Pervasive Systems

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About us

We research the design, development, deployment and evaluation of mobile and pervasive computing systems and their applications.

Our work is focused on understanding the socio-technical aspects of systems in the real world. With this understanding, we can usefully contribute to both technology itself and debates about critical societal issues, and technology's relevance and role in these.

Our work spans many pervasive computing application areas, including:

  • smart health and wellbeing
  • augmented cognition
  • energy and sustainability
  • pervasive displays and analytics
  • transport information
  • support for trusted working practices

We work closely with partners that provide real-world settings for our studies. We receive financial support from a wide range of sources including EPSRC, TSB, EU and directly from industry.

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Projects

Can we improve building management and reduce carbon footprint through a mesh network of indoor air quality sensors?
01/01/2021 → 01/01/2024
Research

Digitally transforming deliveries and collections in the gig-economy: fairer and more sustainable last mile parcel logistics
01/09/2019 → 31/05/2022
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DSI: Collaborative research on Human Memory Augmentation with Earables
01/04/2019 → 31/03/2020
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The social future of intelligence
06/03/2019 → …
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Qualified Selves: Co-Creating Meaning Post-Big Data
01/01/2019 → 31/10/2020
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Idice
01/05/2018 → 31/08/2019
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DSI: Energy in Schools
01/03/2018 → 30/01/2020
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EnvChain - Exploring the viability of using blockchain-based approaches to build trust in the creation, audit and use of synthesised data products to support a broad range of environmental data use cases
01/02/2018 → 31/03/2018
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Child Proofing the Internet of Things
01/11/2017 → 31/10/2018
Other

Resolving Conflicts in Public Spaces - ReCoPS
01/10/2017 → 31/08/2019
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TrackWater: Supporting High-Value, Low-Cost Rail Network Drainage Asset Management
01/10/2017 → 31/03/2019
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Digital Threads : Towards Personalised Craft Production in Malay Cottage Industries
14/02/2017 → 13/02/2019
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H2020: AffecTech - Personal Technologies for Affective Health
01/01/2017 → 31/03/2021
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Ox-Chain: Towards secure and trustworthy circular economies through distributed ledger technologies
01/09/2016 → 31/10/2020
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PACTMAN: Trust and Consent in Future Pervasive Environments (DSI)
01/09/2016 → 28/02/2020
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FST Research Impact Fund
31/07/2016 → 31/07/2017
Other

Freight Traffic Control 2050: transforming the energy demands of last-mile urban freight through collaborative logistics
01/04/2016 → 30/08/2019
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Cyber Security of the Internet of Things
29/02/2016 → …
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Cyber Security of the Internet of things
28/02/2016 → 31/08/2019
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Mobile Age
01/02/2016 → 31/01/2019
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Data-Driven Precision Surface Water Management for Urban Environments
01/09/2015 → 31/05/2017
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Institutional Sponsorship 2015
01/06/2015 → 31/03/2016
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Behaviours that Stick: Exploring emotional design of sustainable behaviours that stick
01/04/2014 → 31/12/2014
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