Techne NPIF Students
The National Productivity Investment Fund (NPIF) doctoral studentships were first offered through the UK Research Councils in 2017. TECHNE was awarded thirteen studentships commencing in September 2017, with a further four studentships in the area of artificial intelligence for September 2018. Collaboration between a university and an organisation outside higher education is a key feature of NPIF studentships: each has a clear spine which triangulates between student, supervisor and business.
The eighteen NPIF students, spread across seven TECHNE universities, are part of our TECHNE cohort but have their own distinct group within it. Please see below for an outline of TECHNE's NPIF students, their research projects and partner organisations. TECHNE is developing a clear cohort identity for these students through a spine of specific events to articulate the debate between research, creativity and business. NPIF students are encouraged to share their collaborative experiences with other students to raise awareness of, and interest in, industrial and business engagements amongst all students. The scheme has the potential to have a lasting effect on arts and humanities ECRs.
TECHNE NPIF Students 2017
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Student |
Research Title |
Partner Organisation |
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Anna Adahl (Royal College of Art) |
The aesthetics and politics of crowd simulations generated by computational software and algorithms |
Ubisoft Entertainment |
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Irene Artegiani (University of Roehampton) |
Post-editing and/in media translation |
Deluxe Media |
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Wayne Binitie (Royal College of Art) |
Aesthetics of Water: Re-calibrating the perception of glacial water and climate change through audio-visual contemporary art practice |
Arup & British Antarctic Survey |
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Cecilie Falkenstrom |
ARTificial Intelligence FRANK |
Microsoft |
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Bruce Haines (Kingston University) |
Alternative Methods of Supporting Artists in the Commercial Sector |
Arts Economics |
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Lee Jackson (Royal Holloway) |
Dickens and the Heritage sector: Dickensland |
Charles Dickens Museum |
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Frankie Kubicki (Royal Holloway) |
A Paper World: The Collection and Investigation of Plant Materials for Paper Making, c.1830-1914 |
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew |
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Simon Mackmin (Kingston University) |
An investigation into the corporate diagnosis, understanding and employment of ‘High Functioning Autism’ in Tech Companies. |
Microsoft |
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Gursimran Oberoi (University of Surrey) |
Global Watts: Allegories for All (1880-1980), providing the first comprehensive assessment of the international importance and influence of British artist George Frederic Watts |
Watts Gallery |
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Kristin O'Donnell (Brighton University) |
Performing Emotional Histories: Centenary Commemorations of the First World War |
Dover Arts Development |
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Emily Smith (Royal Holloway) |
Dickens and the Heritage sector |
Charles Dickens Museum |
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Christina Soderberg (Royal Holloway) |
Using depth of field to guide attention and convey narrative structure |
CineFade |
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Kim Walker (Royal Holloway) |
Biocultural collections and networks of knowledge exchange in the 19th century: the quest for quinine |
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew |
TECHNE NPIF Students 2018
Student Research Title Partner Organisation Amina Abbas-Nazari (Royal College of Art) Artificial Intelligence and Voice IBM Angus Main (University of the Arts London) Design
Approaches to Creativity Support with Imbedded Artificial Intelligence (AIY)
Kits Google AI Waltteri Nybom (Royal Holloway) Persons, people and
personalisation: understanding subjectivity through AI Unbound Despina Papadopoulos (Royal College of Art) Embodied AI and Distributed Intelligence: Being
Human in the Age of Accelerated Innovation Google AI Ben Wilkins (Royal Holloway) Companion
players for immersive computer games: How to learn behavioural responses from
visual effects Sony Interactive Entertainment