The CHERISH-DE Centre - Challenging Human Environments and Research Impact for a Sustainable and Healthy Digital Economy

Lead Research Organisation: Swansea University
Department Name: College of Science

Abstract

The CHERISH-DE Centre at Swansea University is predicated on an extensive understanding of the human context and condition alongside the potential and limitations of digital technologies. It draws on - and unfolds - the broad experience and talent available to it, in its multidisciplinary researchers, to weave new socio-technical materials that will provide effective, comforting and pleasing fabrics to support future living. We combine researchers (both in the Centre and in our partners) from social science, computer science, economics, medicine, arts and humanities and law.

Over the past decade, the Swansea team has developed a unique focus on multi-disciplinary work within challenging human environments. Specifically, we have collaborated with a broad range of stakeholders to understand and address fundamental challenges connected with health and social care; resource constrained communities; and, safety and security.This perspective has built a platform of enabling concepts, technologies, policies and approaches ready to facilitate next stage digital economy innovations and the people skills required. The CHERISH Centre will use the notion of an extreme and challenging human environment as the fulcrum to drive understandings of how future products and services can evolve to fit and extend the human condition.

By focussing on a person's lived experience in relation to the three challenging human environments and contexts (C1-C3), we will maximise the likelihood that digital innovations address real human needs and values and hence lead to effective products and services. Each interconnected context theme will be led by investigators from a mix of disciplines.

*C1 Health and social care (e.g., medical devices, e-health, health informatics, patient services);
*C2 Resource Constrained Communities (e.g., novel devices and services to access technology for social development and economic regeneration);
*C3 Safety and Security (e.g., cyberterrorism, cybersecurity, 'dark web').

Using the lens of a challenging human environment, the CHERISH-DE Centre will provide concrete, diverse impacts, stimulating and supporting digital innovation by:

*producing compelling case-studies, proofs-of-concepts and toolkits to platform future product, policy and service development that will enrich the social, economic and cultural life of UK citizens.

*creating and equipping a cadre of next generation Digital Economy (DE) researchers. The Centre will begin life with a dedicated core of experienced multidisciplinary research leaders, along with Early Career Researchers (ECRs) who have already been developed through the distinctive DE style of working. This team will draw in, train and innovate with strong discipline researchers across the host institution and partners in the UK - including the other DE Centres and related activities - and internationally. This growing team will not only be able to do DE-type work in private and public sector organisations but, critically, will be a credible and powerful advocate for the approach's methods and motivations.

The Centre has been shaped and will evolve through the support and intense engagement with key private, public and third sector stakeholders including the BBC, DVLA, Microsoft, IBM and, critically for the economy, a broad and deep network of Small to Medium Enterprises

Planned Impact

The CHERISH-DE Centre has impact at its heart. The Case for Support and the rest of the proposal detail the broad and diverse real and enduring impacts the Centre will foster - e.g., a portfolio of medical and social care demonstrators to stimulate new ways of working in hospitals and care contexts, sustaining and enhancing life; a framework to assist in the social and economic regeneration of a significant urban context, stimulating other City Regions in the UK to combine digital and physical interventions for truly involving local communities in the future development of their neighbourhoods; and, toolkits that enable the previously intractable formal proof led methods of computer science to be deployed by non-experts in critical safety and security domains.

In addition to providing a scaffold for significant new technologies, tools, policies and approaches that speak to the three challenge contexts, the Centre will pioneer cross challenge interactions. This approach will demonstrate the value of disrupting well established solutions in each area by applying impact-led thinking from others. For example, the multi-faceted approach to social care provision in the community can be applied to security contexts. So, the use of multiple agencies and supports to provide robust, integrated care to the vulnerable suggests a framework for digital and cyber security that is distinct from the single-point, highly engineered approaches in some conventional approaches.

Throughout the duration of the project, the Centre management team and all that engage it is endeavour will be focussed on this question: What measurable change is the work making to our society and economy? We will establish, and evolve, a series of measures of impact with our partners and others who join our activity to monitor and steer the work so that high-impact activities are prioritised. These measures will include:

A) Products and services stimulated by the work. The toolkits and frameworks we produce through open innovation are catalysts for private and public sector organisations. We will track both quantitatively and qualitatively the use of these resources. Our ambition is high: in pilot approaches that are built into the Centre we saw a six fold impact multiplier from each £1 invested.

B) People developed and enabled. Our aim is to provide a vastly enhanced human DE infrastructure to the UK. We will monitor this through personal development reviews; career tracking; and surveys of our partners and others to ensure that the people we are fostering can flourish and fit within the private, public and research sectors they will lead in the future.

C) Policies and approaches impacted. Impact in this arena does not happen - often - by chance or diffusion. The Centre has strong partners and a core agenda that is attractive to policy makers; and, an experienced team that has engaged actively with such stakeholders in the past. From the inception of the Centre we will gather evidence that the work is impacting civic operations and the wider public through monitoring policy statements, press reporting and local and national and international government actions and changes related to our work.

In addition to the £3M+ already leveraged from research users, we will assess the Centre's impact success against these measures as follows: 100 ECRs trained (nationally) through the Digital Economy Crucible; 75 international Fellowships (50 outward, 25 inward); 100 secondments with research users; 10 open innovation stakeholder-Centre spin out companies; 50 impact-driving proof of concept, toolkit and framework projects; and, £3 million additional income generated from interdisciplinary collaborations to sustain the Centre beyond the core funding. These figures are based on our wide experience of user engagement in large-scale University projects funded by RCUK and the EU.

Organisations

Publications

10 25 50
 
Title 3D flythrough of Copperworks Engine House 
Description An interactive digital 3D model of the Hafod-Morfa Copperworks. Participants are invited to explore and adventure their way round the model, uncovering the history and archaeology of the site. Central to the model would be a range of activity trackers within a navigable 3-dimensional space that will serve to generate research data. 
Type Of Art Film/Video/Animation 
Year Produced 2019 
Impact Raised awareness of site amongst user groups and new external users. Basis for a successful UKRI bid "Enhancing place-based partnerships in public engagement" 
 
Title Copperworks Soundscape 
Description For the Swansea Science Festival, CHERISH created an interactive, sound installation composed of sounds from the Copperworks aural history.audio experience for the Swansea Family Festival in September 2017. Interactive, sound installation composed of sounds from the Swansea Copperworks aural history. Families had the chance to make up their own compositions from these sounds. 
Type Of Art Composition/Score 
Year Produced 2017 
Impact Families had the chance to make up their own compositions from these sounds. Attendance was c 9000 over two days.. 92% of under 16 year olds chose a happy face to describe their festival experience. 81% of adult respondents said they were more interested in science after attending the festival. Nobody was less interested. 
URL http://www.swansea.ac.uk/science/news/swanseasciencefestival2017.php
 
Title Scratch - Digital Mixing Station 
Description We created a remote mixing station called 'Scratch'. It allowed visitors to the CHERISH one year celebration to remotely mix musical sounds using a Wii controller and a visualised digital image of a vinyl record that spun around with a stylus that the user controlled. 
Type Of Art Artefact (including digital) 
Year Produced 2017 
Impact Public engagement 
 
Description CHERISH-DE officially started in July 2015. But actually, it's been in the lifeblood of Swansea University for many decades.

At Swansea, we're celebrating our 100th anniversary in 2020 and we've always sought to do excellent things with impact for the society and the economy. We are adept at working across disciplines, drawing in people from the arts and humanities, from medicine, from social care, from engineering to work together on difficult and important problems. We want to cherish the precious smallness of everyday life, of what it means to be human in this future world.

During the last 18 months of the initial funding, we championed digital technology that is shaped by the hands, the hearts and the voices of as many people as possible. Moving on, we hope, to the next stage of CHERISH, because our work is not yet done, and there are many more things to achieve.
Exploitation Route This interdisciplinary centre seeded a wide range of activities that have been built on by others over the years.
Sectors Creative Economy

Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software)

Education

Leisure Activities

including Sports

Recreation and Tourism

Culture

Heritage

Museums and Collections

Security and Diplomacy

URL https://www.swansea.ac.uk/science/computationalfoundry/cherish-de/
 
Description Range of policy and technology impacts - e.g. NSPCC policies on protecting children; new ways of working with dementia patients; understandings by major tech companies (e.g. Google) of alternative digital economy platforms; place-making as part of Swansea's £1bn City Deal regeneration.
First Year Of Impact 2017
Sector Creative Economy,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education,Energy,Healthcare,Government, Democracy and Justice,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections
Impact Types Cultural

Societal

Economic

Policy & public services

 
Description From Inclusion to Resilience
Geographic Reach Local/Municipal/Regional 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
URL http://bit.ly/CCDC_Agenda
 
Description The reliance and impact of digital technologies on the social and emotional wellbeing of citizens during the Covid-19 pandemic
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health
URL https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/18490/pdf/
 
Description 19A - Matt Wall - PhD Stipend Funding
Amount £15,000 (GBP)
Organisation Government of Jersey 
Sector Public
Country Jersey
Start  
 
Description 21st Century Reverberations
Amount £52,000 (GBP)
Organisation Heritage Lottery Fund 
Sector Charity/Non Profit
Country United Kingdom
Start 03/2018 
End 06/2019
 
Description 27B - Online Grooming, Fully Funded Phd
Amount £90,000 (GBP)
Organisation Economic and Social Research Council 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 09/2018 
End 09/2021
 
Description 7S - Ruth Horry - Capturing best information from witnesses to serious road traffic collisions
Amount £75,000 (GBP)
Organisation Road Safety Trust 
Sector Charity/Non Profit
Country United Kingdom
Start 01/2018 
End 06/2020
 
Description Dataflow Development
Amount £279,263 (GBP)
Organisation Government of Wales 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 08/2017 
End 08/2018
 
Description Dynamic Insights for Health and Care
Amount £57,006 (GBP)
Funding ID NE/N007255/1 
Organisation Natural Environment Research Council 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 03/2016 
End 04/2018
 
Description EPSRC Impact Acceleration Fund
Amount £2,000 (GBP)
Funding ID EP/R511614/1 
Organisation Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 04/2017 
End 09/2018
 
Description Heritage Lottery fund -Hafod-Morfa Copperworks Powerhouse
Amount £189,600 (GBP)
Funding ID HE-15-01729 
Organisation Heritage Lottery Fund 
Sector Charity/Non Profit
Country United Kingdom
Start 05/2017 
End 11/2019
 
Description MS register - Extension
Amount £181,244 (GBP)
Organisation Multiple Sclerosis Society 
Sector Charity/Non Profit
Country United Kingdom
Start 03/2018 
End 11/2018
 
Description PV-Interfaces: Self-Powered Interfaces and Interactions via Photovoltaic Surfaces
Amount £908,000 (GBP)
Funding ID EP/R032750/1 
Organisation Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start  
 
Description Researcher in Residence - UK Digital Catapult
Amount £25,000 (GBP)
Organisation Digital Catapult 
Sector Charity/Non Profit
Country United Kingdom
Start  
 
Description Rethinking Public Technology in a COVID-19 Era
Amount £231,612 (GBP)
Funding ID EP/W01257X/1 
Organisation Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 07/2021 
End 01/2023
 
Description Sail Databank extension
Amount £1,373,112 (GBP)
Organisation Health and Care Research Wales 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 03/2018 
End 03/2020
 
Description Supporting people
Amount £268,000 (GBP)
Organisation Government of Wales 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 03/2016 
End 03/2020
 
Description The future of human rights investigations: Using open source intelligence to transform the documentation and discovery of human rights violations
Amount £198,185 (GBP)
Funding ID ES/R00899X/1 
Organisation Economic and Social Research Council 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 08/2018 
End 08/2021
 
Description UK MS register
Amount £309,267 (GBP)
Organisation Multiple Sclerosis Society 
Sector Charity/Non Profit
Country United Kingdom
Start 03/2017 
End 05/2018
 
Description Unmute: Opening Spoken Language Interaction to the Currently Unheard
Amount £970,668 (GBP)
Funding ID EP/T024976/1 
Organisation Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 12/2020 
End 05/2024
 
Description Wales Cancer Bank. Subcontract to Cardiff University for information system development.
Amount £502,000 (GBP)
Organisation Health and Care Research Wales 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start  
 
Description Welsh Government ERDF 2014-2020 programme - Computational Foundary
Amount £17,097,527 (GBP)
Funding ID 1138342 
Organisation Government of Wales 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 03/2016 
End 03/2021
 
Description Welsh Government Ser Cymru III
Amount £72,285 (GBP)
Funding ID WG (Ser Cymru III) 052 
Organisation Government of Wales 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start  
 
Title Survey of software engineering in code used in published papers 
Description Background: Computer code underpins modern science, and at the present time has a crucial role in leading our response to the COVID-19 pandemic. While models are routinely criticised for their assumptions, the algorithms and the quality of code implementing them often avoid scrutiny and, hence, scientific conclusions cannot be rigorously justified. Problem: Assumptions in programs are hard to scrutinise as they are rarely explicit in published work. In addition, both algorithms and code have bugs, effectively unknown assumptions that have unwanted effects. Code is fallible. Any model interpretation that relies on code is therefore fallible, and if the code is not published with adequate documentation, the code cannot be scrutinised. In turn, the scientific claims cannot be properly scrutinised. Solutions: Code can be made much more reliable using software engineering good practice. Three specific solutions are proposed. First, professional software engineers can help and should be involved in critical research. Secondly, "Software Engineering Boards" (supplementing and analogous to Ethics or Institutional Review Boards) must be instigated and used. Thirdly, code, when used, must be considered an intrinsic part of any publication, and therefore must be formally reviewed by competent software engineers. The paper's Supplementary Material includes a summary of professional software engineering best practice, particularly as applied to scientific research and publication. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? Yes  
URL http://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.k6djh9w5h
 
Description 10S Laura Wilkinson: Understanding bariatric surgery patients as digital technology users 
Organisation Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution I will observe at clinics attended by pre- and post-bariatric surgery patients (the majority of the placement's time). Outside of clinic, I will attend the team meeting and engage in research planning meetings. There is also a possibility of observing a surgery. In so doing, I would be able learn more about this user group, their needs and their lived experiences directly from them. I would also learn about the interplay between patient and clinician (informing dyadic use of tools).
Collaborator Contribution Identification of opportunities in time and space to conduct interviews with pre/post bariatric surgery patients at the Diabetes Centre at Morriston Hospital for CHERISH DE pilot grant. Attendance of different clinics across 3 days of the secondment.
Impact Digital research project 'pocket medic' http://ehealthdigital.co.uk/news offereing patients access to poecket medic, which is an educational tool designed to increase patients understanding of their diabetes and how to manage it effectively.
Start Year 2017
 
Description 11M Scott Jenson, Google 
Organisation Google
Country United States 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Collaborative Research into IoT with Scott Jenson
Collaborator Contribution Collaborative Research into IoT with Scott Jenson
Impact Used physical web beacons at being human festival. Physical web in wales policy day - proposals were shaped by participants, all at various stages of maturity.
Start Year 2016
 
Description 11S Menna Price - Secondment to Neath Port Talbot Hospital 
Organisation Neath Port Talbot College
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Menna collaborated with Neath Port Talbot Hospital to look at a digital solution to improve the flu vaccine uptake among staff.
Collaborator Contribution The hospital hosted Menna Price to look at ways to improve flu vaccine uptake amongst its staff.
Impact Flu vaccine uptake has improved this year and the hospital is considering changing policy next year.
Start Year 2017
 
Description 12M Christoph Weidemann: Restoring Active Memory 
Organisation Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Country United States 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution International research collaboration with an interdisciplinary team of neuroscientists, psychologists, neurosurgeons, data scientists, and biomedical engineers distributed around some of the top universities,institutes, and hospitals in the USA. I have the unique opportunity to collaborate on the "Restoring Active Memory" (RAM) programme which is funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in support of US President Obama's "Brain Initiative".
Collaborator Contribution The ultimate aim of the project is to develop a neuroprosthetic device which can restore memory function in individuals who suffered from traumatic brain injury.
Impact upcoming papers
Start Year 2016
 
Description 12S Sue Jordan: Medicines' Monitoring, Electronic Patient Records and the Digital Economy. 
Organisation Hywel Dda University Health Board
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution At the suggestion of the National Clinical Informatics Lead (Nursing) for NHS Wales Informatics Service (NWIS), we propose to explore linking into the electronic records of Hywel dda University Health Board (UHB), to inform wider adoption. The current re-development offers opportunities to integrate ADRe (Adverse Drug Reaction), with new features.
Collaborator Contribution A research proposal was written for working in 3 areas. Workshops were undertaken in Hywel Dda and Aneurin Bevan. (attached) ADRe was made available on the Swansea University website (ADRe). ADRe was added to Hywel Dda's Care Partner electronic record system by IT staff. This was driven by clinicians. Extensive changes were needed before the text was able to fit with the current version of ADRe. The new features we requested (objective 2) are not possible, without further funding. The CMHT used paper copies of ADRe and scanned them into the electronic records, as this was easier than using the electronic version. However, using ADRe resulted in clinical gains (below). We are hoping to complete the proposal as a quality improvement initiative, using the allocated funds.
Impact We presented the work at the AWTTC Best Practice Day, Cardiff City Stadium. 10. 7. 18. The video is: https://www.swansea.ac.uk/adre/ on the last box 'care home case study'.
Start Year 2017
 
Description 13S Amy Jenkins: Community Dementia Support Team (CDST) within the NHS. 
Organisation NHS Direct Wales
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution The placement has provided excellent experience to best shape a University led triage service. Also, the placement has helped in the design of how such a service could be run in other NHS areas.
Collaborator Contribution Time spent on clinical visits. Showcase new pathways of monitoring and diagnosing suspected cognitive decline. New models of working within the Memory Assessment Service in Swansea.
Impact Long term collaborative working with the University. Links made with Primary Care Lead for Wales. Preliminary plan made for triage service within the University and in other NHS areas. Study design being developed with Health Economist regarding potential NHS savings if the model being designed is utilized in the NHS.
Start Year 2017
 
Description 14A Menna price - Creating a mind-set for health with digital health solutions 
Organisation Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Collaborate with syml connect, ABMU and computer scientists at Swansea University to develop a prototype for a healthy eating app. The development of the app will be informed by psychological theory and user feedback and represent an interdisciplinary way of working that results in a novel product.
Collaborator Contribution SymlConnect (Cherish-DE user partner) focus on designing smart mobile solutions to improve the digital economy of health care and will provide advice on the development of the proposed healthy mind-set app.
Impact This collaboration will enhance interdisciplinary work between the academic disciplines of health psychology (Menna Price), biological psychology (Michelle Lee, Laura Wilkinson), cognitive psychology (Suzanne Higgs) and Computer Science (Stephen Lindsay). In addition the proposal brings together academic researchers and tech industry partner companies (SymlConnect). This team will work together to develop a novel product with interdisciplinarity enhancing every stage of the project from initial design and development phase, to user testing, data analysis, reporting and dissemination of findings, and delivery of the prototype product. Prototype developed
Start Year 2016
 
