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KMi’s report from SEMANTiCS 2025
Monday 8 Sep 2025
The 21st edition of the International Conference on Semantic Systems, commonly known as SEMANTiCS, took place in Vienna last week. This yearly event brings together academics and industry professionals to transfer knowledge and advance innovation. Around 300 participants from across Europe and beyond attended SEMANTiCS 2025. Major themes discussed included various combinations of symbolic and...
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KMi wins OU recognition of Excellence in Teaching Award
Tuesday 22 Jul 2025
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
Thursday 10 Jul 2025
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,...
KMi with a impactful presence at Open Repositories 2025
Wednesday 2 Jul 2025
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...
Alexander Mikroyannidis appointed International Expert in Distance Learning by A3ES
Monday 9 Jun 2025
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....
KMi turns 30 years old and new STEM Executive Dean joins the celebrationsOn 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,...
Alexander Mikroyannidis presents latest AI in Education research at EdMedia 2025
Reflections from Tokyo: KMi’s CORE at the COAR 2025 Annual Meeting
Advancing Open Science with CORE: Insights from the CHIST-ERA Projects Seminar 2025
Smart Assessment and Guided Education with Responsible AI Webinar
Stanford releases the 2025 AI Index, with a little help from KMi
KMi’s contributions to Open Repositories 2025: Advancing Open Access and Research Innovation
