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KMi at Dagstuhl: Shaping the Future of Knowledge Graph-Based AI
Thursday 6 Feb 2025
Last week, Prof. John Domingue and Dr Aisling Third attended a highly influential Dagstuhl Seminar focused on trust, accountability, and self-determination in AI, particularly in systems built on Knowledge Graphs (KGs) (John served as a co-Chair). Why Knowledge Graphs Matter With AI increasingly reshaping the world and driving our most powerful digital platforms—from Google and...
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Celebrating Ángel Pavón Pérez’s Success: A Milestone in Fair and Responsible AI Research
Friday 31 Jan 2025
KMi is thrilled to announce that Ángel Pavón Pérez has successfully passed his viva on 28 January 2025. His groundbreaking research, titled “Enhancing Fairness in Machine Learning: Identifying and Mitigating Bias with a Focus on Gender Bias in Finance”, marks a significant contribution to the field of responsible AI. Ángel’s work addresses critical challenges in...
KMi-led robotics project receives major funding to enhance hospital efficiency and safety
Thursday 23 Jan 2025
A pioneering robotics project, led by Prof Enrico Motta’s team at KMi, has secured Innovate UK funding to improve hospital efficiency and safety. This initiative aims to revolutionise hospital efficiency and safety through the deployment of AI-driven robots. These smart robots will handle routine tasks, such as delivering medicines, while simultaneously identifying and addressing safety...
Climate misinformation surveillance project secures €1 million grant
Wednesday 22 Jan 2025
A pioneering research initiative, ClimateSense, led by KMi’s Director Harith Alani, has received a €1 million grant from the European CHIST-ERA programme, with £275,000 allocated from the EPSRC. The project tackles the critical issue of climate misinformation by integrating Geographic Information Systems (GIS) with AI to analyse the geopolitical spread of false claims about climate...
How Generative AI is transforming Teaching and Learning: Insights from KMi’s Prof John Domingue
Thursday 16 Jan 2025
Generative AI has the potential to revolutionise education in ways comparable to the industrial revolution or the advent of the internet, claims Prof John Domingue. Speaking at Fleksibel utdanning Norge’s recent conference in Norway, he explored how AI can reshape teaching, learning, and institutional practices to meet the needs of future generations. Central to Prof...
CORE, an Open Access infrastructure operated by The Open University, has been awarded significant funding for the next five years from Microsoft, as part of its’ support for increasing access to data and scientific research. Since 2020, Microsoft has worked to close the data divide and help organisations of all sizes realise the benefits of open data...
Best Paper Award at EKAW 2024 for groundbreaking work on capturing the political discourse in the newsA paper authored by KMi researchers Enrico Motta, Francesco Osborne, Angelo Salatino, and Iman Naja, and Martino Pulici from the Bosch Centre for Artificial Intelligence, has received the prestigious Best Research Paper Award at the 24th International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management (EKAW 24). The EKAW series of conferences provides the premier European...
KMi’s Paula Reyero-Lobo Passes Her PhD Viva with Flying Colours!
KMi researchers win Best Resource Paper Award at ISWC 2024
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