Description 14A Menna price - Creating a mind-set for health with digital health solutions 
Organisation Syml Connect
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Collaborate with syml connect, ABMU and computer scientists at Swansea University to develop a prototype for a healthy eating app. The development of the app will be informed by psychological theory and user feedback and represent an interdisciplinary way of working that results in a novel product.
Collaborator Contribution SymlConnect (Cherish-DE user partner) focus on designing smart mobile solutions to improve the digital economy of health care and will provide advice on the development of the proposed healthy mind-set app.
Impact This collaboration will enhance interdisciplinary work between the academic disciplines of health psychology (Menna Price), biological psychology (Michelle Lee, Laura Wilkinson), cognitive psychology (Suzanne Higgs) and Computer Science (Stephen Lindsay). In addition the proposal brings together academic researchers and tech industry partner companies (SymlConnect). This team will work together to develop a novel product with interdisciplinarity enhancing every stage of the project from initial design and development phase, to user testing, data analysis, reporting and dissemination of findings, and delivery of the prototype product. Prototype developed
Start Year 2016
 
Description 14S Gibin Powathil: Multiscale Modelling and Optimisation of Radiation Therapy and High Intensity Focussed Ultrasound: Towards a Patient Specific Platform. 
Organisation Institute of Cancer Research UK
Department Cancer Research UK Cancer Imaging Centre
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution The main purpose of this placement is to work towards the development of novel multiscale mathematical model to study and predict the therapeutic and experimental effects of radiation in combination with hyperthermia (given via High Intensity Focussed Ultrasound).
Collaborator Contribution This project is an exciting interdisciplinary collaborative effort with medical physicists, radiation experts and experimentalists from Institute of Cancer Research, London. The interdisciplinary nature of this project requires having multiple face-to-face meetings and discussions to effectively develop clinically relevant mathematical models as well as to design corresponding experimental studies to validate and calibrate the model for treatment effectiveness.
Impact 10.1098/rsif.2017.0681
Start Year 2018
 
Description 15A-Nuria Lorenzo Dus - Trust in Crypto-Drug Markets 
Organisation Home Office
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution We provided evidence based on corpus assisted discourse analysis of >250 million words from Dark Market archives and used our relationships with our partners to leverage dissemination of our findings. We contributed to three high profile stakeholder events at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, the United Nations office on Drugs and Crime and the United National Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute. The project has resulted in the first ever systematic analysis of a large dataset of Dark Net (Silk Road archives) content. The project's methodology (Corpus Linguistics) is innovative in the field of Public Policy / Security. Stakeholder events have been geared towards promoting the use of interdisciplinary methodologies in the analysis of digital environments.
Collaborator Contribution As end users, the external partners were involved in both the design fo the analytical frameowrk adn the dissemination of research findings to national and regional law enforcement units tasked wtih countering crypto-drug markets.
Impact Two academic articles, a situation analysis, a policy brief, presentations at two leading academic centres. Three stakeholder events in 2017 to make recommendations to support (or not) harm reduction driven approaches, and a detailed profile of the grounds on which to seek to undermine certain behaviours with a view to designing more strategic and effective intervention.
Start Year 2016
 
Description 15A-Nuria Lorenzo Dus - Trust in Crypto-Drug Markets 
Organisation United Nations (UN)
Department United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute
Country Italy 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution We provided evidence based on corpus assisted discourse analysis of >250 million words from Dark Market archives and used our relationships with our partners to leverage dissemination of our findings. We contributed to three high profile stakeholder events at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, the United Nations office on Drugs and Crime and the United National Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute. The project has resulted in the first ever systematic analysis of a large dataset of Dark Net (Silk Road archives) content. The project's methodology (Corpus Linguistics) is innovative in the field of Public Policy / Security. Stakeholder events have been geared towards promoting the use of interdisciplinary methodologies in the analysis of digital environments.
Collaborator Contribution As end users, the external partners were involved in both the design fo the analytical frameowrk adn the dissemination of research findings to national and regional law enforcement units tasked wtih countering crypto-drug markets.
Impact Two academic articles, a situation analysis, a policy brief, presentations at two leading academic centres. Three stakeholder events in 2017 to make recommendations to support (or not) harm reduction driven approaches, and a detailed profile of the grounds on which to seek to undermine certain behaviours with a view to designing more strategic and effective intervention.
Start Year 2016
 
Description 15A-Nuria Lorenzo Dus - Trust in Crypto-Drug Markets 
Organisation United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Country Global 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution We provided evidence based on corpus assisted discourse analysis of >250 million words from Dark Market archives and used our relationships with our partners to leverage dissemination of our findings. We contributed to three high profile stakeholder events at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, the United Nations office on Drugs and Crime and the United National Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute. The project has resulted in the first ever systematic analysis of a large dataset of Dark Net (Silk Road archives) content. The project's methodology (Corpus Linguistics) is innovative in the field of Public Policy / Security. Stakeholder events have been geared towards promoting the use of interdisciplinary methodologies in the analysis of digital environments.
Collaborator Contribution As end users, the external partners were involved in both the design fo the analytical frameowrk adn the dissemination of research findings to national and regional law enforcement units tasked wtih countering crypto-drug markets.
Impact Two academic articles, a situation analysis, a policy brief, presentations at two leading academic centres. Three stakeholder events in 2017 to make recommendations to support (or not) harm reduction driven approaches, and a detailed profile of the grounds on which to seek to undermine certain behaviours with a view to designing more strategic and effective intervention.
Start Year 2016
 
Description 15S Daniel Archambault: Long Time Series Data Analytics 
Organisation British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Department BBC Research & Development
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution The placement will explore possible collaborations between the Data Science part of the BBC and topics in Alexandra Lee's thesis. We intend to meet and go through design iterations in order to see if we can ensure impact.
Collaborator Contribution The team was able to meet with relevant departments and actors at the BBC. Specifically the iplayer group. In this case, there is a possibility for future collaboration on time series data that corresponds to events that occur on iplayer. Usage data is a long time series and we talked about the possibility of looking at visualisation interfaces for this problem. Although nothing is concrete as of yet, we will continue to explore possibilities of collaborative projects with the BBC iplayer analytics team.
Impact We plan to further investigate opportunities with BBC London in the direction of analytics of viewer behaviour. These projects will primarily be focused on the realm of visual data science. Specifically, approaches such as iTimeGrid may be applicable here. As the data is long time series, it could be the case that similar approaches could be used.
Start Year 2018
 
Description 16A - Patrick Bishop - Profiling cybercrime offenders in Wales 
Organisation National Crime Agency
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Analysis of open source data (Cambridge Computer Crime Database) to increase understanding of cybercrime andcyber criminals. Building of website Swansea Cyber Law and Security to disseminate findings to a general audience.
Collaborator Contribution Access to official police data on cybercrime and cyber criminals, (this will be compared to the open source data)
Impact 4 x podcasts and website for dissemination.
Start Year 2016
 
Description 16A - Patrick Bishop - Profiling cybercrime offenders in Wales 
Organisation North Wales Police
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Analysis of open source data (Cambridge Computer Crime Database) to increase understanding of cybercrime andcyber criminals. Building of website Swansea Cyber Law and Security to disseminate findings to a general audience.
Collaborator Contribution Access to official police data on cybercrime and cyber criminals, (this will be compared to the open source data)
Impact 4 x podcasts and website for dissemination.
Start Year 2016
 
Description 16A - Patrick Bishop - Profiling cybercrime offenders in Wales 
Organisation South Wales Police
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Analysis of open source data (Cambridge Computer Crime Database) to increase understanding of cybercrime andcyber criminals. Building of website Swansea Cyber Law and Security to disseminate findings to a general audience.
Collaborator Contribution Access to official police data on cybercrime and cyber criminals, (this will be compared to the open source data)
Impact 4 x podcasts and website for dissemination.
Start Year 2016
 
Description 17E Mary Gagen: Inside: Outside. Building a biography of a county asylum. 
Organisation Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Cefn Coed is the UK's last working Victorian County Asylum and is closing. We explore ways to digitally experience life at a hospital that no longer physically exists: for the continuing clinical reasoning of those who were there; to explore novel ways to access histories of psychiatric practice and to develop digital methodologies for increasing public understanding of mental health illnesses.
Collaborator Contribution Our objective is develop innovative digital, immersive means of preserving and experiencing life at Cefn Coed after closure and to conduit the hospital's stories to stakeholders. In particular, we will experiment with a projection-mapped space for recreating aspects of the experience close up, in which users navigate tangibly through content, using artifacts from the hospital. We have built the interdisciplinary team best able to move this research problem forwards.Because Cefn Coed will cease to exist digital methods are in fact the only solution to the preservation of the potential in a physical, spoken, written and visual archive of 90 years of UK psychiatric practice.
Impact http://www.swanseamuseum.co.uk/whats-on/exhibitions http://www.swanseamuseum.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/CCJPEG1.jpg
Start Year 2018
 
Description 17M Edwin Blake, University of Cape Town 
Organisation University of Cape Town
Country South Africa 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Attend public lecture "reciprocity and empowerment in community based research" To expand strategic collaboration between Computer Science departments at Swansea University & the University of Cape Town
Collaborator Contribution Deliver public lecture "reciprocity and empowerment in community based research" expand strategic collaboration between Computer Science departments at Swansea University & the University of Cape Town
Impact To explore further collaborations and strategic partnerships between Swansea University & Univeristy of Cape Town during Prof. Matt Jones' visit to the University of Cape Town in July 2017. following visit Submitted 6.5 million GBP Grant Proposal to the RCUK's Global Challenges Research Fund
Start Year 2016
 
Description 19A - Matt Wall - Voter Engagement Technolgies for Young People in Resource Constrained Communities 
Organisation Kieskompas BV
Country Netherlands 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution A series of pilot political engagement sessions with 16-18 yer old students in October 2016 using the digital learning infrastructure on www.powerline.me This digital activity was supported by a series of large mats that corresponded to answer categories for the website.
Collaborator Contribution Kieskompas contributed to the building of a digital learning infrastructure based on a 'vote Advice Application (VAA) website for the 2016 Welsh Assembly election.
Impact On the basis of the project, funding was obtained internally from the Swansea University College of Arts and Humanities and teh Government of Jersey to recruit a funded PhD student. The student is co-supervised wtih Dr Stephen Lindsay from Swansea University's Computer Science Department.
Start Year 2016
 
Description 19M Yan Wu: International collaboration in the research area of digital inclusivity and sensory impaired users. 
Organisation Capital Normal University
Country China 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution The purpose of the visit is to form an international research network, plan for future research collaboration, and build alliances for impact.
Collaborator Contribution Knowledge share of CHERISH DE funded project on sensory-impaired users' media usage and adaptation in the digital age. Wish to collaborate on a similar project in the Chinese context. Dr Zhang is very interested in the proposal and will be one of th eresearch partners for future development of the CHERISH DE project. Prof H Zhengrong, President of Communication University of China showed great interest and will suggest a research team from CUC to further our discussion.
Impact Conference: Wu (2016) Building a Digital Inclusive Society: The UK experience", The New Media: Social Impacts and Challenges, Capital Noraml University 12-13 Dec 2016. Collaborative research with Communication University of China and Capital Normal University.
Start Year 2018
 
Description 19M Yan Wu: International collaboration in the research area of digital inclusivity and sensory impaired users. 
Organisation Communication University of China
Country China 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution The purpose of the visit is to form an international research network, plan for future research collaboration, and build alliances for impact.
Collaborator Contribution Knowledge share of CHERISH DE funded project on sensory-impaired users' media usage and adaptation in the digital age. Wish to collaborate on a similar project in the Chinese context. Dr Zhang is very interested in the proposal and will be one of th eresearch partners for future development of the CHERISH DE project. Prof H Zhengrong, President of Communication University of China showed great interest and will suggest a research team from CUC to further our discussion.
Impact Conference: Wu (2016) Building a Digital Inclusive Society: The UK experience", The New Media: Social Impacts and Challenges, Capital Noraml University 12-13 Dec 2016. Collaborative research with Communication University of China and Capital Normal University.
Start Year 2018
 
Description 19S Doon MacDonald: Microsoft Human Experience & Design 
Organisation Microsoft Research
Department Microsoft Research Cambridge
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution I wanted to create networks for future collaboration and learn from the industry/academic experts (in particular a company that bridge this gap). I met with experts across many disciplines, all with a focus on design and HCI. I was very excited to have an opportunity to work on the project with the following aim: "The project has the mission of developing technology that allows blind and partially sighted people to tune their understanding of their surroundings through being able to query the social, physical and textual environment."
Collaborator Contribution Explore design challenges with experts in both engineering and design. Paper prototyping and condeptual design challenges.
Impact Publication for CHI, 2018:a short paper for the workshop on: Inclusive Educational
Start Year 2018
 
Description 1A - Debbie Jones - The Student Sex Work Project: Data Mining and Visualisation 
Organisation AZ St.-Elisabeth Herentals
Country Belgium 
Sector Hospitals 
PI Contribution After team meetings between the Criminology and Data Visualisation leads, the project Research Assistant analysed the pre-existing data set using data mining techniques The outcome was the development of a research question framework to guide the project from an interdisciplinary perspective. This allowed the Criminologists to see what the emerging themes were from the data and allowed the computer scientists to establish a tool for analyzing the data set.
Collaborator Contribution This project has enabled me to explore the complexities in using computer science techniques to understand social science data sets.
Impact The project RA Robert Palmer moved onto a new job as a Senior Data Analyst with Cardiff and Vale UHB. The skills learnt on the project were invaluable in securing the position. The initial collaboration between Criminology and Computer Science continues with enthusiasm from both sides. We have submitted an application to the Home Office on data mining and sex work for 150K and plan to apply to other funds should this be unsuccessful
Start Year 2016
 
Description 1M - Tom Cheeseman and European Masters in Translation (EMT) network (Next Generation Computer Assisted Translation Tools) 
Organisation European Commission
Department European Masters in Translation network
Country Belgium 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution The mobility allowed us to connect with the EMT Research Working Group 2 at a workshop on Translation Tools in Brussels, sharing our expertise. We introduced our CHERISH-DE Escalator research project to the group which was highly welcomed by key personnel from organisations such as European Commission, Ventspils University College, Latvia, Rennes 2 University, Antwerp, and University of Grenoble, University of Lille.
Collaborator Contribution Deliver workshop on Translation tools in brussels
Impact The meeting discussed an outline research plan: first phase: research on CAT ergonomic (HCI), testing a range of commercial and open-source Computer-Assisted Translation (CAT) tools with professionals at DGT and students at EMT institutions. Testing will involve a range of quantitative and qualitative productivity measures and assessments of affordances using translation process research methods (speak-loud and retrospective protocols, eye tracking, etc.). Several delegates have recent and on-going related researches projects, smaller in scope, and are able to provide important methodological input. The idea of working with both professions and students/trainees as user groups is new and was warmly welcomed by participants as promising important insights into CAT affordances, as well as deepening links between EMT Programmes, major employers and industry. There was strong interest and support among both EMT delegates and DGT personnel, offering access to DGT translation team, and several EMT programme directors volunteered their students as test subjects.
Start Year 2016
 
Description 1S - Secondment; Camilla Knight and NSPCC, the child protection in sport unit 
Organisation National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
Department The Child Protection in Sport Unit
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Camilla completed a placement at NSPCC. . There were four main objectives in mind: 1. Enhance Camilla's understanding of the data storage and analysis needs of Child Protection in Sport Unit (CPSU) 2. Enhance the CPSU's understanding of the benefits of more innovative data storage processes 3. look at the development of a joint submission for research funding to address the needs of the CPSU, and 4. to strengthen the relationship between the CPSU and Swansea University.
Collaborator Contribution Attending various meetings/working groups to discuss main objectives set above.
Impact The time spent at NSPCC, CSPU allowed for stimulation of ongoing dialogue and strengthening relationships between Swansea University and CPSU. Following on from the secondment a submission of a research proposal with NSPCC was submitted to BA/Leverhulme Small Grant call.
Start Year 2016
 
Description 20M Nriprendra Rana: Visit to College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio. 
Organisation University of Texas at San Antonio
Country United States 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Joint research topic "Challenges of digital financial services in context of India: Developing a framework using interpretive structural modelling (ISM)" with Professor Raghav Rao.
Collaborator Contribution Provided opportunity to present previous work on the topic of ISM to PhD students at University of Texas.
Impact Emergence of potential collaboration through the awareness of ISM to the audience of PhD students and members of faculty at the department of information systems and cyber security at the university of Texas. Dr Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo expressed his interests to work with me on the topic of social media risks and adoption.
Start Year 2018
 
Description 21M Gemma Morgan: Enhancing Youth Justice Practices 
Organisation Monash University
Country Australia 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution The purpose of the visit was to discuss my on-going research and the research of the Swansea Service Evaluation Team (SSET), in order to develop a collaborative research proposal. Our research primarily focuses on examining the practices and service delivery of youth justice agencies in order to identify whether they adhere to evidence-based practices that are linked to reductions in re-offending and promote examples of good practice. The visit enabled me to disseminate information about the 'Cyber-Technology Framework for Evaluating and Improving Criminal Justice Practice' project that received Escalator Funding from CHERISH-DE. During my time at Monash University I was also able to discuss and share research ideas with Professor Trotter and Dr. Evans in order to strengthen our research links.
Collaborator Contribution During my time at Monash University I was also able to discuss and share research ideas with Professor Trotter and Dr. Evans in order to strengthen our research links.
Impact We plan to engage in a long-term collaborative research partnership that will primarily focusing on examining supervision practices in the youth justice system. This will involve several research projects.
Start Year 2017
 
