Visit http://www.horizon.ac.uk for more rss feeds. http://www.horizon.ac.uk/CoreCode/rss/rssdisplay.aspx en-gb Copyright http://www.horizon.ac.uk, 2013 Wed, 22 May 2013 02:29:51 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ 15 A new kind of feature-length drama which combines live theatre with film and elements of game-play will be moving audiences, literally, when it hits the streets of Bristol next week. ‘The Memory Dealer’ is a unique and interactive drama involving live actors in real locations weaving a futuristic story of ‘memory... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/all-the-worlds-a-stage-the-drama-entertainment-of-the-future 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/all-the-worlds-a-stage-the-drama-entertainment-of-the-future Fri, 17 May 2013 12:30:00 GMT What do you get if you mix a University computer scientist with the creative and technical power of the most famous broadcasting company in the world, the BBC? The answer is a unique collaboration that gives academic research a direct line into real-world creative industries to help craft the future of entertainment, news and information... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/living-the-dream-university-computer-scientist-at-the-bbc 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/living-the-dream-university-computer-scientist-at-the-bbc Wed, 08 May 2013 15:00:00 GMT A mobile phone app designed by a University of Nottingham PhD student to give people in Africa the power to improve sanitation in their communities has won a major competition organised by the World Bank. The app, called ‘Taarifa’, is the brainchild of Mark Iliffe, a doctoral researcher at the... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/sanitation-app-wins-world-bank-competition 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/sanitation-app-wins-world-bank-competition Thu, 02 May 2013 17:00:00 GMT Take a look at the Horizon Energy team's latest videos on their energy research. Understanding Energy Use Horizon has approximately 15 people in our energy team, working on multiple projects. The projects explore energy displays, future energy technologies and devices that inform people about energy use and consider how to engage... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/horizon-launch-new-energy-videos 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/horizon-launch-new-energy-videos Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Dr Stuart Reeves, Horizon Research Fellow, was recently awarded an EPSRC Early Career Fellowship to be hosted at The University of Nottingham. This fellowship will investigate and seek to bridge the gaps between Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) theory and the practical realities of designing and building interactive technologies. Through... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/horizon-research-fellow-awarded-epsrc-early-career-fellowship 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/horizon-research-fellow-awarded-epsrc-early-career-fellowship Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT In October 2012, Art Maps was awarded the EPSRC ‘Telling Tales of Engagement’ Prize. The focus of this competition is to capture the wider, non-academic impact that digital economy research is having, and to offer the chance to win funding to engage a wider audience. Within the ‘Telling Tales of Engagement’ award... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/participants-required-for-an-online-study-to-test-the-art-maps-web-application 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/participants-required-for-an-online-study-to-test-the-art-maps-web-application Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT A new mobile phone app developed by a University of Nottingham researcher is changing the lives of millions of people in Africa by giving them the power to instantly report problems with poor sanitation. More than a third of the world's population lacks access to adequate sanitation facilities which perpetuates disease and high rates of... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/new-app-powers-better-sanitation-in-developing-world- 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/new-app-powers-better-sanitation-in-developing-world- Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT The national parks, nature reserves and wetlands of the semi-arid wheatbelt of Western Australia with their rich diversity of flora and fauna are the backdrop for new research to improve the management of natural resources in the 21st century. The project will combine the latest ideas in computer science at The University of Nottingham... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/horizon-collaborates-with-australia-on-environmental-conservation-of-the-future 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/horizon-collaborates-with-australia-on-environmental-conservation-of-the-future Thu, 28 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Applications are invited for the post of Knowledge Exchange Officer (Open Data) in the Research Council UK funded Horizon Digital Economy Research Institute at the University of Nottingham. The role may be conducted in the UK from outside Nottingham due to the level of anticipated travel and engagement with organisations in southern... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/knowledge-exchange-officer-post-open-data 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/knowledge-exchange-officer-post-open-data Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Dr Ben Bedwell, Horizon Research Fellow at The University of Nottingham, talks to BBC Radio Nottingham's Mark Dennison about the latest energy saving research currently being undertaken in conjunction with Eon. The way people use power-hungry appliances in the home has a major impact on energy bills and carbon footprints. Data collected... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/bbc-radio-nottingham-interview-on-horizons-energy-saving-research 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/bbc-radio-nottingham-interview-on-horizons-energy-saving-research Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT As part of a joint collaboration with The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC) and the Crops For the Future Research Centre, Horizon recently held a 'Digital Nutrition' sandpit in Kuala Lumpur as part of the EPSRC Creativity@home initiative. The sandpit opened by the Professor David Greenaway, Vice-Chancellor at The... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/research-event-in-kuala-lumpur-produces-exciting-new-projects-with-malaysia-campus 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/research-event-in-kuala-lumpur-produces-exciting-new-projects-with-malaysia-campus Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT New research at The University of Nottingham and energy company E.ON could help people to save money on their energy bills by identifying which of their household electrical appliances are using the most power.   Smart meters, which could help consumers to save money, are planned to be installed in every UK home by 2019. In... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/research-to-pinpoint-power-hungry-appliances-that-could-help-cut-home-energy-bills 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/research-to-pinpoint-power-hungry-appliances-that-could-help-cut-home-energy-bills Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Applications are invited for 2 project developer posts in the Horizon Digital Economy Research Institute, based at the Innovation Park, Jubilee Campus. Location-aware Ubiquitous Computing - which takes advantage of knowing the geographical position of the millions of fixed and mobile computing and communications devices embedded into the... