#DataSummit21 We’re so excited to be finishing our year of DataFest21 events with a bang! Scotland’s biggest and best data & AI event, Data Summit, will take place on 24th November. This year, Data Summit will be a one-day hybrid event, taking place at the exclusive luxury hotel, The Balmoral. There will be a very limited capacity, […]
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How to Adapt Voice Assistants for People with Dementia and People Affected by Sight Loss
Guest blog by Angus Addlesee, one of the showcase presenters at the DataTech during DataFest21’s Our People week. The Benefits of Voice Assistants Voice Assistants (like Siri or Amazon Alexa) are now commonplace and can be really useful. For example, my hands were covered in flour the other day as I made pizza. I would […]
Let’s (Not) Leave Data Science to the Computer Science Students
Guest blog written by Aidan Wallace who undertook his MSc in Big Data at University of Stirling When anyone first hears the words “data science” come up in conversation they probably assume it is an extension of computing science or mathematics that is largely reserved for computing scientists, mathematicians and statisticians that already have an […]
MSc Success Stories: Aidan Wallace
MSc story piece written by Aidan Wallace who undertook his MSc in Big Data at the University of Stirling Taking time to reflect and navigating through my journey As I come to the closing months of my first year as a PhD student, I find myself looking back on how I got here in the […]
A Data Lab MSc Student’s take on data science soft skills
Guest blog by The Data Lab MSc student, Warren Smith who studied an MSc Data Science for Business at Stirling University, 2019-20 The Data Lab MSc Programme is all about supporting our students on their way to becoming the data scientists of the future. Yes we provide 155 full fee scholarships annually for data science […]
MSc Success Stories: Narinder Kaur
Narinder Kaur: joined The Data Lab MSc programme in September 2019, undertaking an MSc in Big Data Technologies at Glasgow Caledonian University. In the summer of 2020, she undertook a remote Industrial Placement at Hymans Robertson. I first came across The Data Lab through a bold advertisement which left me wondering what this innovation centre […]
Data Skills Credits programme opens career doors through upskilling in data
The Data Skills Credit scheme was launched in November 2020, providing funding to individuals living in Edinburgh and South East Scotland who were looking to develop their data skills. Hear from Esther, a recipient of Data Skills Credits and find out how you can apply. When Esther Weil – a recent university graduate – first […]
The Data Lab appoints former Accenture lead as chair
Former Accenture Scotland MD and founder of business growth platform Alba Arete, Les Bayne, named as new chair of The Data Lab. Replaces Mark Hunter whose three-year tenure in the role recently came to an end. Scotland’s innovation centre for data and AI, The Data Lab, has today announced that Les Bayne will assume the […]
Innovation Week 2021 – enabling students to connect and collaborate
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 […]
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 […]