Recruiting data scientists has never been more competitive. Listen to Dave Evans – contributing-discoverer of the Higgs boson – to find out what he looks for during the recruitment process at FreeAgent. They’re hiring!
Reducing admin through digitisation
Guest blog from Sage According to a recent report from Sage, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the UK spend 71 days and £35,600 per year on tasks related to admin. Around 40% of SMEs are currently struggling to make administrative cost savings and roughly the same percentage would prefer to adopt technological solutions rather […]
Marios Michailidis, Competitive Data Scientist at H2O.ai
In this edition we are joined by former #1 Kaggler Marios Michailidis. Tune in to find out how Marios ranked top of nearly 500,000 Kaggle competitors, and why he believes data platforms like H2O.ai are changing the way people do data science.
How UK Universities Are Using Patient Data in Research: New #DataSavesLives Animation Launched
A new animation has been created to answer questions about the use of patient data by UK universities, researchers and scientists. Produced in collaboration with patients and members of the public by Connected Health Cities and The Farr Institute of Health Informatics Research, the 3 minute animated film has been designed to increase public awareness […]
Digital Leaders Announces the DL100 Finalists
The 5th Annual Digital Leaders 100 list highlights the latest champions of digital transformation across the UK. Digital Leaders, the nationwide initiative for promoting effective, long-term digital transformation across government, industry and charities, has today announced the finalists who make up the DL100 list for 2018 and opened the public vote. The independent list recognises […]
Stefaan Verhulst, Co-Founder and Chief Research and Development Officer of The GovLab at NYU
In the second of our DataFest specials we chat to the excellent Stefaan Verhulst, whose organisation The Governance Lab focuses on Open Data and how we can use collaborative technologies for the public good.
Kirk Borne, Principal Data Scientist and Executive Advisor at Booz Allen Hamilton
Today we welcome #1 Data Influencer Kirk Borne, who talks about the seven “C’s” of data science, applying learnings taken from air traffic safety to healthcare, the “internet of context”, and much much more!
Read our latest case study: FITsense
The FIT Home initiative, pioneered by the Albyn Housing Society, aims to develop housing solutions to enable people to live independently for longer and provide a secure environment for them to live in. The FIT Home project aims to reduce pressure on public services and resources, by predicting, and therefore preventing injury. The homes include […]
DataFest18: What a week!
After a bit of a long weekend reflecting (and recovering) on what went on last week, we couldn’t be happier with the second edition of DataFest. This year we went bigger, and it paid off. We learned from the inaugural DataFest17, listened to what people had to say, and accomplished another successful delivery of what […]
Read our latest case study: Ecometrica
Ecometrica: Mapping the water footprint of your crops Mapping the water footprint of your crops will soon be possible with Ecometrica’s new water footprint application. The Ecometrica water footprint application offers commercial clients an easy and intuitive solution to calculate their water footprint, by integrating readily available open satellite data and a process model. This […]