Earlier this year, the Open Repositories 2025 (OR2025) conference in Chicago was eagerly anticipated, with CORE set to showcase its contributions to open science infrastructure. Focusing on responsible AI use, metadata innovation, and national repository coordination, CORE’s presence at the conference was both significant and impactful. On Day 1, Petr Knoth introduced SDG Classify, an…
On Wednesday, 14th May, KMi marked its 30th anniversary, celebrating three decades of innovation and pioneering projects in emerging technology. KMi has been a beacon of creativity, consistently pushing the boundaries of digital media, interactive technologies and artificial intelligence. KMi’s celebration included a showcase of its iconic innovations in Generative AI for education, learning analytics,…
KMi’s Senior Research Fellow Alexander Mikroyannidis presented his latest research on AI in Education at the EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2025 conference in Barcelona, Spain. His presentation, titled Using Generative AI to Enhance Personalised and Self-Regulated Learning, was co-authored with Stefanos Armakolas and focused on harnessing Generative AI to support learner autonomy and personalisation in digital…
The COAR Annual Conference 2025 in Tokyo (12–14 May) was a key event for repository experts and open science advocates. Prof Petr Knoth represented CORE in discussions on AI, machine access, and repository infrastructure. On Day 1, Prof Knoth joined a panel exploring AI bots’ impact on repositories, stressing the need for clear standards and…
KMi’s Prof Petr Knoth, participated as one of four Open Science panellists at the recent CHIST-ERA Projects Seminar 2025. The panel addressed significant challenges in Open Science, including interoperability issues, underfunding of Green Open Access, lack of recognition for infrastructure contributions, and misaligned incentives. Prof Knoth highlighted the critical role of infrastructure like CORE in…
The UKRI-funded project Smart Assessment and Guided Education with Responsible AI (SAGE-RAI) organised a webinar on April 24th. The webinar offered participants the chance to participate in discussions on how AI can be responsibly used in education, addressing challenges of misinformation, copyright, and bias. Participants also had the opportunity to compare the experience of using…
CORE will be contributing seven accepted submissions to the 20th International Conference on Open Repositories (OR2025), taking place in Chicago, Illinois, USA, from 15–18 June 2025. These presentations highlight ongoing efforts to enhance open access, improve research discoverability, and address key challenges in the open repositories community. From managing machine access in the era of…
Last week the Shifting Power team, represented by Senior Research Fellow in KMi, Dr. Tracie Farrell, spoke at the annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). First established in 1946, the CSW is an intergovernmental body whose purpose is to promote gender equality and the rights of women globally. The commission has spent the…
Last week saw CORE founder Professor Petr Knoth at UNESCO in Paris for the 2025 Software Heritage Symposium and summit. Professor Knoth was presenting the work undertaken in the first year of the SoFAIR project, a two-year multinational CHIST-ERA project. The Open University is working in conjunction with multiple partners including INRIA, Brno University of…
Last week, Prof. John Domingue and Dr Aisling Third attended a highly influential Dagstuhl Seminar focused on trust, accountability, and self-determination in AI, particularly in systems built on Knowledge Graphs (KGs) (John served as a co-Chair). Why Knowledge Graphs Matter With AI increasingly reshaping the world and driving our most powerful digital platforms—from Google and…
