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Participants
Summary
Digital Innovation for Growth, Impact, and Transformation (DIGIT) is led by the University of Exeter Business School, with the DIGIT Lab named as the latest of six national Next Stage Digital Economy Centres by the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC). The lab has a budget of almost £12m over five years, including more than £5m from industry partners and a £3.6m investment from EPSRC.
The DIGIT Virtual Lab will work across the academic partners of Exeter, Oxford Brookes and UEA, together with large established organisations to reimagine them for the digital age – in ways that go beyond merely digitising current products and practices to address core transformation challenges.
Prof Gerard Parr, lead Co-PI on the DIGIT project and Head of the School of Computing Sciences at UEA, said: “I am delighted to partner with colleagues in Exeter and Oxford Brookes on this strategically important project. I will be supported at UEA by collaborators in the Smart Emerging Technologies Research group Dr. Ben Milner, Dr. Edwin Ren, Dr. Hane Aung and will leverage key research strengths we have in 5G, Internet of Things, Embedded Systems and smart devices.
“Over the past year, the role and importance of digital technologies has become clear to companies and government agencies as they strive to support staff working from home, core business processes, supply chains and services. Technologies such as Cloud Computing, broadband, 5G, and secure web-applications for collaborative working have all come to the forefront.”
Engaging industry partners in a research programme focused on creating disruptive scenarios, the DIGIT Lab will develop novel research insights and create knowledge frameworks and tools, while translating their findings into concrete steps designed to have a real-world impact for industry and the economy.
Partners
Funding
EPSRC Next Stage National Hub- DIGITLab EP/T022566/1 with major linked initiative- DE NEXUS- https://de-nexus.com/