News in 2024
- Ashley Community and Housing discuss future opportunities with BDFI 3 December 2024 One of BDFI's community partners, Ashley Community and Housing, joined BDFI academics and other colleagues at a recent workshop, looking at past successes and future opportunities.
- BDFI welcomes new engineering academic 3 December 2024 We’re delighted to welcome Xiaolan Liu to our growing team of digital futures specialists.
- BDFI celebrates seedcorn research outcomes at showcase event 18 November 2024 We welcomed five previous seedcorn projects to present their findings and research outcomes at a recent showcase event.
- New BDFI research project receives funding boost from Smart Data 13 November 2024 A new project looking into emerging forms of data has been given the green light thanks to a grant from Smart Data Research UK.
- BDFI represented at EASST and 4S conference in Amsterdam 23 September 2024 A number of BDFI academics presented research and hosted panel discussions at the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST) and the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) conference.
- Five new projects given a kick start with seedcorn funding 23 September 2024 Following our seedcorn funding call this summer, we're delighted to announce the five new projects that have received funding.
- BDFI welcomes five new starters 20 September 2024 The BDFI team continues to grow with the appointment of three new social science academics and two technical leads.
- Holographic technology project captures videos using new wireless rig 19 September 2024 A collaboration between BDFI and Bristol-based Nephelie Technologies is using innovative wireless networking technology to produce high-quality volumetric videos.
- Professor Dimitra Simeonidou steps down as Academic Co-Director of Bristol Digital Futures Institute 19 September 2024 After five years as Academic Co-Director of Bristol Digital Futures Institute (BDFI), Professor Dimitra Simeonidou is stepping back from this role to concentrate on her large and growing portfolio of research projects and other responsibilities as Professor of High-Performance Networks and Director of the Smart Internet Lab.
- BDFI’s Reality Emulator immersive cave is complete 18 September 2024 We have completed the build of the Reality Emulator’s immersive front end, allowing users to experience 2D and 3D visualisations of their digital models in a 360-degree view.
- BDFI involvement in BT Leader Lab Scheme helps win award 4 July 2024 Last month BT Group, a partner of BDFI, won highly commended in ‘Leadership Development of the Year’ category at the British Training Awards, for the first BT Innovation ‘Leader Lab’ cohort.
- International Digital Futures Network: BDFI welcomes institutes from around the world 19 June 2024 This June, BDFI hosted 11 institutes from across the globe at a recent International Digital Futures Network meeting.
- Tech regulation and ethics are top of the agenda at BDFI affiliates workshop 17 June 2024 We recently welcomed a cohort of BDFI affiliates to discuss their work on technology regulation and ethics.
- We're hiring! Three technical specialists vacancies are open 12 June 2024 Are you experienced in networks and immersive technologies? Join our growing team.
- Insurance partnership creates blueprint for ‘perfect collaboration’ 6 June 2024 An important part of BDFI’s mission is collaborating with industry and community partners to do digital innovation differently. Over three years, Dr Marisela Gutierrez Lopez and Prof Susan Halford have been collaborating with Allianz Personal Lines Business, Black South West Network and Knowle West Media Centre to produce new pathways forward on explainable AI.
- BDFI Seedcorn Fund 2024 is open 5 June 2024 Our 2024 Seedcorn Funding call is now open to researchers from across the whole University and their current/prospective collaborators.
- Dame Angela McLean and Government Office for Science visit BDFI 7 May 2024 We were delighted to host Dame Angela McLean, the UK’s first female Government Chief Scientific Adviser, for a tour and lively demonstrations of BDFI research and facilities.
- BDFI collaborates with pioneering tech company to develop holographic technology 1 May 2024 We are thrilled to announce the launch of nCOMM+, a project with Nephelie Technologies Ltd which uses innovative wireless networking technology to generate high-quality volumetric videos in real time.
- BDFI hosts BT Leader Lab - inspiring future leaders with sociotechnical methodologies 1 May 2024 We were delighted to host our valued partner, BT Group, for one of their Leader Lab events recently, bringing together academics and senior leaders to explore new and emerging digital technologies.
- We’re hiring! Four academic roles open to applications (now closed) 9 January 2024 Please note this recruitment has now closed.
- Tim Kindberg appointed as BDFI Honorary Fellow 3 January 2024 We’re delighted to welcome Dr Tim Kindberg as an honorary fellow at BDFI.