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The DIGIT Lab Newsletter

This monthly newsletter is your opportunity catch up with our wide-ranging activities, upcoming events, and enjoy the successes of our researchers.

The DIGIT Lab is an EPSRC Next Stage Digital Economy Research Centre delivering a 5-year research programme backed by £12.4M in funding. In this month's edition of the DIGIT Lab Newsletter, our Director, Saeema Ahmed-Kristensen looks at 3 ways research can help us make use of data from sensors; we also bring you an FT Longitude report, featuring insights from leading business experts on how C-suite business leaders can reimagine the future of their businesses; and as always we provide an activity newsfeed of DIGIT Lab (and partners) recent engagements.

Design and manufacturing

Digital technologies and the human in the loop

As we move through Industry 4.0, we are moving away from knowledge in documents (or that which resides in the heads of experts) to data from sensors. Our Director, Prof. Saeema Ahmed-Kristensen, looks at 3 ways research can help us make use of such data.

This Month's Highlight

FT Longitude Report: Business, reimagined

Are you (really) ready to lead the workforce of tomorrow? Our Deputy Director, Prof. Alan Brown, provided some expert commentary to this report, on behalf of DIGIT Lab.

“There’s no fast route to dealing with this in large heritage organisations,” says Brown. But many leaders are clear: they can’t hold back the more advanced parts of their businesses.

Activity Newsfeed

Here are just some of DIGIT Lab and partners engagement activities this month:💼 Job Opportunity: We’re hiring! Here’s your chance to join a world-leading research team in digital economy as a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer, London-based.🔬 Dstl’s new Defence Data Research Centre: Prof. Alan Brown is Director of new research centre, DDRC, from the University of Exeter. This transdisciplinary centre explicitly recognises the importance of data and the urgent need for a cross-disciplinary approach. This is a significant award for the universities involved and we are delighted to work with this prestigious centre.👨‍💻 New Chief Executive of BCS: our Digital Fellow, Rashik Parmar, has been announced as the new Chief Executive of the British Computer Society.📘 Digital teams: ‘A nice blueprint for a digital team’ – Prof. Mark Thompson tells us why Jadu's model is such an effective blueprint.🎓 Development Programme: Prof. Tim Vorley leading the new Development Programme for Directors of Engagement – for British Academy of Management.🦍 The Case of The Missing Gorilla: Prof. Polly Dalton (Head of Psychology at Royal Holloway) discusses focus and attention with Rutherford and Fry on BBC Radio 4.

And Finally…

To leave us with a smile, here’s a commonly told 1980s joke:Q: How many software engineers does it take to change a light bulb?A: None. That’s a hardware problem!And here is the 2020s equivalent:

Q: How many people does it take to change a light bulb?A: What’s a light bulb?

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