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Welcome to The Open University’s STEM Research Archive, your gateway to a comprehensive repository of completed projects that showcase the innovative and impactful work done by our faculty, researchers, and developers. Here, you will find summaries and insights into a wide array of projects spanning the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Each project summary is crafted to provide an overview of objectives, methodologies, outcomes, and contributions to the field, offering a valuable resource for current students, educators, researchers, and anyone with a passion for STEM.
Whether you’re seeking inspiration for your own research, looking to explore the breadth of our scholarly activities, or simply curious about the advancements in STEM, our archive is designed to inform and inspire. Dive in to discover the rich tapestry of knowledge and innovation that defines The Open University’s commitment to excellence in STEM education and research.

Simlink
Shared control of virtual experiments via Instant Messaging

KMi Planet
Online Newspaper

Virtual Physiological Human
Sharing for Healthcare A Research Environment

Service Web 3.0
Coordinating the research, standardisation, and dissemination activities creating the internet of billions of web services

Vishnu
Document search engine

OntoWeb Network
Ontologies as the essential technology for the Semantic Web

Virtual Participant project
Tool for monitoring, recording and recognising current topics of discussion

AEC
Assisted Electronic Communications in Health

PlanetOnto
Web based news server, which facilitates lab-related items of interest in KMi to a wider community

Lyceum Voice Groupware
Voice conferencing internet groupware

DIP
Data, Information and Process Integration with Semantic Web Services

OU Alive
2015/2016 Undergraduate Prospectus brought to life with Augmented Reality by KMi

Cipher
Communities of Interest to Promote heritage of European Regions

Multimedia Digital Libraries
New Paradigms for Browsing & Search

Expert Search
Open University Expert Search

Cashew
Composition And Semantic enHancEment of Web-services

PATMAN
Patient Workflow Management System

Xtreme Webcasting
Taking webcasting to the Xtreme

Evidence Hub
A collective intelligence platform for mapping a community and what it knows

webCEF
Language learning assessment to the Common European Framework

ROSTRA
Technologies for Intelligent News Agency

BYM600
Virtual Pub Quiz

ScholOnto
Build and deploy a prototype infrastructure for making scholarly claims

Student Advisor
Offering advice and guidance when selecting appropriate Open University courses and qualifications

Interactive Books
Rethinking the book

PhiloSURFical
Semantically browse a philosophical text

Exploring the Total Customer Experience in E-Commerce Environments
Redefining E-Commerce: CRM-Driven Design and Unmatched Customer Value

e-Dance project
performing > recording > tagging > replaying > net.choreography

NeOn Toolkit
NeOn's Ontology Engineering Environment

NeOn
Lifecycle Support for Networked Ontologies

The Bookshelf Project
Find out who has which books using ISBN and web service lookup

Ecosensus
Electronic/Ecological Collaborative Sensemaking Support System

Hank
Cognitive Modelling Environment

Sweet
Semantic Web Service Editing Tool

KnoFuss
Information fusion system for semantic datasets

LUISA
Learning Content Management System Using Innovative Semantic Web Services Architecture

Peermiles project
Recognising your Scholarly rewards in a decentralised way!

uBase
Web-based Image and Video Navigation

Podcasting
A short introduction to podcasting

TINY-IN
True Interactivity for Young Viewers of Virtual Broadcast Content via Intelligent Interfaces

SemSearch
A Search Engine for the Semantic Web

SUbTLE
Semantic Ubiquitous Technologies for Learning and Exploration

Aqualog
AquaLog, a portable question-answering system for organisational ontologies

OCML
Operational Conceptual Modelling Language

A KMi Stadium Webcast - 25th March 1999
BP Amoco - Inflatables - Wytch Farm

SUPER
Semantics utilised for process management within and between enterprises

Internet Reasoning Service
KMi's Semantic Web Services framework

Apollo
User-friendly knowledge modelling application

Station X
The CNM input to Bletchley Park

Bayesian Knowledge Discovery
Bayesian Knowledge Discoverer Tool

WebOnto
Browse and edit knowledge models over the web

Compendium
Managing the connections between information, ideas, interpretations and arguments

IET Radio
Broadcasting to H802

DOT.KOM
Designing adaptive information extraction from text for Knowledge Management

MIAKT
Medical Images & Advanced Knowledge Technologies

Safety Centre
Website design for the Milton Keynes Safety Centre

ReelLives
Personal Documentaries Constructed From Digital Data

Software Visualization
Bringing Code to Life: Visualise, Debug, and Learn

Prolearn
Network of Excellence in Professional ELearning

ANSES
Automatic News Summarisation & Extraction System

CRU
Co-operatives Research Unit

VagueQuery Responder
Bookshop owners can out perform Amazon and Google when the queries are vague - so can our software

VDC
The Virtual Degree Ceremony

PowerAqua
A Natural Language Interface to the Semantic Web

FirstFlight
Development of virtual science environments

Environmental Management (EM)
Empowering Data Mastery for a Smarter Future

Storymaking Project
Design and evaluation of a story metadata scheme and annotation environment

Making The News
Syndicating School News

Citischool
Where young people are citizens and citizens are teachers

CompulogNet
Europe's Network of Excellence in Computational Logic

KANNEL
Detecting and Managing Semantic Relations Between Ontologies

iTunes U
iTunes University and Podcasting from KMi

Bletchley Park Text
Unlocking the Past – A Personal Journey Through Codebreaking History.