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/project-developer-2-posts-fixed-term 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/project-developer-2-posts-fixed-term Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Horizon is a partner in the AHRC-funded Centre for Creativity, Regulation, Enterprise and Technology (“CREATe”). CREATe will tackle this regulatory and business crisis, helping the UK creative industry and arts sectors survive, grow and become global innovation pioneers, with an ambitious programme of research delivered by an... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/two-phd-research-studentships-available 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/two-phd-research-studentships-available Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT The Horizon Doctoral Training Centre at the University of Nottingham is recruiting on to a unique PhD programme for the Digital Economy. Supported by RCUK and over 30 industry partners, we are trining a community of over 70 PhD students to become the next generation of research leaders in this field within industry or academia. Would you... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/phd-studentships-available 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/phd-studentships-available Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Horizon Research Fellow Dr Stuart Reeves has published an article entitled 'Building the Future with Envisioning' in the first 2013 edition of the ACM Interactions Magazine. The article discusses envisioning and how it is a self-referential process that looks toward the future for both inspiration and challenge in deciding what... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/horizon-research-fellow-has-article-published-in-interations-magazine 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/horizon-research-fellow-has-article-published-in-interations-magazine Wed, 09 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Dr. Richard Mortier, Horizon Transitional Fellow, recently gave a seminar at Stanford University in California on Understanding and Control : Owning your Home Network.  The seminar was for Stanford's NetSeminar, a biweekly seminar covering networking-related topics. Speakers come from academia and industry and the talks are... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/horizon-transitional-fellow-gives-seminar-on-home-networks-in-california 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/horizon-transitional-fellow-gives-seminar-on-home-networks-in-california Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Interactive technologies are employed in ever more diverse ways: notably, for this special issue, in a wide variety of settings where interactions are transformed into implicit or deliberate 'performative' spectacles. Performative spectacles range from everyday actions such as technology use while in urban spaces like city streets to 'staged'... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/call-for-papers-understanding-performative-interactions-in-public-settings 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/call-for-papers-understanding-performative-interactions-in-public-settings Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Mark Iliffe a 3rd year Horizon DTC student has won the Best Paper award at the AGI Conference 2012. http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/3rd-year-horizon-dtc-student-wins-best-paper-at-the-agi-conference-2012 311,277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/3rd-year-horizon-dtc-student-wins-best-paper-at-the-agi-conference-2012 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT The Scaling the Rural Enterprise project seeks to explore digital technologies in order to promote rural enterprise. Horizon digital economy researchers will be presenting this important work at MUM 2012,11th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia, December 4-6 2012 | Ulm, Germany. Dr Alan Chamberlain a... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/expanding-rural-horizons-the-digital-economy--mum-2012 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/expanding-rural-horizons-the-digital-economy--mum-2012 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Horizon Digital Economy Research and Active Ingredient invite you the Timestreams Hackday on the 8th December, 10am - 6pm @ Broadway Cinema. Timestreams is a collaboration between Horizon Digital Economy Research at The University of Nottingham and Active Ingredient, exploring the relationships between energy and climate change. In... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/timestreams-hackday--broadway-cinema 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/timestreams-hackday--broadway-cinema Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Horizon researchers are pleased to announce they will be hosting a workshop on Methods for Studying Technology in the Home at next years CHI Conference. The workshop is to be held as part of the ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) in Paris, France from 27th April – 2nd May... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/horizon-to-host-a-workshop-at-chi-2013-in-paris 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/horizon-to-host-a-workshop-at-chi-2013-in-paris Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT   As homeowners we are becoming cannier about turning down the thermostat to save our pennies and the planet but are we as energy conscious when we get to work? A new £1.3m project, being led by researchers at The University of Nottingham, is to look at people’s attitudes to energy consumption in the workplace and... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/new-research-looks-at-how-to-encourage-staff-to-go-green 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/new-research-looks-at-how-to-encourage-staff-to-go-green Tue, 27 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Horizon is now recruiting for 13 Doctoral Training Centre studentships of four years duration and 2 PhD studentships of three years duration. Closing date: January 4th 2013 13 four-year DTC studentships – http://www.horizon.ac.uk/Current-Opportunities - 2 of these studentships have the specific topics of ‘Data... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/4-year-and-3-year-phd-studentships-available 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/4-year-and-3-year-phd-studentships-available Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT An opportunity has arisen for a Research studentship in Data Mining and Copyright Law Strathclyde University, between the School of Law and School of Business. The research topic  forms part of the work programme of a large four-year £8m Centre, CREATe, the Centre   for Creativity, Regulation... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/phd-studentship-in-copyright 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/phd-studentship-in-copyright Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Applications are invited for a Research Fellow post to scope and evaluate current theory and practice concerning models for open publishing. The post is one of the research projects of the new Centre for Copyright and New Business Models in the Creative Economy funded by AHRC, EPSRC and ESRC (see www.create.ac.uk). For more... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/research-fellow-opportunity 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/research-fellow-opportunity Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT This fully funded collaborative doctoral award is offered by REACT: Research and Enterprise in Arts and Creative Technologies Hub. REACT is one of four knowledge exchange hubs awarded nationally as part of a £16 million investment by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) for knowledge exchange projects between research... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/tate-collaborative-doctoral-studentship-in-english-digital-humanities- 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/tate-collaborative-doctoral-studentship-in-english-digital-humanities- Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Horizon are pleased to be supporting the Ordnance Survey with another series of free Open Data Master classes during November, the first of which will be held in Aberdeen on Wednesday 14 November 2012, with a further four classes being delivered at locations across Great Britain. The Masterclasses will enable individuals, developers... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/new-series-of-open-data-master-classes-announced-for-november 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/new-series-of-open-data-master-classes-announced-for-november Wed, 07 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Researchers from Horizon Digital Economy Research at The University of Cambridge launch Urbangems, a crowd sourcing project which shows the most peaceful and happy places in London. The Urbangems project funded by RCUK, seeks to understand people’s perceptions of neighbourhoods and urban areas. Through the Urbangems website... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/horizon-crowdsourcing-project-makes-london-an-urban-gem 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/horizon-crowdsourcing-project-makes-london-an-urban-gem Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Have something you want to clip on to your bike? Want to play with 3D printing? Bring a thing and your bike and work with us to design and 3D print something to clip it on. During London Design Week we are running 4 free mini workshops on the 19th & 20th of September, 10am to 1pm & 2.30 to... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/3d-printing-clip-it-on-workshop-london-design-festival 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/3d-printing-clip-it-on-workshop-london-design-festival Tue, 18 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Busaba Eathai and Horizon Digital Economy Research introduce a new concept for an enhanced digital dining experience which allows customers to order, pay and queue jump, using a new app that is triggered by scanning decorative motifs and pattern designs on tableware, menus and placemats. These new decorative markers are a shift in... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/aestheticodes-a-digital-dining-experience 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/aestheticodes-a-digital-dining-experience Tue, 18 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT After three intense days of competition, a team of budding digital entrepreneurs from The University of Nottingham emerged as the winners of the inaugural Digital Economy Young Entrepreneurs Scheme (Digital Economy YES). Digital Economy YES is designed to develop business awareness and entrepreneurial creativity in postgraduate and... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/entrepreneurial-capabilities-with-real-world-potential-win-inaugural-title- 311,277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/entrepreneurial-capabilities-with-real-world-potential-win-inaugural-title- Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Horizon are proud to announce and be part of a pioneering initiative to support the growth of the UK’s vital creative industries and arts sector. The Centre for Copyright and New Business Models in the Creative Economy, run by a consortium of UK universities led by the University of Glasgow, will examine a range of issues relating... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/new-centre-for-copyright-brings-major-boost-to-uks-creative-industries 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/new-centre-for-copyright-brings-major-boost-to-uks-creative-industries Thu, 09 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Applications are invited from suitably qualified graduates for two fully sponsored PhD studentships based within the School of Computer Science and the Horizon Digital Economy Research Institute at The University of Nottingham. Over the last decade, the creative industries have been revolutionised by the Internet and the digital economy.... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/fully-funded-phd-research-studentships-in-computer-science-two-studentships 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/fully-funded-phd-research-studentships-in-computer-science-two-studentships Wed, 08 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Over the last decade, the creative industries have been revolutionised by the Internet and the digital economy. The UK, already punching above its weight in the global cultural market, stands at a pivotal moment where it is well placed to build a cultural, business and regulatory infrastructure in which first movers as significant as Google... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/phd-studentship 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/phd-studentship Wed, 08 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Is there a particular place you love — a little-known walk, park or business — that you’d like to share with others? A new smartphone app and online resource, set to be launched next week at the National Eisteddfod, allows you to do just that — create and share a digital profile of the places you care about.... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/share-the-places-you-love-new-online-resource-and-app- 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/share-the-places-you-love-new-online-resource-and-app- Fri, 03 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Horizon is a partner in the AHRC-funded Centre for Creativity, Regulation, Enterprise & Technology – CREATe – will tackle this regulatory and business crisis, helping the UK creative industry and arts sectors survive, grow and become global innovation pioneers, with an ambitious programme of research delivered by an... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/phd-studentship-dtc- 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/phd-studentship-dtc- Tue, 31 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Horizon are pleased to announce the launch of Placebooks, a new bi-lingual online digital toolkit that allows you to create, publish and share digital books about your favourite places and interests, using a variety of digital media such as text, audio, photos, maps and routes. Going beyond the standard media sharing and mapping solutions... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/placebooks-a-new-mobile-app-web-service-launched-at-royal-geographic-society 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/placebooks-a-new-mobile-app-web-service-launched-at-royal-geographic-society Tue, 31 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Horizon Reasearch Fellow Christian Wagner has been awarded the FUZZ-IEEE 2012 best paper award for his paper published at the FUZZ-IEEE 2012 International Conference Congratulations to Christian and his Co-Authors for this award. http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/fuzz-ieee-2012-best-paper-awarded-to-horizon-researcher 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/fuzz-ieee-2012-best-paper-awarded-to-horizon-researcher Mon, 09 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Horizon's Vicarious project presents "Lies, Damned Lies and Biodata", a live gameshow on Friday 22nd June from 2-4pm in room A48 of The Sir Clive Grainger Building, on The University of Nottingham's University Park campus. If you think you can tell when someone is lying or telling the truth, come along to the event and compete with... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/Lies-Damned-Lies-and-Biodata 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/Lies-Damned-Lies-and-Biodata Thu, 21 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT Effectively communicating climate change risks to the general public could all hinge on bringing the issue closer to home, research by a team from Nottingham and Cardiff Universities has found. In a project that aimed to analyse public perceptions of global warming, the researchers focused on ‘psychological distance’ in... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/climate-change-message-needs-to-be-closer-to-home-to-hit-home-say-researchers- 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/climate-change-message-needs-to-be-closer-to-home-to-hit-home-say-researchers- Fri, 08 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT Two analyses highlight the growing polarization of public attitudes toward climate change, as well as the role “psychological distance” plays in levels of concern. Washington, D.C. – Researchers have found that between 2002 and 2010 the images and emotions that the American public associates with global warming shifted... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/Divided-Public-Climate-Survey-Shows-Skepticism-and-Alarm-Rising-Over-the-Past-Decade- 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/Divided-Public-Climate-Survey-Shows-Skepticism-and-Alarm-Rising-Over-the-Past-Decade- Wed, 06 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT The European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC) is open to anybody with an idea which utilises satellite navigation technology, be it for position, time, navigation or any other application, including iPhone, iPad and Android apps. The international European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC) ideas database welcomes... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/European-Satellite-Navigation-Competition 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/European-Satellite-Navigation-Competition Thu, 31 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Horizon has 11 summer internships available for current postgraduate students, and 1 summer internship for either a current postgraduate or high-achieving undergraduate student. Further details of eligibility can be found at the following link, queries can be sent to the named supervisor in each case, or to horizon@nottingham.ac.uk.... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/Summer-internships-available 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/Summer-internships-available Fri, 04 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Prof Gabriella Giannachi, Professor in Performance and New Media and Director of the Centre for Intermedia at The University of Exeter, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Prof Giannachi was nominated in light of her considerable contributions to the development of an innovative interdisciplinary research facility... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/giannachi-fellow 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/giannachi-fellow Wed, 02 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Applications are for a PhD studentship in the area of mobile networks security and reliability, with a competitive scholarship.  Studentships are available from October 2011 for a period of three and a half years and include payment of fees at the UK/EU rate and a postgraduate stipend of £13,590 in year one with increments in line... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/Computer-Science-PhD-Studentship-35-years 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/Computer-Science-PhD-Studentship-35-years Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT EPSRC project explores benefits of 3D virtual meetings The development of research project proposals, cohort management and even peer review meetings could be radically changed by the use of digital technologies that allow participants to meet in a 3D cyberspace. This is one of the conclusions to be drawn from a... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/Can-virtual-spaces-help-create-real-world-research 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/Can-virtual-spaces-help-create-real-world-research Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT How 150 Photographers Used Online Communities to Create a Unique Historical Resource The History of Advertising Trust Ghostsigns Archive photographically documents advertising painted by hand onto brickwork. Typically faded, and dating anywhere from the late 1800s to the 1950s, these ‘ghostsigns’ represent local... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/Digital-Engagement---the-History-of-Advertising-Trust-Ghostsigns-Archive 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/Digital-Engagement---the-History-of-Advertising-Trust-Ghostsigns-Archive Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT Horizon researchers have been awarded 'best case study paper' at this years CHI 2012 conference. The paper on Methodological Insights on Doing HCI Research in Rwanda investigates memorialisation in post-genocide Rwanda, focussing on methodological challenges of working in a "transnational" context. Findings develop... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/Horizon-Research-Awarded-Best-Paper-at-CHI-2012 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/Horizon-Research-Awarded-Best-Paper-at-CHI-2012 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT Professor Steve Benford has been awarded with best paper at CHI 2012 for his paper on Uncomfortable Interactions. The paper explores discomfort and how it can enhance the entertainment, enlightenment and sociality of cultural experiences. We explore how four kinds of discomfort - visceral, cultural, control and intimacy - can be ethically... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/Professor-Steve-Benford-Wins-Best-Paper-at-CHI-2012 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/Professor-Steve-Benford-Wins-Best-Paper-at-CHI-2012 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT Visions of the future form an important feature of how we talk and think about technology, and, correspondingly, how it gets designed and built. A prominent technological vision---and one that is central to the Digital Economy programme---is that of 'always on, always with you' Ubiquitous Computing technology. 'Envisioning Ubiquitous... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/Research-paper-on-envisioning-ubiquitous-computing-futures-gets-honourable-mention-at-CHI-2012 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/Research-paper-on-envisioning-ubiquitous-computing-futures-gets-honourable-mention-at-CHI-2012 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT Dr Duncan Rowland is the Reader in Cultural Computing at the University of Lincoln, where his research encompasses human cultural activities and how they relate to computing devices. Together with Prof. Shaun Lawson in 2006 they co-founded the Lincoln Social Computing Research Centre (LiSC) which has since become internationally... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/Research-Fellow-Post-at-The-University-of-Lincoln 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/Research-Fellow-Post-at-The-University-of-Lincoln Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT This two-day workshop will take place on both Saturday 21 April and Saturday 28 April 2012, 10.00 – 17.30, in the Duffield Room of Tate Britain. The workshop is free to attend - please book your place using the link below. This workshop is ideal for those with an interest in mobile technology and landscape. Using photography... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/Art-Mapping---a-public-workshop-at-Tate-Britain 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/Art-Mapping---a-public-workshop-at-Tate-Britain Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT Research Participants Required As part of the project Vicarious, Horizon researchers are seeking volunteers to take part in a focus group. You will be required to watch a 40 minute Reality TV Horror show and then chat informally about your thoughts. A £5 Amazon voucher will be offered to participants upon completion of... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/Do-you-Like-Reality-TV-and-Horror-Shows-Then-this-could-be-for-you 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/Do-you-Like-Reality-TV-and-Horror-Shows-Then-this-could-be-for-you Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT Horizon academic partners at The University of Reading are helping to develop a ‘smart' power distribution system to prepare the street-level electricity grid for a low-carbon future. Experts at the University's Centre for Mathematics of Human Behaviour are providing the analytics and modelling expertise behind a new £30m... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/Power-of-maths-helping-to-create-electricity-grid-of-the-future 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/Power-of-maths-helping-to-create-electricity-grid-of-the-future Wed, 14 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT Horizon Director Professor Derek McAuley, will be speaking at Digital London the digital Summit & Showcase connecting digital innovation, technology and creativity. The two day event held on the 13th & 14th March will bring together industry innovators, entrepreneurs, solution providers, business leaders, executives and... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/Professor-Derek-McAuley-to-Speak-at-Digital-London 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/Professor-Derek-McAuley-to-Speak-at-Digital-London Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT People across Great Britain are being given the opportunity to gain a greater understanding of open data, and the tools and techniques to use open datasets, through a series of free masterclasses hosted by Ordnance Survey. Following on from the success of the two previous open data masterclass series... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/Ordnance-Survey-holds-free-open-data-masterclasses 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/Ordnance-Survey-holds-free-open-data-masterclasses Wed, 07 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT The International Doctoral Innovation Centre based at the University of Nottingham, Ningbo China is recruiting students onto a unique 4 year PhD where the first year will be spent in the Horizon Doctoral Training Centre in the School of Computer Science at The University of Nottingham on Jubilee Campus in the UK then the remaining three... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/International-Doctoral-Innovation-Centre-Studentships 311 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/International-Doctoral-Innovation-Centre-Studentships Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Science & Technology Studies Priority Group Seminar  “Did ‘Predict and Provide’ Ever Die? UK Transport, Carbon Emissions and the Growth Paradigm”  Dr Murray Goulden Horizon Research Institute University of Nottingham  1 - 2pm, Thursday 23rd February 2012 Room A100, West... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/Horizon-Research-Fellow-Delivering-Seminar-on-Transport-Carbon-Emissions-and-the-Growth-Paradigm 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/Horizon-Research-Fellow-Delivering-Seminar-on-Transport-Carbon-Emissions-and-the-Growth-Paradigm Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT To celebrate 125 years of Raleigh and innovation The University of Nottingham will be organising a series of events in partnership with community theatre company Hanby and Barrett. Beginning with this series of talks, discussions and films the Bike! season will also include the touring of a new play around the city, and will... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/Bike!-A-Celebration-of-the-Iconic-Company---Raleigh 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/Bike!-A-Celebration-of-the-Iconic-Company---Raleigh Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT The Horizon Doctoral Training Centre at the University of Nottingham is recruiting on to a unique PhD programme for the Digital Economy. Supported by RCUK and over 30 industry partners, we are training a community of over 70 PhD students to become the next generation of research leaders in this field within industry or academia. The DTC... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/PhD-Studentships-available 311 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/PhD-Studentships-available Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Horizon are recruiting for an intern for 12 weeks to work on a digital inclusion project. This internship is for a period of 12 weeks (full-time) and is aimed at current postgraduate students, particularly PhD students. For further information visit http://www.horizon.ac.uk/hor-intern-2012-5 http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/Horizon-Internship-opportunity---Digital-Inclusion 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/Horizon-Internship-opportunity---Digital-Inclusion Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT A report recently published on Smart Cities by The Climate Group, Accenture (NYSE: ACN), Arup and Horizon Digital Economy Research at The University of Nottingham has been featured in Forbes magazine. The article makes note in particular of Dr Catherine Mulligan's work regarding Application Programming Interfaces. To read the full story... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/Smart-City-Report-covered-by-Forbes-Magazine 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/Smart-City-Report-covered-by-Forbes-Magazine Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT     Arts company Active Ingredient has just had an ebook published about the recent project A Conversation Between Trees - that features work by Horizon DTC Student Rachel Jacobs in collaboartion with Mark Selby and Mike Golembewski from the DTC, along with Dominic Price and Mark Paxton from Horizon, it is part of... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/An-e-book-about-A-Conversation-Between-Trees 311,277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/An-e-book-about-A-Conversation-Between-Trees Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT Then check out our new research video which gives an insight into some of the projects we're currently involved in. Horizon’s research into the Digital Economy is highly interdisciplinary – including computer science, engineering, psychology, business, geography, design, english, film & tv. We bring to bear expertise in a... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/Ever-wondered-what-sort-of-research-Horizon-undertakes 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/Ever-wondered-what-sort-of-research-Horizon-undertakes Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT Opening up data and digital assets is critical to accelerating low carbon cities  Cities are wasting the potential of smart technologies by failing to realize the value of their hidden infrastructure and digital assets, according to a report published today by The Climate Group, Accenture (NYSE: ACN), Arup and Horizon Digital... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/Cities-Missing-Smart-Opportunity-by-Failure-to-Measure-Hidden-Value 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/Cities-Missing-Smart-Opportunity-by-Failure-to-Measure-Hidden-Value Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT Research by Horizon's Dr Catherine Mulligan alongside partners The Climate Group, Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and Arup have published a report on the potential of smart technologies and how cities are failing to realise the value of their hidden infrastucture and digital assets. Research performed by Horizon illustrates that cities must... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/Horizon-contributes-to-a-report-published-on-smart-technologies-within-cities 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/Horizon-contributes-to-a-report-published-on-smart-technologies-within-cities Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT Senior Research Fellow and Thrill Laboratory Engineer Brendan Walker features on Discovery Channel's Daily Planet. Brendan presents The Walker Thrill Factor; discusses the future of automated rides; and experiments with an automated mechanical Bucking Bronco ride. http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/Brendan-Walker-and-The-Thrill-Laboratory-feature-on-Discovery-Channels-Daily-Planet 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/Brendan-Walker-and-The-Thrill-Laboratory-feature-on-Discovery-Channels-Daily-Planet Fri, 25 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT Horizon's Dr Alexa Spence has been awarded the runner-up prize in the Lloyd's Science of Risk Competition, in the category of Behavioural risk out of 25 papers shortlisted. This year Lloyd's launched its first annual competition "the Science of Risk" which offers cash prizes for research in the fields of: Climate Change, Natural... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/Dr-Alexa-Spence-awarded-prize-in-the-Lloyds-Science-of-Risk-competition 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/Dr-Alexa-Spence-awarded-prize-in-the-Lloyds-Science-of-Risk-competition Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT Then take a look at our new Horizon video with Professors' Derek McAuley and Tom Rodden explaining what the digital economy is and how Horizon research fits within it. Horizon Digital Economy Overview from David Martin on Vimeo. http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/Ever-wondered-what-the-digital-economy-is-all-about 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/Ever-wondered-what-the-digital-economy-is-all-about Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT Following a four year collaboration between Blast Theory and the Mixed Reality Lab (MRL) at The University of Nottingham, Horizon Researchers have recently had a paper on the work published at The European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work. The work involved a design concept by Blast Theory together with software... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/Horizon-Researchers-have-a-paper-published-at-the-European-Conference-on-Computer-Supported-Cooperative-Work 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/Horizon-Researchers-have-a-paper-published-at-the-European-Conference-on-Computer-Supported-Cooperative-Work Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT Brunel University are now recruiting for the above position to join the Horizon Digital Economy Research pilot project (RCUK Digital Economy Programme): 'Artefact Café'. Brunel University is collaborating with Horizon Digital Economy Research to explore digital platforms that will enable consumers to be involved in designing... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/Research-Assistant-Vacancy---Brunel-University 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/Research-Assistant-Vacancy---Brunel-University Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT Horizon Research Fellow Anil Madhavapeddy from Cambridge University was recently awarded a $75,000 grant by VeriSign Inc, to complete a research project aimed at strengthening Internet infrastructure. The grant was awarded as part of a VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) program designed to promote and foster Internet innovation and in... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/Horizon-Research-Fellow-celebrates-25-years-of-com-with-VeriSign-Inc 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/Horizon-Research-Fellow-celebrates-25-years-of-com-with-VeriSign-Inc Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT The Guardian Science Weekly Podcast with Alok Jha cover Brendan Walker The Thrill Laboratory's work Testing fear, panic and arousal in cinemagoers at The Mayhem Horror Film Festival 2010. Read the article and Listen to the podcast http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/Testing-fear-panic-and-arousal-in-cinemagoers 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/Testing-fear-panic-and-arousal-in-cinemagoers Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT A new smartphone app that will help to guide stressed motorists through the trauma of a car accident, while potentially saving millions of pounds in fraudulent insurance claims has been recognised for its innovation. The Accident Assessor app has won the UK leg of the European Satellite Navigation Competition 2011, hosted by GRACE... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/DTC-Student-wins-prize-for-motor-accident-app 311 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/DTC-Student-wins-prize-for-motor-accident-app Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT The Horizon Doctoral Training Centre at the University of Nottingham is recruiting on to a unique PhD programme for the Digital Economy. Supported by RCUK and over 30 industry partners, we are training a community of over 70 PhD students to become the next generation of research leaders in this field within industry or... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/DTC-PhD-Studentships-Available 311 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/DTC-PhD-Studentships-Available Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT As part of our research into adaptive thrill rides, we have created a small scale ride involving a Bucking Bronco which is controlled by breathing. We call it the ‘Broncomatic’!! Come pay us a visit if you want to learn more. Visit the Game City website for more information http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/Horizon-will-be-exibiting-at-Game-City-on-Wednesday-26th-October-2011 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/Horizon-will-be-exibiting-at-Game-City-on-Wednesday-26th-October-2011 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT Listen to the BBC Radio 2 coverage of The Thrill Laboratory's paranormal investigation. http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/BBC-Radio-2-Covers-The-Thrill-Laboratory-at-The-Mayhem-Horror-Film-Festival 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/BBC-Radio-2-Covers-The-Thrill-Laboratory-at-The-Mayhem-Horror-Film-Festival Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT Four would-be ghost hunters are being sought to face their darkest fears and spend the evening in one of Nottingham’s most notorious haunted venues as part of a live experiment into the paranormal. Watched by an audience via a live link-up to the Broadway... