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THINKlab show the value of VR collaboration at GameLab 2018

THINKlab’s enterprise team are excited to be exhibiting at this year’s GameLab event, which is part of the annual Manchester Science Festival, 2018. Taking place at MediaCityUK on Saturday 20 – Sunday 21 October, GameLab is a playground for ideas and brings together developers and industry to showcase new research, products and thought-provoking activities. Exhibiting

THINKlab software engineer wins funding and industry recognition

Michal Cieciura, a Principal Software Engineer at THINKlab, has recently won a funding application from this year’s 2018 Unreal Development Grants. The award is part of the larger $5m development grant by Epic Games which was founded in 2015 to help programmers and studios that are developing the Unreal Engine 4. Michal is one of 37

THINKlab welcomes esteemed Professor, Marie-Christine Therrien

We are delighted to welcome Professor Marie-Christine Therrien from Montreal’s École Nationale d’administration publique and Cité-ID LivingLab, to the THINKlab for a very special event. Taking place on Thursday 11 October 2018, Professor Marie-Christine will deliver a unique lecture on “Implementation of Urban Resilience Governance and Social Capital” which focuses on projects in Montreal and

MOBILISE builds global partnership against natural disasters

THINKlab’s £1.2M research project MOBILISE is developing digital infrastructure to protect communities from natural disasters in Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Malaysia. Experts from Salford are working with local agencies to better plan for disasters like floods and earthquakes by exploiting the latest information and communication technologies. As part of the EPSRC-funded project, the SoBE team have

MOBILISE at the Geomatics & Geospatial Technology Conference in Kuala Lumpur.

The MOBILISE project will be involved with organising several key workshops at this year’s annual Geomatics & Geospatial Technology Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Taking place between 3 & 5 September at The Park Royal Hotel, the three-day event will focus on Geospatial and Risk Management. Professor Terrence Fernando and Dr Che Zulkhairi Abdullah from

MOBILISE Director Generals’ Conference in Sri Lanka

THINKlab’s £1.2M research project MOBILISE, which is developing a digital infrastructure that can offer intelligence to a range of agencies to work together to reduce the impact of natural disasters on communities, recently held a high profile Director Generals’ Conference in Sri Lanka. Funded by the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) and The Engineering and

THINKlab welcomes members the Uscore2 Greater Manchester Peer Review

THINKlab were delighted to host part of a citywide event for the Uscore2 project and their Portuguese partners. The final day of a three-day event included meetings, discussion and focus groups. The Amadora peer review team considered ‘Increase Infrastructure Resilience’ (E8a) and ‘Recovery’ (E10) with experts from Salford City Council, Ministry of Housing, Communities &

Seminar: Advancing interdisciplinary disaster risk reduction 7th Dec, 2pm-3pm

THINKlab SEMINAR SERIES ON LOCAL RISK, RESPONSE AND RESILIENCE PLANNING “Advancing interdisciplinary disaster risk reduction” Thursday 7th December 2017, 14:00 – 15:00 Speaker: Prof. Andrew Collins, Northumbria University Venue: THINKlab, Maxwell Building, the University of Salford, M5 4WT THINKlab is pleased to welcome Professor Andrew Collins to deliver a special lecture on “Advancing interdisciplinary disaster

THINKlab Seminar Series On Local Risk, Response and Resilience Planning 27th October 2017

THINKlab will be holding Seminar on Local Risk, Response and Resilience Planning 2017/2018 and deliver a special lecture to mark World Disaster Day 2017. Speakers to include: Chris Lowther, Chief Fire Officer, Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service Alan Robson, Assistant Chief Fire Officer, Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service Date: Friday, 27th

£1.2m Disaster Research Management Project Secured

We are delighted to have been successful in securing a £1.2m research grant from EPSRC under the Global Challenges Research Fund to Develop a “Collaborative Multi-agency Platform for Building Resilient Communities”. The research team from the School of the Built Environment at University of Salford will be led by THINKlab Director Prof. Terrence Fernando with

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    • Research Fellowship at the University of Salford to Conduct Frontier Research in Complex Urban Systems.
    • Novel Digital Toolset for Supporting Community engagement to strengthen disaster resilience in Salford
    • THINKlab to pilot advanced digital solutions as part of Program for Asia Resilience to Climate Change 
    • THINKlab and the School of Health develop a new high-tech project to help patients with dysfunctional breathing
    • THINKlab recognized with Epic MegaGrant from Epic Games

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