BuddySpace
Enhanced Presence Management for Collaboration, Messaging, and Gaming

XO Backlot
The Stadium Backlot system facilitates the management and maintenance of both live web casts and replays

Ecohydrology of South African Fynbos Plants
Scientific eco-hydrology for sustainable fynbos management in the Cape Floristic Region

Omnivoke
A Framework for Automating the Invocation of Web APIs

HC-REMA
Health-Care Resource Management

The Living Human Digital Library
Technical infrastructure for the Living Human Project

Magpie
The semantic filter

Clutch
Computer Literacy Understanding Through Community History

Learning.org
Share practice and experience on the introduction of new technologies into Teaching and Learning

XO
The automatic presentation creator

Presence-Based Multi-user play
Directory of work on Massive MultiPlayer Presence

Real Time Advice and Guidance
Live Advice and Guidance Webcast Sessions

Knowledge Modelling
Languages, tools, techniques and methodologies for developing abstract models of some target domain or problem solving behaviour

NoTube
Networks and Ontologies for the Transformation and Unification of Broadcasting and the internet

iServe
Where linked data meets services

Topic Accessed Video
Judge the educational effectiveness of linear and non-linear video elements

OntoWeaver
an ontology-based approach to web site design and development

KnowledgeWeb
Ontology technology from Academia to Industry

X-Media
Knowledge Sharing and Reuse across Media

Evolva
Ontology Evolution

SmartLink
Linking Web APIs & Services to the Web of Data

Hexagon
The power of 'presence' brought to your browser

Safety Centre
Website design for the Milton Keynes Safety Centre

Open2Innova8ion Tool
User Driven Stimulation of Radical New Technological Steps in Surface Transport

Ibrow
An Intelligent Brokering Service for Knowledge-Component Reuse on the World-Wide Web

D3e-HyperNews
Digital Document Discourse Environment

MSG
The World's Simplest Messenger

MET Group
Multimedia Enabling Technologies Group

Enrich
Enriching Representations of Work to Support Organisational Learning

The KnowledgeWeb
Ontology technology from Academia to Industry

VQR
vague query responder

SmartProducts
Proactive Knowledge of SmartProducts

WeSPOT
Working Environment with Social, Personal and Open Technologies for Inquiry Based Learning

Cohere
>>> make the Connection

GratitudeTREE
Digital 'forest of thanks'

ReFLEx
Resources For Learning by Exploration

CABER
CLUTCH As a Broadband Educational Resource

CORDER
COmunity Relation Discovery by named Entity Recognition

LUPMIR
Integrating logical inference in language models for context-sensitive information retrieval

TRIVALENT
Against Violence & for Better Communication

ERA
Enabling Remote Activity

BuddyFinder
Find the right people with the right knowledge in the right place at the right time

Education and Technology Interest Group
Advancing Education Through Research and Technology

Hypermedia Discourse
Conceptual foundations and practical tools at the nexus of Deliberation, Argumentation and Software

The Flashmeeting Project
The lightest possible video-conferencing software application

SOA4ALL
Creating a Web of Billions of Services

ClockWork
Creating Learning Organisations with Contextualised Knowledge-Rich Work Artefacts

Climate Prediction.net
Harnessing Global Computing Power for Smarter Climate Predictions

OpenMark Examples
Open University computer-assisted assessment (CAA) system

ELC
Empowering Learning Communities

mEducator
Multi-type Content Repurposing and Sharing in Medical Education

ROLE
Responsive Open Learning Enviornments

Comrades
Collective Platform for Community Resilience & Social Innovation During Crises

AKT
Advanced Knowledge Technologies

Eureka Comments
Reliving the experience of critical moments of discovery in medical science that have changed the way we live

KMi Stadium
Webcasting large-scale live events and on-demand-replays

CoffeeBot Competition
Brew Innovation: Build, Connect & Compete – The Ultimate Coffee Pot Sensor Challenge

The World's Seven Highest Summits
"A Peak Practice of a Lifetime"

FLOR
FoLksonomy Ontology enRichment

Actor-lab
Control Tech for Kids

University for Industry Observatory
Using KMi technologies for integrating web documents with formal representations of knowledge

Espotter
Adaptive Named Entity Recognition for Web Browsing