KMi is a diverse and multidisciplinary R&D lab that has been at the forefront of innovation since 1995, conducting research in computing technologies for social and environmental good. Our research spans Semantic Technologies, Artificial Intelligence, Educational Media, Social Data Science, Scholarly Data, Blockchain, Citizen Science, Collective Intelligence, Smart Cities, and others.
Upcoming Seminar
Artificial Intelligence for Literature Reviews: Opportunities and Challenges
This event will take place on Tuesday 21 May 2024
Mr Francisco Bolanos - Knowledge Media Institute, The Open University
Numerous tools have been developed to assist and partially automate the Systematic Literature Reviews (SLRs) process. The increasing role of AI in this field shows great potential in providing...
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People
Joined the OU as part of the Software Innovation Services Team in the STEM Faculty, in Jan 2020, as a software developer working on research and innovation projects, I've been involved in the...
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Valentina Presutti, Institute of Cognitive Science and Technologies, Italy
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Publications
Cadeddu, A., Chessa, A., Leo, V., Fenu, G., Motta, E., Osborne, F., Recupero, D., Salatino, A. and Secchi, L. (2024) A comparative analysis of knowledge injection strategies for large language models in the scholarly domain, 133, Elsevier
Mikroyannidis, A., Sharma, N., Ekuban, A. and Domingue, J. (2024) Using Generative AI and ChatGPT for improving the production of distance learning materials, 24th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT 2024), Nicosia, Cyprus, IEEE Computer Society
Morales Tirado, A., Carvalho, J., Ratta, M., Uwasomba, C., Mulholland, P., Barlow, H., Herbert, T. and Daga, E. (2024) Musical Meetups Knowledge Graph (MMKG): a collection of evidence for historical social network analysis, ESWC 2024: The 21st Extended Semantic Web Conference, Hersonissos, Crete, Greece