KMi is a diverse and multidisciplinary R&D lab that has been at the forefront of innovation since 1995, conducting research in computing technologies for social and environmental good. Our research spans Semantic Technologies, Artificial Intelligence, Educational Media, Social Data Science, Scholarly Data, Blockchain, Citizen Science, Collective Intelligence, Smart Cities, and others.
Upcoming Seminar
Shifting Power: Stories of Artificial Intelligence and Justice
This event will take place on Tuesday 29 October 2024
Dr. Tracie Farrell - Knowledge Media Institute
In 2022, I received a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence and justice. Our research program has explored how global power asymmetries impact...
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I'm interested in the use of semantic technologies and natural language semantics and generation to improve both intelligent systems and services, and human interactions with them. The Semantic Web...
Dr Alessio Antonini is a research fellow at the Knowledge Media Institute of the Open University. He is the lead of the Knowledge Design team, part of the Intelligent Systems and Data Science group....
Testimonials
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Valentina Presutti, Institute of Cognitive Science and Technologies, Italy
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Raphaël Troncy, EURECOM: Graduate School & Research Center, France
"Top location for SW research for decades and going strong!"
Pascal Hitzler, Kansas State University, USA
Publications
Brown, V., Larasati, R., Third, A. and Farrell, T. (2024) A Qualitative Study on Cultural Hegemony and the Impacts of AI, AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society, San Jose, CA, USA
Reyero Lobo, P., Daga, E., Alani, H. and Fernandez, M. (2024) Enhancing Hate Speech Annotations with Background Semantics, 27th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI 2024) – Including 13th Conference on Prestigious Applications of Intelligent Systems (PAIS 2024), Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Mikroyannidis, A., Third, A. and Domingue, J. (2024) Blockchain-based decentralised micro-accreditation for lifelong learning, Interactive Learning Environments, pp. 1-15
