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KMi with a impactful presence at Open Repositories 2025
Wednesday 2 Jul 2025
Earlier this year, the Open Repositories 2025 (OR2025) conference in Chicago was eagerly anticipated, with CORE set to showcase its contributions to open science infrastructure. Focusing on responsible AI use, metadata innovation, and national repository coordination, CORE’s presence at the conference was both significant and impactful. On Day 1, Petr Knoth introduced SDG Classify, an...
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Alexander Mikroyannidis appointed International Expert in Distance Learning by A3ES
Monday 9 Jun 2025
Dr Alexander Mikroyannidis, Senior Research Fellow at the Knowledge Media Institute (KMi), The Open University, UK, has been appointed International Expert in Distance Learning by the Agency for the Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education (A3ES), Portugal’s national authority for quality assurance in higher education. The mission of the A3ES is to improve the quality of...
KMi congratulates David Goddard on successfully passing his Viva!
Tuesday 3 Jun 2025
We are delighted to announce that David Goddard, one of KMi’s dedicated PhD students, has successfully passed his viva. David’s PhD, titled “Designing a Personal Awareness Agent to Ameliorate Information Overload,” explores the pressing issue of information overload and proposes innovative solutions through the design of a personal software agent. His research, supervised by Dr....
KMi turns 30 years old and new STEM Executive Dean joins the celebrations
Friday 30 May 2025
On Wednesday, 14th May, KMi marked its 30th anniversary, celebrating three decades of innovation and pioneering projects in emerging technology. KMi has been a beacon of creativity, consistently pushing the boundaries of digital media, interactive technologies and artificial intelligence. KMi’s celebration included a showcase of its iconic innovations in Generative AI for education, learning analytics,...
Alexander Mikroyannidis presents latest AI in Education research at EdMedia 2025
Thursday 29 May 2025
KMi’s Senior Research Fellow Alexander Mikroyannidis presented his latest research on AI in Education at the EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2025 conference in Barcelona, Spain. His presentation, titled Using Generative AI to Enhance Personalised and Self-Regulated Learning, was co-authored with Stefanos Armakolas and focused on harnessing Generative AI to support learner autonomy and personalisation in digital...
The COAR Annual Conference 2025 in Tokyo (12–14 May) was a key event for repository experts and open science advocates. Prof Petr Knoth represented CORE in discussions on AI, machine access, and repository infrastructure. On Day 1, Prof Knoth joined a panel exploring AI bots’ impact on repositories, stressing the need for clear standards and...
Advancing Open Science with CORE: Insights from the CHIST-ERA Projects Seminar 2025KMi’s Prof Petr Knoth, participated as one of four Open Science panellists at the recent CHIST-ERA Projects Seminar 2025. The panel addressed significant challenges in Open Science, including interoperability issues, underfunding of Green Open Access, lack of recognition for infrastructure contributions, and misaligned incentives. Prof Knoth highlighted the critical role of infrastructure like CORE in...
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