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Congratulations to Dhanan Utomo from (Heriot Watt University) on winning the European Social Simulation Association’s Distinguished Dissertation (ESSA) Award in social simulation. His PhD research entitled “Improving and Comparing Data Collection Methodologies for Decision Rule Calibration Read more…

The most frequently proposed ways to heat buildings in a low carbon future are using hydrogen to power hot water boilers or electricity to power heat pumps.  There are two low-carbon ways to make Read more…

This article is the full text of a letter to the editor of The Times newspaper.  An abridged version of the letter was published in the newspaper on Thursday 24th Read more…

The race is now on to develop, test and manufacture an effective COVID-19 vaccine and to distribute it globally. The vaccine will have to reach the world’s population and meet global health and economic goals, while minimising Read more…

Paper Authors:  D.T. Ainalis, C. Thorne, and D. Cebon A copy of the White Paper is available here: SRF-WP-UKEMS-v2  Key take-aways (TLDR) 1.  Building a network of overhead catenary cables along Read more…

Logistics has for a long time served the masters of service and cost, but now the world is changing: new mandated societal behaviours during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis suggest that a Read more…

Chris Eddy has successfully completed and defended his PhD thesis entitled ‘An investigation of higher capacity urban freight vehicles’, (University of Cambridge, July, 2019).  The abstract is provided below. Click Read more…