March 1st-3rd saw the full gathering in Barcelona of a new EU project in which KMi and the OU Department of Computing are playing a strong role. The project, entitled “European Learning Grid Infrastructure (ELeGI),” comprises 23 partners across Europe, and is worth a combined total of nearly £5M, of which over £300K will come…
Praise for ScholOnto and argument visualization resesarch at KMI in helping to tackle computational philosophy challenges Some of Philosophy's Next Jobs, Almost All of Them Computerised Robert Horn (Stanford University) Abstract This talk is based on seven assertions. I will assert that philosophy can not proceed effectively in the 21st Century unless it adopts the…
Simon Buckingham Shum received a grant from Tokyo University to spend a week at RCAST, the Research Centre for Advanced Science and Technology. Simon was hosted at the Knowledge Interaction Design Lab by Prof. Kumiyo Nakakoji, Japan's leading researcher in Human-Computer Interaction. Simon gave an invited seminar, spent time with PhD students, and in depth…
Stand 239 in the Schwarzwaldhalle hosted the Prolearn project in Karlsruhe, Germany. A lot of folk wandering around looking at the many neat aspects of this project. KMi had a good showing with both Stadium and Hexagon getting alot of interest. Peter Scott and Kevin Quick mixed meetings of Prolearn workpackages with attending the Prolearn…
Jeff Neslen was brought into the lab by Roger Fennemore to talk about the next potential steps with the Sport4All concept. Subjects ranged widely about the sorts of things that Sports England might be minded to support. Lots of interesting discussion about how to breathe life into the sporting demos. Table-tennis anyone?
Jeff Neslen was brought into the lab by Roger Fennemore to talk about the next potential steps with the Sport4All concept. Subjects ranged widely about the sorts of things that Sports England might be minded to support. Lots of interesting discussion about how to breathe life into the sporting demos. Table-tennis anyone?
Nigel Pigott writes: “I've just had two phone calls from George. The first was after he had spoken to Bernie Rickinson at IOM3. Apparently he is very keen to pursue the idea of networking high tech materials companies and has some funding that could be devoted to a demonstrator project. George then spoke to Ian…
George Smith visited; brought along by Nigel Pigott after meeting Alan Bassindale. George is a great advocate of the OU. He is the m.d. of a nanotechnology company and mixes with those at the Insitute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, has been involved with Foresight panels, knows important folk at the DTI and has speaks…
This article is a must-read for all web designers who use any kind of active content (Flash, QuickTime etc) on their sites. Bruce Lawson investigates the changes that you'll need to make as suggested by Microsoft, Macromedia, Real Networks and Apple if you plan to continue delivering seamless Flash or other plug-in content to the…
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