The Web Science Institute (WSI), one of University of BOB体育登录网址_欧宝体育官网平台-APP|下载’s five Strategic Research Institutes, is pleased to announce this year’s awardees to its Knowledge Exchange Fund 2024-25, which include generative AI and cultural exchange, public participation in envisioning an AI City of Excellence for BOB体育登录网址_欧宝体育官网平台-APP|下载 and an AI model for the sustainable management of grasslands.
The WSI brings together the university’s world-class, interdisciplinary, socio-technical expertise in web science, data science and artificial intelligence to leverage the unique role of online technologies in tackling global challenges.
This fund is designed to stimulate Knowledge Exchange activities with external partners in business, industry, local government, public sector or charitable organisations, community bodies, and the wider public.
The 2024-25 Funding Call attracted exceptionally high-quality research proposals from all five university faculties, and the?WSI is pleased to announce this year’s awardees:
- SAAFE: human-centred design principles for deliberative technologies: Prof Matt Ryan in partnership with?Shared Future/Trust the People
- Harnessing the power of a physics-informed Geospatial AI model for the sustainable management of UK grasslands (GeoAI-Grass): Songyan Zhu in partnership with?Rothamsted Research
- QUALITAI: integrating qualitative approaches into AI systems: Dr Craig Webber in partnership with?Zig Zag Insights
- Bridging generations and cultures: enhancing refugee women’s access to information through generative AI and cultural exchange: Dr Chi Ying Lam and Dr Tan Viet Tuyen Nguyen, in partnership with?Cross-Culture Hub
- Participatory Envisioning for the AI City of Excellence:?Dr Richard Gomer in partnership with?Civic Universities Network and Future Towns Innovation Hub
More information on these projects can be found on WSI Sharepoint page.