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Colleges

Institute of Digital Futures

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About us

Our research is aligned with two of the Grand Challenges of the UK’s Industrial Strategy and our industrial partners’ innovation strategies.

Meet our experts

Meet the people behind our digital expertise.
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Institute Director: Prof Abdul Sadka

IDF Advisory Board

Aligning our strategic direction with industrial priorities and relevant emerging challenges

Collaborative partnerships

We work closely with our partners to bridge the gap between research and industry. Our partners include Innovate UK, EPSRC, H2020, QNRF and Caterpillar.

Our research is aligned with the industrial and innovative strategies of our partners

Browse our projects Our research is aligned with the industrial and innovative strategies of our partners

Research Centres aligned with the Digital Priority Challenges

AI Social and Digital Innovation

AI Social and Digital Innovation

Social, economic and strategic effects of AI and associated technologies. Impact of AI and related technologies on societies, organisations and individuals.
Digital Manufacturing

Digital Manufacturing

Being at the forefront of solutions for building smart machines, we create an operational framework for the digital transformation to Industry 4.0.
Intelligent Digital Economy and Society

Intelligent Digital Economy and Society

Research into intelligent digital economy and society using AI, data analytics, 6G, media, human-machine interaction, digital games, augmented and virtual reality, digital twins, IoTs, cyber security, data & information fusion.
Smart Technology Advancements in Health and Rehabilitation

Smart Technology Advancements in Health and Rehabilitation

Data science/wearable technology and Rehabilitation; Haptic feedback, multi-sensory interfacing and Robotics in Health; Immersion and Engagement in Virtual Rehabilitation; TeleHealth/TeleRehab; Data: using AI and Machine learning to improve health.

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Industry spotlight

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Applying artificial intelligence to big data

Read how we we designed a bespoke artificial intelligence software to effectively manage data in a highly dynamic environment
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High performance simulation applied to development of new products and services

Read how we developed high performance simulations using multiple computers and introduced it to various organisations
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What do voters want from an online voting experience?

Results from our user testing of a prototype i-voting app

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Healthcare in the Metaverse

Governing immersive biomedical tech, health and human rights in the Metaverse

Ongoing
Diode laser arm

Improving Sustainability: Metal Powder Production for Additive Manufacturing

Completed
Home exercise with laptop

Post-Covid lifestyle and mental wellbeing

Completed
Decolonisation of heritage sites through mixed reality performances

Decolonisation of heritage sites through mixed reality performances

Ongoing
Colour burst head

Rapid evidence scoping review: Creativity and Pathways to Subjective Wellbeing

Ongoing
5g network

5G heterogeneous base station deployment using AI

Completed
pipeline

Ultrasonic guided waves for the inspection of pipelines

Completed
banknote

Smart money

Completed
space-telescope-mirror

Innovative Quality Engineering and Smart Technology

Completed
radicalisation box

Predicting online radicalisation

Completed
surgery robot

Development of a new flexible manipulator for minimally invasive surgery

Completed
eye

Retinal image analysis

Completed
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Investigating digital poverty in Margate

Completed
London crowd

Regression models for the analysis of well-being and income distribution

Completed
computer network

Distributed computing for data intensive research

Completed
Image

Computing grid for the exploitation of Large Hadron Collider data in the UK

Ongoing
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Developing a new platform for African Indigenous Knowledge

Completed
African baby with healthcare wearables devices

System for monitoring infants in low-resource environments

Completed
hurt woman

Integrated technology support system for tackling violence against women

Completed
smiling lady in the office

Meeting net zero in digital research infrastructure

Completed
music streaming

Economics of music streaming

Ongoing
social influencer

Regulation of social media

Ongoing
musicians

Copyright in the music industry

Ongoing
covid immunity passport app

Covid immunity passport service design

Completed
migrants on a boat

Modelling migrant flows for better service provision

Completed
footprints

SMEs digital footprints and their ethical implications

Completed
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Smart glass AR and affective storytelling in historic places

Completed
AP integrated computational-experimental

Redesigning protein dynamics

Completed
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Detecting change in medical data to identify bias

Completed
doctor looking at tablet

Synthetic data generation for primary care data

Completed
fish in ocean

A data-oriented predictive ecology approach to modelling fish communities

Completed
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Personalised disease modelling

Completed
camera on a tree

A deep learning model for global camera trap labelling

Completed
smart home

Trust in home: rethinking interface design in the Internet of Things

Completed
mathematics formula

Networked labs for training in sciences and ICT

Completed
ambulance

Emergency guide system for the elderly

Completed
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Making deep learning and AI skills mainstream in India

