The Knowledge Media Institute (KMi) was set up in 1995 in recognition of the need for the Open University to be at the forefront of research and development in a convergence of areas that impacted on the OU's very nature: Cognitive and Learning Sciences, Artificial Intelligence and Semantic Technologies, and Multimedia. We chose to call this convergence Knowledge Media.
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Joining the OU in the Spring of 1992, my initial projects were related to the transcription of course media for print-disabled students. I was a founder member of KMi when it was launched in 1995. I...
I research privacy and data protection for big data generated by smart city technologies. In particular, my research focuses on architecture for automated privacy rights management in a smart city...
Publications
Rodriguez-Mier, P., Pedrinaci, C., Lama, M. and Mucientes, M. (2015) An Integrated Semantic Web Service Discovery and Composition Framework, IEEE Transactions on Services Computing
Cardoso, J. and Pedrinaci, C. (2015) Evolution and overview of Linked USDL, International Conference on Exploring Service Science 1.5, Porto, Portugal
Mikroyannidis, A., Kroop, S. and Wolpers, M. (2015) Personal Learning Environments (PLEs): Visions and Concepts Responsive Open Learning Environments, eds. Sylvana Kroop, Alexander Mikroyannidis, Martin Wolpers, pp. 1-16, Springer
Recent Seminars
Dr. Teresa Sancho-Vinuesa - Open University of Catalonia
Continuous activity with immediate feedback: a good strategy to guarantee the students engagement in online maths
This event took place on Wednesday 04 February 2015
Priv.-Doz. Dr. Raimund Kirner - School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire
A Uniform Model for Tolerance-Based Real-Time Computing
This event took place on Wednesday 03 December 2014
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Heyer - Institut für Informatik/Computer Science Department Universität Leipzig
Exploratory Search and Trend Detection
This event took place on Wednesday 19 November 2014
Dr Richard Holti - The Open University
Engaged research in healthcare - what can digital engagement offer?
This event took place on Monday 10 November 2014
