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Reflections on the Personal Learning Environment (PLE) Conference #PLE_SOU

Last week Hugh Davis, Su White and I hosted the 2nd International PLE Conference in the brand new Life Sciences Building at the University of Southampton. The event provided a space for researchers and practitioners to exchange ideas and experiences around the development and implementation of PLEs, including the design of such environments and the sociological and educational issues that they raise. There were around 90 visitors from all over Europe and as far away as New Zealand and Pakistan. Continue reading →

Web Science Conference in Koblenz

Just back from a great Web Science event in Koblenz. Social network analysis was by far the most dominant theme, and the full selection of papers can be accessed here. Where were the business peeps though? A commercial perspective on some of these great ideas would have been very useful. Continue reading →

WSDTC presentations on May 9th

Students from the Web Science Doctoral Training Centre presenting 9am-1pm on 9 May 2011 in the Buildign 32 demo room at Southampton. Two ACRG students studying in the WS DTC. Continue reading →

Psychology leads multidisciplinary research project

A project to use cutting edge mobile phone technology in behavioural change interventions is the subject of a £1.5 million grant from EPSRC, one of just four funded from 144 responses to the original call. Continue reading →

Digital Economy All Hands Meeting – Digital Futures (Nottingham)

Following the success of the UK eScience All Hands Meetings, we are pleased to announce the inaugural All Hands Meeting devoted to the Digital Economy. The Digital Economy involves the novel design or use of information and communication technologies to help transform the lives of individuals, society or business. Continue reading →

Why Study Web Science? Lessons from History

William Dampier explored and mapped the coast of Western Australia fully 80 years before James Cook encountered Botany Bay. Largely forgotten today, Dampier landed in Shark Bay, Western Australia in 1699. He was a true pioneer with lasting influence upon such diverse fields as evolution, exploration, meteorology, navigation, commerce and travel writing. He was also a pirate who could have faced the same grisly fate as his contemporary Captain Kidd. Continue reading →

Southampton Mathematics wins almost £1m in grants for underpinning research in Digital Economy and Energy

Two teams led by mathematicians from Southampton's School of Mathematics have been successful in the recent EPSRC call 'Mathematics underpinning digital economy and energy' with grant awards close to £1m. Ranking first in the Mathematics and Digital Economy section, the project 'Coarse geometry and cohomology of large data sets' received just under £700,000 and Professor Jacek Brodzki from the School is the Principal Investigator. Continue reading →

The ‘Climategate’ emails: controversy and consequences

DE USRG members will be interested in a Tyndall Centre public discussion of the issues raised by the ‘Climategate’ emails for the science and climate change community. The event will be chaired by Professor John Shepherd FRS CBE (University of Southampton) http://jgshepherd. Continue reading →

Women in Industrial Research and Development – School of Management Evening Seminar

It is almost universally recognised that scientific innovation and discoveries are the main driving forces behind a technological advanced economy and a highly skilled labour market. Continue reading →

£1.7m for Multi-disciplinary Design of Effective Research Spaces

University of Southampton researchers from Electronics and Computer Science and Archaeology form part of a multi-disciplinary team from six institutions awarded a grant of £1.7m. The project aiming to revolutionise the design of technologies for supporting research has been awarded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) through the RCUK Digital Economy programme. Continue reading →

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