Be a part of #DataFest19. Applications are now open to present at the inaugural DataTech; or to run your own Fringe Event.
The Data Lab enables industry, public sector and world-class university researchers to innovate and develop new data science capabilities in a collaborative environment. Its core mission is to generate significant economic, social and scientific value from big data.
With a Scotland-wide presence and Hubs in Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow, it is in close proximity to leading industry and university institutions with world-class research in informatics and computer science. Hubs are focused on building relationships locally and delivering a range of activities that span across the three key areas:
Collaborative Innovation
The main focus of The Data Lab is to strengthen Scotland’s local industry and transfer world-leading research in informatics and computer science into the global marketplace.
Skills & Talent
The skills needed to exploit the data opportunity are in great demand and short supply. The Data Lab will work with industry and seek to create a pipeline of talented data scientists, equipped with the relevant skills.
Community Building
The Data Lab connects world-leading researchers and data scientists with local industry and public sector organisations, giving them access to experts who can help collaborate on solutions to key problems.
Working with The Data Lab brings to us, as a leading company in asset management, the leading research in academia that best matches our needs. The close involvement of The Data Lab professionals in the project development process was of enormous value in the success of our application.
Emilio Llorente-Cano
Symphonic Software has been working with The Data Lab for a number of months. During that time, The Data Lab has developed an excellent understanding of our strategy, product and points of difference in the market, and have been able to use this knowledge to introduce Symphonic Software to relevant organisations, projects and potential clients with a clearly identified mutual interest. I can point to company growth directly attributable to the relationship we have built with The Data Lab - they are already making an impact in our business, and we will seek to develop a longer term mutually supportive relationship with The Data Lab. It is an excellent focus for market-focused collaborative innovation.
Derick James
You have a knock-out team of engaged professionals, who try their damnedest, and invariably succeed, at finding the best way to turn our academic expertise into high-business value. Good cake is sometimes provided too, which also helps.
Professor David Wolfe Corne
I found both weeks I was at Bootcamp to be really beneficial. Not being a programmer or a mathematician it was a challenge but it has pushed me to learn and I am at a point where I can now continue to learn in this area by myself, given the grounding I now have. I don’t think I could have achieved that with any other format than being sat in a room with other students for two weeks.
Colin Spence
After attending the first week of the Data Science Boot Camp in Edinburgh I feel confident to navigate the open-source ecosystem in my own time to take my data science skills to the next level.