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Mixed Media Grid (MiMeG)
The MiMeG research node finished in 2008. The content here will therefore not be updated and is a historical record of the project, its aims and its outputs.
Aim
The MiMeG (MixedMediaGrid) research node was based at the University of Bristol and King's College London and was an interdisciplinary collaboration between computer science, social studies and education. The project aimed to generate tools and techniques for social scientists to analyse audio-visual qualitative data and related materials collaboratively.
Focus
The focus was on:
understanding current analytic practice
applying this understanding to develop interfaces and infrastructures for collaborative research
promoting the use of e-research tools amongst the social science community.
Key Problem
The project arises from two converging developments in contemporary social science: the emergence of digital video as a widespread resource for social and cognitive scientists to capture and analyse a wide range of human conduct and interaction; and the increasing amount of research undertaken by teams distributed across institutions in the UK, Europe and worldwide which requires researchers to share and collaboratively analyse video datasets.
The problem is that these developments are hampered by little existing technological support for such research work.
e-Social Science solution
MiMeG was developing tools to support the distributed, collaborative and real-time analysis of video and associated data.
These tools have the potential;
To support video-based ��collaboratories' involving researchers distributed across institutions, disciplines and locations
To enable remote data analysis sessions amongst informal research groups - a development that would parallel current face-to-face practice
To facilitate innovative forms of teaching and training by enabling leading researchers to advise graduate students around the globe remotel
To support video analysis beyond the social sciences, for example in performance analysis, video forensics and communication skills training