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
Lectures in the Metaverse: Engaging University students socially within virtual worlds
This event will take place on Wednesday 11 October 2023
Prof. Gary Burnett - Loughborough University
For the last 3 years, Professor Burnett has taught Engineering and Computing students (presently 266 in total) about the Human Factors design issues for virtual reality from within a persistent...
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People
I am Research and Enterprise Manager for KMi and I provide support for financial aspects of bidding and the management of ongoing research projects
Dr. Angelo Salatino is a Research Associate at the Intelligence Systems and Data Science (ISDS) group, at the Knowledge Media Institute (KMi) of the Open University. He obtained a Ph.D., studying...
Testimonials
"If you are or want to be a brilliant mind, this is where you want to be!"
Valentina Presutti, Institute of Cognitive Science and Technologies, Italy
"I cannot imagine going to a conference without experiencing deep scientific conversations with KMiers!"
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
Reyero Lobo, P., Daga, E., Alani, H. and Fernandez, M. (2023) Knowledge-Grounded Target Group Language Recognition in Hate Speech, 19th International Conference on Semantic Systems, Leipzig, Germany
Mulholland, P., Stoneman, A., Carvalho, J., Daga, E. and Maguire, M. (2023) Deep Viewpoints: Scripted Support for the Citizen Curation of Museum Artworks, Proceedings of the 33rd ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media (HT '23), Rome, Italy
Burel, G. and Alani, H. (2023) The Fact-Checking Observatory: Reporting the Co-Spread of Misinformation and Fact-checks on Social Media, HT '23: Proceedings of the 34th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media, Rome, Italy
