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Farewell to Prof Stefan Rueger: a reflection on his legacy of pioneering in Knowledge Media
Monday 9 Sep 2024This past Tuesday, KMi announced Prof. Stefan Rueger’s retirement; we all gathered to celebrate his contributions to computer science and multimedia research in a career that spanned several decades. Stefan has had a significant impact in the fields of artificial intelligence, machine learning and visual processing. Stefan’s journey began with a degree in physics at...
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Fieldcast team wins prestigious award
Thursday 29 Aug 2024The Fieldcast team, in which KMi’s Trevor Collins and Ben Hawkridge participate, won the Advance HE Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence (CATE) for their innovative use of Open University’s OpenSTEM Labs to enhance fieldwork learning for distance-learning students. Their efforts have significantly improved student engagement and influenced fieldwork education in the UK. The team’s collaborative...
Dr. Joseph Kwarteng Inspires Final-Year Students at “Beyond the Degree Summit” on Career Transition and Innovation
Wednesday 28 Aug 2024KMi’s Dr. Joseph Kwarteng recently contributed as a guest speaker at the highly anticipated “Beyond the Degree Summit,” an event organised in collaboration with the ICT Education, University of Education, Winneba (UEW), Ghana. The summit, held under the theme: “From Campus to Career: Leveraging Technology for Career Growth in the Digital Age”, was designed specifically...
Celebrating AI at the Ghana Data Science Summit 2024: Dr. Joseph Kwarteng Explores the Future of Education with Large Language Models
Tuesday 27 Aug 2024The 5th annual Ghana Data Science Summit (IndabaX Ghana), held 17-19 July 2024, at the iconic Great Hall of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, was a vibrant celebration of innovation, knowledge-sharing, and grassroots engagement. Under the theme “Unleashing the Potential of AI through Grassroots Engagement,” the event brought together data science enthusiasts,...
KMi’s AI Module Writing Assistant shortlisted for best paper award
Monday 5 Aug 2024KMi’s Senior Research Fellow Alexander Mikroyannidis has presented a paper at the 24th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT). This flagship educational technology conference is organised annually by the IEEE Computer Society and the IEEE Technical Community on Learning Technology. ICALT brings together people who are working on the design, development, use, and evaluation of...
KMi’s Director; Prof Harith Alani, was interviewed by The National newspaper who sought his views on the role of misinformation in fueling the recent riots across the UK. Harith and his team in KMi have been researching misinformation for many years, focusing on the patterns in which misinformation and their fact-check spread online. Misinformation played...
Harmonizing Musical Heritage: The Polifonia Project’s Innovative ApproachThe Polifonia project has recently joined forces with the EuropeanaTech community and the Europeana PRO platform to further the digital harmonization of musical heritage knowledge. Through this partnership, a webinar took place featuring KMi’s Alba Morales Tirado, who discussed the MEETUPS pilot, and touched upon the critical infrastructure aspects, including the Ecosystem and Data Management. ...
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