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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£3.5 million participatory AI auditing project to empower sector stakeholders
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 […]
Michelin Scotland Innovation Parc’s Innovation Challenge 2 Awards £86,000 in Funding
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, […]
Scottish companies using space data to help tackle climate change
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 […]
How data-led solutions helping to ease UK’s energy crisis
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. […]
Independent living project wins Chartered Institute of Housing Award
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 […]
Edinburgh start-up lands £750k for ground-breaking research into falls by elderly
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 […]
Scotland at forefront of ‘gamechanger’ €6m project to improve bowel cancer diagnosis
Scottish health researchers are at the forefront of a new €6m project to make Artificial Intelligence-assisted capsule endoscopy a part of future bowel cancer diagnostics. Bowel cancer is the second most-common cause of cancer death in Scotland, with around 1,600 people dying of the disease each year. The current detection method involves inserting an endoscope, […]
The Data Lab to lead data science delivery for multi-million pound manufacturing innovation hub
The Data Lab has partnered with 11 other organisations across the UK to contribute to the creation of the £50m Smart Manufacturing Data Innovation Hub, marking the largest consortium the innovation centre has been a part of in its history. The hub will benefit UK manufacturers’ productivity and competitiveness by providing a new data innovation […]
£50 million data innovation hub for manufacturers to accelerate digital tech
£50 million data innovation hub at Ulster University to support UK manufacturers to accelerate development of digital technologies Dedicated grant funding will be provided to manufacturers to implement expert recommendations from data scientists Adoption of digital technologies such as Industrial Internet of Things and artificial intelligence is key to driving manufacturing productivity, sustainability and competitiveness […]