Completed
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3D software mapping for osteoarthritis pain self-management

Completed
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Educating older adults about extrinsic falls risk factors at home

Completed
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Digital game-based student centred learning

Completed
smart-home

Mobile technologies for improved home-based healthcare assessments

Completed
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Augmented Reality platform for mobility of Parkinson's patients

Completed
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Predictive maintenance of rail infrastructure

Completed
DigiGlasses

3D digital glasses for enhancing mobility

Completed
contraband scan

Contraband detection in prisons

Completed
doctoral students

Doctoral education and research capacities in Kyrgyzstan

Completed
Graduation

Modernization of Doctoral Education in Science

Completed
robot hand

Ambidextrous robot hand

Completed
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Hygienic, usable, engaging public mid-air interactions

Completed
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Proximity-based interactive media experiences

Completed
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Serious games to improve engagement with web accessibility guidelines

Completed
coronavirus

Pandemic crisis prediction and management

Completed
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Connecting Africa: New Networks for Open Science

REF 2021
cloud-computing

Adoption of cloud computing by SMEs and public sector

Completed
computer simulation

High performance simulation for industry and society

Completed
computer users in Africa

e-Infrastructures for Africa

Completed
brewery

Software suite for brewery management system

Completed
thermal plant

Innovative solar heating for industrial processes

Ongoing
IPKat book launch

Developments and Directions in Intellectual Property Law

Completed
Natural History Museum

Designing the future of UK-China collaboration in museums and galleries sector

Completed
games screenshot

A serious game to train fire fighters for decision making

Completed
design prototype

On-line tool to intelligently interpret design information contained in patents

Ongoing
computer modelling

HPC and Big Data Technologies for Global Systems

Completed
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Verified Exascale Computing for Multiscale Simulations

Completed
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Ultrasonic assisted laser welding for automotive battery packs

Completed
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Understanding cyberbullying behaviours through computational models

Completed
factory

Maintenance models for zero-unexpected-breakdowns

Completed
Qatar fort

Preservation and restoration of cultural heritage through 3D Imaging

Completed
twitter box

Facilitating social media research in social sciences

Completed
robotic hand

New Force/Torque sensor based on optical technology for robot applications

Completed
doctor showing intubation

Medical training robots for airway management

Completed
surgical robots

Soft continuum manipulator for minimally invasive surgery

Completed
people walking across the street

Establishing a 'Futures Market' for digital personhood data

Completed
data-center

Green data centres

Completed
factory floor

Zero-defect manufacturing strategies towards on-line production management

Completed
man in a factory

End-to-end digital manufacturing solution

Completed
micro-assembly

Intelligent data-driven pipeline for the manufacturing of certified metal parts

Completed
Microelectronics supply chain provenance

Microelectronics supply chain provenance

Completed
robots for humanitarian demining

Continuous whole-body motion in robots for humanitarian demining

Completed
3d design of an object

Digital technologies in furniture manufacturing design

Completed
map of networks

Supply chain network optimization

Completed
Neuromorphic computing

Neuromorphic computing - simulating the human brain memory mechanism

Completed
technology

Consciousness transfer and communication technologies

Completed
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Creativity and the creative process in digital games and poetry

Completed
journalist

Multimodal digital media in journalistic newsrooms

Completed
computer network

Micro company productivity enhancement with Cloud Computing

Completed
credit-card

Credit scoring model based on classifiers consensus system approach

Completed
wifi cube

Beamforming using Artificial Intelligence for 6G Networks

Completed
view of earth from space

Ascending to the edge of space

Completed
stock trader

Emotion AI for trading on financial markets

Completed
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Digital games histories

Completed
Autonomous Driving in Urban World 1

Artificial intelligence training of autonomous vehicles

Completed
computer face scan

Deep fakes: the evolution and use of the technology

Completed
tax forms

AI-assisted tax assessment

Completed
SHAKESPEAR

Audience reactions to #ShakespeareLives diplomacy campaign

Completed
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Automated terahertz imaging of composites

Completed
Internet of Things soil monitoring system

Internet of Things soil monitoring system

Completed

Internet of Radio-Light

Completed

Physics analysis and operations of the Compact Muon Solenoid experiment

Completed

R&D in preparation for an upgrade of CMS for the Super- Large Hadron Collider

Ongoing
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Fully-funded studentships

Our funded studentships become available at different times of the year. Please keep checking our page regularly to see the latest funded opportunities. We also advertise all our funded studentships as soon as they become available on the @BrunelResearch twitter account.

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