Jekyll2019-06-26T16:55:13+00:00https://www.archangel.ac.uk/feed.xmlEPSRC ARCHANGEL ProjectSecuring our National Archives for Future GenerationsUKSG Insights article on ARCHANGEL2019-06-26T00:00:00+00:002019-06-26T00:00:00+00:00https://www.archangel.ac.uk/about/2019/06/26/UKSG-Insights<p>The National Archives have just published an article in UKSG Insights on the ARCHANGEL project and its use of emerging digital technologies in ARCHANGEL to safeguard the integrity of archival records.
<a href="https://insights.uksg.org/articles/10.1629/uksg.470/">https://insights.uksg.org/articles/10.1629/uksg.470/</a></p>The National Archives have just published an article in UKSG Insights on the ARCHANGEL project and its use of emerging digital technologies in ARCHANGEL to safeguard the integrity of archival records. https://insights.uksg.org/articles/10.1629/uksg.470/ARCHANGEL makes Fox News! Can anything protect us from deepfakes?2019-06-19T00:00:00+00:002019-06-19T00:00:00+00:00https://www.archangel.ac.uk/about/2019/06/19/Can-Anything-Protect<p>Fox News’ story on ARCHANGEL (originally published in PC Mag) discusses how proofs of video provenance, such as those offered within ARCHANGEL, could help protect us against the growing problem of deepfake video. <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/tech/can-anything-protect-us-from-deepfakes">https://www.foxnews.com/tech/can-anything-protect-us-from-deepfakes</a></p>Fox News’ story on ARCHANGEL (originally published in PC Mag) discusses how proofs of video provenance, such as those offered within ARCHANGEL, could help protect us against the growing problem of deepfake video. https://www.foxnews.com/tech/can-anything-protect-us-from-deepfakesBest paper award for ARCHANGEL at CVPR 2019 Blockchain Workshop2019-06-17T00:00:00+00:002019-06-17T00:00:00+00:00https://www.archangel.ac.uk/about/2019/06/17/BestPaperCVPRWS<p>A technical paper on ARCHANGEL has won the best paper award at the CVPR 2019 Blockchain Workshop, where it was presented today. CVPR is the premier computer vision conference, this year attracting over 9,300 delegates. The ARCHANGEL paper describes the fusion of AI and Blockchain technology to create the world’s first international blockchain for digital preservation, uniting five national archives (UK, USA, Australia, Norway, Estonia) in a first of its kind trial of the technology. Read the paper on arXiv (Open Access) here <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1904.12059">https://arxiv.org/abs/1904.12059</a></p>A technical paper on ARCHANGEL has won the best paper award at the CVPR 2019 Blockchain Workshop, where it was presented today. CVPR is the premier computer vision conference, this year attracting over 9,300 delegates. The ARCHANGEL paper describes the fusion of AI and Blockchain technology to create the world’s first international blockchain for digital preservation, uniting five national archives (UK, USA, Australia, Norway, Estonia) in a first of its kind trial of the technology. Read the paper on arXiv (Open Access) here https://arxiv.org/abs/1904.12059Research paper accepted to the CVPR 2019 Workshop on Blockchain2019-04-30T00:00:00+00:002019-04-30T00:00:00+00:00https://www.archangel.ac.uk/about/2019/04/30/CVPR-2019-Workshop<p>The unique fusion of AI and Distributed Ledger Technologies proposed in ARCHANGEL is working to safeguard national public archives in the UK, Estonia, and Norway in the first international trial of its kind. A technical paper describing the technologies trial has just been published on arXiv and will be presented on June 17 at the leading conference for Computer Vision and AI: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) in Long Beach, California. The full programme for the workshop has been announced at: <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/blockchain-meets-cv-ai/program">https://sites.google.com/view/blockchain-meets-cv-ai/program</a></p>The unique fusion of AI and Distributed Ledger Technologies proposed in ARCHANGEL is working to safeguard national public archives in the UK, Estonia, and Norway in the first international trial of its kind. A technical paper describing the technologies trial has just been published on arXiv and will be presented on June 17 at the leading conference for Computer Vision and AI: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) in Long Beach, California. The full programme for the workshop has been announced at: https://sites.google.com/view/blockchain-meets-cv-ai/programARCHANGEL to present at JPEG Standards Meeting on Media Blockchain, Brussells2019-04-26T23:00:00+00:002019-04-26T23:00:00+00:00https://www.archangel.ac.uk/about/2019/04/26/jpeg-standards<p>The ARCHANGEL project will present technical insights in the use of temporal content hashing and blockchain at the fourth meeting of the ad-hoc working group of the JPEG standards committee on media blockchain. The committee will help shape future standards in the use of blockchain to secure multimedia content e.g. video, images and audio