Welcome
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.
Environmental Management (EM)
Empowering Data Mastery for a Smarter Future
Stride
Socio-Technical Resilience In software DEvelopment
ScholOnto
Build and deploy a prototype infrastructure for making scholarly claims
KANNEL
Detecting and Managing Semantic Relations Between Ontologies
Enrich
Enriching Representations of Work to Support Organisational Learning
Peermiles project
Recognising your Scholarly rewards in a decentralised way!
CompulogNet
Europe's Network of Excellence in Computational Logic
LiteMap
A Web tool for visually mapping out the content of online debates across different forums and websites
Safety Centre
Website design for the Milton Keynes Safety Centre
SUPER
Semantics utilised for process management within and between enterprises
FirstFlight
Development of virtual science environments
D3e-HyperNews
Digital Document Discourse Environment
CABER
CLUTCH As a Broadband Educational Resource
PT Anywhere
PT Anywhere offers a network simulation environment via a web interface
Open2Innova8ion Tool
User Driven Stimulation of Radical New Technological Steps in Surface Transport
Xtreme Webcasting
Taking webcasting to the Xtreme
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
X-Media
Knowledge Sharing and Reuse across Media
PATMAN
Patient Workflow Management System
Safety Centre
Website design for the Milton Keynes Safety Centre
Real Time Advice and Guidance
Live Advice and Guidance Webcast Sessions
WeSPOT
Working Environment with Social, Personal and Open Technologies for Inquiry Based Learning
The Listening Experience Database Project
A crowd-sourced linked data resource of documented experiences of listening to music
Virtual Physiological Human
Sharing for Healthcare A Research Environment
Citischool
Where young people are citizens and citizens are teachers
CRU
Co-operatives Research Unit
Virtual Participant project
Tool for monitoring, recording and recognising current topics of discussion
Prolearn
Network of Excellence in Professional ELearning
Interactive Books
Rethinking the book
Evolva
Ontology Evolution
PhiloSURFical
Semantically browse a philosophical text
Vishnu
Document search engine
BuddySpace
Enhanced Presence Management for Collaboration, Messaging, and Gaming
Big Scientific Data and Text Analytics Group
Advance the state-of-the-art and develop new technologies powered by AI in the area of the machine processing of scientific information.
SmartLink
Linking Web APIs & Services to the Web of Data
OntoWeb Network
Ontologies as the essential technology for the Semantic Web
Skillmath
Success with Mathematics
Ecosensus
Electronic/Ecological Collaborative Sensemaking Support System
Student Advisor
Offering advice and guidance when selecting appropriate Open University courses and qualifications
SOA4ALL
Creating a Web of Billions of Services
e-Dance project
performing > recording > tagging > replaying > net.choreography
uBase
Web-based Image and Video Navigation
Knowledge Architectures
The Knowledge Architectures group specialises in research and innovation infrastructures, connecting research design with modelling and implementations.
Multimedia Digital Libraries
New Paradigms for Browsing & Search
iSpotnature
Your place to share nature
BPSC 2022
3rd British Planetary Science Conference
mEducator
Multi-type Content Repurposing and Sharing in Medical Education
BuddyFinder
Find the right people with the right knowledge in the right place at the right time
SUbTLE
Semantic Ubiquitous Technologies for Learning and Exploration
GreenDATA
Capturing and sharing renewable energy generation data
Exploring the Total Customer Experience in E-Commerce Environments
Redefining E-Commerce: CRM-Driven Design and Unmatched Customer Value
OpenMark Examples
Open University computer-assisted assessment (CAA) system
OCML
Operational Conceptual Modelling Language
KnoFuss
Information fusion system for semantic datasets
SEAD
Software Engineering and Design Group
BYM600
Virtual Pub Quiz
MSG
The World's Simplest Messenger
Podcasting
A short introduction to podcasting
CityLabs
Research and Innovation in the Digital Economy
Magpie
The semantic filter
KnowledgeWeb
Ontology technology from Academia to Industry
Presence-Based Multi-user play
Directory of work on Massive MultiPlayer Presence
SemSearch
A Search Engine for the Semantic Web
NeOn
Lifecycle Support for Networked Ontologies
Simlink
Shared control of virtual experiments via Instant Messaging
Open Networking Lab
Practical learning about computer networking
Maths Screencasts
Visual Learning, Real Understanding
DIP
Data, Information and Process Integration with Semantic Web Services
iTunes U
iTunes University and Podcasting from KMi
Sweet
Semantic Web Service Editing Tool
ReFLEx
Resources For Learning by Exploration
XO Backlot
The Stadium Backlot system facilitates the management and maintenance of both live web casts and replays
webCEF
Language learning assessment to the Common European Framework
Actor-lab
Control Tech for Kids
SmartProducts
Proactive Knowledge of SmartProducts
DOT.KOM
Designing adaptive information extraction from text for Knowledge Management
LEDA Project
Preserving the painted visions of Hell in Venetian Crete for future study
MIAKT
Medical Images & Advanced Knowledge Technologies
iServe
Where linked data meets services
University for Industry Observatory
Using KMi technologies for integrating web documents with formal representations of knowledge
TINY-IN
True Interactivity for Young Viewers of Virtual Broadcast Content via Intelligent Interfaces
EDV Project
Election Debate Visualisation
NoTube
Networks and Ontologies for the Transformation and Unification of Broadcasting and the internet
Station X
The CNM input to Bletchley Park
Hank
Cognitive Modelling Environment
A KMi Stadium Webcast - 25th March 1999
BP Amoco - Inflatables - Wytch Farm
Cashew
Composition And Semantic enHancEment of Web-services
HC-REMA
Health-Care Resource Management
Debate Hub
A tool for online communities to collectively organise and progress good ideas forward
ROLE
Responsive Open Learning Enviornments
CORDER
COmunity Relation Discovery by named Entity Recognition
MET Group
Multimedia Enabling Technologies Group
Omnivoke
A Framework for Automating the Invocation of Web APIs
ROSTRA
Technologies for Intelligent News Agency
FLOR
FoLksonomy Ontology enRichment
AEC
Assisted Electronic Communications in Health
XO
The automatic presentation creator
CIDashboard
An open online service that provides analytics visualisations for online debate platforms
Bletchley Park Text
Unlocking the Past – A Personal Journey Through Codebreaking History.
