Research
Research
Transforming Newcastle's research and its impact on society

The Digital Institute works with researchers from a range of disciplines across the University. By combining expertise in scalable computing, statistics, and visualization, we work within multidisciplinary teams to tackle complex research problems in areas including:
- smart cities
- healthcare
- transport
- assistive technology for an ageing population
- digital humanities
Our research excellence has been recognised by:
- the invitation to become a partner of The Alan Turing Institute
- £100m+ research income including the RCUK £12m Digital Economy Hub in Social Inclusion through the Digital Economy
- the 2014 Jim Gray Award from Microsoft for our use of innovative digital technologies to advance science