Showcasing research from the Culture & Creativity Research Institute at Sheffield Hallam University
Showcasing research from the Culture & Creativity Research Institute at Sheffield Hallam University
Communication & Computing Research Centre
Dr David Day, researcher and senior lecturer in computer systems and networks, was interviewed on BBC Radio 5 Live on Friday 12th May in the immediate aftermath of a cyber attack which affected the NHS. Dr Day discussed the ransomware programme used in the attack and how it would have been difficult to defend against. Listen to the full interview here from […]
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A new Masters of Research (MRes) course entitled “Computing (Enterprise Systems, Transformation and Innovation)” is being offered by Sheffield Hallam University in the UK. The MRes is taught by leading research-active academics and industrial practitioners, supported by the professional and vendor-neutral enterprise standards body LEADing Practice. The course, led by Dr Simon Polovina, is designed as study blocks so that […]
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Speaker: Professor Stephen Brewster, University of Glasgow Title: Multimodal interaction: Making the most of human capabilities in HCI Stephen Brewster is a Professor of Human-Computer Interaction in the School of Computing Science at the University of Glasgow, UK. He runs the internationally leading Multimodal Interaction Group. His research focuses on multimodal HCI, or using multiple sensory modalities and control mechanisms (particularly […]
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Usually at conferences we are tasked to articulate our findings and how they contribute to our discipline. METHOD is an event that challenges these expectations and builds a dynamic context to explore the ingenuity and criticality embedded in doing research. Doctoral researchers from C3RI and across the wider SHU community present alongside each other, finding visual and verbal languages to convey aspects of their process […]
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Speaker: Dr Rinella Cere Title: ‘Little England beats Great Britain’: Italian Media Coverage of Brexit Rinella Cere is Reader in Media and Cultural Studies at Sheffield Hallam University. She has researched and taught extensively in the Media and Cultural Studies field and her publications include books, chapters and articles on news media and popular culture in Italy and Britain. Her most recent […]
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About the author Professor Marcos Rodrigues is Head of the Geometric Modelling and Pattern Recognition Research Group (GMPR). His research focuses on pattern recognition and sensor design for a wide variety of applications from robotics and automation, to medical engineering, security, games and animation. In this post, Marcos explains how a new partnership between Sheffield Hallam and a major American […]
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TV portraits of the miners’ strike of 1984/5 stressed the violence of the pickets and responsible policing. This book challenges those images, looks at the impact of the strike on participants, and reflects on ongoing controversies and community pride. The book is organised into three parts. In the early chapters, participants look back: Peter Smith speaks of his honest determination […]
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Title: Application of Social Media in Crisis Management Editors: Babak Akhgar, Andrew Staniforth, David Waddington Publisher: Springer International Publishing Publication date: 10 Apr 2017 Number of pages: 254 ISBN-13: 978-3319524184 Series Title: Transactions on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence: Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications One of the key outputs of the Athena project. The book explores how socio-technical […]
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Title: International Journal of Conceptual Structures and Smart Applications Publisher: IGI Global Editors: Dr Simon Polovina, Sheffield Hallam University and Professor Simon Andrews, Sheffield Hallam University Established 2013 Published: Semi-Annually ISSN: 2166-7292 CCRC’s Dr Simon Polovina and Professor Simon Andrews are joint editors-in-chief of the International Journal of Conceptual Structures and Smart Applications (IJCSSA). The journal is now being indexed […]
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Professor Simon Andrews, the Technical Lead for CENTRIC (Centre of Excellence for Terrorism, Resilience, Intelligence and Organised Crime Research) was invited to speak at University of Sheffield Information School (iSchool) where he gave a talk entitled: Organised Crime and Social Media: detecting and corroborating weak signals of Human Trafficking online. The talk described an approach for detecting the presence or emergence of Organised Crime […]
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