Description 21S Darren Edwards: Developing heart rate applications for measuring atrial fibrillation (a heart condition) in an autonomous vehicle setting. 
Organisation Gofore
Country Finland 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The placement will be with CHERISH's industry collaborator Gofore (formally Leadin). This will allow me to discuss with Gofore novel ways of assessing various measures of trust in an autonomous vehicle setting, and with utilising electrocardiogram (ECG) and virtual reality (VR) technology. The idea is that I can then develop with Gofore a clear plan of research/innovation and impact development for the future, including contacting a leading autonomous vehicle company
Collaborator Contribution Explored measures of trust consisting of interoceptive measures such as heard rate, using hand held ECG. Decided that the Unity physics engine would be applicable as this is used to develop high end gaming experiences. Other aspects such as the vehicle and pedestrian AI were explored.
Impact Development of an ECG measurement design for atrial fibrillation and trust measures in a VR environment testing trust of autonomous vehicles. A short review of trust-based measures has been conducted as a scoping exercise. Discussions were made about the feasibility of developing 3D printed mobile HRV device. A plan for how to develop a VR environment using social force modelling for the pedestrian and vehicle AI. Established a working relationship with Jaguar Land Rover and have submitted a proposal to them for a project on trust in a VR environment for autonomous vehicles. We have discussed resources on the campus and have spoken with the College of Engineering about space allocation - need 10M by 10M of space.
Start Year 2018
 
Description 23M David Clarke: Geovisualizing Fear and Safety and Linking Human Activity with Perception 
Organisation Swansea Council
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution This visit by Chris Lukinbeal and RA, Laura Sharp (Arizona) focuses on integrating geospatial technologies with cognitive and behavioral geographic methodologies via a presentation and series of meetings across the College of Science and beyond. Dr. Lukinbeal will demonstrate how perceptions of fear and safety as well as human activities can be mapped to reveal socio-spatial patterns. For instance, those living in high-crime areas tend to have less fear of crime than those living in low crime areas. Further, the activity space of individuals increases with higher education and higher income (as well as English fluency in the U.S.).
Collaborator Contribution The proposed visit will establish links with a variety of academics and stakeholders to demonstrate the potential of geospatial technologies to explore crime, safety and security. This connects with ongoing work spanning Geography and Computer Science (co-funded by ESRC, Ordnance Survey and Blurrt: Sergei Shubin and Matt Roach), building on established connections with Chief Superintendent Joe Ruddy, South Wales Police. It is also pertinent to other work on Geovisualization (Mark Jones, Joel Dearden); criminological uses of GIS (Marty Chamberlain, Criminology; Charles Musselwhite, Centre for Innovative Aging); and work in the Medical School and ESRC Administrative Data Research Centre (ADRC) Wales (Sarah Rodgers, Richard Fry, Samantha Turner, Ronan Lyons). An initial presentation will introduce Chris's work and underpin a series of meetings to forge future collaboration.
Impact Seminar Presentation: Cognitive Mapping and Geospatial Technologies: New techniques to reveal spatial patterns of perception and behaviour by Chris Lukinbeal. Seminar Presentation: Motion Pictures, Mobile Markets: Making the Film-locations Market in LA by Laura Sharp Visit to SLAM. Discussions with Blurrt.
Start Year 2017
 
Description 23S James Stovold: Improving Cyber Security through Social Media Analytics 
Organisation Digital Fineprint
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Gain a thorough understanding of Digital Fineprint's methodology.2. Develop a rm project plan, with well-defined outcomes and timescales, for submission to CHERISH-DE Escalator Fund.3. Establish plans for measuring impact within Lloyd's market.4. Increase range of contacts for future research collaborations within the InsurTech and Insurance sector
Collaborator Contribution Digital Fineprint (DF) are an InsurTech start-up based in Southwark, London. They havedeveloped a method for using social media data to inform customers of their insuranceneeds. This has proven very useful to small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) forproducts such as Liability or Contents insurance
Impact tbc
Start Year 2018
 
Description 24S Jason Xie: Digital step through of bespoke surgical chest implant procedure 
Organisation Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution This project involves working in collaboration with an NHS surgeon Dr. I. Goldsmith on computational aspects for bespoke surgical chest implant procedure. The aim is to identify potential areas for research work in order to improve the efficiency of the procedure, particularly at the pre-surgery stage, including tumour segmentation from CT images, tumour growth estimation, and metal implant design using computational simulation.
Collaborator Contribution This is a very clinically relevant problem with many technical challenges. It requires collaborations from multiple disciplines, including computer science, medicine, and computational modelling. This clinical procedure is new and infrequently carried out, which poses further challenges on data collection and developing robust tools
Impact Optimised procedures and designs will improve efficiency, throughput, enhabce patient care, as well as reduce NHS costs. Further research are required.
Start Year 2018
 
Description 25S Calvin Williams: Novel Bluetooth Sensor 
Organisation Bluemesh Automotive Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Our aim was to develop an entirely new Bluetooth sensor capable of measuring suspension performance at defined intervals and translating this to usable data.
Collaborator Contribution Bluemesh Automotive Ltd have installed a full motorsport telemetry system to a Downhill Mountain bike. One of our main aims was to improve the experience of disabled riders using our 4 wheel bikes. The sensors developed for the 2 wheel bikes will then be installed in the 4 wheel product.
Impact Developed a sensor capable of transmitting data on suspension performance directly to a mobile phone.We now have plans to improve the application and to enable users to gain data from more than one damper at a time.
Start Year 2018
 
Description 25S Calvin Williams: Novel Bluetooth Sensor 
Organisation Cerebra
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Our aim was to develop an entirely new Bluetooth sensor capable of measuring suspension performance at defined intervals and translating this to usable data.
Collaborator Contribution Bluemesh Automotive Ltd have installed a full motorsport telemetry system to a Downhill Mountain bike. One of our main aims was to improve the experience of disabled riders using our 4 wheel bikes. The sensors developed for the 2 wheel bikes will then be installed in the 4 wheel product.
Impact Developed a sensor capable of transmitting data on suspension performance directly to a mobile phone.We now have plans to improve the application and to enable users to gain data from more than one damper at a time.
Start Year 2018
 
Description 26M Alka Hingorani and Sanket Chandan Pethkar, Industrial design centre, Indian institute of technology, mumbai 
Organisation Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Country India 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Attend and input in public lecture and workshop
Collaborator Contribution Deliver a public lecture and facilitate worikshop, 'engaging with children through stories using physical book augmented by digital devices'
Impact Future visits to Alka, Mumbain, India. Jones, Robinson, Pearson to follow up in March, July, & September 2017
Start Year 2017
 
Description 26S Disrupting Gestational Diabetes Diagnosis 
Organisation Singleton Hospital
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Hospitals 
PI Contribution The secondment was undertaken by Professor Cathy Thornton from Swansea University Medical School into the NHS, specifically Singleton Hospital, on various dates during 2019. This was to support development of a new diagnostic test that could replace the current screening test for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), a type of diabetes that occurs in pregnancy. The main goals were to liaise with staff who run the GDM screening clinic to optimise the recruitment strategy for the early stage testing of our proposed new test and to put in place qualitative studies with pregnant women and health care staff to gauge level of interest in a test to replace the current glucose tolerance test. A secondary objective was to map differences in the GDM screening pathway across the UK ahead of future work in multiple sites and to establish collaborations in sites outside Wales.
Collaborator Contribution Direct sight of and interaction with the running of the GDM clinic and conversations with staff working in the clinic over the secondment helped shaped the recruitment strategy for a pilot study and has enabled us to go on and recruit 260 women so far (Sept 2019 - March 2020). Staff in the clinic have also helped shape the topic guide for interviews with pregnant women and the survey for healthcare staff which will be implemented once we return to work post-COVID-19.
Impact We have established a steering committee to oversee delivery of projects around this topic and this committee includes patient and public involvement and NHS representation reflecting relationships established during the secondment; public engagement has been curtailed by the COVID-19 crisis but we continue to seek opportunities in this area as well as consider citizen science contributions by planning testing of sample collection approaches with pregnant women themselves with ongoing oversight by and interaction with the local antenatal unit. We have initiated work with Queen's University Belfast as the first site for wider UK working. On a visit to Manchester links were established with a South African team who have expressed enthusiasm for exploring the utility of our proposed new test in South Africa where there is an enormous public health burden of GDM. We have also been able to capitalise on a relationship established with Imperial College London to move the work beyond GDM and consider other obstetric disorders such as preeclampsia. This has led to formal collaboration with Uganda for the work in preeclampsia and this has been supported recently by the University's Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) pump priming scheme.
Start Year 2019
 
Description 27B - Nuria Lorenzo Dus - Online Grooming Communication: translating Research Evidence into Effective Prevention Materials 
Organisation National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution The research team developed a resource for use by NSPCC based on the PIs research on the language used by online groomers. The resource was developed alongside professonal practitioners and children.
Collaborator Contribution The NSPCC co-developed, co-disseminated and co-owned the research-evidenced materisl for the prevention of Online Grooming, with full endorsement from teh NSPCC Cymru. The provided facilities, in-house material design and access to high-profile dissemination events.They have taken ownership of testing the materials across five sites in England and Wales.
Impact Linguistics, Psychology. Production of the Stop Time Online activity pack , launches in South and North Wales attended by policy makers, practioners. NSPCC have contributed to a collaborative Online Grooming Phd that builds on the project funded by ESRC DTP (90000) starting in October 2018. NSPCC are testing the resources on five sites in England and Wales.
Start Year 2016
 
Description 27M Harold Thimbleby: Ministerial summit in Bonn, plus side-trip 
Organisation University of Bonn
Country Germany 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution I participated fully in the WHO (World Health Organization) World Ministerial Summit 2017 on patient safety, held in the Bonn Bundestag building. A brief summary is available at https://www.bundesgesundheitsministerium.de/en/health/patient-safety-summit-2017.html I was the only computer scientist out of perhaps 300 participants (including ministers of health from many countries - for the UK, this included our Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt, secretary for health, and his PA entourage). Secondly, I visited Prof Matthew Smith and his research group at the University of Bonn and presented a seminar and discussed research
Collaborator Contribution We presented some principles on data management to the collected world ministers of health. We had to make it very brief and prioritise what was most important.
Impact Dr Mike Durkin and I have agreed to write a briefing on our workshop for The Lancet. I am a named coinvestigator on a proposal being written by Prof Annegret Hannewa (Switzerland). Prof Albert Wu, Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore, USA) has invited me to visit and develop our collaborations.
Start Year 2017
 
Description 29B - Vivienne Rogers - Transparency in AI through muttering robots 
Organisation We The Curious
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Over three days in December 2016, the research team demonstrated their Muttering R5 Robot at the AtBristol Science centre in Bristol. Visitors observed the robot for several minutes and then completed a short questionnaire. Many visitors, both adults and children, subsequently engaged us in conversation about robots and AI, and for some it was clearly an important and meaningful engagement.This work generated similarly significant results showing that vocalisation of the decision making within the robot helped observers achieve a much better model of the robot than when using a smple, real time graphical representation of the robot's internal state and decisin processes. Also, people report consistently high levels of confidence that they know what the robot is doing, even when their reports clearly indicate that they do not.
Collaborator Contribution AtScience Bristol allowed the research team the space and time to engage with the public.
Impact Multidisciplinary - AI expert from Bath University working alongside the Swansea PI (Linguistics depat.).This work generated similarly significant results showing that vocalisation of the decision making within the robot helped observers achieve a much better model of the robot. Also, people report consistently high levels of confidence that they know what the robot is doing, even when their reports clearly indicate that they do not.
Start Year 2016
 
Description 2M - Rita Borgo and Texas Advanced Computing Centre and University of Huston 
Organisation University of Houston
Country United States 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Rita's trip to Texas was an opportunity to develop long-standing contacts within Visual Computing. She met Costas Begas, from Foundations of Cognitive Computing IBM Research, Zurich, to discuss how to foster a relationship with Swansea University's Computer Science Department - particularly around growing an HPC/ visualisation wise group. She also met Susan Coghlan from the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility, to brief her on the HPCWales 2 project and HPC academy. They explored how Susan and her group could become involved in activities regarding HOPC and Data Science in Wales. Rita also liaised with Patricia Crossno, Sandia National Laboratories and Yong Chen, Texas Tech University, to discuss Supercomputing, HPC, and Data Visualisation. Patricia and Yong are heavily involved with the Supercomputing community, and reported how the Data Visualization section at SC16 Conference had a 46-50% increase this year - demonstrating the growing interest in Visual Analytics (and not just Scientific Visualization). The trip allowed Rita to develop a number of strong contacts. Being able to meet in person transformed the level of her working relationships. She now has a solid network base from which she plans to develop a project draft involving HPC and Data Visualization/Analytics; the planned Swansea University Computer Science Department new MSc in Data Science; and candidates for international advisors for the future HPCWales 2 project
Collaborator Contribution expertise and time
Impact ? Dr. David Pugmire Oak Ridge National Laboratory visited Swansea to give a seminar and visited the Computer Science Department in July 2016. ? IEEE Vis 2016 Conference in Baltimore - meeting with Dr. Guoning Chen and Dr. Kelly Gaither to focus on strategic research collaboration in the field of High Performance Computing and Graphics. ? Development of a STFC grant application in Data Science and High Performance Computing leveraging local contacts provided by Dr. Costas Biekas at STFC and Hartree Centre, UK.
Start Year 2016
 
Description 2S - Anthony Charles and NSPCC 
Organisation National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Anthony Charles completed a UK placement at NSPCC, 40 hours in total. Anthony's secondment centred around three interlinked goals. Namely, to: 1. Scope out research and policy work concerning 'sexting' by young people. This was achieved through the sharing of work between the host agency and the University, and through engagement with managers within the NSPCC and key, officers in partner. 2. Identify collaborative research opportunities. This was met through constructive discussion between the University and NSPCC, and the subsequent involvement of partner agencies in these discussions. A plan for a three tiered approach to operationalizing research in this area of activity was agreed from the development stage, piloting and through to pan-Wales research 3. Explore the possible nature and function of e-based solutions to advise and support young people who are affected by 'sexting'. This was realised through continuing collaboration concerning how a 'package' could be created, engaging young people as partners for change and as research leaders, to further research the pressures faced online by young people. Anthony's activity worked towards the building of a relationship with the NSPCC Policy and Public Affairs Officer. This involved e-mail correspondence, telephone calls and visits to the NSPCC Wales and London HQ offices. In addition, engagement also took place with other key NSPCC staff. This included the Wales Policy Manager; Wales Research Officer; UK Lead for On-line Safety and UK Research Manager. Through this engagement, further knowledge concerning the strategic priorities of NSPCC, work being undertaken, and gaps in practice and policy development were discerned (plus, support for an on-going research relationship between the NSPCC and the University was fostered). Through the secondment, and responding to what the literature and research suggest, further meetings took place with other partner agencies that have specialist knowledge of 'sexting' and who also are eager to become research partners.
Collaborator Contribution Anthony's activity worked towards the building of a relationship with the NSPCC Policy and Public Affairs Officer. This involved e-mail correspondence, telephone calls and visits to the NSPCC Wales and London HQ offices. In addition, engagement also took place with other key NSPCC staff. This included the Wales Policy Manager; Wales Research Officer; UK Lead for On-line Safety and UK Research Manager. Through this engagement, further knowledge concerning the strategic priorities of NSPCC, work being undertaken, and gaps in practice and policy development were discerned (plus, support for an on-going research relationship between the NSPCC and the University was fostered). Through the secondment, and responding to what the literature and research suggest, further meetings took place with other partner agencies that have specialist knowledge of 'sexting' and who also are eager to become research partners.
Impact The formation of a new research partnership between the University and NSPCC, and the development of a plan for future collaborative work between the University, NSPCC, the Local Authority, the All Wales Core School Programme and schools in Swansea. A research proposal was also developed to generate a child-led research package which could be implemented with young people to understand their experiences of on-line pressures, and how these can be addressed
Start Year 2016
 
Description 30B Martina Tazzioli: Migrant Digitalities: Mapping the Dispersal of Refugees Evicted from Calais 
Organisation University of Leeds
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Our collective project, a map archive of Europe's migrant spaces is the result of a collaborative work by researchers in the UK, Greece, Germany, Italy and the US, the project records memories of places in Europe where migrants remained in limbo for a long time, were confronted with violence, or found humanitarian aid, as well as marking sites of organised migrant protest.
Collaborator Contribution This was a collaborative work between partners as outlined above.
Impact https://theconversation.com/migration-new-map-of-europe-reveals-real-frontiers-for-refugees-103458 https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/research-subject-groups/centre-criminology/centreborder-criminologies/blog/2018/11/towards-genealogy
Start Year 2016
 
Description 31B Ruth Horry: Enhancing witness account capture through digital technology 
Organisation South Wales Police
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Meetings with South Wales Police to gather information from end-users on their needs and requirements, which allowed them to develop a project with a higher potential for real-world impact.
Collaborator Contribution Provided information on user experience.
Impact app in development
Start Year 2016
 
Description 33B Laura Wilkinson: Developing and validating the digital 'distance affect regulation mapping (DARM) 
Organisation Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution We developed a tool to map coping strategies that could be used to assess change following intervention and predict problematic 'swapping' of strategies (e.g., eating to alcohol).
Collaborator Contribution as above
Impact tbc
Start Year 2016
 
Description 37B - Lella Nouri - Far Right Extremist Use of Social Media 
Organisation Blurrt Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The research team ran a corpus linguistics training session at WECTU. they have read our report and are considering policies in light of this. Blurrt provided the raw data for our project and also provided us with a preliminary analysis of the data.
Collaborator Contribution WECTU
Impact Swansea Science Festival, Guest Speaker Invitation Edith Cown University
Start Year 2017
 
Description 37B - Lella Nouri - Far Right Extremist Use of Social Media 
Organisation Welsh Extremism and Counter Terrorism Unit (WECTU)
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution The research team ran a corpus linguistics training session at WECTU. they have read our report and are considering policies in light of this. Blurrt provided the raw data for our project and also provided us with a preliminary analysis of the data.
Collaborator Contribution WECTU
Impact Swansea Science Festival, Guest Speaker Invitation Edith Cown University
Start Year 2017
 
Description 3A Vivienne Rogers: Improving cognitive flexibility through bilingual rule switching tasks 
Organisation Penybryn Special School
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution The purpose of this project is to provide a strategy to help reduce over-selectivity in autistic individuals through teaching them elements of different languages and training them to adapt their attention skills to be more flexible.
Collaborator Contribution tbc
Impact tbc
Start Year 2016
 
