Dr Tom Flint's News (13)

Dr Tom Flint awarded prestigious R&D funding
Nov 16, 2020

Summary	Dr Tom Flint from the School of Computing at Edinburgh Napier University has been named as a member of one of the groups in the funded R&D phase of Festival UK 2022.
People	Tom Flint
URL	https://www.sgsss.ac.uk/studentships/esrc-steers-competition/

School of Computing Hosts Easter Egg hunt online in Jupiter Artland in Minecraft
Apr 12, 2020

Summary	Children from across Scotland gathered together in virtual space for an Easter Egg hunt hosted in Jupiter Artland in Minecraft during the lockdown.
People	Tom Flint
URL	https://www.jupiterartland.org/digital/minecraftproject

University teams up with community researchers to help improve their neighbourhood
Feb 6, 2020

Source	Deadline media
Summary	A Team of community researchers will join forces with academics to help improve their neighbourhood. UK Research and Innovation today announced its backing for the Seven Kingdoms of Wester Hailes, one of 53 new UK-wide projects worth £1.4million which will enable members of the public to actively contribute to research and innovation projects that affect their lives. Part of the agency’s Enhancing place-based partnerships in public engagement programme, the project involves community partners working with Edinburgh Napier University to contribute to the local place plan being developed with support from the Scottish Government’s Chief Architect.
Linked Funders	UKRI UK Research and Innovation
People	Kirstie Jamieson Francesco Pomponi Clare Taylor Stephen Smith Tom Flint Louise Todd
Org Units	Business School School of Applied Sciences School of Arts and Creative Industries School of Engineering and The Built Environment School of Computing School of Health and Social Care School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment
Projects	The Seven Kingdoms of Wester Hailes: Developing Researchers in Place
Themes	Culture and Communities Health AI and Technologies
URL	http://www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2020/02/06/university-teams-up-with-community-researchers-to-help-improve-their-neighbourhood/

MEmorial Project awarded Edinburgh Futures Institute Funding
Jun 24, 2019

Summary	In June 2019 the MEmorial team completed a two week development workshop, to follow on from this initial research, funded by an Edinburgh Futures Institute Research Award. The workshop culminated in a work-in-progress sharing event on Thursday 27th June 7-9pm, Inspace, University of Edinburgh. Additional support was provided by Sam Flint (programming), John Morrison and Mari-Nikol Panteva (additional performers).
People	Tom Flint
URL	https://www.eca.ed.ac.uk/research/memorial

Dr Zhiyuan (Thomas) Tan and Dr Tom Flint Awarded Honourable Mentions in SICSA Supervisor of the Year 2019
Jun 18, 2019

Source	SICSA
Summary	Honourable mentions in the SICSA Supervisor of the Year 2019 were awarded to Dr Zhiyuan (Thomas) Tan and Dr Tom Flint from the School of Computer, Edinburgh Napier University at the SICSA PhD Conference on 18th June 2019 to recognise the exceptional contribution that Dr Tan and Dr Flint have made to their students.
People	Thomas Tan Tom Flint
URL	https://www.sicsa.ac.uk/news/congratulations-to-sicsa-supervisor-of-the-year-2019/

Past Forward Exhibition Includes Magic Box built by student
May 4, 2019

Summary	The Scotland's Urban Past Travelling Exhibition launching at Summerhall includes an interactive 'magic box' built by Interactive Media Design student Eva Mackamul. Dr Tom Flint Eva's programme leader designed the box in discussion with the tem at Scotland's Urban Past. Tom supervised the build and delivery of the final piece. The box was unveiled at a special event detailed here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDMb9BMRPMk
People	Tom Flint
URL	https://www.summerhall.co.uk/visual-arts/past-forward-stories-of-urban-scotland/

MEmorial Project awarded prestigious residency
Oct 20, 2018

Summary	The MEMorial Project, has been awarded a residency at the Museum of Loss and Renewal Collomachia Italy.
People	Tom Flint
URL	http://themuseumoflossandrenewal.life/residencies/residencies-2018/

Tom Flint to talk at Edinburgh Informatics HCI Group
Feb 20, 2018

Source	https://blog.inf.ed.ac.uk/edihci/future-topics/
Summary	Tom Flint will be discussing his work with Jupiter Artland in a talk titled An infrastructure for exploring the mixed reality continuum with children: Minecraft, Mixed Reality, and Jupiter Artland. The talk will be on 20th February at 4pm.
People	Tom Flint

Appropriation Affordance and Minecraft Invited talk by Tom Flint
Nov 24, 2017

Summary	Tom Flint gave a seminar for The Centre for Research in Digital Education titled Appropriation Affordance and Minecraft: What the methods people use to navigate Minecraft tell us about approaches to technology use.
People	Tom Flint
URL	http://www.de.ed.ac.uk/event/appropriation-affordance-and-minecraft-what-methods-people-use-navigate-minecraft-tell-us

Tom Flint to demonstrate VR application at The National Gallery London
Jul 29, 2017

Summary	Tom Flint will be accompanying weavers from Dovecot Tapestry Studio at a workshop held at the National Gallery London.
People	Tom Flint
URL	https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/whats-on/calendar/uncover-workshop-29-july-2017-1100

Centre for Social Informatics contribute nine papers to i3 2017
Jun 27, 2017

Summary	Staff and research students from the Centre for Social Informatics presented nine papers at Information: interactions and impact (i3) in June 2017.
People	Colin Smith Peter Cruickshank Gemma Webster Mark Deakin Peter Robertson Frances Ryan Alistair Lawson Bruce Ryan Tom Flint
Org Units	School of Computing School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment
Research Areas	Information science Information society Social informatics
Themes	AI and Technologies
Research Centres/Groups	Centre for Social Informatics
URL	https://hazelhall.org/2017/07/18/information-interactions-and-impact-i3-2017-review-i3rgu/

Android Mixed Reality Game for Jupiter Artland launched at Edinburgh International Science Festival.
Apr 1, 2017

Summary	A bespoke Android game based on the Jupiter Artland Minecraft Experience was launched at a special event today.
People	Tom Flint

The Jupiter Artland Minecraft Experience
Apr 4, 2016

Summary	A virtual version of Jupiter Artland in Minecraft was launched at Edinburgh International Science Festival.
People	Tom Flint