International
The International theme will draw together the Institutes research excellence across all of the other themes and transfer the technical advances into international contexts using the expert knowledge held within the Institute
The theme will target real world impact through international development funds and United Nations SDGs. The University of Nottingham (UoN) has strong links with both Malaysia and China through our campuses, but our International reach stretches across the globe.
Collaborations
- N/LAB - Centre for International Analytics
- Nottingham Geospatial Institute
- Laboratory for Urban Complexity and Sustainability
- Computer Science
- Horizon Digital Economy Research
- Nottingham University Business School
- Geography
Example Projects
Transport, Congestion and Pollution Modelling in Tanzania via CDR
Using Call Data Records from our Mobile Phone Network partners in Tanzania, UoN have created OD matrices and interfaces that reveal transport patterns throughout the year across Tanzania – data that was previously impossible to obtain, and additionally allows us to predict congestion and estimate pollution.
The models are currently being used by World Bank in their East Africa Transport Masterplan.
Machine Learning for Automated Road Conditions Analysis in Zanzibar
Traditional road surveys are both prohibitively expensive and logistically challenging in DAC listed countries. Applying cutting-edge “deep learning” techniques to drone imagery is allowing us to do automated road condition surveying at minimal cost.
In collaboration with UK Department for International Development (DfID), analysis is to be used by the Zanzibar Department of Roads to identify badly needed road development.
Sino-UK Academy of Intelligent Mobility Forum
A UK Science & Innovation Network project entitled ‘Building the Sino-UK Intelligent Mobility Partnership (IMP). The project to bring together IM practitioners, novel technologies, and intelligence and business models to enhance the implementation of intelligent mobility.
Together, key experts from the UK and China formed the Sino-UK Academy of Intelligent Mobility (SUAIM), establishing a number of priority areas which the academy aims to address.