It is that time of the year again. Applications for the ScotlandIS Digital Technology Awards 2017 are now open, and The Data Lab is proud to sponsor the award for Transformational Innovation Through Data. Organised by ScotlandIS and now in their seventh year, the Digital Technology Awards are designed to shine a spotlight on our […]
Community & Events
DataFest18 Fringe Events Call Now Open
DataFest18 is all about collaboration. We believe that interaction between different industry sectors and disciplines, academics, data practitioners, students, public sector, and business specialists is a key element towards data driven innovation. DataFest17 hosted 23 fringe events in 4 cities, including a series of training events, debates, a parliamentary event, and schools and college events. […]
The Data Lab Hosts 2nd Executive Away Day
by Craig Paterson, Executive Education Advisor, The Data Lab — The Data Lab hosted our second Executive Away Day earlier this month in the Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh. It all started with a welcome dinner, which was followed by a day of insightful presentations and discussions. Over dinner, we heard some fascinating stories about people’s […]
The Data Lab takes part at Byte Night
The Data Lab team are sleeping out on the 7th October, whatever the weather, to help tackle the root causes of youth homelessness. Every year, 80,000 young people find themselves without a place to stay. We are giving up our beds for one night to make a positive difference to these young people’s lives. Byte […]
Calling all Data Scientists to join our “Office Hours” initiative
The Data Lab is pleased to announce an Office Hours initiative aimed at Scottish data science professionals on Friday 7th October 2016. We would like to invite data scientists and academics to attend our offices at 15 South College Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AA, to come together and discuss problems, share insights, and meet like-minded technicians in […]
The Data Lab Launches UK’s First Data Festival – DataFest17
The Data Lab is bringing the UK’s first ever week-long data science festival to Scotland in partnership with Sainsbury’s Bank in March 2017. The inaugural DataFest17 will be a celebration of innovation and will showcase Scotland’s leading data science capabilities, attracting international experts in data science to Scotland. Gillian Docherty, CEO of The Data Lab, […]
The DMA – Events and Training in Scotland
Guest post by The DMA Group — If you’re involved in data, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) should be at the front of your mind. Brexit is now a reality we can’t hide from, but we should be putting customers first anyway? But where do you start to find out what the new regulations mean […]
Mission Christmas: You can help us help Santa make it to every house in Edinburgh
This year, The Data Lab team wanted to do something special for Christmas. This is why we decided to skip Secret Santa at the office, and donate a gift to a child in need instead. And you can help too! One in five children are living in poverty right now, and Cash for Kids Mission […]
Reflections on a Successful Learning Journey to New York
During the first week of December The Data Lab and Scottish Development International (SDI) hosted a very successful and enjoyable trip to New York with 5 Scottish Data related businesses who attended the Chief Data Officer Summit and visited companies like IBM Watson, Dataminr, Cognito, The New York Tech Alliance and UNICEF. We had the […]
