Collaborative Research
We are committed to the development of strategic partnerships with businesses, industry and the not-for-profit sector that will produce impactful research and enhance research income generation.
Please get in touch with members of MS if you are interested in forming a collaborative partnership.
Our research partnerships include the following:
- Saker Solutions (UK)
- Sellafield (UK)
- University of Westminster (UK)
- CloudSME UG (Germany)
- INFN, University of Catania (UNICT)
- Argonne National Labs (US)
- WACREN (West and Central Africa)
- UBUNTUNET Alliance (South and East Africa)
- Royal Institute of Technology (KTH, Sweden)
- Dar es Salaam Institute of Science and Technology (Tanzania)
- Karolinska Institutet (Sweden)• CSIR/Meraka (South Africa)
- MTA SZTAKI (Hungary)• Cloudbroker GMBH (Switzerland)
- Scaletools AG (Switzerland)
- SICS (Sweden)
- CloudSigma (Switzerland)
- BALABIT (Hungary)
- INYCOM (Spain)
- SARGA (Spain)
- Outlandish LLP (UK)
- RENATER (France)
- CIRAD (France)
- Cooperaciòn Latino Americana des Redes Avanzadas (CLARA – Uruguay)
- Bayer (Germany)
- BASF (Germany)
- Mitre Corporation (US)
- Biosciences, University of Exeter
- Save The Children UK (UK)
- UNHCR (CH)
- University of Columbia (USA)
- Helmut Schmidt University Hamburg (DE)
- University of Amsterdam (NL)
- World Watch Research / Open Doors (NL)
- University College London (UK)
Industry
Taking advantages of innovations in high performance computing, distributed systems, cloud computing and the Internet of Things, the Group works towards advancing the state of the art of M&S in industry. Highlights include:
- Research towards auto-scaling of cloud computing for high performance simulation experimentation with Saker Solutions and Sellafield Ltd. (COLA project led by the University of Westminster)
- Development of the CraftBrew Whole Brewery Management System (with Saker Solutions and Hobsons Brewery)
- Development of a Load Planning Service to support the efficient distribution of cargo for delivery services
- Advised DSTL on cloud-based simulation development
- Creation of 11 new cloud-based simulation products (CloudSME project)
- Scientific board member of CloudSME UG (spinoff company from the CloudSME project that continues to develop cloud-based simulations in industry)
- Design of high performance simulation systems currently in use in industry (Ford Motor Company, Saker Solutions, Sellafield PLC).
Africa
The Group has led and been involved in the promotion and development of e-Infrastructures in Africa for over a decade in conjunction with the AfricaConnect projects. Highlights include:
- Co-development of the National Research and Education Network Service Roadmap for 11 countries in West and Central Africa in conjunction with the West and Central African Research and Education Network (WACREN)
- Promotion of Open Science in Africa with the development of the Open Science Platform in the Sci-GaIA project (see tinyurl.com/y8wpa3xh for a great project video)
- Development of the e-Research Hackfest training program that has trained 35 new Open Science Champions with the University of Catania
Healthcare
We also pursue healthcare research with a specialism in microsimulations of clinical pathways. The Group has developed:
- Agent-based simulations of physical activity interventions (EMPHASIS)
- Microsimulations of clinic pathways including prostate cancer and atrial fribulation (MAPGUIDE)
- Microsimulations of clinical trial outcomes (adjuvant breast cancer)