Description 3M - Pedro Telles and Griffiths University, Queensland, Australia 
Organisation Griffith University
Country Australia 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Pedro worked with Prof John Flood, Professor of Law, Griffiths University and met colleagues from the Law, Criminology and Computer Science departments. He spent time developing a collaborative, multi-disciplinary research strategy, dissemination plans and pathways to grant capture, with the aims of Swansea and Griffiths working together. Over the course of his fellowship Pedro worked collaboratively to design a research plan to be submitted to the ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) and ARC (Australian Research Council) Linkage programme simultaneously in early 2018. More specifically, he drafted a first version of a potential CHERISH-DE Escalator grant application, later reviewed by Prof. John Flood, and they scoped the work for a forthcoming paper on the legal issues raised by blockchain. Pedro attended a seminar on refugee law by Professor Penelope Matthew, Head of School of Griffith Law School.
Collaborator Contribution Prof John Flood gave expertise and insight to Pedro on a number of discussions.
Impact Further collaboration: ? Submit a grant application to the CHERISH-DE Escalator Fund ? Write a paper with Prof. John Flood on legal issues raised by the use of blockchain technology (November 2016) ? Develop a multi-author blog on blockchain and the law to be hosted by the Law Futures Centre (December 2016) ? Organise a workshop/conference on blockchain and the law at the Law Futures Centre (February 2017) ? Submit a grant application to either the Nuffield Foundation or the Leverhulme Trust (April 2017)
Start Year 2016
 
Description 42B - Stephen Lindsay - Making with Meaning 
Organisation Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution We established a 'MakerSpace' on campus at Swansea University. A lab where patients who have suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury can come to work with computer scientists to design technology to help them in their everyday lives.
Collaborator Contribution The Computer Science and Psychology departments as Swansea University worked closely with Dr Zoe Fisher from the Traumatic Brain Injury Unit at Morriston Hospital, Swansea to co-ordinate and run a series of session in the 'Maker Space' that gave eight TBI patients an opportunity to build new skills and a chance to experience something new. This tied in the the central idea of people being able to contribute to the design of technology they use in their daily lives.
Impact Timothy Neate who worked on the project has moved onto City University to co-ordinate a MakerSpace for children with learning disabilities. e research project, Morriston Hospital decided to create a MakerSpace for patients to use at the hospital. The creation of this facility is a direct result of the project and has been set up using the ideas from the Making with Meaning MakerSpace. Eight participants have all enjoyed the benefits of learning skills and experiences. The project generated one EPSRC application (unsuccessful). Stephen gave a talk and ran a workshop at a the South West Wales Brain Injury Group on 12th May 2018, to professsionals and patients. The project generated media interest - there was an item on BBC Wales News - 26th May 2017.
Start Year 2017
 
Description 43B Tom Owen: Hippocampal And Prefrontal Plasticity Inducement Application (HAPPIA) 
Organisation Change Step Wales
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution The project conducted two one-to-one interviews (n = 2);one focus group involving service users who had received a diagnosis of PTSD (n = 3); and one focus group involving psychological trauma service clinicians (n = 4).
Collaborator Contribution as above
Impact A mobile application prototype has been developed based on the findings from the user studies Journal article accepted, not yet in print: https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/11909/accepted
Start Year 2016
 
Description 43B Tom Owen: Hippocampal And Prefrontal Plasticity Inducement Application (HAPPIA) 
Organisation Springfield University Hospital
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Hospitals 
PI Contribution The project conducted two one-to-one interviews (n = 2);one focus group involving service users who had received a diagnosis of PTSD (n = 3); and one focus group involving psychological trauma service clinicians (n = 4).
Collaborator Contribution as above
Impact A mobile application prototype has been developed based on the findings from the user studies Journal article accepted, not yet in print: https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/11909/accepted
Start Year 2016
 
Description 47B Harold Thimbleby: Helping form NHS IT Strategy 
Organisation Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution My research helps make digital healthcare safer and more effective. Almost everything done to you, from booking appointments to getting discharge letters from your hospital, to say nothing of your treatment, is done by computer. There's a lot of scope to improve it all.
Collaborator Contribution As above
Impact tbc
Start Year 2016
 
Description 4A - Pamela Ugwudike - A Cyber-Tech Framework for Evaluating and Improving Criminal Justic Practice 
Organisation Accelero Limited
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The project was impact-led and implemented in collaboration with external non-academic partners. As collaborators, their members were surveyed (via the Yougth Justics Boards fortnightly bulleten 'YJ Bulletin' and asked to express their views about the technooogy and the features they would find useful. Partners also attended a Knowledge Exchange Symposium around the idea of innovated technology to evaluate criminial justice services. The YJB also allowed the PI access to its members at two training sessions delvierd by Pamela Ugwudike (PI) in March 2017.
Collaborator Contribution Accelero Digital Solutions Ltd has provided technological expertise. It provided specialist advice on the design of user questionnaries for generating in-depth descriptions of the technology's specifications.
Impact The PI has moved from Swansea University to Southampton University (moving from Senior Lecturer to Associate Professor). Engagement event in December 2016 - Symposium with end-users (#SSET2016 @SsetEvaluations). The PI also led two trainign sessions at the YJB training events in North and South Wales in March 2017.
Start Year 2016
 
Description 4A - Pamela Ugwudike - A Cyber-Tech Framework for Evaluating and Improving Criminal Justic Practice 
Organisation Ministry of Justice
Department Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution The project was impact-led and implemented in collaboration with external non-academic partners. As collaborators, their members were surveyed (via the Yougth Justics Boards fortnightly bulleten 'YJ Bulletin' and asked to express their views about the technooogy and the features they would find useful. Partners also attended a Knowledge Exchange Symposium around the idea of innovated technology to evaluate criminial justice services. The YJB also allowed the PI access to its members at two training sessions delvierd by Pamela Ugwudike (PI) in March 2017.
Collaborator Contribution Accelero Digital Solutions Ltd has provided technological expertise. It provided specialist advice on the design of user questionnaries for generating in-depth descriptions of the technology's specifications.
Impact The PI has moved from Swansea University to Southampton University (moving from Senior Lecturer to Associate Professor). Engagement event in December 2016 - Symposium with end-users (#SSET2016 @SsetEvaluations). The PI also led two trainign sessions at the YJB training events in North and South Wales in March 2017.
Start Year 2016
 
Description 4M Stephen Lindsay Amsterdam, Netherlands. 
Organisation Buzzcapture
Country Netherlands 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The visit will be used to refine technologies developed by Kieskompas BV and Swansea University around Vote Advice Websites leading to a digital infrastructures to facilitate political engagement sessions with young Welsh people (16-18 years old) living in resource constrained communities.
Collaborator Contribution The purpose of this visit is for Dr. Stephen Lindsay to undertake collaborative work with the Dutch company Kieskompas BV with a view to developing interactive software to facilitate political engagement sessions with secondary school students. This work will build on a platform developed by Kieskompas and Swansea University to engage voters with key issues in the 2016 Welsh Assembly election.
Impact Concept design for the Political Compass social platform.
Start Year 2016
 
Description 4M Stephen Lindsay Amsterdam, Netherlands. 
Organisation Kieskompas BV
Country Netherlands 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The visit will be used to refine technologies developed by Kieskompas BV and Swansea University around Vote Advice Websites leading to a digital infrastructures to facilitate political engagement sessions with young Welsh people (16-18 years old) living in resource constrained communities.
Collaborator Contribution The purpose of this visit is for Dr. Stephen Lindsay to undertake collaborative work with the Dutch company Kieskompas BV with a view to developing interactive software to facilitate political engagement sessions with secondary school students. This work will build on a platform developed by Kieskompas and Swansea University to engage voters with key issues in the 2016 Welsh Assembly election.
Impact Concept design for the Political Compass social platform.
Start Year 2016
 
Description 4M Stephen Lindsay Amsterdam, Netherlands. 
Organisation VU University Medical Center
Department Rehabilitation (VUMC-Rev)
Country Netherlands 
Sector Hospitals 
PI Contribution The visit will be used to refine technologies developed by Kieskompas BV and Swansea University around Vote Advice Websites leading to a digital infrastructures to facilitate political engagement sessions with young Welsh people (16-18 years old) living in resource constrained communities.
Collaborator Contribution The purpose of this visit is for Dr. Stephen Lindsay to undertake collaborative work with the Dutch company Kieskompas BV with a view to developing interactive software to facilitate political engagement sessions with secondary school students. This work will build on a platform developed by Kieskompas and Swansea University to engage voters with key issues in the 2016 Welsh Assembly election.
Impact Concept design for the Political Compass social platform.
Start Year 2016
 
Description 4S - Debbie Jones and National Ugly Mugs (Enhancing student sex workers' well-being and safety through digital inclusion) 
Organisation National Ugly Mugs
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Debbie Jones completed a placement at National Ugly Mugs. HEr time there was spent meeting with various persons, as detailed below.
Collaborator Contribution Meetings were held with NUMs and a PhD student from Open Lab at Newcastle University to discuss the possibilities of digital inclusion for student sex workers. In order to identify potential collaborative research activities with NUMs and Open Lab a number of meetings were held at NUM head office in Manchester. The meetings were also attended by Dr Nathan Roger the Research Development Officer for the Research Hub for Arts, Humanities and Law at Swansea University. From the 7th-8th of July Debbie attended NUM head Office in Manchester with colleagues to deliver the research presentations. Debbie and Nathan spent the first day of the secondment familiarising with NUMs - meeting key members of staff and attending a presentation by Kerri Swindells, Project Manager, regarding the strategic aims of NUMs. The second day was an all-day networking event with Alex Feis-Bryce (Director, NUM), Dr. Nathan Roger, Debbie Jones, Kerri Swindells and Angelika Strohmayer. Debbie gave presentations on TSSWP and future plans and CHERSHE-DE funded project - TSSWP: Data mining and visualisation.
Impact On completion of the placement a review of existing policy and research literature was undertaken in order to establish the gaps in knowledge and understanding and practical application of digital technologies in relation to both the research of and delivery of services relating to the topic of student participation in the sex industry. In the short term, a potential for collaboration between Swansea University and NUMs was identified in relation to a forthcoming PhD that focuses on male sex work. A series of mid-term potential projects were also identified. There is a possibility of piloting a mobile app for sex workers - developed by NUMs - in Swansea with an aim to seek funding from ESPRC or CHERISH Impact, along with a potential for a collaborative participatory PhD with NUMs, Swansea University and the Open Lab Newcastle University. Based on the secondment activities, Alex Feis-Bryce will be presenting at the Responding to Sex Work Conference in February 2017. In the longer-term, there could be a potential a NUM data analysis centre that would be located within the College of Law and Criminology (CLC), Swansea University.
Start Year 2016
 
Description 5A - Yan Wu - Digital Media Usage and Attitudes of People wtih Sensory Impairments 
Organisation Action on Hearing Loss
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution The research explores how Information and Communication Technologies empower people with sensory impariments and what are the current barriers to digital accessibitiy faced by visually and hearing impaired users in Wales. The project has provided empirical data on sensory impaired adults' media use and attitudes across television, radio, games, mobiles and the internet with a particualr focus on online use and attitute.
Collaborator Contribution The RNIB and AoHL distributed the research paper questionnaire tomembers from its Cardiff offices.
Impact The PI has written a paper (not on Crossref) 10.3969/j.issn.1007-8770.2017.03.024 Two user workshops are planned.
Start Year 2017
 
Description 5A - Yan Wu - Digital Media Usage and Attitudes of People wtih Sensory Impairments 
Organisation Royal National Institute for Blind People
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution The research explores how Information and Communication Technologies empower people with sensory impariments and what are the current barriers to digital accessibitiy faced by visually and hearing impaired users in Wales. The project has provided empirical data on sensory impaired adults' media use and attitudes across television, radio, games, mobiles and the internet with a particualr focus on online use and attitute.
Collaborator Contribution The RNIB and AoHL distributed the research paper questionnaire tomembers from its Cardiff offices.
Impact The PI has written a paper (not on Crossref) 10.3969/j.issn.1007-8770.2017.03.024 Two user workshops are planned.
Start Year 2017
 
Description 5S - Louise Condon and Cardiff Gypsy and Traveller project (CGTP) (Using data linkage to explore the health needs of Gypsies and Travellers: establishing preliminary networks) 
Organisation Cardiff Gypsy and Traveller Project
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution The secondment allowed Louise to visit the Cardiff Gypsy and Traveller project at their base in Trowbridge Community Centre. She was able to observe their work and talk to members of the community about their health needs and use of primary care and unscheduled health services. The secondment was invaluable in sharing skills and knowledge and building collaboration for future research. She has also been able to work with Swansea University research analysts in exploring how the SAIL database can be used to find out more about the health needs of this marginalised group.
Collaborator Contribution Talking to members of the community about their health needs and use of primary care and unscheduled health services.
Impact no outcome to date
Start Year 2016
 
Description 68D Simon Robinson: Human-powered smart-speakers in public slum settings. 
Organisation Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Country India 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Working with communities of 'emergent users' in resource constrained settings, we design, develop, and deploy speech systems to make information more easily accessible.
Collaborator Contribution The project has had collaborative support from Google, Microsoft Research India and IBM Research India amongst others
Impact https://youtu.be/U9Fqj9kffaw 10.1145/3290605.3300326 https://www.ndtv.com/education/iit-bombay-study-on-google-home-amazon-alexa-what-happens-when-you-put-smart-speakers-in-the-streets-1874202
Start Year 2017
 
Description 6E Locating Design in the Community - Lleoli Dylunio yn y Gymuned 
Organisation University of Nottingham
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution The aim of this project was to pilot ways to apply lessons learnt during the Tiree Tech Wave and other projects at the community of Penparcau. CHERISH funded researchers from Swansea University CS department and Uni of Nottingham to work on a co-creation of a technology space and workshops in the community.
Collaborator Contribution The aim of this project was to pilot ways to apply lessons learnt during the Tiree Tech Wave and other projects at the community of Penparcau. CHERISH funded researchers from Swansea University CS department and Uni of Nottingham to work on a co-creation of a technology space and workshops in the community.
Impact workshops, community events, feedback channels
Start Year 2019
 
Description 6M Ed Bennett: Swansea Impact at HPCS 2016 
Organisation IBM
Department IBM UK Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution I discussed the BSMBench benchmark with and promoted it to a wide variety of members of the High Performance Computing (HPC) community, including but not limited to representatives of three national supercomputing centres (in Spain, the USA and Ireland) and major HPC vendors including Intel. Additionally, I delivered a conference talk on this topic.
Collaborator Contribution BSMBench is a HPC performance analysis tool ("benchmark") developed by researchers at Swansea in collaboration with academia and the HPC industry, including IBM and SGI. It formed the basis of an impact case study in REF 2014. IBM
Impact 10.1109/HPCSim.2016.7568421
Start Year 2016
 
Description 7E Prosecuting War Crimes in Yemen: Building a Digital Evidence Database 
Organisation University of Stirling
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution This project broke new ground by establishing best practices in the handling and processing of open source and other digital evidence for the purposes of legal actions in British courts that pursue accountability for war crimes.
Collaborator Contribution The main project partner is GLAN - the Global Legal Action Network. GLAN seeks to identify and pursue legal action to address transnational human rights violations through low cost, novel and innovative means. Some key research underpinning this case was carried out by Forensic Oceanography, part of the Forensic Architecture project at Goldsmiths, University of London, which reconstructed and analysed the deadly incident using open source intelligence. The Director of GLAN is a named Co-I.
Impact ESRC Transformative Research scheme (grant no. ES-R00899X)
Start Year 2019
 
Description 7E Yvonne McDermott Rees: Prosecuting War Crimes in Yemen: Building a Digital Evidence Database 
Organisation GLAN Law
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution This project brought together some of the world's leading digital security experts, human rights organisations, evidence lawyers, investigators, and journalists together to discuss best practices in the collection, storage, analysis and use of digital evidence for human rights litigation.
Collaborator Contribution The main project partner is GLAN - the Global Legal Action Network. GLAN seeks to identify and pursue legal action to address transnational human rights violations through low cost, novel and innovative means. Rather than developing these procedures in the abstract, we aim to use this approach to prepare criminal complaints against individuals aiding and abetting war crimes committed in Yemen. This project will enable us to harness technological solutions to:a) Design and create a database of trusted evidence that is searchable and protected from corruption by external sources;b) Develop protocols for the collection, storage, and presentation of evidence of this type for admission in UK courts;c) Identify best practices and compatibility in practice between human rights organisations in the management of digital evidence
Impact https://www.glanlaw.org/single-post/2019/02/03/GLAN-and-Bellingcat-run-open-source-intelligence-hackathon-on-air-strikes-in-Yemen
Start Year 2018
 
Description 7M Alex Jones: In your face: Facial appearance and social well being. 
Organisation Bangor University
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution the primary purpose was to engage in data collection at the Twins Festival, to create a database of photographic images of twins along with life history information about their health and personality, to be sued to answer critical questions in psychology regarding the role of appearance in physical and mental health.
Collaborator Contribution Two researchers from two universities took part in this project, a cross-Wales collaboration was successfully established and the profile of Wales as a centre of leading research in psychology was established through public engagement with those attending the festival.
Impact Processing of the large data set acquired during the visit.
Start Year 2016
 
Description 7S - Ruth Horray and South Wales Police (Enhancing witness account capture through digital technology) 
Organisation South Wales Police
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Over the course of one week, Ruth shadowed officers in the Road Traffic Unit as they carried out their duties. She observed as they interacted with eyewitnesses at the scenes of a number of traffic accidents and got an incredibly valuable first-hand insight into the realities of front-line policing.
Collaborator Contribution South Wales Police allowed Ruth Horray to shadow officers in the Road Traffic Unit as they carried out their duties
Impact Based on the secondment experience, Ruth submitted a successful application for Cherish-DE pilot funding. The insights that she gained through her secondment enabled her to produce a much stronger application, as she and her co-applicants were better able to anticipate challenges that they might face throughout the project, and to identify additional benefits of a successfully delivered project. The pilot funds will cover the costs of initial meetings with officers from across South Wales Police. These meetings will enable them to gather information from end-users on their needs and requirements, which will allow them to develop a project with a higher potential for real-world impact. Following these meetings, they will apply for further funding to put together a digital app for recording witness accounts at the scene of an incident, and to pilot test the usability and efficacy of this app in the laboratory and in the field.
Start Year 2016
 
Description 80D T Maegusuku Hewett: Digital Exclusion and Access to Universal Credit. 
Organisation Pobl Group
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution The scale and nature of the gap between the capabilities required for Universal Credit access and claimants' ability to access and trust digital technologies is not fully known. There is a limited understanding of what can be done to avoid/minimise the adverse impacts of this change. As such, this project aims to understand the impact of this change and develop interventions. This exploratory project will open the door for a larger scale, evidence-driven research project which will contribute to a 'live' policy debate and ensure that public and third sector organisations are best equipped to support individuals through this transition.
Collaborator Contribution Pobl can: Identify and 'gate-keep' access to individuals affected by the digital shift; Provide access to global data across Pobl Housing stock; Contribute with a high-level understanding of changes to the universal credit system and processes; Facilitate access to stakeholder networks. To co-productively develop (phase one) and operationalise the research project (phase two) To support and co facilitate the dissemination of key findings.
Impact Briefing Report 1: a summary of the known impact of the UC digital Gateway will be produced for practitioners and policy makers, maximising the impact of this research through practitioner networks and professional education training programmes TBC
Start Year 2017
 
