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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
Tel: +44(0)1793 444047
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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
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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
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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
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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 *
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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.
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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
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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