Bristol Digital Futures Institute

📡 New BDFI seminar 📡 Listen to Rasheed Hussain share his expertise in the upcoming seminar 'Demystifying Digital Twins for Cyber and Network Security: Possibilities and Way Forward'. 📅 Wednesday 13 November 📍 BDFI, 65 Avon Street, Bristol, 0PZ Digital Twin Technology is poised to revolutionise the way we approach cybersecurity. Simultaneously, the design and testing of future networks, including 6G, are advancing at an unprecedented pace. This free hybrid seminar will demystify Digital Twins, clarify misconceptions, and explore how this technology can enhance security in systems and networks. Reserve your place now!

Save the date for this Thinking Futures Event, part of the ESRC: Economic and Social Research Council Festival of Social Science. 📅 6 November 📍 Knowle West Media Centre

Best of luck at the Smart City Expo World Congress - a great opportunity for showcasing the south west region 🌐

How can we make virtual reality experiences as safe, inclusive and comfortable as possible for the widest range of audiences? 👓 Congratulations to Harry Robert Wilson, Eirini Lampiri and Julia Ronneberger on their new project 'Designing audience-centric VR'. Through their collective practice-led research, they will focus on shaping responsible and thought-provoking digital futures and digital innovation 📡 Read more: https://bit.ly/3U3WF4J

Read about another of BDFI's new seedcorn projects 👩💻 How can we help local authorities to make informed and correct decisions when procuring AI? 🤖 Congratulations to Prof Albert Sanchez-Graells and Rachel Coldicutt on their new project: 'Think before you B(AI), structured decision-making for AI public buyers'. They will be developing a proof-of-concept for a 'plug and play' decision-making tool to support responsible AI procurement. Read more about this fascinating project: https://bit.ly/3U572Wa

How can wearable devices help us to understand how exercise helps to improve mental health? 🏃♀️ Congratulations to Hannah Sallis, Robyn Wootton, Andy Skinner, Andrew Ford and Jeffrey Lambert on their new BDFI seedcorn project, looking into this question 🎉 Their project, 'Measuring exercise more effectively (MEME): Using wearable devices to measure exercise during exercise interventions for depression and anxiety' will explore who benefits from exercise and why. Read more about this topical and insightful project: https://bit.ly/3U75X06

We're pleased to showcase another of our new seedcorn funded projects 🙌 Congratulations to Matt Dowse, Lisa May Thomas, Martin Parker, Penelope D'Souza, Faira Butt and Sharon Tsang. Their new project: 'Inclusive digital innovation through community technology in underserved communities' will work with Women Rise Up, a CIC based in Blackburn. They will explore how virtual reality can help to develop inclusive and innovative spaces for women in under-represented communities. Find out more about this fascinating project: https://bit.ly/3zPiz53

We’re really pleased to announce five new seedcorn projects that have received BDFI seedcorn funding 🌱   🎊 Congratuations to Basaran Bahadir Kocer, Rodolpho Bezerra Nobrega and Charlotte Lloyd on their new project: Aerial Robots for Sample Collection in Forests. How can we use aerial robots to help us monitor the ecosystem of the Amazon rainforest? 🤖 Find out more about this exciting project: https://bit.ly/3zR29ZW

Great to have you here!

Don't miss out on this fascinating public lecture from Jenny L. Davis hosted by our friends at Centre for Sociodigital Futures Learn about algorithmic fairness and bias in AI 🤖 📅 15 October, 4.30pm