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Celebrating Excellence: Prof. Fernandez’s Impactful Leadership in PG Research Supervision
Tuesday 17 Sep 2024
KMi is thrilled to announce that one of our esteemed academics, Prof. Miriam Fernandez, has been honored with the STEM Research Excellence Award for her outstanding contributions to postgraduate research supervision at The Open University. This recognition is a testament to her unwavering dedication, innovative support strategies, and steadfast commitment to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion...
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Farewell to Prof Stefan Rueger: a reflection on his legacy of pioneering in Knowledge Media
Monday 9 Sep 2024
This 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...
Fieldcast team wins prestigious award
Thursday 29 Aug 2024
The 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 2024
KMi’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 2024
The 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 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...
Riots, misinformation, and social mediaKMi’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 Approach
New EDI Learning Analytics Dashboard Paves the Way for Greater Inclusivity in Higher Education
Fostering Synergies: C&C and KMi research & innovation event
Shifting Power Group Successfully Hosts The Second Workshop on Ecology of AI at HHAI 2024 Conference
Exploring AI, Ethics, and Law: Insights from the OU Artificial Intelligence Event
KMi’s Polifonia project Completes Successfully: Unlocking Europe’s Musical Heritage
