Bristol Digital Futures Institute has signed a contract with Fujitsu to provide the powerful IT and network infrastructure and systems for its pioneering Reality Emulator, an advanced digital twin facility.
BDFI recently hosted a two-day conference exploring the legacy, history and archives of the Sandbach Tinne company, a slave trading conglomerate that had far-reaching influence across the British Empire and connections to Bristol.
BDFI academic Dr Angeliki Katsenou has received seed funding from the Royal Academy of Engineers to explore the feasibility of bringing network connectivity to regions in Nepal.
Bristol Digital Futures Institute has signed a contract with audio-visual immersive technology company Mechdyne, to build the immersive visualisation suite of its Reality Emulator.
One of the world’s most innovative cinemas, capable of monitoring audience reactions like never before, is coming to Bristol.
A Knowledge Exchange Placement between BDFI and KWMC will embed Professor Rebecca Coleman in KWMC and further their activities looking at impact around community tech and marginalised communities.
How we imagined, marked and experienced our futures were questioned during the early part of the Covid pandemic, according to new research published in a special issue of Sociology today.
The University of Bristol is very proud to be the new home for The Research Institute for Sociotechnical Cyber Security (RISCS) – one of the oldest of the National Cyber Security Centre’s research institutes.
We're delighted to strengthen our partnership with LV= General Insurance (LV= GI) further, with the appointment of Keith Misson, Transformation Director at LV= as the newest member of our External Steering Board.
A detailed assessment of experiments in hybrid experiences - where people connect and come together through a mix of digital and physical spaces - by a Bristol community was published today (03/03/23) by Bristol Digital Futures Institute and Knowle West Media Centre.
Future communication systems including 6G, faster internet access and cloud computing have received £6m investment from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) – part of UK Research and Innovation.
The BDFI welcomed a visit from the Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service Simon Case in January.
