We’re really proud to announce that our CEO, Gillian Docherty, won at the UK Digital Leaders 100 Awards 2018! The Digital Leaders 100 List launched in 2013 and has become the premier list identifying individuals and teams leading Digital Transformation in the UK. The independent list recognises 100 people and organisations across the UK who […]
Scotland retains the top spot in the UK, outside of London, for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) attractiveness
The recent publication of EY’s annual Attractiveness Survey has revealed the exciting news that Scotland, for the third year running, has retained the top spot in the UK, outside of London, for FDI R&D projects. Almost a quarter of all inward investor R&D projects coming into the UK chose to innovate in Scotland, representing a […]
Exploring transport routes, journey characteristics and postcode networks using R Shiny
Hi all, Recently I’ve finished work on a project intended to visualise the traffic flow within a subsidised transport service, operated by a Scottish council. This visualisation needed to display variations in traffic flow conditional on factors such as the time of day, day of the week, journey purpose, as well as other criteria. The […]
The Data Lab MSc Innovation Week
Two weeks ago, The Data Lab MSc Innovation Week took place. This is our flagship week-long event where we bring together all of our 130 MSc data science students from eleven universities to form teams and work on solving real-life problems using data. This year it took place at the Whiskey Bond in Glasgow. It […]
Learning Journey: Strata Data Conference, New York 2018
Photo by: O’Reilly Conferences The Data Lab, in collaboration with Scottish Development International (SDI), are delighted to support a limited number of places to attend the Stata Data Conference in New York, taking place 12 & 13 September 2018. (There is also a one-day Findata conference on Tuesday, 10 September 2018. If you would like […]
SynthLab: innovating with NHS Scotland data
The results of Wallscope’s collaborative R&D project with Edinburgh University Business School (EUBS) and the Information Services Division (ISD) of NHS Scotland have been published in a report by Professor Jake Ansell, Dr Raffaella Calabrese and team. This proof of concept project, funded by The Data Lab, aimed to demonstrate the feasibility of using open […]
The first post-graduate conversion programme in Artificial Intelligence with Heriot-Watt University
Heriot-Watt University introduces the first post-graduate conversion programme in Artificial Intelligence (AI). This programme targets highly qualified graduates from non-computer science backgrounds who wish to make the transition into AI. The inter-disciplinary nature of AI means that it is a field that is naturally of interest to graduates from non-CS backgrounds such as mathematics, linguistics, […]
Why I’m feeling positive about starting a new career in data science
Guest blog from Data Lab MSc student, John Bell It’s hard to believe that I’m coming towards the end of my year as a Data Lab MSc student. Boy, did that year go quickly. The exams are over, assignments have been submitted and there’s time to breathe and take the opportunity to reflect on how […]
Mhairi Aitken, Research Fellow on Public Engagement for the Farr Institute of Health Informatics Research
The recent Cambridge Analytica scandal highlighted the need for all organisations to better engage with the public and understand their concerns when processing personal data. Listen to Mhairi Quiroz-Aitken to find out how she addresses these issues in the field of health research.
New videos promote Glasgow as a top fintech hub
Our CEO, Gillian Docherty, features in a series of videos promoting the infrastructure Glasgow has in place to support the growth of financial technology operations. Gillian takes the lead role in one video dedicated to profiling the work of The Data Lab. In the video, she says, The Data Lab delivers activity through collaborative innovation […]