by Claudio Sanna | Nov 14, 2022 | Academic Visions
A data-centric world Data is ubiquitous. As our dataome – the information we generate about ourselves – increases, so does our capacity to compute it and extract value out of it. We harness it to learn about ourselves, our society and economy. In doing this, we’re...
by TechMichael | Feb 25, 2021 | Academic Visions, Foresight Thoughts, Technology Insight
Artificial intelligence has long moved away from being just a topic for sci-fi novels and is now well on its way to become a way of life for businesses and societies. Trying to discern its real future opportunity from its concrete threat as well as the current...
by Maria Jeansson | Jul 23, 2020 | 20 in 20, Academic Visions
Imperial Tech Foresight reached out to Dr Ying-Ying Hsieh, Assistant Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, to find out more. Her research explores coordination and governance mechanisms within blockchain-based, DAOs. In our conversation, we found out about the...
by Claudio Sanna | Jul 14, 2020 | 20 in 20, Academic Visions
Why is your research important? In simple terms, my lab develops materials – hardware and software systems – that interface the physical, chemical and biological world with machines. These new inventions will ultimately lead to improvements in our society,...
by Maria Jeansson | Jul 14, 2020 | 20 in 20, Academic Visions
Imperial Tech Foresight met up with Professor Rafael Calvo, who is the Director for Research at Dyson School of Design Engineering and co-lead at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, to hear more about the ethical challenges raised by new technologies...
by Maria Jeansson | Jul 14, 2020 | 20 in 20, Academic Visions
Firstly, what are the primary shifts in and around privacy? The main change is that large digital organisations are becoming pressurised from regulators. European Union, California and Singapore are particularly progressive. We are seeing these regulators taking a...
