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KMi at the inaugural Centre for Protecting Women Online conference: Responsible AI for safer digital spaces

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Centre for Protecting Women Online

Last week, on the 10th and 11th of September, The Open University hosted the first annual conference of the Centre for Protecting Women Online. The event brought together researchers, practitioners, and policymakers from across academia, technology, law enforcement, government, civil society, and beyond to explore and address the pressing challenges to women’s safety in digital spaces. KMi was proud to be part of…

KMi wins OU recognition of Excellence in Teaching Award

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achievements on SFD

KMi has won a 2025 OU Recognition of Excellence in Teaching (RET) Award for its work on the Student Facing Dashboard (SFD), demonstrating the valuable support that technology can provide for teaching and learning.  Over the past two years, the OU Analyse team at KMi, alongside colleagues in FBL and IET, has developed a student-facing…

KMi experts present insights on Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence to UN committee

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Miri, Angel and Olga at the UN

KMi’s Prof. Miriam Fernandez and Dr. Angel Pavón Pérez, recently visited the United Nations in Geneva to present key insights on technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). They were joined by Professor Olga Jurasz. Their briefing highlighted the significant economic and democratic damages inflicted by TFGBV,…

OU Analyse team wins MK STEM Award 2025 for Early Alert Indicators Dashboard

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OU Analyse STEM award

KMi is delighted to announce that the Early Alert Indicators Dashboard, led by KMi’s Prof. Miriam Fernandez and powered by the OU Analyse team, has won the prestigious MK STEM Award 2025 in the AI Impact category. This accolade celebrates the team’s innovative use of artificial intelligence to transform education and promote equitable learning opportunities. The MK STEM Awards recognise excellence and innovation…

Celebrating Ángel Pavón Pérez’s Success: A Milestone in Fair and Responsible AI Research 

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Angel and Miri at the KMi podium

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…

KMi’s Paula Reyero-Lobo Passes Her PhD Viva with Flying Colours! 

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Congratulations to Paula Reyero-Lobo, who was passed her viva on 18 November 2024 for her thesis, “Addressing Bias in Hate Speech Detection: Enhancing Target Group Identification with Semantics.”   Paula’s research explored how to reduce bias in hate speech detection systems, particularly in identifying content targeting specific groups. AI systems often misclassify content from certain groups…

Exploring Innovations in Education: A Seminar on AI and Learning

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Exploring Innovations in Education

On 23 October 2024, the OU Library Atrium hosted a compelling seminar featuring short presentations from leading researchers in the field of AI and education. The event, running from 13:00 to 14:00, showcased insights from several experts, including Dr Aisling Third and Prof Miriam Fernandez from KMi. Dr. Third presented on the transformative potential of…

KMi’s OUAnalyse team honoured with the 2024 STEM Recognising Excellence Award for Groundbreaking Educational Innovations

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OU Analyse - STEM recognising excellence award 2024

We are thrilled to announce that a team of researchers, technology developers, pedagogical experts and tutors from KMi and The Open University have been awarded the prestigious 2024 STEM Recognising Excellence Award for their groundbreaking contributions to education. Their work, particularly the development and successful implementation of the Early Alert Indicators Dashboard (OUAnalyse), has transformed…

Celebrating Research, Innovation, and Societal Impact at The Open University

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The Open University recently hosted its prestigious Research Excellence Awards ceremony at Unity Place in Central Milton Keynes, with over 250 attendees gathered to celebrate the remarkable research being conducted across the university. This year’s event, themed Shaping the Future, not only highlighted the excellence of OU’s research but also showcased the societal impact of…