The Socio-Digital Systems Group is part of the Computer-Mediated Living research area and brings together psychology, sociology, design, computer science and hardware engineering to explore the relationship between people and technology. Our research seeks to understand how technology can be designed to support and enrich human values in the everyday world.

SDS Themes

This group approaches the business of inventing a different future by identifying themes that represent interlocking sets of social and technical concerns. Currently, SDS is investigating the following.

	Domestic 2.0: Constructing Ideas of the Family		Propinquity
	Domestic 2.0: Connecting and Partitioning the Domestic Space		Hands-On Computing
	Visible Consumption		Living with Intelligent Machines

Affiliates

Buxton, Bill		Gosset, Phil		Jain, Anab		Lindley, Sian		Molloy, Mike
Regan, Tim		Smyth, Gavin

Overview

• People
• Themes
  • Current Projects
  • Past Projects
• Careers
• Press Coverage
• Publications

Careers

• The Socio-Digital Systems group are always looking for interns and Post-docs. For more information, visit Microsoft Research Careers.

Press Coverage

• Microsoft Research TechFest 2007 - Technology on the Wall
• Inside Microsoft's future kitchen BBC News
• Microsoft TechFest gazes into future, India Times News Network
• At TechFest, Microsoft gives everyday objects a tech makeover

Contact Us

• Socio-Digital Systems
  Microsoft Research
  7 J J Thomson Ave
  Cambridge CB3 0FB, UK
  +44 1223 479700