King's Digital Lab

We create digital tools to explore academic research in new ways.

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Interface with 3 columns: parameters for the search (query word or heading; minimum and maximum length; results per screen); list of nearest entries to the search with heading, lexical diversity metrics and link to the text of the corresponding entry; nearest words to the query.

Encyclopedia Britannica Exploratory Prototypes

This project builds on a selection of the published datasets of the early Encyclopedia Britannica editions (1771-1911) produced by the Nineteenth-Century Knowledge Project, led by Peter M. Logan. One...

Threes researchers reading an ancient inscription

Crossreads Text, materiality and multiculturalism at the crossroads of the ancient Mediterranean

KDL contribution focuses on the development and redesign of the custom digital environment supporting the palaeographic, linguistic and petrographic analyses of the CROSSREADS corpus of Sicilian inscriptions.

This diagram presents the 5 STEP-UP platform work-packages associated to research data, software and computing infrastructure roles.

STEP-UP: A Strategic TEchnical Platform for University technical Professionals

The STEP-UP platform is a project to develop and support digital Research Technical Professionals (RTPs) and their ecosystem.

'Digital infrastructure' – enabling computational modelling, processing of larger datasets, creation of advanced...

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A neural network comes out of the top of an ivory tower, above a crowd of people's heads (shown in green to symbolise grass roots). Some of them are reaching up to try and take some control and pull the net down to them. Watercolour illustration. — Jamillah Knowles & We and AI / Better Images of AI / People and Ivory Tower AI / CC-BY 4.0

Jan 16, 2025

Prototyping a RAG System for Digital Humanities: Exploring AI/ML with Indigenous Data

A prototype RAG system for Indigenous data, exploring the use of AI/ML in the context of sensitive cultural data.

A 1590–1610 drawing of a chimera attributed to Jacopo Ligozzi — Chimera, attributed to Jacopo Ligozzi

Jan 13, 2025

Creative Chimeras

The breadth of practitioners provided a fascinating study in how different people approached “immersive.” I have an older understanding of the word, closer to practitioners from theatre like Punchdrunk. Bridge Command, however, is structured and inspired by the tropes of TV Science Fiction. Jeroen van Hasselt of Entered has a background in video game design and then escape rooms, so he described his work as “live action video games.” Everyone is starting from their industry and then wandering into this shared space, picking up technologies, jargon, and design patterns as required

Network of city lights viewed from above, representing the interconnected nature of modern digital infrastructure — Aerial View of Urban Infrastructure at Night, by Natasha Dulhiier, Unsplash

Dec 10, 2024

Infrastructure Modernisation: A Year-Long Journey of Migrating Research Projects and Core Services

A year-long journey of migrating research projects and core services to King's e-Research facility.

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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 themes

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.