Research

We are living in a digital age where all of our lives are impacted and challenged by digital technologies and information sciences, from cyber security and AI, to social media, games and visual effects, to digital libraries, archives and records.

This department’s research addresses and explores this through our research groups in Computational Intelligence and Visual Computing (CIVC); Information Management and Data Analytics (IMDA); Network Systems and Security (NetSyS), our Digital Learning Laboratory and the Northumbria Social Computing (NorSC) Lab.

Prospective PhD students: Opportunities to carry out postgraduate research towards an MPhil/PhD or MSc by research exist in all the areas identified above. All of our current PhD opportunities are listed here. Further information may be obtained from The Graduate School or by contacting Dr Nauman Aslam in the department.

Visiting scholars: We welcome visiting academics - please contact the Head of Department, Prof. Shaun Lawson, in the first instance.

To access research outputs in this area and others, please visit Northumbria Research Link.

Click each research area below to find out more about our work:

Computational Intelligence and Visual Computing (CIVC)

Computational and machine intelligence applications often involve photographs, videos and fragile data types with subtle details that are difficult to see and perceive. Sophisticated solutions need to be developed to extract precious information for the purpose of making an accurate decision.

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Digital Learning Laboratory

Digital technologies are increasingly being used across the education sector, but have we really embraced their potential to enhance educational practice and transform the learning experience? Our research focuses on how we can reimagine education by using digital technology in transformational ways.

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Information Management and Data Analytics (IMDA)

Data and information form the lifeblood of modern society. We take a multidisciplinary and multidimensional approach to the study of data and information to explore the way they are created, used and managed in specific personal and organisational contexts.

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Network Systems and Security (NetSyS)

Network systems are embedded into every aspect of our digital living, enabling inter-connectivity between devices, applications, services and people for extraction, transfer and exchange of information. We engage in cutting-edge research to design and develop end-to-end secure and reliable networking systems.

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Northumbria Social Computing

Technology is inherently social. To design it well requires critically understanding the people that use it, the ways in which they live and interact with one another, and the impacts that it can have on our behaviours and interactions with the world.

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Faculty Education Research Group

This cross-disciplinary group supports educational and pedagogic research, ranging from small projects with an immediate impact on the student experience, through to funded collaborative projects with external partners generating high impact outputs.

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