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Alice Thornton's Books

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...

Circular symbols representing a computer vision library, designed to identify and track tangible objects on a flat surface.

Tangible Inclusive Block-Based Language for Widening Access to Programming

The TIBBL: Tangible Inclusive Block-Based Language for Widening Access to Programming project seeks to develop an inexpensive, open-source tangible programming toolkit that is inclusive of people with visual impairments. A proof of concept for the...

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Room is Sad

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...

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One set of visual data transformation with a code snippet in Python on the left and manuscripts on the right.
The process of data transcription © Filippo Astori

From Cagliari to KDL: Memories of a research stay

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.

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Empowering Artistic Innovation

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 Loʻi, kalo/taro garden on the grounds of the Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies at University of Hawaii at Manoa.
A Loʻi, a kalo/taro garden. © Samantha Callaghan, 2023

Reflections on the International Indigenous Librarians’ Forum

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

Living well with technology by bringing together expertise from across all disciplines at King’s College London.

Digital Futures Institute

Living well with technology by bringing together expertise from across all disciplines at King’s College London.

Supporting and promoting work in artificial intelligence (AI) across King’s College London.

King’s Institute for Artificial Intelligence

Supporting and promoting work in artificial intelligence (AI) across King’s College London.

Bringing together researchers, practitioners and organisations from both UK and Ireland.

UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Association

Bringing together researchers, practitioners and organisations from both UK and Ireland.

Establishing a research environment that recognises the vital role of software in research.

RSE Society UK

Establishing a research environment that recognises the vital role of software in research.

Pan-European infrastructure enhancing and supporting digitally-enabled research and teaching across the arts and humanities.

DARIAH

Pan-European infrastructure enhancing and supporting digitally-enabled research and teaching across the arts and humanities.

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