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Cross-cutting capabilities

Cross-cutting capabilities are digital frameworks, technologies, and methods that are important areas of research in their own right and provide the underpinning structures for addressing societal and institutional challenges.

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  • Data Science and AI

    The Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence acts as an access point to the University's expertise in data science. 

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  • Digital Trust and Security

    As we become increasingly more dependent on digital technology, it's critical to understand whether we can trust the security and resilience of the systems we use and the people we interact with.

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  • Human-centred Design

    Increasingly sophisticated automation means that everything we design, from cars to personal digital assistants, to algorithms, must have human understanding, behaviour and ethics at the centre.

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  • Social Media and Networks

    Communication has been revolutionised. The implications of this are profound in many ways, affecting societies, cultures, politics, economics, science and media.

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  • Internet of Things

    Internet of Things (IoT) technology plays a crucial role in digital transformation across a range of sectors, providing the link between the physical and digital worlds.

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  • Policy and Innovation

    Unlocking the potential of digital transformation across many areas will require changes in public and business policy, regulation and regional investment.

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