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/When-Science-meets-seance 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/When-Science-meets-seance Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT Dr Mulligan's book provides a unique view of the evolution of these industries, drawing out how technology and economic forces have worked together to create platforms around which different companies interact. Through identifying the key aspects of this evolution over the past decades, the author is able to put forward a unique view... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/Dr-Catherine-Mulligan-publishes-book-on-The-Communications-Industries-in-the-Era-of-Convergence 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/Dr-Catherine-Mulligan-publishes-book-on-The-Communications-Industries-in-the-Era-of-Convergence Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT Broaden your Horizons: Research Fellowship in Design for Ubiquitous Computing in a Global Digital Economy The millions of fixed and mobile computing and communications devices embedded into the world around us is changing how we understand and interactive with digital technology.  Ubiquitous Computing, which exploits the... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/Job-Vacancy-Research-Associate-Fellow-in-Design-Two-posts 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/Job-Vacancy-Research-Associate-Fellow-in-Design-Two-posts Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT "For one night only, Thrill Laboratory present an experiment like no other: real scientists, amateur paranormal investigators, and the live exploration of a haunted building. University researchers have developed cutting-edge medical technology to monitor the effect of paranormal beliefs on the bodies and minds of those susceptible. Dr... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/Thrill-Laboratory-@-Mayhem-Horror-Film-festival---Amateur-Paranormal-Investigators-Needed 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/Thrill-Laboratory-@-Mayhem-Horror-Film-festival---Amateur-Paranormal-Investigators-Needed Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT The Government wants every home to have one by 2020, but might the new generation of electricity meters help to change people’s attitudes to climate change? An academic at The University of Nottingham is to argue that providing information about saved carbon emissions through the new smart meters could be more effective in... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/Can-smart-meters-make-us-greener 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/Can-smart-meters-make-us-greener Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT An ambitious touring art installation is to use real-time data collected from the canopies of trees in Sherwood Forest to raise awareness of the environmental threat posed by increasing CO2 emissions. A Conversation Between Trees, led by a Horizon Doctoral Training Centre PhD student, bridges the divide between art and science, using... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/A-canopy-view-of-climate-change-novel-art-installation-reaches-heart-of-Sherwood-Forest 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/A-canopy-view-of-climate-change-novel-art-installation-reaches-heart-of-Sherwood-Forest Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT A Conversation Between Trees Preview event 11th September 2-4pm Residency 13-25 September Exhibition 27 September - 30 October   Rufford Abbey Country Park and Gallery, Nottingham, NG22 9DF www.hello-tree.com Active Ingredient will be connecting a tree in Rufford Country Park, Sherwood Forest, England with a... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/A-Conversation-Between-Trees-Exhibition-at-Rufford-Abbey-Country-Park 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/A-Conversation-Between-Trees-Exhibition-at-Rufford-Abbey-Country-Park Fri, 02 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT Horizon Transitional Fellows Catherine Mulligan and Rob Houghton have recenlty been involved in and written a chapter within a newly published book called IMS Application Developer's Handbook. http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/bookdescription.cws_home/725710/description#description "The IMS Application Developer Handbook gives... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/Horizon-Transitional-Fellows-involved-in-newly-published-book 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/Horizon-Transitional-Fellows-involved-in-newly-published-book Fri, 02 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT Vacancy Reference DDA0381/1 18 months (full time) Fixed-term Brunel Design has an outstanding reputation for research both nationally and internationally. It fosters extensive and positive links with industry and commerce, resulting in programmes at Undergraduate, Masters and research level that are highly relevant to the needs of... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/Research-Assistant-Post---Brunel-University 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/Research-Assistant-Post---Brunel-University Wed, 31 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT Performing Mixed Reality. By Steve Benford and Gabriella Giannachi   Performing Mixed Reality charts the ground breaking work of an emerging generation of artists who are mixing real and virtual worlds to create compelling interactive experiences. Drawing on a series of landmark artworks the book introduces a theory of... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/Professor-Benford---Professor-Giannachi-have-a-new-book-published 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/Professor-Benford---Professor-Giannachi-have-a-new-book-published Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT Horizon will be sponsoring a three-year PhD studentship at The University of Strathclyde in collaboration with Professor Lilian Edwards, an expert in online privacy and security law. The studentship advert can be found here on Jobs.ac.uk with the deadline for applications being September 16th 2011. http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/Horizon-sponsored-PhD-studentship-available-at-University-of-Strathclyde 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/Horizon-sponsored-PhD-studentship-available-at-University-of-Strathclyde Mon, 08 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT The Oxford Internet Institute have issued a publication on Society's Digital Footprints: Critical Issues for the Digital Economy. See the full publication here http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/The-Oxford-Internet-Institute-release-publication-on-Privacy-of-Data-at-The-Research-Forum 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/The-Oxford-Internet-Institute-release-publication-on-Privacy-of-Data-at-The-Research-Forum Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT Online clothes shopping gets the human touch FOR real fashionistas, nothing beats the visceral thrill of shopping. While buying clothes online is ridiculously easy it is no substitute for the real thing - you can't run your hands over a silk dress, say, or try it on for size. Soon shoppers will be able to digitise the look and feel of... