The Horizon Doctoral Training Centre attracts global candidates and currently has PhD students from 9 different countries.

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Horizon works with over 100 Industrial partners across a broad range of
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Horizon is one of only 3 research hubs in the UK pioneering new uses of digital technology. Sophie Dale-Black - Operations Manager

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Shaping the future through ubiquitous technology

 

Horizon is a Research Institute at The University of Nottingham engaged in Digital Economy Research. 

Horizon brings together researchers from a broad range of disciplines to investigate how digital technology may enhance the way we live, work, play and travel in the future.

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The predominant focus of the Horizon projects to date has been on the lifelong contextual footprints of people.

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This project, in contrast, focuses on the lifelong contextual footprints of everyday objects.

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Secondary Data Analysis Initiative Phase 1 - 2012

17/01/2012 00:00 - 00:00

We are inviting proposals under phase 1 of this new £10.8 million initiative.

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NSFC Call for Collaborative Research with China on Smart Grids

19/01/2012 00:00 - 00:00

The Research Councils UK Energy Programme wishes to develop collaborative projects between the UK and China in partnership with the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) in the field of 'Smart Grids' under the following themes:

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Horizon Seminar - Crowd Sourcing for Transport

25/01/2012 00:00 - 00:00

Crowd sourcing and social media are offering new channels for transport users to give direct feedback on their experience of transport. At the same time, the capabilities offered by sensing and ubiquitous computing are providing new streams of user sourced data for operations and transport strategy. Both of these opportunities raise challenges around how user data can be captured, visualised and valued in the transport context.

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