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Sculpting Time with Computers - Proof of Concept

This project is part of wider research on computational modelling of audiovisual media and in particular of cinematic time aimed at gaining insights on how narrative mechanisms (e.g. continuity editing) relate to larger historical patterns (e.g....

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STEP-UP: a Strategic TEchnical Platform for University technical Professionals

The STEP-UP platform is a project to develop and support digital Research Technical Professionals (RTPs) and their ecosystem.

'Digital infrastructure' – enabling computational modelling, processing of larger datasets, creation of advanced...

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Social Dynamics of People's War

KDL's role in this pilot project explores pipelines for extracting information efficiently from the huge diversity of military records, mostly handwritten, that reside in various states of digitisation throughout collections in the Commonwealth...

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Role and responsibilities of the Research Software Analyst

This blog post builds on a talk co-authored with King’s Digital Lab (KDL) research software analysts - Paul Caton, Samantha Callaghan and Neil Jakeman - and presented at RSECon 2025 with the title [“Aligning feasible technical requirements to research objectives and steering collaboration ":" role and responsibilities of the Research Software Analyst in RSE teams”](https://virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/75166/submission/41).

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AI in Research

A dialogue between Arianna Ciula, Director and Senior Research Software Analyst at KDL, and Patrick ffrench, Professor of French in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, from which some key points of resonance emerge.

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Activities

Some of the ways we enable and deliver digital research.

Planning and analysis

  • Defining requirements
  • Cost estimation
  • Data analysis
  • Modelling
  • Designing technical solutions

Creating and sustaining

  • Building and maintaining digital resources
  • Data visualization
  • Digital accessibility
  • Archiving and sustainability

Participating, contributing, disseminating

  • Sharing code
  • Professional bodies and interest groups
  • Publications
  • Outreach and training

Research themes

Some pathways of innovation we are exploring.

Digital Creativity

Experimenting with digital tools to enable, enhance, and expand our cultural experiences and interactions.

Indigenous Digital Humanities

Fostering understanding, respect, and cooperation among holding institutions, researchers and minority groups to help work on complex issues around data from indigenous community sources.

Machine Learning and AI

Working to create a virtual cycle around ML and AI that goes beyond single projects solutions across the triangle of critical, analytical and practical RSE-driven research.

Data Visualisation

Organizing data with form, structure and shape to help users understand the story it has to tell.

Communities

Organizations and groups we have formal attachment to via active contribution, affiliation or sponsorship as description of the communities space.

King’s College London Institute bringing together expertise from across all disciplines aiming at living well with technology.

Digital Futures Institute

King’s College London Institute bringing together expertise from across all disciplines aiming at living well with technology.

King’s College London Institute supporting and promoting work in artificial intelligence (AI) across the College.

King’s Institute for Artificial Intelligence

King’s College London Institute supporting and promoting work in artificial intelligence (AI) across the College.

UK professional society establishing a research environment that recognises the vital role of software in research.

Society of Research Software Engineering

UK professional society establishing a research environment that recognises the vital role of software in research.

UK and Ireland professional association bringing together digital humanities researchers, practitioners and organisations.

UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Association

UK and Ireland professional association bringing together digital humanities researchers, practitioners and organisations.

Pan-European infrastructure enhancing and supporting digitally-enabled research and teaching across the arts and humanities.

Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities

Pan-European infrastructure enhancing and supporting digitally-enabled research and teaching across the arts and humanities.

International consortium developing and maintaining a standard for the representation of texts in digital form.

Text Encoding Initiative

International consortium developing and maintaining a standard for the representation of texts in digital form.

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