Description 84D Stuart MacDonald: Dissemination and disruption of online jihadist magazines 
Organisation Cardiff University
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution This project evaluated the effectiveness of Twitter's efforts to stop Islamic State sympathisers from using the platform to disseminate issues of their online magazine.
Collaborator Contribution as above
Impact 10.1080/1057610X.2018.1559508 https://theconversation.com/how-tech-companies-are-successfully-disrupting-terrorist-social-media-activity-98594 https://www.europol.europa.eu/publications-documents/who-disseminates-rumiyah-examining-relative-influence-of-sympathiser-and-non-sympathiser-twitter-users https://www.europol.europa.eu/publications-documents/response-of-and-twitter-to-release-of-dabiq-issue-15
Start Year 2017
 
Description 8E Blockchain for Subscription Models 
Organisation Oyster Bay Systems Limited
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The work has produced valuable findings for the vehicle manufacturing industry and Circular Economy, including international collaborations with logistics industry partners in Japan. It addresses the challenges of securing the identity and usage of components in vehicle manufacturing.
Collaborator Contribution It has led to the development of a demonstrator: a blockchain-driven trust machine for traceability in asset networks to gain trust in, and track use of, vehicle manufacturing parts. It brings about a shift (Deep Leasing) in new business models of how supply chains and vehicle ownership can work as part of a Circular Economy. Blockchain is an essential element to achieve this.
Impact Book chapter Blockchain-Based Cyber Physical Trust Systems DOI:10.1002/9781119527978.ch14
Start Year 2018
 
Description 8S Phil James: Securely On Track 
Organisation Centre for Mobility and Transport
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution The placement will be to the Centre for Mobility and Transport in Coventry. The placement will explore ideas for the development and integration of academic tools towards industry needs. In particular, we will consider adapting the existing OnTrack railway verification tool towards moving block systems and security analysis.
Collaborator Contribution The aim of the Secondment is to sketch out first ideas towards integration. Hopefully, one outcome will be a plan for the on-going collaboration (possibly supported by a grant) between Swansea University, Birmingham University, The Centre for Mobility and Transport and Siemens Rail.
Impact A new translation between academic and industry standard tools. A nearly complete grant proposal. A plan for future collaboration and research.
Start Year 2017
 
Description 9S Charles Musselwhite: Welsh Government secondment 
Organisation Government of Wales
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution We have increasing numbers of older people and live in an increasingly "hyper"-mobile society, where we live further away from friends and family and the services and shops we need than ever before.
Collaborator Contribution Older people are more likely than other age group to have to give up driving, find accessing public transport difficult and have unmet travel needs. We need to improve the transport offering for older people and this study looked to help welsh government to examine the potential for technology to be able to do this, identifying the following potential a) use of digital technology to assist travel journey planning b) use of digital technology to provide in situ assistance and information access to public transport c) advantages and disadvantages of open data models over current and other alternative models of information provision d) Potential for personalised travel planning (PTP) to support older people (and others) to make travel choices (for reasons of safety, health, inclusion, sustainability) e) Identification of suitable channels and life events where PTP delivery would be most effective, and efficient (including when older people of people with long term limiting illnesses have to give up driving) f) Effectiveness of using illustration of full costs of different travel options to influence modal shift g) Transport provision models in sparsely populated areas, in particular for those without access to a car, and the impact of new digital technologies on delivery models ( considering impact of digital exclusion)
Impact https://theconversation.com/to-keep-older-people-active-pedestrian-accessibility-must-improve-65134
Start Year 2016
 
Description Crucible 2016 project - Analysing public attitudes towards the use of autonomous weapons 
Organisation SoftBank Robotics
Country France 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Eugene Maikinkov, Swansea crucible participant along with other crucible participant Elvira Vallejos (Nottingham) and Rob wortham (Bath) throughout the collaboration aimed to analyse what factors determine public attitudes towards the use of autonomous weapons. The research was conducted using an innovative methodology of Youth Juries (18-25 years olds) and vignettes that produced a series of plausible but fictitious scenarios with autonomous weapons that were presented to a 'jury'. The jury considered both problems and future recommendations about the role of AI in military conflict. Rob Wortham provided technical expertise about the AI and robotics. Elvira Vallejos designed and organised the study. Eugene Miakinkov contextualised the study in the fields of modern conflict and militarization of technology.
Collaborator Contribution As above
Impact The collaboration was multidisciplinary. Collaborators backrounds were Computer science, Sociology and Politics. Rob Wortham provided technical expertise about the AI and robotics. Elvira Vallejos designed and organised the study. Eugene Miakinkov contextualised the study in the fields of modern conflict and militarization of technology. Engagement with a wider public through blogs, radio, and popular press, as well as an academic publication summarizing our findings for the specialist community. September 2016 - Engagement at CIPRI/IEEE autonomous technologies and their societal impact workshop , Sweden, and April 2017 - Workshop at University of Nottingham in June 2017 - CEPE/ETHICOMP 2017 at University of Turin, Italy.
Start Year 2016
 
Description Crucible 2016 project - Analysing public attitudes towards the use of autonomous weapons 
Organisation University of Bath
Department International Centre for Higher Education Management
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Eugene Maikinkov, Swansea crucible participant along with other crucible participant Elvira Vallejos (Nottingham) and Rob wortham (Bath) throughout the collaboration aimed to analyse what factors determine public attitudes towards the use of autonomous weapons. The research was conducted using an innovative methodology of Youth Juries (18-25 years olds) and vignettes that produced a series of plausible but fictitious scenarios with autonomous weapons that were presented to a 'jury'. The jury considered both problems and future recommendations about the role of AI in military conflict. Rob Wortham provided technical expertise about the AI and robotics. Elvira Vallejos designed and organised the study. Eugene Miakinkov contextualised the study in the fields of modern conflict and militarization of technology.
Collaborator Contribution As above
Impact The collaboration was multidisciplinary. Collaborators backrounds were Computer science, Sociology and Politics. Rob Wortham provided technical expertise about the AI and robotics. Elvira Vallejos designed and organised the study. Eugene Miakinkov contextualised the study in the fields of modern conflict and militarization of technology. Engagement with a wider public through blogs, radio, and popular press, as well as an academic publication summarizing our findings for the specialist community. September 2016 - Engagement at CIPRI/IEEE autonomous technologies and their societal impact workshop , Sweden, and April 2017 - Workshop at University of Nottingham in June 2017 - CEPE/ETHICOMP 2017 at University of Turin, Italy.
Start Year 2016
 
Description Crucible 2016 project - Analysing public attitudes towards the use of autonomous weapons 
Organisation University of Nottingham
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Eugene Maikinkov, Swansea crucible participant along with other crucible participant Elvira Vallejos (Nottingham) and Rob wortham (Bath) throughout the collaboration aimed to analyse what factors determine public attitudes towards the use of autonomous weapons. The research was conducted using an innovative methodology of Youth Juries (18-25 years olds) and vignettes that produced a series of plausible but fictitious scenarios with autonomous weapons that were presented to a 'jury'. The jury considered both problems and future recommendations about the role of AI in military conflict. Rob Wortham provided technical expertise about the AI and robotics. Elvira Vallejos designed and organised the study. Eugene Miakinkov contextualised the study in the fields of modern conflict and militarization of technology.
Collaborator Contribution As above
Impact The collaboration was multidisciplinary. Collaborators backrounds were Computer science, Sociology and Politics. Rob Wortham provided technical expertise about the AI and robotics. Elvira Vallejos designed and organised the study. Eugene Miakinkov contextualised the study in the fields of modern conflict and militarization of technology. Engagement with a wider public through blogs, radio, and popular press, as well as an academic publication summarizing our findings for the specialist community. September 2016 - Engagement at CIPRI/IEEE autonomous technologies and their societal impact workshop , Sweden, and April 2017 - Workshop at University of Nottingham in June 2017 - CEPE/ETHICOMP 2017 at University of Turin, Italy.
Start Year 2016
 
Description Engagement with State Railway of Thailand 
Organisation Government of Thailand
Country Thailand 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Members of the Swansea Railways Verification Group have visited State Railway Thailand in order to demonstrate the potential that lies in Formal Methods in Railway Signalling.
Collaborator Contribution State Railway Thailand were commenting on the various tools demonstrated and made constructive suggestions from practice that will help improve Swansea tools.
Impact The collaboration is in its infancy. However, already now we have adapted our tools to needs from practice.
Start Year 2018
 
Description Hafod copperworks 
Organisation Swansea Council
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Working with Swansea counicl, sharing expertise and writing a bid for heritgae lottery fund: The world-class Penderyn whisky company has identified the potential to base an expansion of their highly successful business at the Grade II listed Powerhouse building, and part of the Grade II listed Rolling Mill on the internationally significant Hafod-Morfa Copperworks site in Swansea. This expansion of Penderyn on a 99-year lease will provide a sustainable core to act as the catalyst to unlock further regeneration of a site that was the crucible of the world copper industry in the 1800s. Using copper distillery equipment will connect a new manufacturing process with the vibrant past of the site. New interpretation and an integrated visitor centre will link the commercial operation with the rich copper history of the site, and act as a focus for the memories and artefacts cherished by local people, bringing them to an international audience.
Collaborator Contribution Working with Swansea university, sharing expertise and writing a bid for heritage lottery fund:
Impact heritage lottery grant - HE-15-01729 (first phase £189,600) Sandpit taking place on 11 and 12th April
Start Year 2016
 
Description Menna Price - Princess of Wales Hospital 
Organisation Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Hospitals 
PI Contribution Aspects of Menna's healthy eating app are being used by obstetrician Dr Aditi Miskin for managing diabetes in pregnancy.
Collaborator Contribution Aditi approached CHERISH to look at the development of an app and has ended up collaborating with psychology academic Dr Menna Price
Impact Development of app that uses aspects of Menna's healthy eating app originally developed for bariatric patients to be used to manage diabetes in young pregnant women.
Start Year 2017
 
Description Parntership with French Research Institute for Computer Science and Automation (Inria), based in Grenoble 
Organisation French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation
Country France 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The CHERISH Digital Economy Research Centre at Swansea University has recently announced a pivotal cross-Channel Partnership with the French Research Institute for Computer Science and Automation (Inria), based in Grenoble, to promote science and innovation excellence in human-centric technologies.
Collaborator Contribution Creating research exchange opportunities, sharing of skills and knowledge, and access to advanced research facilities in Swansea and Grenoble. A collaboration stemming from the Partnership has already demonstrated its powerful potential by producing an exciting prototype for smallholder farmers: an Agriculture Cobot tool for field-task organisation and control. The novel system uses sound as a means of communication to enhance human trust in farm machine systems, and to enrich human interaction with machines in shared farm work processes.
Impact Work on Toutilo cobot - https://www.toutilo.com/en/homepage/?sfw=pass1615461161
Start Year 2019
 
Description Visit to McAfee 
Organisation McAfee
Country United States 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Swansea University made a research visit to the McAfee labs in order to deploy a software that is able to detect app collusion potential.
Collaborator Contribution McAfee evaluated the software and discussed with us how it's quality could be improved by adding elements of dynamic analysis that they have developed.
Impact Warnings about the possibility of app collusion appeared as early as 2011. However, industry had no detection mechanisms. Thus, McAfee invited us to collaborate on the development of detection tools. Our filter developed was the first to detect app collusion in the wild and adopted by McAfee: "After deployment in September 2017, this app collusion filter is now up and running as part of McAfee's global threat monitoring system on a permanent basis" (letter to Markur Roggenbach by Irfan Asrar, McAfee, September 2017).
Start Year 2017
 
Title 14A - Menna Price - Cue symbol used in health eating app 
Description Menna Price has trademarked the cue symbol used in teh healthy eating app she has created in a multicisciplienary project involving Computer Science and Psychology. 
IP Reference  
Protection Trade Mark
Year Protection Granted
Licensed No
Impact n/a
 
Title Mindset for Health Eating 
Description Send personalised goals to people when they most need them, to support healthy eating. 
Type Of Technology Webtool/Application 
Year Produced 2018 
Impact • 80 participants in app study • SSIB conference 2019 Netherlands • British Feeding and Drinking Group conference 2018 Lyon • Article 10.1016/j.appet.2019.01.010 • JMIR article (Journal of Medical Internet Research) article pending. 
 
Title Smart Speaker 
Description Working with communities of 'emergent users' in resource constrained settings, researchers collaborated with colleagues in IIT Mumbai to design, develop, and deploy speech systems to make information more easily accessible. 
Type Of Technology Physical Model/Kit 
Year Produced 2018 
Impact The smart speaker received many interactions and positive feedback and was used as the basis for further development of a public smart speaker. See Speech Box. 
URL https://youtu.be/U9Fqj9kffaw
 
Title Smiley Voter 
Description Part of the ambitious city-wide regeneration, the £135 million Copr Bay Phase One scheme, to be located in the Digital Garden with thousands of visitors a month. The Smiley Voter using "Raspberry Pi 4" running the python code to recognize the person's facial expression. A "pi camera" is used for capturing person's real-time image and a "775040 HANNspree HT161HNB 15.6" multi touch monitor" is used for displaying the output. 
Type Of Technology Physical Model/Kit 
Year Produced 2021 
Impact Part of the place marking, post-pandemic celebrations of Swansea City. 
 
Title Speech Box 
Description As part of the City and County of Swansea Copr Bay Digital Garden, SpeechBox is a community-sourced audio question and answer system that combines artificial intelligence with human understanding. 
Type Of Technology Physical Model/Kit 
Year Produced 2021 
Impact Speech Box will be an integral part of the place marking, post pandemic Swansea city centre. 
 
Title Telescopr 
Description On the outside, a telescope; on the inside a virtual reality headset - the Telescopr project uses future technology as a window into the past, allowing visitors to see what the Hafod-Morfa Copperworks used to look like during its working life and provide insight into the site's historical significance. 
Type Of Technology Physical Model/Kit 
Year Produced 2019 
Impact Was a central part of the Hafod Copperworks visitor experience. Further iteration was made in Glasgow to view historical records of the docks. Formed the basis of development for The Lookout, a device created for the City and County of Swansea Copr Bay development. 
URL https://cs.swansea.ac.uk/~cssimonr/projects/telescopr/
 
Title The Lookout 
Description As part of the work with City and County of Swansea, this playful device was created for inclusion in the new Copr Bay development on the Swansea sea front. Lookout includes pioneering technology that combines art with digital innovation. At the heart of the free attraction are Media Player Mounting Units (MPMUs), each with a viewing screen. They give local residents and visitors the opportunity to view interactive visuals on a telescopic screen that combines current images with how the city will look in a few years as the city centre's £1bn regeneration story develops. 
Type Of Technology Physical Model/Kit 
Year Produced 2021 
Impact The device is still in location and will be moved to the Digital Garden feature of Copr Bay area. In it's first 6 weeks, it had over 1800 interactions from the public. 
URL https://swansea.gov.uk/lookoutlaunch
 
Title Water Curtain 
Description As part of the work with City and County of Swansea, this playful device was created for inclusion in the new Copr Bay development on the Swansea sea front. Water Curtain is a large mid-air display that uses water as pixels, it allows public interaction in playful and meaningful ways. It is a large installation standing over 2metres high that will be installed in multiple locations as the area develops. 
Type Of Technology Physical Model/Kit 
Year Produced 2021 
Impact Part of the place marking, post-pandemic celebrations of Swansea City. 
 
