About Big-DEAL

Big-DEAL works closely with a range of organisations, including Balfour Beatty, Costain Limited, Schneider Electric, Waste Plan Solutions, Sustainable Direction Limited, TerOpta.

Background

Big-DEAL has attracted more than £18 million in funding from Innovate UK, the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (DBEIS), and EPSRC. Big-DEAL carries out industrial research in collaboration with top UK companies and SMEs.

Mission

Our mission is to develop:

• a world-leading cross-disciplinary research laboratory that leverages novel digital technologies to address current needs and future challenges;
• commercially sound digital solutions that drive up commercial competitiveness and productivity, and that improve the quality of life and well-being of the society at large.

Research areas

• Artificial Intelligence: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Knowledge-based Systems
• Big Data Analytics
• Immersive Technologies: Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality
• Simulation, Mathematical Modelling and Optimisation
• Internet of Things (IoT)
• Building Information Modelling (BIM)
• Cyber-physical Security
• Quantum Algorithms
• Mobile Technologies