Our research makes an impact on the world, from saving and improving quality of lives, to tackling sustainability and environmental challenges, to providing commercial benefits to industry partners. In April 2021 we held a virtual event to showcase what we’re working on – take a look at the presentations and listen to our experts discuss some of the hot topics in engineering and computer science.
The Research Showcase event has now finished. See below for links to recordings of the talks.
Programme of talks
Monday 19 April
| Transport and Infrastructure | ||
| Talk | Time | |
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Urban resilience: a climate impact perspective |
10.00-10.45am | Watch video |
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The new UKCRIC National Facility for Soil-Foundation-structure interaction: research challenges and business opportunities |
11.15am-12.15pm | Watch video |
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How can we deliver a greener future for aviation? (Panel discussion) |
1.30-2.45pm | Watch video |
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Heavy-duty automotive electrification: Challenges and opportunities |
3.15-4.00pm | Watch video |
| Health and Living | ||
| Talk | Time | |
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Soft robotics technologies for improved quality of life |
11.30am-12.15pm | Watch video |
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How will digital technologies change the way people live in the future? (Panel discussion) |
1.30-2.30pm | Watch video |
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Accessing the actual use of personal health, care and wellbeing devices and apps in the wild |
3.15-4.00pm | Watch video |
Tuesday 20 April
| Energy and Environment | ||
| Talk | Time | |
|---|---|---|
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What are the challenges to reaching net zero? (Panel discussion) |
10.00-11.15am | Watch video |
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Energy and the Sustainable Development Goals |
11.45am-12.30pm | Watch video |
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Nuclear energy innovation bites |
1.15-2.00pm | Watch video |
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Understanding and mitigating the environmental impact of digital services |
2.00-2.45pm | Watch video |
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Better handling of uncertainty in mathematical models: applications in the water and (re)insurance sector |
3.15-4.00pm | Watch video |
| Networks and Security | ||
| Talk | Time | |
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Machine-checked cryptography: increasing trust through formal methods |
10.00-10.45am | Watch video |
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How will digital technologies help us to deliver a more sustainable and resilient future? (Panel discussion) |
11.30am-12.45pm | Watch video |
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National Research Centre on Privacy, Harm Reduction and Adversarial Influence Online (REPHRAIN) |
2.00-2.45pm | Watch video |
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Physical layer security in wireless networks |
3.15-4.00pm | Watch video |
| 4.00-5.00pm | Watch video | |
Wednesday 21 April
| Materials and Manufacturing | ||
| Talk | Time | |
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How is research from Bristol advancing our materials and manufacturing future? (Panel discussion) |
10.00-11.15am | Watch video |
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Finding fibres, counting cracks & beating bacteria: applications in electromagnetic sensing |
2.00-2.45pm | Watch video |
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Designing and manufacturing the future: an introduction to the Design Manufacturing Futures Lab |
3.15-4.00pm | Watch video |
| Robotics and Autonomy | ||
| Talk | Time | |
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What is the future of robotics? (Panel discussion) |
10.00-11.15am | Watch video |
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Anthropomorphism in medical robotics and beyond: dexterity and haptics |
11.45am-12.30pm | Watch video |
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Swarm robotics into the real world |
2.00-2.45pm | Watch video |
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Drones in dangerous places: the use of unoccupied aerial robotics in volcanic and nuclear environments |
3.15-4.00pm | Watch video |
Thursday 22 April
| AI and Data Science | ||
| Talk | Time | |
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New horizons for machine learning and big data |
10.00-11.00am | Watch video |
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Neuroscience through the lens of machine learning |
11.30am-12.15pm | Watch video |
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Sousveillance meets machine learning: The EPIC-KITCHENS project |
3.15-4.00pm | Watch video |
| Quantum Technologies and Advanced Computing | ||
| Talk | Time | |
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What is the future for quantum technologies? (Panel discussion) |
10.00-11.00am | Watch video |
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Post-quantum cryptography |
11.30am-12.15pm | Watch video |
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Quantum photonics for scale |
2.00-2.45pm | Watch video |
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Quantum networking: advances in building large quantum networks and running several application/protocols on these networks |
3.15-4.00pm | Watch video |
Friday 23 April
| Talk | Time | |
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Prosperity Partnerships panel event: Successful academic and industry collaborations (Panel discussion) |
10.00-11.30am | |
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A guide to the Cyber Security Body of Knowledge (CyBOK) |
2.00-3.00pm | |
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What does the cosmos tell you about soil hydrology? (GW4 Water Security Alliance Webinar) |
2.30-3.30pm | Watch video |
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REPHRAIN - Understanding the online harm landscape |
3.00-4.00pm |