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Embracing the economic potential of AI in Scotland

Collaborate & Innovate, News 23/09/2025

A new programme helping Scottish companies seize the benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) has been launched. Supported by nearly £1 million of Scottish Government funding, it will offer small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) a range of support – including tailored consultancy services and grants – to introduce or expand the use of AI in order to […]

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Tags: AI, data and AI economy, national innovation week

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Scottish firms cut energy bills and emissions in £54 million smart data drive

Collaborate & Innovate, News 24/07/2025

Manufacturers across Scotland have cut energy costs and emissions by nearly a third through a major programme that helped firms make better use of their data. The Data Lab, Scotland’s centre for data and artificial intelligence, played a key role in delivering the £53.8 million Smart Manufacturing Data Hub (SMDH), which supported businesses in adopting […]

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Tags: data and AI economy, manufacturing

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2024: The Year of Change – Reflections from Heather Thomson

Collaborate & Innovate, Community & Events, Culture & Values, Funding & Support, Guest Blogs, Professional Development 19/12/2024

2024 has been a year of change and growth for The Data Lab. In this guest blog, Heather Thomson, our Interim CEO, reflects on a year of personal and professional milestones. From stepping into the role of Interim CEO to celebrating a decade of The Data Lab’s impact, Heather shares her journey of leadership, collaboration, […]

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Leveraging data in manufacturing: Unlocking potential and driving innovation

Collaborate & Innovate, Technical Skills, Thought Leadership 15/07/2024

In the modern manufacturing landscape, where competitiveness and operational efficiency are paramount, data is the game-changer. As a manufacturer, you produce goods and a vast amount of data at every step of your operations. If exploited correctly, this data can illuminate inefficiencies, drive productivity, and even unlock new avenues for innovation. But where does one […]

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Tags: data analytics, data science, manufacturing

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£3.5 million participatory AI auditing project to empower sector stakeholders

Academic Collaboration, Collaborate & Innovate, News, Universities & Colleges 08/05/2024

The Data Lab, Scotland’s AI and data science innovation centre, has joined a consortium of 29 other organisations from across the UK to contribute to the creation of a £3.5m project designed to maximise the potential benefits of predictive and generative AI, while minimising their potential harms arising from bias and ‘hallucinations’, where AI tools […]

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Tags: AI, AI ethics, AI regulation, explainable AI

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Michelin Scotland Innovation Parc’s Innovation Challenge 2 Awards £86,000 in Funding

Collaborate & Innovate, Funding & Support, Net Zero, News 31/01/2023

Five companies have been awarded funding as part of Michelin Scotland Innovation Parc’s (MSIP) second Innovation Challenge. MSIP and partners The Data Lab, CENSIS and Dundee City Council, are providing project funding of over £86,000, towards a total project cost of over £136,000. MSIP, a joint venture between Michelin, Dundee City Council and Scottish Enterprise, […]

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Tags: data science, sustainable transport

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Scottish companies using space data to help tackle climate change

Collaborate & Innovate, Funding & Support, Net Zero, News 24/01/2023

The 11 companies selected to take part in the Scotland Can Do ‘Applying Space Data to the Net Zero Economy’ research and development (R&D) challenge – run by Scottish Enterprise in partnership with the Scottish Government and The Data Lab – came together yesterday (Monday, 23 January) to share their innovative ideas after recently being […]

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Tags: climate change, net zero, satellites, space, space data

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How data-led solutions helping to ease UK’s energy crisis

Academic Collaboration, Collaborate & Innovate, Net Zero, News 23/11/2022

Our CEO Brian Hills spoke with PBC Today about how data-led solutions should be seen as a vital asset in the battle against rising living costs and the UK’s energy crisis. Britain is being gripped by an energy crisis, with households across the country facing fuel bill rises not seen before in many people’s lifetimes. […]

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Tags: climate, energy

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Independent living project wins Chartered Institute of Housing Award

Academic Collaboration, Collaborate & Innovate, Healthcare, News 17/11/2022

A project that could transform the future homes and communities of three distinct Scottish neighbourhoods has won the annual Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) award for Best Partnership. Blackwood Housing & Care’s Peoplehood project was honoured for its innovative collaboration with nine non-housing partners, including the University of Edinburgh, imaging equipment specialist Canon Medical, car […]

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Edinburgh start-up lands £750k for ground-breaking research into falls by elderly

Collaborate & Innovate, Funding & Support, Impact 17/08/2022

Smplicare’s six-month study to examine if the use of Fitbits and other wearables can help predict and prevent falls in older people Funding secured from private investors and UKRI’s ‘Healthy Ageing Challenge’, which hopes to add five years of healthy, independent living for everyone by 2035 An Edinburgh-based start-up using AI to help older people […]

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