To share our activity, progress and successes
Welcome to the Horizon CDT student blogsite. We hope you enjoy reading about our thoughts and experiences of being a Horizon CDT PhD student and would welcome your comments and feedback.
Please take a look at our Research Highlights page which provides an overview of all student cohorts backdating to 2011.
The Horizon Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Creating Our Lives in Data is based at the University of Nottingham and is supported by a multi million pound investment from UK Research and Innovation, University of Nottingham and over 40 industry partners. The CDT focuses on digital identity, personal data and data creativity within the global digital economy, and is affiliated with the Horizon Digital Economy Research Institute.
post by Favour Borokini (2022 cohort) From June 25th – July 15th, 2023, I attended the 6th annual Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute (DISI) Summer School at the University of St Andrews. The institute aims to foster interdisciplinary collaborations about how intelligence is expressed in humans, non-human animals, and artificial intelligence (AI), among others. I was …
Continue reading “Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute 2023 Reflective Report”
post by Cecily Pepper (2019 cohort) My first summer school started with an invite via email. Despite my interest in the topic, my first thought was that robotics was not my area of expertise (coming from a social science background), so maybe I shouldn’t bother applying as I’d be out-of-my-depth. Although after some consideration, I …
Nick Tandavanitj has recently begun his PhD journey as part of the Horizon CDT 2023 cohort. Nick is a leading member of the artist group Blast Theory, which is one of the CDT’s supporting industry partners and whose work combines interactive media, digital broadcasting, and live performance. Nick’s research will explore the meaning of asking …
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