Description "Our Place Website" 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact developed incrementally over last two years with various bits of funding, but started with the Cherish-DE funding:
https://ourplace.whereweare.org/
Who Are We?
'OUR PLACE' is a University of York and Swansea University pilot project. The project aims to assess the need for DIY digital-archiving resources in grassroots venues and put measures in place to equip community venues with knowledge, tools, and techniques to safeguard their memories.
Why We Care?
From folk clubs to club nights, grassroots music venues and initiatives are deeply embedded in community life and are home to rich local and personal memories. However, without any form of preservation, important records, artifacts, and other materials that tell these venues' stories are at risk of being lost or damaged.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://ourplace.whereweare.org/
 
Description 11M - Scott Jenson, Google Policy Day 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Scott chaired a Policy Day entitled 'Physical Web in Wales' at the Senedd in Cardiff on 23rd September 2016. The event, which was supported by Welsh Government, saw Scott meet Ken Skates, Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure at Welsh Government to discuss how this exciting new technology might provide a platform to change lives and create economic acceleration.
Scott's visit to Swansea and lecture at the Senedd was published in the South Wales Evening Post. The newsfeed about his workshop and lectures were also tweeted widely by academics and researchers across the UK. His visit was also circulated to all staff at Swansea University.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6mkrXUUE58&feature=youtu.be
 
Description 11M - Scott Jenson, Google; public lecture 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Scott gave a lecture along with speakers Andrew Kane, Enterprise Solution Architect at Amazon Web Services and Matt Lewis of the DVLA at Bay Campus on 22nd September. The lecture brought together over a hundred technical researchers and developers and business strategists from start-ups, the public sector and academia.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description 11M Scott Jenson, Google Policy day 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Physical web masterclass
Scott conducted a two-day Masterclass on Physical Web at Swansea 13th and 14th September 2016. It was attended by early career researchers and industry developers from across the UK.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description 15A - Nuria Lorenzo-Dus - Potential applications for corpus Linguistics in Countering Cyber Crime 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact This was a networking evnt with attendees and participation from teh Home Office (Drugs and Firearms, SOC Law Enforcement, Prevent and partnerships, Strategic Centre for Organized Crime).
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 15M Thomas Reitmaier workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Workshop exploring new & alternative media approaches to HCI.
Publication at AfriCHI conference. User Studies (1) of a Physical Web Deployment with Kenyan marketstall holders and operator; (2) of mobile research protoype to evaluate usability.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description 16A - Patrick Bishop - Cyber crime podcasts 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Four podcasts were recorded to disseminate the findings of the project research on cybercrime.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL https://www.cyberlawandsociety.org/podcast
 
Description 16M David Mair - United nations general assembly event countering violent extremism 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact David's fellowship to American centred around attending the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Fringe Events on Countering Violent Extremism (CVE). Initially, David had received an invitation to a single Fringe event on the role of former extremists in CVE, but he was able to network in the morning and attend a full day of high-level meetings and events. This provided an opportunity to network with policymakers, practitioners and researchers, which in turn afforded him some superb openings for the rest of his visit. From UNGA, he was invited to the State Department in Washington DC to discuss his research with members of the Global Engagement Center. During this period, he networked with policymakers and researchers at a guest lecture by Professor Seib and went onto discuss in a closed door environment. The rest of his time in NYC was spent meeting with researchers and academics based in the city.
Following visit David has entered Swansea University into the Peer to Peer Global University Challenging Extremism Project - a State Department funded competition that empowers students to create, manage and disseminate their own digital marketing campaign designed at challenging local and global extremism.
? Extremely Together - Kofi Annan Foundation. Following a conversation with one of the project coordinators, David is exploring the possibility of consulting for this project as an expert on terrorist use of social media
? Home Office PREVENT - he currently enjoys a collaborative partnership with local PREVENT practitioners and police.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description 17A - Stuart Macdonald - Advisory Group - EUROPOL 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact As a member of EUROPOL's Advisory Group on Online Terrorist Propaganda, Prof Macdonald shared the research with members of the Prevention & Disruption and Investigation Units at EUROPOL, as well as an EU Commissioner, at the October 2017 meeting of the Advisory Group.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 17A - Stuart Macdonald - Home Office research seminar 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact A research seminar at the Home Office's Office for Security and Counter Terrorism, which was attended by approximately 20 civil servants as well as representatives from the London Metropolitan Police's Internet Referral Unit
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 17A - Stuart Macdonald - Invited lecture NATO Centre of Excellence on Defence Against Terrorism. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact An invited lecture at an Advanced Training Course hosted by NATO's Centre of Excellence on Defence Against Terrorism (COE-DAT), attended by approximately 45 law enforcement, intelligence, military and government personnel from across Eastern Europe and the Middle East.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 17A - Stuart Macdonald - Presentation at EUROPOL European Counter Terrorism Centre conference, April 2017 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact A presentation at EUROPOL's European Counter Terrorism Centre Conference in April 2017, which was attended by over 150 delegates including representatives of the EU Commission and EU Council and law enforcement practitioners from Europe and the US;
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 19A - Matt Wall - European consortium of Political Research, Oslo 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Matt Wall presented a paper at the European consortium of PoliticalResearch, Oslo 25 people
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 19A - Oriel Science, Swansea (general public - 80) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact 80 members of the general public took part in an activity to increase their internal political efficacy. Using the website developed over the course of the project and the special large mats that allowed people to see 'in the real world' where their own ideas placed them in terms of support for a particular party's policies (e.g. a traditional Labour voter may find that they are more suited to the Conservative manifesto when their feeligns on particular topics are mapped across to a a particular party manifesto)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL http://www.powerline.me
 
Description 19A -Matt Wall - General Election Hustings 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The Hustings were held on Swansea University campus with strong encourage ment and actively encouraged the public to attend and meet the candidates up for election in the Swansea area. Throughout, attendees were encouraged to use both the maps and the website to determine where they are placed on the political map when it comes to their opinions on various pertinent issues.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2016-05-24 - Launch of the Irish Research Board' national data strategy (DVF) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Outlining Swansea's contribution to the Irish national strategy
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
URL http://www.hrb.ie/uploads/tx_hrbpublications/Proposals_for_an_Enabling_Data_Environment_for_Health_a...
 
Description 2016-06-07 - HealthWise Wales Scientific Steering Group (DVF) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Steering high profile project with large public engagement component
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
URL https://www.healthwisewales.gov.wales/landingPage.php
 
Description 2016-06-28 - Presentation to DVLA new CTO and colleagues (DVF) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Better understanding of Swansea's data linkage facilities
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description 2016.01.14 Academy or Medical Sciences working group - 2016.01.14 (DVF) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Working up high impact publication, shaping data collection mechanisms
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
URL https://acmedsci.ac.uk/file-download/41399-5807581429f81.pdf
 
Description 2016.01.18 - Strategy meeting with Janssen Pharmaceuticals (DVF) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Establishing a working relationship with the company for joint research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description 2016.01.21 CHERISH-DE National Center Launch (DVF) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Launch event
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description 2016.02.11 - Meeting with GE Healthcare (DVF) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Supporters
Results and Impact Discussions leading to a research collaboration
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description 2016.02.29 - Novartis Steering Group Meeting (DVF) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Establishing a working relationship with the company for joint research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description 2016.02.29 - Precision Medicine Catapult Meeting (DVF) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Building the case for a catapult node in Wales
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description 2016.03.22 - Cabinet Office Data Sharing workshop (DVF) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Resulted in important sections being included in the Digital Economy bill
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description 2016.04.13 - Conference on ME / Chronic Fatigue 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Debate about how to bring together a definitive research study to better understand ME/CFS
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description 2016.04.18 - Dynamic Insights discussion with 02 - Major mobile operator (DVF) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Workshop to agree a programme of joint research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description 2016.05.09 - Open data in Healthcare conference (SCATA) (DVF) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Presentation to delegates on making valuable personal based data safe for research use
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description 2016.05.10 - Introduction to ADRC W at Welsh Government 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Sharing the benefits of ADRN with a wide selection of policymakers in Welsh Government
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description 2016.05.11 - Health and Care Research Wales Board meeting (DVF) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Formulating research strategy for Wales
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description 2016.06.13 - MediWales Directors meeting (DVF) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Steering national strategy of this membership organisation of life science businesses
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description 2016.06.13 - International Administrative Data Meeting (DVF) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Establishing a relationship with representatives of a major US initiative
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description 2016.06.14 - Meeting with US colleagues setting up a national data sharing initiative (DVF) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Establishing a relationship with the representative of a major US initiative
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description 2016.06.21 - Strategic discussions with the DVLA (DVF) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Describing trustworthy data safe haven approaches at Swansea
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description 2016.06.24 - Meeting with GE Healthcare (DVF) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Building a strategic relationship with an international company
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description 2016.06.27 - Presentation of MS register to patient audiences (DVF) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Patients, carers and/or patient groups
Results and Impact Heighten awareness of opportunity to become involved in sharing data for MS research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description 2016.06.29 - Asthma charity and Welsh Government lobbying event (DVF) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Discussions and presentations of Asthma and asthma research strategy
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description 2016.07.13 - Visit of US colleagues interested in national systems for data sharing (DVF) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Increased understanding of Swansea's capabilities and systems
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description 2016.07.21 - Visit of national delegation from Ireland (DVF) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Detailed fact finding mission from Irish government organisations
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description 2016.07.26 - The Royal Society and the British Academy seminar on connecting debates on the governance of data and its uses (DVF) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Thought provoking event about the possible futures for personal data in the UK
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description 2016.08.10 - National taskforce looking at NHS data secondary use strategy / policy (DVF) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Development of policy recommendations for Wales on data sharing
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description 2016.08.28 - Running and chairing of international conference on data linkage (DVF) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact 600+ researchers from across the world, coming to hear about advances in safe and effective data sharing
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description 2016.09.06 - Visit of New Zealand's national data sharing infrastucture (DVF) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Recognition on Swansea's contribution to the formulation of New Zealand's national architecture and systems for data linkage and sharing
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description 2016.09.13 - Presentation of MS register to patient audiences (DVF) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Patients, carers and/or patient groups
Results and Impact Heighten awareness of opportunity to become involved in sharing data for MS research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description 2016.09.15 - Follow up meeting on opportunites for data-driven asthma research (DVF) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Supporters
Results and Impact Devising opportunities to use data to drive insights into asthma in the UK
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description 2016.09.22 - CHERISH Imaginarium (DVF) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Running a workshop to surface exciting new research and innovation project ideas
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description 2016.09.23 - National taskforce looking at NHS data secondary use strategy / policy (DVF) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Development of policy recommendations for Wales on data sharing
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description 2016.09.26 - Strategic discussions about cooperation with new ONS Data Science campus (DVF) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Open discussion about opportunities
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description 2016.09.28 - Conference on ME / Chronic Fatigue (DVF) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Debate about how to bring together a definitive research study to better understand ME/CFS
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description 2016.10.02 - ICES Scientific Advisory Committee - International steering group of major Canadian data research centre (DVF) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Advising on strategy
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description 2016.11.04 - National taskforce looking at NHS data secondary use strategy / policy (DVF) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Development of policy recommendations for Wales on data sharing
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description 2016.11.11 - Early discussions about collaborative opportunites with industry leader in data platforms (DVF) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Scoping collaborative opportunities
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description 2016.11.23 - Public-Academic Research Colloquium - International conference in the US on data sharing of US public data for social research (DVF) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Highlighted UK's strengths in platforms and approaches
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description 2016.12.06 - Chairing a panel session of digital healthcare for a major life sciences conference (DVF) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Heightened understand on the future direction of digital health and healthcare
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description 2016.12.12 - Telephone meeting as part of a recommisioning expert panel for Arthritis Research UK (DVF) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Supporters
Results and Impact Evaluating the performance of a UK research infrastructure against best practice in the field
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description 2017.01.05 - Health of the public in 2040: implementation workshop (DVF) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Wide range of governmental, research and charitable bodies working to move froward the recommendations of the report
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
URL https://acmedsci.ac.uk/file-download/41399-5807581429f81.pdf
 
Description 2017.01.11 - Data Journeys in Biomedicine: Research Translation and Infrastructure Management workshop (DVF) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Identifying best practice in safely sharing data from and for research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
URL http://www.datastudies.eu/data-journeys-in-biomedicine-2017
 
Description 2017.01.17 - Referee for the Research council of Norway (DVF) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Sitting in judgement about the quality and strategic fit for Norway's research infrastructure for next 5-10 years
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description 2017.01.21 - Member of panel awarding research grants for ESRC on proposals for the use of new and emerging forms of data (DVF) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Multiple awards made to the best project proposals
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.02.07 - EDARA Steering Committee 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Steering group for a major national research study aimed at improving alcohol related hard in the UK. Significant public policy interest. Outcome: Changing the policy and practice landscape in the UK for alcohol
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.02.08 - Precision Medicine Catapult meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Summarising the work, data and facilities of Swansea to support possible involvement in industrial development activities with private and public sector around precision medicine. Outcome: Potential involvement in UK-wide data infrastructures for PM
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.02.09 - Finnish Government visit 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Delegation from Finnish government and health system representative with some senior academic collaborators to discuss how Finland might build on the work of Swansea in Final for a national data sharing architecture. Outcome: Influencing national policy for Finland, potential involvement in the supply of system to support Finland's progress.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.02.10 - RITREVA Project 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Sharing plans to develop an extension to Swansea's National Research Data Appliances to provide NLP facilities in support of clinical trials. Outcome: Potential funding for Wales-wide project
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.02.13 - BMS / Pfizer collaboration 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact A round table meeting to discuss the development of a formal MOU to cement relationship between two pharmaceutical companies and Swansea. Outcome: Formal MOU drafted and signed by both parties + initial funded project agreed and underway.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.02.14 - Children's Legal Centre for Wales 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Discussion to assess how Swansea's data and facilities could be extended to support work in Human Rights of the Child. Outcome: Potential for collaborative activities
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.02.14 - MSSN 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Project Board overseeing development of national safe setting architecture for the UK, based on "pods" technology. Outcome: Rollout of 40+ preconfigured and approved "safe" settings for use in universities and other sites across the UK to receive access to sensitive data for analysis
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.02.20 - MediWales 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Development of national strategy to support medical technology companies of Wales. Outcome: National strategy, programme of activities including learning academy, support services, seminar programme +++
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.02.27 - Cardiff Capital City Deal 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Early meetings with local and government reps to discuss how Cardiff City deal could benefit from the work of the Swansea Group. Outcome: Increased awareness of Swansea's facilities and collaborative opportunities
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.02.28 - Cancer Research UK 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Supporters
Results and Impact Strategic discussions to understand how Swansea data, facilities and expertise could support the work of Cancer Research UK. Outcome: High level understanding of Swansea potential contribution to CRUK's national activities
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.03.07 - GE Healthcare 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Strategic workshop designed to better understand collaborative opportunities between one of the world's biggest companies and Swansea group. Outcome: Further meetings / project discussions
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.03.08 - IPDLN Executive Team meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Overseeing the strategic development of the international society for academic, governmental and health system centres that use data linkage mechanism to conduct research. Outcome: Programme of events and activities across the world to support this interest group - showcasing UK and Swansea achievements internationally
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.03.13 - Familiy Justice Observatory 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Supporters
Results and Impact Planning of the development of a potential new centre to help better understand family justice matters in the UK, with support and funding from the Nuffield. Outcome: Invitation to request funding in support of the development
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.03.17 - WCRC 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Group to take forward the development of a programme of work in support of Wales Cancer Research centre's community aspirations. Outcome: Funded programme of work
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.03.28 - Digital Economy Imaginarium 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Delivered workshop to gain better understanding of business and public sector needs and match them to expertise in academia. Outcome: Range of collaborative projects have arisen and been taken forward
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.03.29 - NHS Digital Roundtable 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Strategic discussions to better understand how NHS Digital can take part in data sharing projects to support public policy research. Outcome: Joint plan to address NHSD's current improvements to collaboration
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.04.04 - Digital Economy Crucible 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Workshop held to support ECR's idea development in support of the digital economy. Outcome: Range of project proposals with buy-in from public sectors and industrial partners
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.04.04 - Primary Care Public Health Information 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Steering group to help support needs of primary care in Wales through information provision. Outcome: Development of a project to deliver information products to support their needs
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.04.06 - Familiy Justice Observatory 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Supporters
Results and Impact Presentation and discussion on how Swansea's work could support family justice research in the UK. Outcome: Invitation to sumbit costed proposals
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.04.06 - Welsh Scientific Advisory Committee 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Presentation to Wales' primary scientific advisory committee on SAIL Databank, ADRC Wales, and associated work. Outcome: Inclusion of Swansea's work in national strategy
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.04.07 - AAAI Project Board 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Member of steering group overseeing the development of a national "safe" technical infrastructure (networking) for use across the UK in sharing sensitive data. Outcome: Available national system
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.05.03 - ONS Data Science Campus 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Strategic planning meeting to understand the collaborative opportunities possible between Swansea and the new ONS Data Science campus. Outcome: List of potential areas / projects for collaboration
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.05.04 - GE Healthcare 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Strategic workshop designed to better understand collaborative opportunities between one of the world's biggest companies and Swansea group. Outcome: Further meetings / project discussions
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.05.08 - Welsh Governement Informatics Task Force 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Member of task force, influencing high-level governmental strategy for the use of data in Wales. Outcome: Statement of Intent produced and published
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.05.09 - Keynote talk at ISBER 2017 (Toronto, Canada) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Provided talk on safe data infrastructures to support international biobanking initiatives. Outcome: Further discussions with various delegates who heard the talk (various countries)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.05.16 - H&CRW Board meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Input into national strategy for health and care research in Wales through Board membership. Outcome: Maintaining continuing focus on data and how it can support a wide range of research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.05.17 - Nuffield Foundation (Oliver Bird fund) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Supporters
Results and Impact Providing advice, based on Swansea's expertise and facilities, to the Nuffield on how to best utilise their Oliver Bird endowment. Outcome: New focussed plans for investment into data-related activities in the UK
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.05.22 - NWIS health data strategy meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact High level meeting to agree national approach to providing safe and secure access to health data for research. Outcome: Agreement in approach 2017-2020
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.05.23 - Dynamic Insights Steering Group meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Board meeting for collaboration with O2 telecoms company. Outcome: funded InnovateUK collaborative project
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.06.07 - Digital Health Federation Board meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact First meeting of an international Board to steer the development of an international federations of data facilities, to answer requirements of internationally scaled research and industrial needs. Outcome: Agreement of basic HoA agreement for members to sign (subsequently signs as partner)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.06.12 - AAAI Project Board 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Member of steering group overseeing the development of a national "safe" technical infrastructure (networking) for use across the UK in sharing sensitive data. Outcome: Available national system
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.06.13 - NHS Digital Roundtable 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Strategic discussions to better understand how NHS Digital can take part in data sharing projects to support public policy research. Outcome: Joint plan to address NHSD's current improvements to collaboration
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.06.15 - MD2i (innovative and intelligent Medical Device) Grenoble, France 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Talk on UK and Swansea data infrastructures to support research. Outcome: Invitation to sit on Grenoble's Board overseeing their own local strategy
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2007,2017
 
