Yearly Archives: 2012
Agents and real-world devices
Multi-agent systems are broadly conceptualised as a collection of specialised software components (the agents) inhabiting some notional space (the environment). Agents can range from the very simple reactive kind, to more complex autonomous agents capable of initiating actions within the environment. The environment itself ...
Serendipity from the storm?
I sat in my hotel room in the Hilton Baltimore a few weeks ago, staring at the gallon of water, fluorescent shake-me-to-wake-me torch and stash of nutri-grain bars on my desk that I'd panic-bought along with most of the rest ...
Can serendipity be harnessed and used in learning and research?
This is a guest blog article by Jim Hensman from Coventry University. I have been involved over a number of years in various projects relating to collective intelligence and collaborative working. Organisational, social, psychological and cultural factors have to be taken ...
Building Reflection into Design.
In a break from my normal blogging style, what follows is taken from a SerenA paper (D. Maxwell & M. Woods, Encouraging Reflexivity in Mobile Interactions) presented at the recent Computers and the History of Art (CHArt) ...
- conference | Debbie Maxwell | Design | Dundee | Mel Woods | reflection
LUCK – overrated in terms of serendipity?
This is a guest blog article by Ilkka Kakko from RespectSerendipity.com ”For almost two centuries, Spain has hosted an enormously popular Christmas lottery. Based on the payout, it is the biggest lottery in the world and nearly all Spaniards play. In ...
SerenA workshop at Digital Economy 2012
SerenA team members are leading a half-day workshop on narrative and storytelling at the upcoming Digital Economy 2012 Conference (Aberdeen 23-25 Oct). Conference registration is still open so if you're going along why not choose our interactive workshop and discover the ...
SerenA at CHArt (Computers and the History of Art Conference)
Mel Woods will present two papers at the forthcoming CHArt (Computers and the History of Art Conference). More information about the papers including abstract and conference booking can be found by clicking on the links below. The Digital Quill: Inspiring Creativity ...
Stephann Makri to talk on 17th Oct at IxDA London ‘serendipity’ evening
Join the local London chapter of the IxDA for an evening of talks by Oli Shaw and Stephann Makri on serendipity on 17th Oct (free to attend) Oli has talked about serendipity in the past (see Martin Belam's post) where he ...
Encountering information: serendipity or overload?
After my keynote at ISIC, one of the participants challenged me on my claim that information overload is a "bad thing" (not that I put it quite like that, but I certainly suggested it was something to ...
Making Serendipitous Connections via Research Publications
Universities throughout the UK are gathering information for the UK Research Excellence Framework in 2014 and as a result they are gathering large databases of information about their research activities, and about the research activities, interests and especially the ...
- data | Diana Bental | Heriot Watt | pure
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