Research projects

Birmingham In Real Time

Birmingham in Real Time  (BiRT) has a simple, clear but highly beneficial mission – to make available, and improve access to, open data for the businesses, organisations and citizens of Birmingham.  It collects and analyses highly useful data from a range of sources.

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Vehicle configurator augmented reality system

Working in partnership to create immersive, real-time visualisation systems for motor vehicles.

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KTP Partnership with GSK

This knowledge transfer partnership sees BCU experts partner with GlaxoSmithKline to create innovative augmented reali...

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European PhD Hub

The European PhD hub is an online electronic platform that will provide PhD students, Researchers and Universities wit...

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Inclusive FinTech: Co-Creating Inclusive Future Financial Technologies with Disabled Communities

The  Inclusive FinTech project  aims to address the accessibility gap in financial technologies by engaging disabled...

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The Impact of Coronavirus on Health and Wellbeing

The project aims to  investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health and well-being of adults (aged 16 year...

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Exploring How Haptic Feedback Can Make Guidance and Navigation in Virtual Reality Accessible for Users with Visual Impairments

The current reliance on visual feedback in virtual reality head mounted display technologies can make the hardware inac...

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Big Data Corridor

The Big Data Corridor (BDC) started as a way to link businesses with emerging technologies and help them utilise their ...

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Inclusive coding for disabled developers

This funded project seeks to make coding more accessible for developers with physical impairments.

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Inclusive Augmented and Virtual Reality Experiences

To address the limited work in this area, the  Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Research Group  were awarded a grant...

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Data Science Collaboration project with Birmingham City Council

The Data Science collaboration project leverages data across Birmingham and beyond, empowering Birmingham City Council...

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Red-Alert

To detect and monitor terrorist activity, Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) increasingly rely on social media intelligenc...

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WMCA Serrano: A Vision-based System for Road Traffic Monitoring

This research project, in collaboration with West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA), aims to develop smarter traffic ...

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Accessible 3D Design and Development for Disabled Creators

To address the challenge of making creative design and development activities more accessible, the  Human-Computer In...

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Improving uniform design processes

This knowledge transfer partnership aims to help long-standing company Murray Uniforms to expand their design capabili...

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Reputable

The need for blockchain-based applications to interact with external services and applications is increasingly evident...

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Flexilink: Low Latency Packet-Based Media Networking

This research aims at a cleaner approach to packet based real-time media, reducing media buffering and improving quali...

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Digital Innovations for Niche Sector Industry Supply Chain Optimisation

The project will use the case of autonomous pods manufactured by Westfield Technology Group (WTG), a leading manufactu...

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VR Pet Therapy for Improving the Lives of people with Autism Spectrum Disorder

This project, in collaboration with the NHS’ Autism Mental Health Intensive Support Team, looks to utilise powerful imm...

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Managing the Media Value Chain

Identifying  standards to cover content description and commercial media transactions for advanced media services, typi...

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Automated Drum Transcription

Researchers within the Digital Media Technology centre have produced a state-of-the art music transcription system that...

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Intelligent Music Production and Automated Music Transformations

Simplifying complex music production processes and making them more accessible, bridging the gap between musicians and...

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Virtual Reality Ophthalmology Training

BCU researcher Andrew Wilson has worked with NHS trusts to develop a virtual reality app which allows medical students ...

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Wearable Systems for Emotional Behavioural Disorders

Monitoring children’s emotional and behavioural patterns via the use of wearable and external sensors tracking physiol...

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Inclusive AR/VR Experiences

After receiving a grant from Facebook, researchers at BCU are now investigating the opportunities around AR/VR to supp...

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Keeping deaf pedestrians safe from driverless cars

This research aims to fill this gap related to 11 million d/Deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) people in the UK (potential...

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