Description 2017.06.22 - Funding Panel: Canadian Cyber Infrastructure Initiative Toronto 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Supporting Canadian Government make strategic funding decisions on national data infrastructures. Outcome: Shortlisting of best proposals received
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.06.26 - Ser Cymru 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Developing strategy for Climate Impact modelling for Wales. Outcome: Development of strategic plans for climate modelling
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.06.29 - MS Frontiers - Multiple Sclerosis Register outreach 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Patients, carers and/or patient groups
Results and Impact High profile stand, talks and demos showcasing Swansea's MS Register project to people with MS and their families visiting this, the largest conference for people with MS in the country. Outcome: Large number of sign-ups to the Register, increased research and governmental interest, increased enthususaim in existing MS Register participants
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.07.05 - Familiy Justice Observatory 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Supporters
Results and Impact Presentation and discussion on how Swansea's work could support family justice research in the UK. Outcome: Invitation to submit costed proposals
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.07.14 - MediWales 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Development of national strategy to support medical technology companies of Wales. Outcome: National strategy, programme of activities including learning academy, support services, seminar programme +++
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.07.20 - UK e-Infrastrucure consortium meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Working group developing a business case, in conjuntion with the UK research councils, to support funding for the UK's national e-infrastructures, across all science domains. Outcome: Business developed
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.07.21 - AMS Health of the Public 2040 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Impact event leading on from publication of the "Health of the Public 2040" (DVF co-author) with the aim of gathering action and momentum around the report's recommendations. Outcome: Numerous accepted tasks and actions from the meeting
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.07.28 - Digital Economy Crucible 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Workshop held to support ECRs idea development in support of the digital economy. Outcome: Range of project proposals with buy-in from public sectors and industrial partners
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.08.01 - IPDLN 2018 Conference - Scientific Committee 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Planning the scientific content for the next international conference on data linkage research. Outcome: Speaker invites, topics selected, programme in draft
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.08.02 - Welsh Governement Informatics Task Force 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Member of task force, influencing high-level governmental strategy for the use of data in Wales. Outcome: Statement of Intent produced and published
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.08.09 - Webinar for the Asia eHealth Information Network (AeHIN) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact 100 interested parties from government, academia and industry from Asia and the far east sat in on this webinar to understand how Swansea has built and operates its data infrastructure. Outcome: Potential collaborative activities and technology sharing (Swansea's technologies to Asia)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.08.10 - AMS Health of the Public 2040 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Impact event leading on from publication of the "Health of the Public 2040" (DVF co-author) with the aim of gathering action and momentum around the report's recommendations. Outcome: Numerous accepted tasks and actions from the meeting
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.08.10 - Giving evidence to the UK's Longitudinal studies review (Prof Ray Chambers) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Supporters
Results and Impact Detailed discussion on the state of play of the UK's data systems to support longitudinal research. Outcome: Not aware of any outcome
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.08.11 - Strategic meeting with CEQUR Ltd 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Establishing needs and capabilities between Swansea Group and a major new industrial company. Outcome: Potential collaboration
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.09.05 - New Brunswick (Canada) visit 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Deputation from province of New Brunswick (Canada) made up of government executives, research funders, and academics to understand how Swansea has set up and run SAIL DataBank and other initiatives. Outcome: Agreement to support New Brunswick as they develop their plans to build a similar data infrastructure
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.09.20 - H&CRW Board meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Input into national strategy for health and care research in Wales through Board membership. Outcome: Maintaining continuing focus on data and how it can support a wide range of research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.09.22 - Familiy Justice Observatory 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Supporters
Results and Impact Presentation and discussion on how Swansea's work could support family justice research in the UK
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.09.25 - Joint Clinical Research Board meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Board meeting agreeing strategy for this research facility operated in partnership with NHS Wales' Health Board. Outcome: New focus on research in Wales
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.09.26 - Pfizer UK Board meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Attending Pfizer pharmaceutical Board meeting to provide updates into Wales' data systems and collaboration opportunities. Outcome: Further research opportunities
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.09.29 - MediWales 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Development of national strategy to support medical technology companies of Wales. Outcome: National strategy, programme of activities including learning academy, support services, seminar programme +++
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.10.01 - ICES Scientific Advisory Board 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Seat on the Institute of Clinical Evaluatiative sciences (ICES) Scientific Advisory Committee to provide guidance on their strategic development and recommendations to their funders and Board. Outcome: Insights into overseas centres similar to ours
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.10.06 - International Collaboration meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Supporters
Results and Impact International strategic meeting, mapping future collaborative opportunities across jurisdictions
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.10.19 - Centre for Epidemiology Renewal Site visit 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Supporters
Results and Impact Part of a multi-expert team of assessors, working for Asthma Research UK to assess the progress and plans of Manchester's Centre for Epidemiology. Outcome: A formal report leading to a recommendation to refund
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.10.24 - Biobanking task and finish group 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact A formal Welsh Government Task and Finish group considering the medium to long term strategy for the organisation and development of tissue and bio banking in Wales. Outcome: The development of a new national strategy (pending)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.10.27 - Digital Economy Act regualtion consultation event 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Participation in workshop to help refine the regulations that are currently in development to operationalise the Digital Economy Act's Research and Statistics strand. Outcome: Revised regulations
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.11.07 - Data Linkage courses and teaching 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Development of an extended agreement to provide University of Western Australia teaching and expertise to the UK via Swansea. Outcome: Continuation of high quality, subject relevant teaching to any student in the UK (short course and MSc)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.11.10 - Super Computing Wales 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Discussion with Welsh national supercomputing programme (all sciences) to discover levels of support and facilities potentially on offer to support health and social data sciences in Wales. Outcome: Agreement on the level and nature of on-going facilities and expertise available
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.11.14 - Discussions with Paul Bonnington and colleagues (Research Computing, Montash Universty, Australia) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Supporters
Results and Impact A set of discussions to scope the sharing of Swansea's data sharing platforms (SeRP and NRDAs) for use in Australia via Monash University. Outcome: An agreement for them to fund the costs of providing our technology to Australia
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.11.22 - Presentation to the English NHS National Data Opt Out Advisroy Group on SAIL Databank 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Provided a high level overview of the differing emergent strategies in Wales and England relating to patient opt-out and how Wales has managed to maintain high trust and support with its population and practitioners throughout. Outcome: Better understanding (in NHS England) about how Wales has managed population trust in health data research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.11.27 - Presentation and facilitiate workshop to various SMEs about opportunities to access PhD studentships 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Presentation on Swansea's data expertise and facilities available to support data science agenda with industry partners and mechanisms by which Swansea can support the needs of Welsh companies. Outcome: DTC proposal
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.12.01 - Presentation and workshop participating to help Nuffield Foundation and Arthritis Research UK develop a data strategy for musculoskeletal research in the UK 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Supporters
Results and Impact To inform the development of a new data strategy for ARUK and Nuffield. Outcome: New strategy
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.12.06 - Working group to devise plan to move NHS Wales to using SNOMED CT in future years 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Conducting baselines review of compliant systems and framework for moving towards 100% use of SNOMED CT in the future. Outcome: New approach for Wales
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.12.12 - Annual Awards ceremony, giving prizes to the NSH and to industry for a range of awards 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Giving prizes (previously selected) to the winner of a range of awards. Outcome: Increased focus on co-working between NHS, government, academia and industry in Wales
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2017.12.12 - Wales Centre of Public Policy / SAIL Databank strategy meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact First of a series of workshops to help the newly formed WCPP understand how it might pursue its work through using data and data science techniques. Outcome: Close working relationship
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2018.01.03 - Follow on to conversation with Ministry of Health (England) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Scoping discussion to asses how SAIL / ADRN / HDR UK can support DoH taking part in data sharing projects for public good. Outcome: Not aware of any outcome
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 2018.01.08 - Early scoping discussions about utilising GeL's genetics platforms to process Welsh patinet sames and return the data. 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Scoping discussion. Outcome: Potential agreement
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.01.11 - Familiy Justice Observatory 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Supporters
Results and Impact Presentation and discussion on how Swansea's work could support family justice research in the UK. Outcome: Invitation to submit costed proposals
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.01.16 - Informatics Statment of Intent implementation workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Workshop participation to shape implementation plans. Outcome: Implemented policy for data reuse in Wales
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.01.17 - Research Data Alliance Workshop and Invited talk - Amsterdam 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Keynote talk on the issues related to curation and sharing of highly sensitive person-based data + workshops participation. Outcome: New highlighted focus on person-based data and privacy in the RDA
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.01.22 - Biobanking task and finish group 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact A formal Welsh Government Task and Finish group considering the medium to long term strategy for the organisation and development of tissue and bio banking in Wales. Outcome: The development of a new national strategy (pending)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.01.30 - Strategic meetings with ONS in the context of next stage of what was ADRN 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact New understanding of the role of the devolved administration in data acquisition, research priorities, public engagement and researcher support, shared with ONS colleague. Outcome: New understanding within ONS
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.02.01 - Public Health Wales / ADRC / SAIL strategic meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Framing a new relationship between Swansea's data platforms and Public Health Wales. Outcome: More policy-relevant research analyses
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.02.02 - Data for Children themed workshop - Chair Leon Feinstein 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Co-chair and participation in a workshop to frame a new data request to multiple government ministries and agencies to construct a linked data resource for the benefit of children though research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.02.07 - Informatics Statement of Intent implementation workship 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Workshop participation to shape implementation plans. Outcome: Implemented policy for data reuse in Wales
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.02.13 - Biobanking task and finish group 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact A formal Welsh Government Task and Finish group considering the medium to long term strategy for the organisation and development of tissue and bio banking in Wales. Outcome: The development of a new national strategy (pending)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.02.14 - ONS and Welsh Government meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact New understanding of the role of the devolved administration in data acquisition, research priorities, public engagement and researcher support, shared with ONS colleague. Outcome: New understanding within ONS
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.02.27 - Asthma Data and Digital Funding Call Frontiers Meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Helping to devise a new approach to the use of data to drive forward asthma research in the UK. Outcome: New data investments for asthma data research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.02.28 - Workshop to help support a new mean of producing national statistics from routine administrative data 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Helping to devise a new approach to the use of data to support the production of national statistics. Outcome: New use and methodologies
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.03.01 - Further clarifying implementation place, costs and time scales 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Agreement for Monash to use Swansea's data platforms to support research and public analyses in Australia. Outcome: Closer to agreement
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.03.06 - Workshop with British Columbia Government officals about data sharing facilities 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Scoping exercise to understand whether Swansea technology platforms and expertise could support the plans of British Columbia government for research and governmental analyses. Outcome: Closer to agreement
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.03.07 - Workshop with British Columbia Health system officals about data sharing facilities 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Scoping exercise to understand whether Swansea technology platforms and expertise could support the plans of British Columbia government for research and governmental analyses. Outcome: Closer to agreement
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.03.08 - Talk on data sharing system to support Learning Health Systems in the UK and internationally 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact To highlight the good practice in the UK and in Wales, to promote the use of Swansea's technology set and expertise. Outcome: Possible inquiries
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.03.14 - Cardiovascular research workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Talk on data opportunities and ways of achieving joint research objectives. Resulted in a decision being made to engage in project
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.03.16 - SNOMED CT Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Developing SNOMED strategy for Wales, resulting in the formulation of a national strategy
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.03.19 - UKRI e-Infrastructure Expert Group Meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Development of UKRI Roadmap with senior UKRI staff
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.03.21 - UKSeRP, DDP and HSAR meeting. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Infrastructure development meeting with Welsh Government colleagues
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.03.22 - Innovator Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact David Ford took part in an innovation workshop as a member of the judging panel for proposed innovations
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.03.26 - IPDLN Conference Scientific Committee meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Development of the international conference programme
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.03.27 - WCRC Senior Operational meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact David Ford attendance at steering group for major Welsh Research Centre
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.03.28 - DKUT, NMAIST & Kabarak Universities discussion 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact International collaborative project with African univeristies discussing opportunities for collaboration on MRC funding call
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.04.18 - ADRN Data for Children 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Supporters
Results and Impact Developing new Data for Children resource
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.04.20 - HDR UK Site visit 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Supporters
Results and Impact David Ford attended a series of meetings with HDR UK representatives on their visit to Swansea University and the Data Science research teams based there, following which the decision was made to establish Swansea as an HDR site
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.04.24 - Biobanking Task and Finish Group 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Discussions primarily focused around the Wales Biobank, which is supported with staff based within the Swansea University Data Science team
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.04.25 - Workstream 3 - Stakeholders event 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This event contributed towards the development of a new vision for a national data resource for NHS Wales
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.04.26 - Health Data Research UK - Scientific Retreat 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Senior ADRC Wales staff participated in a strategic planning event for HDR
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.05.02 - DataLab with ADRC Wales 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Discussions about development of Education data resources for use with ADRC Wales data research projects
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.05.14 - The Future of Justice International Conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Event to take forward evidence production for the court systems
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.05.17 - HDR UK Technical meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact ADRC Wales attended a wider discussion around understanding data infrastructure needs for UK
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.05.18 - Commission on Justice in Wales Scoping 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Scoping unmet legal needs in Wales, with a view to developing research opportunities with government and academics in this field
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.05.24 - GeDI workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Developing genetic data strategy in Wales
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.06.01 - Talk in Victoria, Canada 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Presentations to Ministry of Health, British Columbia
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.06.05 - Qresearch, SHIP and SAIL discussion for HDR 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presentation and discussion with Q Research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.06.07 - UKRI Event on "Places" 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Cluster development workshop
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.06.08 - National MSK Health Data Group 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Supporters
Results and Impact Presentation on SAIL Databank to ARUK
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.06.11 - ADRN Directors Group meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact Discussion around how to manage new elements of transition work following London meetings the previous week
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.06.12 - ADRC Stakeholder meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Developing working arrangements with Welsh Government
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.06.14 - MS Society Research Strategy Committee 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Supporters
Results and Impact Presentation on UKMS Register
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.06.20 - HDR UK Infrastructure meeting (Technical) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Follow up discussion with sector experts on the data infrastructure needs for UK
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.06.21 - ADRN Directors Conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Round table strategy event with ADRN Directors
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.06.22 - Health and Wellbeing Childhood & Mental Health 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact David Ford led a research theme discussion around Health and Wellbeing Childhood & Mental Health at the ADR Conference in Belfast
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.06.27 - Panel meeting to discuss Family Justice Research 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Supporters
Results and Impact David Ford delivered a presentation to a senior research group around Family Justice and the opportunities for using linked data in this area
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.06.28 - SAIL scientific External Advisory Board 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact David Ford attended an event around the launch and future plans for an International expert panel
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.07.09 - Due diligence & MoU ceremony 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Supporters
Results and Impact Formal signing of MoU with Bangalore
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.07.13 - ADRN Themed Data for children Partners meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Supporters
Results and Impact Roundtable to devise data build for data research resources using assets relating to children/young people's data
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.07.18 - Summer School in digital Epidemiology from the Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact David Ford participated in a talk on linking EHRdata to other data sources
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.07.20 - MRC Mental Health Data Pathfinder meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Discussions with colleagues involved in other research council funded project around the development of a common data platform
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.07.24 - AAAI workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact UKRI e-infrastructre development
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.07.27 - Research and Innovation Infrastructure Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact David Ford participated in an innovation workshop as a 'Dragons Den' judge
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.08.23 - Developing an admin data spine 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Providing expert advice to UKRI on the development of a cross sector administrative data resource
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.08.24 - Meeting RE: HDR UK Implementation Projects 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Meeting with senior NHS Wales Informatics Service colleagues around the development of a Welsh response to DIH initiative
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.08.28 - Meeting: MS Society and Benevolent AI 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Round table with innovative AI company
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.08.30 - Scottish Government visit 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Hosted visit from Scottish Government to demonstrate arrangements in place for admin data research at Swansea University
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.08.31 - Visit to Blackpool Local Authority 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Presentations around the opportunities for collaborating with Swansea University on data research projects and work
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.09.03 - Chris Newbrook meeting RE: Info Governance - and Wales' "Data Promise" 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Round table session with senior Welsh Government to develop national strategy to data sharing
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.09.03 - Longitudinal administrative data spine meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Supporters
Results and Impact Discussions around the further development of an administrative data resource
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.09.04 - HDR UK Science Strategy visit 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact ADRC Wales staff inputted into the development of a science strategy with HDR colleagues
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.09.04 - Haroldas Petkus re: RE: Previous 'NHS in a lab' facilities 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Discussions to share experience and best practice around data infrastructure technology
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.09.05 - HDR UK Design thinking workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact ADRC Wales staff participation in an HDR UK design workshop
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.09.07 - ADRN Data for Children Technical Group 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Supporters
Results and Impact Through this event, David Ford supported further development around a new Data for Children resource in line with ADRN data research themes
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.09.07 - ADRN Data for Children Technical Group 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Supporters
Results and Impact Through this event, David Ford supported further development around a new Data for Children resource in line with ADRN data research themes
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.09.12 - IPDLN Conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact ADRC Wales attendance at international conference - IPDLN 2018 in Banff. Included numerous abstracts, research posters, and presentations from ADRC participants
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.09.24 - EDARA Study Steering Committee 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact David Ford attended and chaired a session of the EDARA Study Steering Committee
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.09.24 - Scoping an administrative spine with ESRC 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Supporters
Results and Impact Further work building upon initial discussions with research council colleagues around the development of an administrative data research resource
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.09.25 - UKRI MRC 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact David Ford attended and chaired a workshop on e-infrastructure requirement for MRC
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.09.28 - Morgan Academy to host cabinet office innovation team 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact David Ford gave a presentation to Cabinet Office team
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.10.02 - ICES Scientific Advisory Committee meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Participation as a formal member of the External Advisory Board to ICEs
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.10.04 - ADRC Wales impact and engagement overview meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Impact strategy for Wales discussions
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.10.04 - Pfizer programme of work 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Presentation and collaboration discussions with Pfizer Ltd
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.10.05 - SAIL scientific External Advisory Board Launch event 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presentation on data research in Wales
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.10.08 - Discussions with MoJ about Data sharing for family justice 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Building on previous discussions, this event aimed to define some of the plans made around Ministry of Justice data sharing for family justice research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.10.15 - Launch of Monash University HeLIX data platform 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact David Ford was an invited speaker at a launch event for HeLIX
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.10.16 - Keynote speaker at E-Research Australia conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact David Ford participated in an Australian e-Research Conference as a keynote speaker
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.10.19 - Keynote talk at Precision Public Health 2018 conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact David Ford participated at a Precision Public Health conference in Australia as a keynote speaker
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.10.24 - Presentations to Sydney Ministry of Health, Australia 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact David Ford delivered a presentation on the work being done in the Swansea University Data Science research team to the Ministry of Health, Sydney, Australia
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.11.02 - Nuffield Foundation Oliver Bird Tendering Consultation Group Teleconference 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Expert advice to funder, resulting in decisions taken around shaping a funding call
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.11.07 - New Brunswick Conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact David Ford delivered a keynote talk at New Brunswick conference, Canada
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.11.09 - Meeting with Ted McDonald's team 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Roundtable workshop New Brunswick centre
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.11.15 - Administrative Data Spine Scoping 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Supporters
Results and Impact Further discussions around developments of an administrative data research resource, with a focus on defining future work
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.11.21 - HCRW Centre and Unit leads' meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Roundtable strategy meeting for Welsh research infrastructure
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.11.28 - Science Strategy Board 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Participation in a Science Strategy Board with colleagues from Oxford academia
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2018.12.10 - UKCRIS visit 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Roundtable with research group from London, focussing on the development of collaborative work being undertaken
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description 2019.01.07 - NHS Digital/HDR UK Interoperability Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Participation in an NHS Digital/HDR UK Interoperability Workshop
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description 2019.01.08 - National Social Care Data set linking to SAIL databank 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact David Ford attendance at a workshop with Social Care Wales
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description 2019.01.09 - UKRI Research and Innovation Infrastructure Roadmap 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact UKRI workshop on research infrastructure
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description 2019.01.23 - Inward Investment team from Welsh Assembly Gov 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Presentation on Swansea research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description 2019.01.29 - Roundtable discussion at the Nuffield foundation 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Presentation on Swansea's data facilities
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description 2019.01.30 - Research Council Norway 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Funding panel member, Norway's Research Board
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description 26M - Alka Hingorani, Indian institute of technology, Mumbai; Public lecture 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Public Lecture on "Learning through stories" . Q and A from audience.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 26M - Alka Hingorani, Indian institute of technology, Mumbai; Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Workshop - Collaboration with Matt Jones, Simon Robinson, Jennifer Pearson, Thomas Reitmaier, & Anthony Charles on engaging with children through stories using phyiscal book augmented by digital devices.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 27B - Nuria Lorenzo Dus - Stop Time Online Launch, 28th September 2017 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact The Stop Time Online Activity pack was launched in Swansea on September 28th. The high-profile event was attended by 100 people including the Welsh Office Minister, a former Children's commissioner, NSPCC practitioners, young people and academics. The pack was also launched in North Wales. The activity pack has been disseminated to NSPCC practitioners.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdYC86nRPgY
 
