “What was it like attending a conference based in Hawaii compared to the usual other locations?”
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Activities
Some of the ways we enable and deliver digital research.
Planning and analysis
Defining requirements
Cost estimation
Data analysis
Modelling
Designing technical solutions
Creating and sustaining
Building and maintaining digital resources
Data visualization
Digital accessibility
Archiving and sustainability
Participating, contributing, disseminating
Sharing code
Professional bodies and interest groups
Publications
Outreach and training
Research areas
Some pathways of innovation we are exploring.
Digital creativity
Experimenting with digital tools to enable, enhance, and expand our cultural experiences and interactions.
Indigenous Digital Humanities
Fostering understanding, respect, and cooperation among holding institutions, researchers and minority groups to help work on complex issues around data from indigenous community sources.
Machine learning and AI
Working to create a virtual cycle around ML and AI that goes beyond single projects solutions across the triangle of critical, analytical and practical RSE-driven research.
Data visualisation
Organizing data with form, structure and shape to help users understand the story it has to tell.
Communities
Organizations and groups we have formal attachment to via active contribution, affiliation or sponsorship as description of the communities space.