Research
In the intellectual areas where the School ever-increasing workload of controlling our skies.
operates, at the complex interface between We are also working with medical staff around the
people, technology and science, the classical world in the area of telemedicine. This poses
modes of ‘knowledge creation’, ‘application’ and interesting issues regarding the ways in which
‘exploitation’ simply do not apply. In many cases medical images are captured, transmitted and
we are dealing with emergent systems, where the displayed across cultural and technical boundaries.
domains of application are being formed at the We need to consider how a doctor in a rural field
same time as the technology. Society and hospital, for example, might perceive an image
individuals are adapting to new technologies, and differently on a mobile device from a consultant
imagining new ways of using these, in very short surgeon viewing “the same” image in a lighting-
timescales. The integration of telephony, web controlled specialist environment.
access, photography, GPS, and media management
on a single pocket-sized mobile device, for Both of these examples also illustrate the need to
example, simply could not have been foreseen understand the legal, ethical and cultural issues
two decades ago. surrounding the integration of technology, as well
as the technical systems implications.
In such an environment, all staff and students must
adopt an attitude where research and scholarship The faculty within the School, with barristers,
are paramount, being prepared to explore new areas philosophers, psychologists and many other
and re-interpret existing ideas in new contexts. professionals working alongside engineers,
mathematicians and scientists, leaves us well-
For example, we are currently working with placed to take forward our research agenda, and to
the air traffic control community to explore ways in support students in their studies in ways which
which modern display and interaction technology, ensure this broad, systems approach is paramount.
as found in the latest generation of computer
games, might enable controllers to manage the
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