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Summer Scholarships for Young Black People – The 2023 Call is Open

13 Mar 2023

Since 2020, KMi have provided financial support to Black scholars to enable them to experiment in a cutting-edge field, that can help to change the world. Hot technology topics previously…

CORE Welcomes 10 New Members

03 Mar 2023

As part of our ongoing sustainability plan, in December 2022, we launched the CORE Membership program for data providers. CORE is a not-for-profit service dedicated to the open access mission…

Scaling-up community care with MK:Communities

09 Jan 2023

On the 24th of January 2023, the Woughton Community Council is hosting an event for local volunteer groups showcasing how the MK:Community App can be used to support activities in…

No corrections required for Agnese’s PhD Thesis!

09 Dec 2022

Congratulations to Dr. Agnese Chiatti, who brilliantly defended her PhD Thesis, entitled "Visually Intelligent Agents – Improving Sensemaking in Service Robotics”. Agnese’s thesis, carried out under the supervision of Prof…

KMi’s Robotics team deploys robot in real home environment

07 Dec 2022

Earlier today, the Robotics team of KMi’s Intelligent Systems and Data Science group conducted experimental activities with the TIAGo robot in Northamptonshire. The robot was deployed for the first time…

Dr Retno Larasati achieves PhD success!

06 Dec 2022

We are delighted to announce that Dr Retno Larasati successfully defended her thesis today. Retno’s study was entitled: Trust and Explanation in Artificial Intelligence Systems: A Healthcare Application in Disease…

Ancient rivers increase chances of finding life at next Mars rover’s landing site

28 Nov 2022

Rivers as wide as 600 metres once lay across the surface of Mars – according to new research from Birkbeck, University of London; The Open University; The Natural History Museum;…

NASA’s JWST reveals an exoplanet atmosphere as never seen before

28 Nov 2022

NASA’s JWST just scored another first: a molecular and chemical profile of a distant world’s skies secured by research from experts including Dr Joanna Barstow and Agnibha Banerjee from The Open University. While JWST…

UK Space Agency extends funding for OU space imaging project

28 Nov 2022

The UK Space Agency (UKSA) has signalled its commitment to OU space research by increasing its funding for a pioneering space imaging project by more than £287,000. The grant adds…

Professor Ray Ison’s book

25 Nov 2022

According to research gate, Professor Ray Ison’s book written for TU812/TB872 has reached 3,500 reads. Achieved on 4th November 2022. As well as studied by approx. 1600 PG students. Book: Systems Practice: How to Act in a…

Vice-Chancellor endorses the EAI Dashboard

22 Nov 2022

The Vice-Chancellor has issued a video message to Associate Lecturers via internal channels to explain the importance of using the Early Alert Indicators Dashboard (EAID). In his video message, Tim Blackman said: "We want to highlight to…

PhD success for Dr Alba Morales Tirado

16 Nov 2022

Congratulations to Doctor Alba Morales Tirado, who successfully defended her thesis today. Alba’s PhD was entitled "Health condition evolution for effective use of electronic records: knowledge representation, acquisition, and reasoning”.…