Computing and EDA students present at New Digital Horizons webinars

This month, students from the School of Computing and the School of Engineering and Digital Arts took part in a series of webinars on Business: New Digital Horizons in collaboration with Kent Innovation and Enterprise and Enabling Innovation: Research to Application (EIRA).

The webinar series focused on using students’ knowledge and skills from across Kent to offer quick solutions to business related issues, give insights into different topics and technology developments and identify growth opportunities.

Sophia Ppali, PhD Digital Arts, and Yun Jung, BSc (Hons) Multimedia Technology and Design, presented on Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) for business. Sophia delivered a presentation on the value of Virtual Reality for new digital creative media solutions in health care, design, retail education and training. During the presentation, Sophia drew on examples from her research work on virtual stages for artists during the pandemic.

Yun presented on the value of augmented reality for new business ideas, and outlined what the technology can do, and how it is being used in game development, manufacturing, and tourism.

Anthony Ifeacho, MSc Computer Science with an Industrial Placement, presented on cyber security and gave suggestions for better internet safety online. Anthony covered everything from password managers, to using wifi in public spaces, email scams and protecting your network.

All presentations are available to watch on EIRA’s YouTube page, here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-b200C-4A_o_irfxSVhSicMBi8SOt8iz