This article is based on work from the CHAI academic research project, which explores how individuals can best recognise and protect themselves against potential security risks posed by AI-enabled smart technologies in the home. It is a three-year EPSRC-funded project involving five UK universities in collaboration with Housing Technology. Benefits vs. risks of AI technologies…
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Modular housing – Production, process & standardisation
To meet the UK’s challenge of delivering two million homes during a time of skills shortages and rising materials’ costs, we need to show that technology can help us achieve our goals; adopting a manufacturing approach means embracing the principles of production, process and standardisation. Standardised components Often referred to as ‘platform design for manufacture…
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Digital twin or digital cousin?
A digital twin is a virtual model of a physical object. It comprises an interconnected system of sensors and data analysis methods using aspects of artificial intelligence to learn about the systems it is monitoring and predict when issues may arise based on the experience it has seen. The impact on an organisation of having…
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Building data maturity
One problem with traditional data maturity models is that they tend to use a common framework for all organisations, irrespective of market sector, current use of data and underlying data management challenges. A scale from 1-5 or a classification from ‘explorer’ to ‘innovator’ could be accused of being an over-simplification of issues which are often…
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Income teams & fear of change
In the economic squeeze triggered by the pandemic, there is more scrutiny on the millions of pounds tied up in tenants’ arrears. Income teams are expected to collect more while controlling costs and avoiding bad publicity and reputational damage. With visits, letters and phone calls falling out of favour, do housing providers’ income teams have…
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Ready for data-risk management?
Poor data management can lead to poor decision-making. While audit and risk committees across the UK receive reports every year on the effectiveness of their internal control systems, little thought generally goes into the data issues that decision-makers face every day. Data is often out of date and frequently there are multiple sets of similar…
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