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Social Media and its Implications for the Enterprise & Society Research Workshop
1. 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
2. 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
3. The Digital Economy Offers
huge potential returns for Social Media
RCUK DE
www.epsrc.ac.uk/digitaleconomy
www.rcuk.ac.uk/digitaleconomy
4. Capturing value of Data is driving the DE
DATA
Collection and transport
KNOWLEDGE
Data Science
OUTPUTS
Disruptive and mashed
Energy
Crowdsourcing
Conversion to
knowledge and insight
User centricity
Transport
NEW
Solutions
Social
Media
Digital
content
Internet
of Things
Stored
Curated
Linked
Analysed
Visualised
Retail
Healthcare
NEW
Services
Environment
Creative Industries +
Media
NEW
Applications
Financial + other Services
Space
Enterprise
Data
Modelled
NEW
Products
Defence
Cities
Public
sector
data
Security and Trust
Education
Graphic courtesy: Neil Crockett, CDEC
5. 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
9 Centres for Aberdeen –Training
3. dot.rural, Doctoral Pete
(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 *
6. 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
7. 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
8. Research Council research plays direct role in
Industry Strategies & 8 +1 Great Technologies
BIS
Industrial
Sectors
Aerospace
Nuclear
Renewables
Automotive
Information
Economy
Construction
Oil &
Gas
Life
Sciences
Education
Professional
& Business
Services
8 Great
Technologies
Big Data
Space
Robotics &
Autonomous
Systems
Regenerative
Medicine
Synthetic
Biology
Energy
Storage
Advanced
Materials
Agri-science
– 70% of EPSRC portfolio directly relevant to Industrial Strategies
www.epsrc.ac.uk/digitaleconomy
www.rcuk.ac.uk/digitaleconomy