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Research Themes

MPhil study under this program is organised around research themes. On enrolment, students are required to choose the theme under which they would like to carry out their research projects.

Click on the links to find out more about research themes and projects which are currently available. We recommend you also approach the given contact(s) under each theme to discuss research options.

Sustainability and IT
Contact: Jon G. Hall (J.G.Hall 'at' open.ac.uk) and Lucia Rapanotti (L.Rapanotti 'at' open.ac.uk

IT Governance
Contact: Jon G. Hall (J.G.Hall 'at' open.ac.uk) and Lucia Rapanotti (L.Rapanotti 'at' open.ac.uk)

Transparent Computing - Human Computer Interaction in the pervasive environment
Contact: Nick (Sheep) Dalton (N.Dalton 'at' open.ac.uk)

3D Virtual Worlds
Contact: Shailey Minocha (S.Minocha 'at' open.ac.uk) and Leonor Barroca (L.Barroca 'at' open.ac.uk)

Design, Computing and Complexity
Contact: Katerina Alexiou (k.alexiou ‘at’ open.ac.uk) and Theodore Zamenopoulos (t.zamenopoulos ‘at’ open.ac.uk)

Language and Gesture Generation in Dialogue
Contact: Paul Piwek (P.Piwek 'at' open.ac.uk)

Software Evolution
Contact: Michel Wermelinger (M.A.Wermelinger 'at' open.ac.uk)

Music Computing
Contact: Robin Laney (R.C.Laney 'at' open.ac.uk)

Conquering Complexity and Complexity Science
Contact: Jeffrey Johnson (j.h.johnson ‘at’ open.ac.uk)