SOCIAM
SOCIAM was an EPSRC funded project involving the Universities of Oxford, Edinburgh and Southampton, focusing on the theory and practice of social machines.
The following slideshare gives an overview of social machines and SOCIAM:
The official website contains detailed information about the numerous aspects, research topics, outputs, and applications of the project.
As a Research Associate, I was involved in a number of different research threads and (sub-)projects within SOCIAM. My key interests were the following:
- AI-support & process automation for human-machine collaboration at scale
- Formally verified coordination protocols
- Architecture design for decentralized social machines
Some of the project topics I was involved in include:
- Dynamic models of coordination that adapt to evolving requirements (efficiency, cost, trust) using real and simulation data.
- Lightweight Social Calculus: a language and architecture for designing, engineering, and verifying social machines.
- Sociagrams: visual building blocks for social machine development by non-expert users
- Applications in integrated care pathways, healthcare Data Safe Havens (data governance for medical research across multiple countries), coordination of remotely piloted UAVs, software crowd sourcing management etc.
- Various business analysis projects with NHS stakeholders: the Care of Burns In Scotland Network, the Heart Manual, the Farr Institute, the Edinburgh Community Physiotherapy Service, UK Biobank