Description 29B Vivienne Rogers - Transparency in AI through Muttering Robots 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Over three days in December 2016, the researchers demonstrated their Muttering Robot to visitors at the AtScience Museum in Bristol. The work generated similarly significant results showing that vocalisation of the decision making within the robot helped observers achieve a much better model of the robot. Also, people report consistently high levels of confidence that they know what the robot is doing, even when their reports clearly indicate that they do not.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCd1GNJe6Jw
 
Description 37B - Social Media and Far Right Extremism 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact We provided a training session to WECTU on Corpus-Linguistics from which we have received feedback and will be using to demonstrate impact moving forward. WECTU. They have downloaded CQPWeb on to their server with a plan to use it moving forward.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 42B - Making with Meaning - BBC Wales News Broadcase, 26th May 2017 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact 26th May 2017, BBC Wales Newspiece on 'Making with Meaning' project funded by CHERISH-DE.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 4A - Cyber Technology Symposium 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The symposium's objective was to exchange knowledge of research-based and innovative approaches to evaluating frontlline supervision practices in the justice system. It was an interdisciplinary event that brought togehter policy makers, managers, practitioners and others working within and outside the justice system, and academics and researchers from a range of disciplines. Creating innovative evaluation methods was a key theme addressed at the symposium. The PI and the commercial project partner presented papers on cyber-evaluation tech to showcase the CHERISH project. #SSET2016, @SsetEvaluations
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description 4A - Youth Justice Board Training Events (North and South Wales) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The PI led training sessions at Youth Justice Board Training events, March 2017
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 9M - Ben Schneiderman, University of Maryland; public lecture 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Public lecture - The New ABCs of Research 21st June 2016 . Ben discussed the importance of researchers choosing 'big, real-world problems' as the starting point for their research questions. It was attended by more than 50 academics from varied disciplines, including Arts and Humanities, Law and Criminology, College of Science and Medicine and industry
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Awen Institute / Computational Foundry Ideas Lab 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Dr Martin Hyde introduces the Awen Institute and invited attendees to discussions around ideas for "First step towards the new vision". Themed groups with discussed topic areas with a view to to creating project proposals.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description BBC News Wales - Black Box Call for Medical Device Errors 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact CHERISH Co-Investigator Professor Harold Thimbleby featured in a BBC news feature on 1st May 2018 reporting the need for medical devices and computers to have a black box style feature similar to aircraft to investigate whether errors have contributed to patient harm.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-43959654
 
Description BBC VR Installation 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact The BBC will soon visit Swansea University to demonstrate a range of its cutting-edge virtual reality projects in a new temporary installation. Swansea University students will be able to get hand on with the acclaimed VR films that take them to the International Space Station into a magical fairy-tale forest and into a perfect replica of Albert Square's Queen Vic pub.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL https://www.swansea.ac.uk/press-office/news-archive/2017/bbctoshowcutting-edgevrfilmsatswanseauniver...
 
Description Being Human festival - hopes and fears 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Being Human festival. Submission/capture of words via QR codes, physical web beacons on hopes and fears of general public. Projected onto National waterfront museum,
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
URL https://beinghumanfestival.org/event/dreams-demons-discovery/
 
Description Beyond the Wireframe: tools to design, analyse and prototype physical devices 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Beyond the Wireframe: tools to design, analyse and prototype physical devices, at Fifth European Tangible Interaction Studio, ENAC Toulouse. Nov. 7-10 2022.
https://alandix.com/academic/talks/ETIS2022-keynote/
About 60-70 people. PhD students form across Europe, some international senior academics and also local Uni people.
For many years interaction design was driven by the abstractions of WIMP (windows, icons, menus, pointer). The details differ on desktop applications, web pages or smart-phones and the 'pointer' has evolved from mice to trackpad and touch-based interactions, however, for many digital applications, the central aspects are unchanged. What is different is that the screens we encounter, as Weiser predicted, are everywhere: embedded in physical appliances such as showers and toasters and situated in office walls and building facades. Furthermore, we are often engaging with digital applications that have no obvious screen or where the screen if present is only a small part of the interaction; these include voice assistants, semi-autonomous vehicles, and smart cities.
Even where the dominant interaction is focused on a screen, the places where we use them and the physical activities, we are doing fundamentally affect the nature of the interactive experience: using a smartphone while sitting in an armchair and watching television, is very different from thumbing a quick message whilst walking down a busy city road on a rainy night.
In this talk I will describe several design techniques and prototype tools that seek to address the physicality of digital interactions including the physical nature of the device itself and the physical context in which it is placed. This will include 'soft' formal methods to describe physical aspects of devices, ways to use video to model physical prototypes during early design and tools to encourage designers to keep the context of use in mind even when working on largely screen-based interactions.
The talk draws on some long-standing work, parts of the recently published book 'TouchIT: Understanding Design in a Physical-Digital World' (co-authored with Steve Gill, Devina Ramduny-Ellis, and Jo Hare) and the InContext project (in collaboration with Miriam Sturdee and Anna Carter). The latter arose from the realisation that despite the vast number of design tools available, nearly all focus entirely on the screen and wireframes. We are asking "what is the Next Generation of UX design tool?"
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://alandix.com/academic/talks/ETIS2022-keynote/
 
Description Bristish Science Festival - How do Machines learn? with Jonathan Jones 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Jonathan Jones, an early career researcher who was selected as a 2016 cruciblee at CHERISH digital economy crucible interacted with the publicvia one to one discussions on How do Machines learn?. The purpose of the stall was to educate the general public on Machine learning and how it is a valuable tool in use in many applications today. Jonathan's stall demonstrated examples and interactive techniques on how machine learning can provide valuable results. The focus was on drawing parallels between human learning, and how machines can learn in order to make informed predictions used in various fields from crime prevention to medicine.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2010,2016
 
Description British Science Festival - 2. 9/11 15 years on with Lella Nouri-Bennett 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Lella Nouri-Bennett gave a public talk at the BSF, '2. 9/11 15 years on'.
With the anniversary of the attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon looming, Lella Nouri-Bennett reflects on how the world has changed since 9/11 in terms of politics, security efforts and our understanding of terrorism in the UK. In particular, how has counter-terrorism advanced over the last 15 years, how has our societal understanding of terrorism evolved and are we any safer now?
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
URL https://cherishdeblog.wordpress.com/2016/09/06/cherish-british-science-festival/
 
Description British Science Festival - Touching the Future with Matt Jones 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Public lecture by Matt Jones. Title - Touching the Future
Purpose of talk is to discover the future of screen technology with computer scientist Matt Jones. Hear how his team are exploring displays that mutate to create textures and change shape to reveal controls like dials and switches depending on our needs. See some of the early prototypes that are connecting our digital interactions to the physical world.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
URL https://cherishdeblog.wordpress.com/2016/09/06/cherish-british-science-festival/
 
Description British Science festival - Fog of Sex: stories from the front line of student sex work with Debbie Jones 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Debbie Jones showed a screening of the award winning docudrama which brings the real-life testimonies of students currently working within sex industry to the screen. Over 20% of UK students have considered sex work.. The film was made as part of a pioneering new study, The Student Sex Work Project, which has transformed understanding about the motivations and needs of student sex workers.

This special screening was followed by a Q&A with criminologist Debbie Jones, who co-led the study, producer Chris Britten and clinical sexologist Sam Geuens.

Debbie Jones has since applied for and been successful in gaining seedcorn funds to develop research further.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Brussels Cyber Wales Delegation 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact The event was organised by the Wales' European Office Department for International Trade, and South Wales Cyber Security Cluster (SWCSC). 15 Welsh organisations (industry, academia, government) came together with Belgian businesses and representatives from the Belgian cyber cluster, for a showcase of cyber security expertise and cross-nation collaboration opportunities. All delegates were given a publication called 'Cyber Wales', a page of which is dedicated to CHERISH Digital Research Hub.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL http://britishchamber.be/event/welsh-cyber-trade-mission-brussels
 
Description CHERISH DE launch 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Approximately 80 people attended.
Attendees were from industry, including founder partners, local businesses, digital economy hub members, Swansea university academics and professional services members. The event Identified CHERISH funding opportunities, allowed founder partners to identify challenges and provide an environment for industry and academics to meet, scope out any common ground to meet to discuss ideas further.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description CHERISH DE showcase 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Reflection/showcase of research within first year. Looking forward opportunity next 12 months
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description CHERISH Digital Economy Imaginarium 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Idea generation event. Bringing together academics from Swansea University, local industry, third sector organisations, practitioners to identify challenges ad discuss solutions. The aim being that some projects form that can be supported through seedcorn funds to make impact in a real world setting.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016,2017
URL http://cherish-de.uk/blog/
 
Description Cefn Coed Exhibition (Inside: Outside. Building a biography of a county asylum) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Cefn Coed Remembered uses memorabilia, an immersive 're-living room' and audio-visual technology to bring the hospital's fascinating 87-year history to vivid life. The exhibition, which is now open to the public and runs until the end of June, came about because of a chance conversation about an old tea set.
It was held at Swansea Museum and then moved to the Singleton Campus of Swansea University.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/902/news/50289
 
Description Cyber Security Conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact In partnership with European cyber security month, a pan European advocacy campaign that promotes cyber security amongst EU citizens to help foster a better understanding of the reality of cyber threats CHERISH DE hosted the cyber security conference.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Cyberlaw and Security Podcast 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Sara Correia and Dr. Patrick Bishop bring you some news and discussion on the cyber law and security happenings of the last month.
Sara Correia is an ESRC doctoral researcher at the College of Law and Criminology, Swansea University. Dr. Patrick Bishop is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the College of Law and Criminology, Swansea University.
CC-BY-NC-SA
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018,2019
URL https://www.cyberlawandsociety.org/podcast
 
Description Digitally Included? 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact How can we increase digital inclusion for our communities in Swansea, and enhance digital access for Swansea University students?
The Heritage Team at Swansea University has been working with communities in Hafod over the past 6 months as part of a UKRI and Cherish DE funded project 'Copperopolis: Exploring Place-Making in the Lower Swansea Valley.'

As lockdown hit, contact with participants became increasingly difficult due to the low levels of digital engagement. In conversation with Swansea Music Art Digital (MAD), it became clear that there were a range of barriers for the local communities in getting online including a lack of digital skills, no access to a device or no data package to support regular online activity.

The disparity between those who can get online whilst being socially isolated and those who can't is striking and concerning.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digitally-included-tickets-108843361424?utm_source=eventbrite&utm_med...
 
Description Enhancing place-based partnerships in public engagement - Launch event 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact We ran a great 'launch' event last week - with pupils from Hafod Primary School, Pentre-hafod Comprehensive Scchool, representatives from CRISIS homeless charity, members of the Friends of Hafod-Morfa Copperworks, and a whole bunch of student volunteers from our history, heritage and computing programs.

Dr Alex Langlands says, 'It was a fantastic event with which to launch our project (entitled Copperopolis: Place-making, engagement and heritage-led regeneration) and great to see so many age groups coming together to explore how we can all connect to explore and celebrate Swansea's rich industrial heritage and the way it can feed in to how we think about the future of this wonderful region'.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description FameLab 2016 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Famelab UK is the UK's biggest competition to discover new talent in the communication of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). The Swansea took place at the Dylan Thomas Centre on the 27th January 2016. (Amy Jenkins)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
URL https://youtu.be/wILtvtFXMzE
 
Description Festival of Ideas 2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact For two days on 1st and 2nd May, the Computational Foundry was the stage for the international Festival of Ideas, where global academic and industry experts explored provocative, stimulating and motivating ideas about critical computational topics.
Curated by world leading scientists - Professor Ben Shneiderman, Professor Jennifer Preece and Professor Alan Dix - students, academics and industry figures thought deeply around the topics of Algorithmic Accountability and Citizen Science.
Sponsored by CHERISH-DE Digital Economy Research Centre, the event also celebrated the UK's Digital Economy strengths with demos, posters and opportunities to talk with researchers across the UK.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.swansea.ac.uk/science/festival-of-ideas/
 
Description Hay Literary Festival 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Approximately 250 people attended a talk about the research.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Horse Race Politics Podcasts 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact "The 2020 US Presidential Campaign. In this weekly series, three academics from Swansea University (Drs. Matt Wall; Allaina Kilby and Richard Thomas) use political gambling odds and media analysis to make sense of the race to the White House. Looking at the campaign through this lens, they seek to identify the key trends, events, and stories that are 'moving the needle'. By listening to this podcast, you can get a better sense of how Donald Trump and Joe Biden are faring during the run-in to the election - with our focus being on analysis, not ideology. Please join us every Friday!" The unique selling point of the podcast is that it uses time-series data from political gambling markets (which will be supplied to us by the project partner, LadbrokesCoral) to analyse the campaign.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/horse-race-politics/id1532952719
 
Description Imaginarium 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact The project ran three experimental Imaginarium sessions facilitated by a CHERISH Co-I Professor David Ford. The sessions were held offsite and were designed to bring industry and researchers together. Representatives from industry were encouraged to vocalise the challenges they face and to work in groups alongside academics from a plethora of different disciplines such as Psychology, Computer Science, Criminology and Gerontology. Several of these groups have gone on to collaborate successfully on InnovateUK and CHERISH funding calls.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description James Callaghan Lecture 2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact James Callaghan Memorial Lecture - 'A Human-Centered Future for Artificial Intelligence'- By Professor Ben Shneiderman, Honorary Fellow
Artificial intelligence researchers and implementers are shifting their focus away from outdated notions of building machines that look like humans and operate independently. The new goal is to restore human control and responsibility for technological systems in ways that enhance -- rather than replace -- human capabilities. This talk describes the how human-centered design will empower more people to be more creative more of the time.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/james-callaghan-memorial-lecture-darlith-goffa-james-callaghan-a-huma...
 
Description Jonathan Lazar activity week 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact During the week Monday 18th - Friday 22nd March, Dr Jonathan Lazar will visit Swansea University to meet and connect with academic and professional staff working in Computer Science and the Hillary Rodham Clinton School of Law, to learn more about the research, practice and teaching occurring in the areas of human-computer interaction, accessibility, and human rights law. Broader interactions across our Colleges and the Morgan Academy throughout the week will bring people together to discuss the complex issues around evidence-based policy making and the application of high-quality research findings to the material world
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Judging of Digital Economy Cruicible enttrants 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Judging and then coaching of bright young researchers and their ideas
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Pint of Science Festival - Alex Jones 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Informal talk in a pub - part of Pint of Science Festival. Should we judge a book by its cover? Despite often being told not to, we have a tendency to make an assessment of others based on their facial appearance alone. But is there any truth in these judgments that underpin so many of our social interactions? This presentation will explore the role of the face in our everyday psychology, and reveal how our faces give away more about us than we may be aware of.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://pintofscience.co.uk/event/health-and-social-interactions
 
Description Pint of Science Festival - Amy Jenkins 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The Human Brain: A Truly Incredible Structure
Dr Amy Jenkins (Speaker)
@DrAmyJenkins
The human brain is a remarkable organ...a truly incredible structure! In this talk, I will enlighten and entertain the audience with information about the human brain and about how sometimes it does not work in the way it should/usually would.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://pintofscience.co.uk/event/the-aging-brain
 
Description Pint of Science Festival - Andrew Kemp 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Informal Talk as part of Pint of Science Festival 2018. Recent scientific studies link positive and social emotions to a longer lifespan, effects that may rival many traditional risk markers for morbidity and premature mortality, such as diabetes, obesity and physical inactivity. This presentation will explore the tight linkage between our mental and physical health, drawing on the most recent science and engaging in several interactive activities. Prepare to be surprised and inspired!
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://pintofscience.co.uk/event/health-and-social-interactions
 
Description Pint of Science Festival - James Stovold 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Informal talk as part of Pint of Science Festival - Can you build a computer out of crabs?
Dr James Stovold (Speaker)
@jstovold
Ever wondered how a cat knows just how far to jump to get across a gap? At what point does something stop being 'just physics' and start being 'computing'?
This talk will introduce the world of natural computing, where researchers are building computers out of anything and everything to try and answer this question. These include crabs, slime mould, billiard balls, liquids, chemical reactions, and loads more. By looking at how natural systems compute, we can inspire a new generation of computing technology.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://pintofscience.co.uk/event/when-technology-shapes-nature
 
Description Podcast: ONLINE CHILD SEXUAL GROOMING: HOW CAN WE DEVELOP SOCIAL RESILIENCE TO COMBAT IT? 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact As part of the DRaOG programme they are identifying the manipulative tactics that adults use when seeking to sexually groom minors online, and - most importantly - using the results of this research to develop individual and social resilience against it.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.swansea.ac.uk/research/podcasts/episode-13-online-child-sexual-grooming-how-can-we-devel...
 
Description Presentation of the abstract "Longitudinal Study Of Type-2 Diabetes: Do The Morbidly Obese Really Have better Outcomes?" (Abstract #253, International Population Data Linkage Conference, Swansea, August 2016 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact A presentation from Anthony Charles was given at the International Population Data Linkage Conference, Swansea, August 2016.
Title of the presentation was p "Longitudinal Study Of Type-2 Diabetes: Do The Morbidly Obese Really Have better Outcomes?"
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
URL https://www.ipdlnconference2016.org/
 
Description Public Lecture - 17M Edwin Blake University of Cape Town 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Public lecture on "reciprocity and empowerment in community based research".
Following visit worked on and submitted 6.5 million GBP Grant Proposal to the RCUK's Global Challenges Research Fund
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Report written on Online Extremism & Terrorism Researchers' Security, Safety and Resilience: Findings from the Field 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact CHERISH was Acknowledged on the Online Extremism & Terrorism Researchers' Security, Safety and Resilience: Findings from the Field Report which Stuart Macdonald received funding from CHERISH to undertake the TASM Workshops with
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.voxpol.eu/download/report/Online-Extremism-and-Terrorism-Researchers-Security-Safety-Res...
 
Description Research Podcast 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact How a human-centred approach to digital technology helps to address global problems. Computer Scientist Professor Matt Jones discusses his research into street-speaker systems in India and how working with emergent users to design technology makes a real difference to their lives. Matt also talks about a 'digital darkness' in terms of privacy, artificial intel