GratitudeTREE
Digital 'forest of thanks'
WebOnto
Browse and edit knowledge models over the web
LUPMIR
Integrating logical inference in language models for context-sensitive information retrieval
Lucero
Linking University Content for Education and Research Online
PlanetOnto
Web based news server, which facilitates lab-related items of interest in KMi to a wider community
Climate Prediction.net
Harnessing Global Computing Power for Smarter Climate Predictions
Compendium
Managing the connections between information, ideas, interpretations and arguments
Service Web 3.0
Coordinating the research, standardisation, and dissemination activities creating the internet of billions of web services
Ecohydrology of South African Fynbos Plants
Scientific eco-hydrology for sustainable fynbos management in the Cape Floristic Region
Cohere
>>> make the Connection
VDC
The Virtual Degree Ceremony
Clutch
Computer Literacy Understanding Through Community History
Lyceum Voice Groupware
Voice conferencing internet groupware
Better Martial Arts
Better Martial Arts and Combat Sports
Hestia
Home for geospatial analysis of Herodotus's Histories
Citizen Forensics
How adaptive software architectures could support the contextual information flows
Storymaking Project
Design and evaluation of a story metadata scheme and annotation environment
VQR
vague query responder
DiscOU
Discovering Open University Content from Other Online Resources
WebLab
research into the development of virtual science environments
Cipher
Communities of Interest to Promote heritage of European Regions
KMi Stadium
Webcasting large-scale live events and on-demand-replays
OntoWeaver
an ontology-based approach to web site design and development
Expert Search
Open University Expert Search
Ibrow
An Intelligent Brokering Service for Knowledge-Component Reuse on the World-Wide Web
Evidence Hub
A collective intelligence platform for mapping a community and what it knows
NeOn Toolkit
NeOn's Ontology Engineering Environment
ClockWork
Creating Learning Organisations with Contextualised Knowledge-Rich Work Artefacts
Eureka Comments
Reliving the experience of critical moments of discovery in medical science that have changed the way we live
OU Alive
2015/2016 Undergraduate Prospectus brought to life with Augmented Reality by KMi
A DecentWeb
Enabling control, exchange and collaboration in a decentralised Web
The Flashmeeting Project
The lightest possible video-conferencing software application
The World's Seven Highest Summits
"A Peak Practice of a Lifetime"
HANS The H&S Robot Inspector
Knowledge Engineering for Autonomous Agents
EERU
Energy and Environment Research Unit
AKT
Advanced Knowledge Technologies
Internet Reasoning Service
KMi's Semantic Web Services framework
Knowledge Modelling
Languages, tools, techniques and methodologies for developing abstract models of some target domain or problem solving behaviour
Apollo
User-friendly knowledge modelling application
KMi Planet
Online Newspaper
VagueQuery Responder
Bookshop owners can out perform Amazon and Google when the queries are vague - so can our software
Research Poster Competition 2020
Showcasing student research
Espotter
Adaptive Named Entity Recognition for Web Browsing
Making The News
Syndicating School News
PowerAqua
A Natural Language Interface to the Semantic Web
ANSES
Automatic News Summarisation & Extraction System
Bayesian Knowledge Discovery
Bayesian Knowledge Discoverer Tool
Maths for Energy
Maths skills you will need if you plan to study energy at the Open University
Learning.org
Share practice and experience on the introduction of new technologies into Teaching and Learning
Software Visualization
Bringing Code to Life: Visualise, Debug, and Learn
QualiChain
Decentralised Qualifications' Verification and Management for Learner Empowerment, Education Reengineering and Public Sector Transformation
Institute of Coding Badging
Issuing, Viewing and Validating IoC Badges
Topic Accessed Video
Judge the educational effectiveness of linear and non-linear video elements
Our MK
Help make Milton Keynes a smarter, greener city
Comrades
Collective Platform for Community Resilience & Social Innovation During Crises
CoffeeBot Competition
Brew Innovation: Build, Connect & Compete – The Ultimate Coffee Pot Sensor Challenge
ELC
Empowering Learning Communities
ReelLives
Personal Documentaries Constructed From Digital Data
The Bookshelf Project
Find out who has which books using ISBN and web service lookup
Hexagon
The power of 'presence' brought to your browser
Dedalo
Explaining patterns with Linked Data
IET Radio
Broadcasting to H802
LUISA
Learning Content Management System Using Innovative Semantic Web Services Architecture
The Living Human Digital Library
Technical infrastructure for the Living Human Project
ERA
Enabling Remote Activity
Aqualog
AquaLog, a portable question-answering system for organisational ontologies
EDSA
European Data Science Academy
TRIVALENT
Against Violence & for Better Communication
