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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.
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
The Data Lab have a highly motivated, progressive team who are taking innovative approaches to build a highly skilled Scottish data community through the delivery of training, conferences, project funding and interactions between industry and academia. Our on-going collaboration with The Data Lab has given us insight into the benefits that big data and data science can deliver, and has allowed us to develop advanced analytic capability and shape our data strategy.
Steven Faull
Once again The Data Lab have served up an engaging and inspiring session, delivered with professionalism and a directness that ensures you get value every time.
Callum Morton
We are delighted to be working with the Data Lab to help deliver our ambitions to develop a state-of-the-art flow meter data capture and analysis system. The analysis of large volume data sets is key to our future operations.
Muir Porter
The team feel very strongly that the guidance The Data Lab gave us when we were putting together our proposal helped enormously - both in forming the partnerships and in developing the proposal content. The turn-around was quick, and since then they have provided just the right touch to help us move forward with the work.