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Research & Development

Recommendations topic

Sometimes the best way to discover new programmes is not by genre or a channel’s schedules, but by what you’ve already watched, what your friends have heard, or even the mood you are in. Our research looks at which of these is most effective and how to automate it.

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White Paper WHP 404: Frameworks for understanding personalisation

Michael Armstrong, Maxine Glancy

What is personalisation within the context of broadcast media and other public service content?

White paper published Nov 2023
Addressing the cold start problem in recommender systems

�鶹Լ�� iPlayer has a constant stream of new users and content. How can we make recommendations when there isn't enough information about either?

Blog post on 14 Jul 2023
Personal data stores: building and trialling trusted data services

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, wants to reconfigure the web so users own and control their data. We are investigating how to give young people the chance to do just that.

Blog post on 29 Sep 2021
Ethics of recommendation systems in public service media

We are collaborating with the Ada Lovelace Institute to explore the ethical implications of recommendation systems in public service media.

Blog post on 5 Aug 2021
Intelligent Audio Production Tools

Making production easier and more efficient by helping to organise, navigate, and enhance audio plus creating new types of programmes that would otherwise be impractical or impossible.

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Putting audience data at the heart of the �鶹Լ��

What could we do if carefully protected audience data 'pods' were a part of the �鶹Լ��'s services and systems?

Blog post on 11 Sep 2020
Introducing the �鶹Լ�� Box

Exploring new ways of storing and using data, especially personal data, and the potential benefits they could bring.

Blog post on 18 Jun 2019
Personal Data Stewardship

The use of personal data is necessary in many online tools and services. Is it possible to do this in a way which maintains the privacy of users, increase accountability,...

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IRFS Weeknotes #284

Latest sprint notes from the IRFS team: Audio AR, Recommender Systems and Speech-to-Text

Blog post on 20 Mar 2019
IRFS Weeknotes #282

Puppets, user testing, and some new faces!

Blog post on 28 Feb 2019
Tellybox: Four Ways of Finding Something to Watch Together

Making the process of choosing what to watch enjoyable.

Blog post on 24 Jan 2019
IRFS Weeknotes #261

Personalised Radio, the future of television viewing and W3C standards

Blog post on 20 Feb 2018
�鶹Լ�� RemArc - how our archives can help people with dementia

The Reminiscence Archive is designed to trigger memories in people with dementia.

Blog post on 27 Feb 2017
Research Paper

Research Paper: Audio Definition Model Software

David Marston

Software supporting the Audio Definition Model

Research paper published Nov 2015
IRFS Weeknotes #191

This week: Radiodan, Docker, UCL Interaction Centre MSc Project Day, Audience Analysis and more!

Blog post on 10 Feb 2015

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