Whilst we wait for the outcome of the EoI and to find out if we’ll be invited to sumbit a full proposal we’re busy planning an industry engagement event for the 22nd of May. Irrespective of the outcome of the EoI, this event will be a great opportunity to discuss the requirements that industry...

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Published on April 03, 2023 | 0 min read

We have submitted our official EoI to UKRI, and managed to do it two days in advance of the deadline! The text of the EoI is shown below:SummaryBuilding upon our unmatched multidisciplinary expertise in the cross-over of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Geospat...

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Published on February 21, 2023 | 18 min read

The final part of the internal process to win institutional support for our proposal was a 10-minute, 4-slide, pitch presentation and Q&A session. Our slides from the presentation are below (also in PDF format here). Obvio...

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Published on January 06, 2023 | 0 min read

As we mentioned in the last post, because of the limits imposed by UKRI on the number of submissions allowed per institution and a desire to submit the highest-quality poroposals that we could, there was an internal competition to help filter out and focus support for proposal teams. In the la...

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Published on December 18, 2022 | 5 min read

As has been anticipated for some time now, UKRI have now announced the official call for CDTs in AI (and also separately a call for more general EPSRC CDTs). We will be putting our Geo...

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Published on November 27, 2022 | 0 min read

The focus of a CDT should be about the training programme that is provided and the need for a cohort-based approach. Students still undertake a large independent research project as part of the training, but this must be supplemented by additional activities that enhance the training and exper...

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Published on October 25, 2022 | 1 min read

CDTs are collaborative efforts between industry and academia, with the ultimate aim of training individual experts who can service future industrial and research needs. At this stage in the development of our CDT proposal its important that all potential collaborators in industry have an oppor...

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Published on August 04, 2022 | 2 min read

Over the past few weeks we’ve started to pitch the idea for our proposed CDT both internally within the University and to some of our potential external partners. The following presentation gives a high-level summary as to what we have in mind. The presentation is also available in PDF format ...

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Published on July 29, 2022 | 0 min read

In April 2022 we were asked to start shaping our ideas for the the next round of CDTs. In this post, we will expand on our idea for a CDT in Geospatial AI, why we think it is needed, and why we believe we are the right team to deliver it. We’ve presented this through answers to a series of que...

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Published on May 24, 2022 | 7 min read

The development of this proposal is being led by a team of experienced academics from across the University. Together we bring the broad technical and managerial skillset required to develop the CDT proposal. We’re supported by a wider team of academics from our own schools and beyond.<p...

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Published on May 23, 2022 | 0 min read

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is a non-departmental public body responsible for supporting research and knowledge exchange at higher education institutes (HEIs) in England.UKRI’s vision is to creat an outstanding research and innovation system giving everyon...

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Published on May 22, 2022 | 2 min read