files. The meeting is convened on 16 July 2019 and registration is available via the following link: <a href="https://jpeg.org/items/20190419_blockchain_workshop_brussels_announcement.html">https://jpeg.org/items/20190419_blockchain_workshop_brussels_announcement.html</a></p>The ARCHANGEL project will present technical insights in the use of temporal content hashing and blockchain at the fourth meeting of the ad-hoc working group of the JPEG standards committee on media blockchain. The committee will help shape future standards in the use of blockchain to secure multimedia content e.g. video, images and audio files. The meeting is convened on 16 July 2019 and registration is available via the following link: https://jpeg.org/items/20190419_blockchain_workshop_brussels_announcement.htmlARCHANGEL spotlight presentation at EPSRC event showcasing research highlights of the EPSRC/UKRI Digital Economy Programme over the past 10 years.2019-03-21T00:00:00+00:002019-03-21T00:00:00+00:00https://www.archangel.ac.uk/about/2019/03/21/EPSRC-spotlight<p>In a flash presentation, project principal investigator Prof. John Collomosse outlines the technology innovations behind ARCHANGEL; the use of deep learning to fingerprint video and use of a Proof of Authority blockchain across multiple international archives to store fingerprints immutably so safeguarding the integrity of digital media in the archive. <a href="https://twitter.com/EPSRC/status/1108740650772647937?s=19">https://twitter.com/EPSRC/status/1108740650772647937?s=19</a></p>In a flash presentation, project principal investigator Prof. John Collomosse outlines the technology innovations behind ARCHANGEL; the use of deep learning to fingerprint video and use of a Proof of Authority blockchain across multiple international archives to store fingerprints immutably so safeguarding the integrity of digital media in the archive. https://twitter.com/EPSRC/status/1108740650772647937?s=19ARCHANGEL goes Global!2019-02-18T00:00:00+00:002019-02-18T00:00:00+00:00https://www.archangel.ac.uk/about/2019/02/18/archangel-global<p>The second major user trial of the ARCHANGEL platform has gone live today in an international deployment! We have created the first international blockchain to secure the integrity of public digital archives, across the National Archives of the United Kingdom, Estonia, Norway and Australia. Several further archives are interested in signing up so watch this space to see how they get on!</p>The second major user trial of the ARCHANGEL platform has gone live today in an international deployment! We have created the first international blockchain to secure the integrity of public digital archives, across the National Archives of the United Kingdom, Estonia, Norway and Australia. Several further archives are interested in signing up so watch this space to see how they get on!The Very Slow Time Machine2019-01-21T00:00:00+00:002019-01-21T00:00:00+00:00https://www.archangel.ac.uk/about/2019/01/21/slow-time-machine<p>Jez Higgins of the Open Data Institute presented an ACCU skills workshop for software engineers interested in Blockchain and its applications to secure record keeping. The talk was the latest in a series presented by Jez across the UK at Norwich, London and several further talks and planned in the coming year. <a href="https://skillsmatter.com/meetups/12030-accu-london-the-very-slow-time-machine">https://skillsmatter.com/meetups/12030-accu-london-the-very-slow-time-machine</a></p>Jez Higgins of the Open Data Institute presented an ACCU skills workshop for software engineers interested in Blockchain and its applications to secure record keeping. The talk was the latest in a series presented by Jez across the UK at Norwich, London and several further talks and planned in the coming year. https://skillsmatter.com/meetups/12030-accu-london-the-very-slow-time-machineARCHANGEL project presented at NATO Meeting2018-12-11T00:00:00+00:002018-12-11T00:00:00+00:00https://www.archangel.ac.uk/about/2018/12/11/nato<p>Dr Mark Bell of the National Archives has presented a talk on AI and Blockchain technologies at NATO HQ, highlighting technical progress on the ARCHANGEL project.</p>Dr Mark Bell of the National Archives has presented a talk on AI and Blockchain technologies at NATO HQ, highlighting technical progress on the ARCHANGEL project.ODI Blog post: Challenges in using blockchains to build trust in digital archiving2018-10-17T23:00:00+00:002018-10-17T23:00:00+00:00https://www.archangel.ac.uk/about/2018/10/17/odi-using-blockchain<p>The Open Data Institute have published their second blog piece on the ARCHANGEL project. Read more at <a href="https://theodi.org/article/challenges-in-using-blockchain-to-build-trust-in-digital-archiving/">https://theodi.org/article/challenges-in-using-blockchain-to-build-trust-in-digital-archiving/</a></p>The Open Data Institute have published their second blog piece on the ARCHANGEL project. Read more at https://theodi.org/article/challenges-in-using-blockchain-to-build-trust-in-digital-archiving/