From GIS to Git, Data Challenge to Data Visualisation, AI Strategy to Yoga – you can pack a lot into a The Data Lab MSc Innovation and Development week We wanted our The Data Lab MSc students, after a difficult year, to connect and collaborate with their cohort and get a sense that they are […]
Data visualisation, bias and data storytelling
During Innovation Week 2021, our MSc students were lucky to have a keynote talk from Gavin Allan, BI & Data Science at Barclays Corporate Banking about data visualisation. He has put together some of the highlights from his talk for you now and we have included a recording of his keynote talk below. One thing that has […]
Creative data science and design thinking in data science projects
Joanna McKenzie is our Principal Data Scientist in the Data Science team. Here she gives her thoughts on Design Thinking in data science projects and the need for a Creative Data Science approach. Design Thinking for Data I’m a data scientist, and at the Data Lab I get to scope data science projects in […]
Data driven innovation and Nesta’s new 10 year strategy
Adam Lang, Head of Nesta in Scotland, spoke to The Data Lab recently about the new 10 year strategy that they have recently launched. We were so inspired by his talk that we asked him to share their new mission objectives with you as well – perhaps you’ll think of a way you could work […]
Data gathering with new satellite tech aims to revolutionise aquaculture in Scotland
A consortium of research partners in Scotland has been awarded a £250,000 funding package to revolutionise the collection, interpretation, and use of data on fish farms, with the development of a new digital platform that will enable insights farmers can act on. The group, led by Glasgow-based satellite communications start-up R3-IoT, will develop a software […]
New Data Science Podcast, AI Right?, from MBN
There’s a new data science podcast out, launched by MBN Solutions, a data science and technology recruitment company that we work with for our MSc programme. The new monthly podcast, AI Right?, will explore industry news and what it means for data scientists. MBN’s Associate Director, Kris McFadyen will be hosting and will be […]
Artificial Intelligence can be trained to help doctors measure Mesothelioma cancer
Scotland has the world’s highest incidence of the “asbestos cancer” Mesothelioma and now artificial intelligence is being used to assess patients in a system that could revolutionise how they are cared for. Launched in 2017, the Cancer Innovation Challenge is a £1 million project funded by the Scottish Government through the Scottish Funding Council to […]
Using smart meter data for remote monitoring of vulnerable residents
Smart meters are being trialed as a form of remote monitoring to flag up possible causes for concern for elderly and disabled people living in their own homes. We are working on this ground-breaking trial led by The University of Edinburgh’s School of Informatics, in partnership with housing care specialist Blackwood Homes and Care, which […]
Companies That Care Day: 12 happy ways TDL are motivating the team behind the scenes
To say that the last 12 months have been hard on our team would be an understatement. Like so many others, they’ve had to adapt to an entirely new way of working; face-to-face meetings swapped for Zoom calls, morning trips to the office exchanged for ‘fake commutes’, and impromptu workplace chit-chat replaced by office social […]
MSc Success Stories: Stuart Watt and SM Abdullah Ferdous at CNRI
Stuart Watt, 26, and SM Abdullah Ferdous, 34, joined The Data Lab MSc programme in September 2019, undertaking an MSc in Data Science at Robert Gordon University, and an MSc in Artificial Intelligence at the University of Aberdeen, respectively. In the summer of 2020, both students completed separate, 12-week remote placements with CNR International (CNRI), […]