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/Online-clothes-shopping-gets-the-human-touch 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/Online-clothes-shopping-gets-the-human-touch Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT Horizon's Dr Catherine Mulligan features in a cover story for Ericsson Business Review on 'Making Sense of New Data Streams'. Read the full story Catherine Mulligan Cover Story.pdf http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/Dr-Catherine-Mulligan-Features-in-Ericsson-Business-Review- 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/Dr-Catherine-Mulligan-Features-in-Ericsson-Business-Review- Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT One of Horizon’s Doctoral Training Centre students is bringing the plight of one of Brazil’s most threatened ecosystems to the heart of British forests as part of an ambitious art installation aimed at increasing public understanding of climate science. A Conversation Between Trees, starting its UK tour this week, uses... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/If-trees-could-talk- 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/If-trees-could-talk- Wed, 11 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT Horizon would like to invite academic and industry researchers to an Innovation Workshop on: When: Monday May 16th From: 10.30 - 16.30 Venue: Room A19, Nottingham Geospatial Building (building 13 on the campus map) Attendance is free. The introduction of digital technologies has the potential to disrupt established... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/Innovation-Workshop-Day-in-the-Park 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/Innovation-Workshop-Day-in-the-Park Tue, 19 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT Horizon are pleased to announce that BigDog Interactive are winners of the 'Wild Card IC tomorrow Digital Innovation Contest' for the Graffito Mashup app. BigDog Interactive pitched Graffito Mashup to world leaders in digital media at BAFTA on the 30th March 2011 and were one of 5 winners announced today (31st March 2011) to collect a... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/Horizon-Partners-Big-Dog-Interactive-Win-Contest 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/Horizon-Partners-Big-Dog-Interactive-Win-Contest Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT Horizon Research Fellow Anil Madhavapeddy from Cambridge University has won $75,000 from Verisign an Internet Infrastructure Services company based in the USA. The grant will enable Anil to pursure his research into Domain Name System (DNS) Security. For further information visit the Verisign News Page. http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/Horizon-Research-Fellow-wins-Grant-from-Verisign 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/Horizon-Research-Fellow-wins-Grant-from-Verisign Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT Climate Change Hits Home Direct experience of extreme weather events increases concern about climate change and willingness to engage in energy-saving behaviour, according to a new research paper published in the first edition of the journal Nature Climate Change this week. In particular, members of the British public are more... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/New-research-paper-published-on-Climate-Change 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/New-research-paper-published-on-Climate-Change Wed, 23 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT Professor Peter Grindrod from the University of Reading writes an article for Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics on Mathematical modelling for the digital society. It discusses the use of mathematics to unravel complex mechanisms in networks. Read the article in full http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/Horizon-acadmic-partners-write-article-for-Siam 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/Horizon-acadmic-partners-write-article-for-Siam Mon, 24 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT Spirit Nottingham have recently launched a new website which allows visitors to find information on various cultural events throughout Nottingham using a unique timeline tool. To get more information and to find your spirit go to www.spiritnottingham.com http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/Spirit-Nottingham-Launch-new-website 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/Spirit-Nottingham-Launch-new-website Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT Microsoft will provide access to its Azure cloud platform to two academic projects for three years. Horizon, a research project run by University of Nottingham, and Inria, a French computer science collaboration, will use Azure for three years without charge, Microsoft said on Wednesday. The deal will see the projects use Azure for... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/Microsoft-provides-Azure-access-to-academic-projects 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/Microsoft-provides-Azure-access-to-academic-projects Wed, 27 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT The Guardian Datablog cover a series of free open data masterclasses hosted by Horizon Digital Economy Research at venues across the UK. Read the Guardian blog for more details. http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/The-Guardian-Datablog-Features-Horizons-Open-Data-Masterclass-Series 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/The-Guardian-Datablog-Features-Horizons-Open-Data-Masterclass-Series Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT An InfoLab21 spin-out company has exhibited a unique piece of crowd-created graffiti with a little help from the iPhone. Digital art company BigDog Interactive (BDI) exhibited their invention "Graffito" at Vintage@Goodwood celebration on (August 13-15th 2010) in front of an audience of thousands. Graffito allows anyone paint on a... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/Spin-out-company-launches-crowd-made-graffiti 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/Spin-out-company-launches-crowd-made-graffiti Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT The Horizon Doctoral Training Centre was proud to host the first Digital Economy DTC Summer School at the East Midlands Conference Centre in Nottingham, we welcomed 80 DTC students and academics from 4 other DTC's in the UK. We had representatives from Lancaster University, University of Oxford, Queen Mary University of London... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/The-First-Digital-Economy-DTC-Summer-School 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/The-First-Digital-Economy-DTC-Summer-School Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT Simon Wilson from The Nottingham Post reports from The Mayhem Horror Festival. Human guinea pigs are being strapped into a specially-designed wheelchair at the Broadway Cinema as part of the Mayhem Horror Festival, to assess the effects of scary movies on the mind and body. SIMON WILSON laughs at horror movies, so it wasn't going to... http://www.horizon.ac.uk/News/Thrill-Lab-experience-turns-to-terror-at-Mayhem 277 http://www.horizon.ac.uk:80/News/Thrill-Lab-experience-turns-to-terror-at-Mayhem Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT