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Presented by Dr John Baird, Digital Economy Theme Leader, RCUK
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The RCUK Digital Economy Theme
Social Media and its Implications for the Enterprise & Society Research Workshop
IIIT Bangalore Wednesday
5 February 2014
Dr John Baird
Lead, RCUK Digital Economy Theme
john.baird@epsrc.ac.uk
Tel: +44(0)1793 444047
www.epsrc.ac.uk/digitaleconomy www.rcuk.ac.uk/digitaleconomy www.rcuk.ac.uk/digitaleconomy
The RCUK Digital Economy Theme
“Technology alone is not enough”
Interdisciplinarity is key
ICT, Engineering, Social Sciences, Economics,
Psychology etc).
People/user focused research
Energy, Transport, Healthcare, Creative, Services
DE Vision: Rapidly realise the transformational impact of
digital technologies on aspects of community life, cultural
experiences, future society, and the economy.
3 Research Council Partners: EPSRC (£106M), AHRC
(£12M) and ESRC (£11M)
113 core projects >£150M since 2008, 400 User Partners
www.epsrc.ac.uk/digitaleconomy www.rcuk.ac.uk/digitaleconomy www.rcuk.ac.uk/digitaleconomy
The Digital Economy Offers
huge potential returns for Social Media RCUK DE
Capturing value of Data is driving the DE
Graphic courtesy: Neil Crockett, CDEC
KNOWLEDGE Data Science
OUTPUTS Disruptive and mashed
Conversion to
knowledge and insight
Enterprise
Data
Space
Crowd-
sourcing
Digital
content
Social
Media
Public
sector
data
DATA Collection and transport
Stored
Curated
Analysed
Visualised
Linked Internet
of Things
Transport
Retail
Healthcare
Environment
Creative Industries + Media
Financial + other Services
Defence
Cities
NEW Products
NEW Applications
NEW Services
NEW Solutions
Security and Trust
User centricity
Modelled
Energy
Education
Leaders from across the major DE Theme
investments are at this workshop
3 Digital Economy Hubs £12M each (inc £2M partnership funding) + gearing
1. Horizon, Nottingham + Oxbridge, Brunel, Exeter - Mac
2. Social Inclusion through the Digital Economy,
Newcastle and Dundee
3. dot.rural, Aberdeen – Pete
9 Centres for Doctoral Training (Each £5M >100 students p.a. - geared funding)
Web Science, Southampton - Wendy
Digital Entertainment, Bath & Bournemouth
My Life in Data, Nottingham
Financial Computing, UCL, LSE & Imperial
Healthcare Innovation, Oxford
High Wire, Lancaster
Media and Arts Technology, QMUL
Intelligent Games, York *
Digital Civics , Newcastle *
www.epsrc.ac.uk/digitaleconomy www.rcuk.ac.uk/digitaleconomy www.rcuk.ac.uk/digitaleconomy
Major DE Theme investments - 2
Digital City Exchange - £5.9m Imperial College.
Focus on using digital technology to boost capabilities ,
integrating transport, health, social and other
(utility) systems in cities. Dealing with costly peak demand
e.g. issues & behaviours around Electric Car recharging
Framework for Research & Innovation in MediaCityUK (FIRM, with AHRC)
£2.7M. A 7 partner consortium - connecting BBC, BT and the Digital & Creative
Industries sector to research and innovation at Salford Quays.
www.epsrc.ac.uk/digitaleconomy www.rcuk.ac.uk/digitaleconomy www.rcuk.ac.uk/digitaleconomy
Major DE Theme investments - 3
Sandpits in Designing Effective Research Spaces, Changing
Travel Behaviour and Design in the Digital World
4 Network+s (Cathy, Gerard and Richard lead/involved in 3)
Bridging the Urban & Rural Divide (BURD) – Pete, Cathy with India
Research in the Wild
Transforming Energy Demand through Digital Innovation (TEDDI) in
Buildings (Build TEDDI)
Copyright and New Business Models in the Creative Economy
www.epsrc.ac.uk/digitaleconomy www.rcuk.ac.uk/digitaleconomy www.rcuk.ac.uk/digitaleconomy
Research Council research plays direct role in
Industry Strategies & 8 +1 Great Technologies
– 70% of EPSRC portfolio directly relevant to Industrial Strategies
Aerospace Nuclear Renewables Automotive Information
Economy
Construction Oil &
Gas
Life
Sciences
Education Professional
& Business
Services
Big Data
Space
Robotics &
Autonomous
Systems
Regenerative
Medicine
Synthetic
Biology
Energy
Storage
Advanced
Materials
Agri-science
BIS
Industrial
Sectors
8 Great
Technologies
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