Dr Alexander Mikroyannidis, Senior Research Fellow at the Knowledge Media Institute (KMi), The Open University, UK, has been appointed International Expert in Distance Learning by the Agency for the Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education (A3ES), Portugal’s national authority for quality assurance in higher education. The mission of the A3ES is to improve the quality of…
We are delighted to announce that David Goddard, one of KMi’s dedicated PhD students, has successfully passed his viva. David’s PhD, titled “Designing a Personal Awareness Agent to Ameliorate Information Overload,” explores the pressing issue of information overload and proposes innovative solutions through the design of a personal software agent. His research, supervised by Dr….
The Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI published its 2025 AI Index report this week, providing a comprehensive look at the global state of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The report, now in its eighth edition, tracks and visualises data on technical performance, economic impact, education, policy, and responsible AI to offer an empirical foundation for understanding the…
We are thrilled to announce that the Early Alert Indicators Dashboard, an Open University project led by KMi’s Prof. Miriam Fernandez, driven by the AI expertise and dedication of the OU Analyse team, has been selected as a finalist for the prestigious MK STEM Awards 2025 in the AI Impact category. This recognition celebrates the…
KMi is delighted to announce a new project, “Immersive Online Reading for Mental Wellbeing,” funded in partnership with the OU in Northern Ireland, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, the Verbal Arts Centre, and Belfast Metropolitan College. Led by researchers Alessio Antonini and Imelda Haran, the project will run until October 2025. Building on a…
KMi is thrilled to announce that Ángel Pavón Pérez has successfully passed his viva on 28 January 2025. His groundbreaking research, titled “Enhancing Fairness in Machine Learning: Identifying and Mitigating Bias with a Focus on Gender Bias in Finance”, marks a significant contribution to the field of responsible AI. Ángel’s work addresses critical challenges in…
A pioneering robotics project, led by Prof Enrico Motta’s team at KMi, has secured Innovate UK funding to improve hospital efficiency and safety. This initiative aims to revolutionise hospital efficiency and safety through the deployment of AI-driven robots. These smart robots will handle routine tasks, such as delivering medicines, while simultaneously identifying and addressing safety…
A pioneering research initiative, ClimateSense, led by KMi’s Director Harith Alani, has received a €1 million grant from the European CHIST-ERA programme, with £275,000 allocated from the EPSRC. The project tackles the critical issue of climate misinformation by integrating Geographic Information Systems (GIS) with AI to analyse the geopolitical spread of false claims about climate…
CORE, an Open Access infrastructure operated by The Open University, has been awarded significant funding for the next five years from Microsoft, as part of its’ support for increasing access to data and scientific research. Since 2020, Microsoft has worked to close the data divide and help organisations of all sizes realise the benefits of open data…
A paper authored by KMi researchers Enrico Motta, Francesco Osborne, Angelo Salatino, and Iman Naja, and Martino Pulici from the Bosch Centre for Artificial Intelligence, has received the prestigious Best Research Paper Award at the 24th International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management (EKAW 24). The EKAW series of conferences provides the premier European…
