Guest post by StormID Digital Skills for Everyone We’re excited to officially kick off a series of monthly coding lessons for children and teenagers interested in the world of digital, commencing this April! Members of Storm ID and Storm Ideas (full of knowledge about coding and equally full of enthusiasm to pass this knowledge on […]
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openSIMD: Opening up the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation
by Maike Waldmann and Roman Popat — You have heard of the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) but wonder how it was calculated? You want to use SIMD but without all the health data in it? You want a rich dataset to play with in R? You want to calculate your own composite index […]
Gifted student to boost data science skills with aid of RoS scholarship
A promising data scientist is to receive financial support to gain the skills needed to begin a career in computing and data science. A new scholarship award will support a student at the University of Edinburgh through a master’s degree in the developing discipline. Funding for the one-year MSc in High Performance Computing with Data […]
DataFest Attracts Global Data Leaders to UK
With just two months to go until the pioneering week-long data science festival, DataFest17, two more high profile speakers have been confirmed. Hilary Mason, former chief scientist at bitly and founder of Fast Forward Labs in New York, and Nuria Oliver, former scientific director at Telefonica who holds a Ph.D. from the Media Lab at […]
Data Talent Scotland Start-up Competition
Win one of 5 free exhibition stands at Data Talent Scotland Are you a start-up company looking to recruit data talent? We are offering 5 free exhibition stands at Data Talent Scotland, Scotland’s largest data talent showcase. Now in its third year, Data Talent Scotland brings together aspiring data science and engineering students with employers […]
Edinburgh Tourism Innovation Challenge Boosts Edinburgh Tourism Industry Through Collaboration
Over 120 attendees gathered for the first stage of The Edinburgh Tourism Innovation Challenge (ETIC), which culminated on the 8th October. The event was the first of three stages in the Edinburgh Tourism Innovation Challenge, whose aim is to connect Edinburgh’s tourism and tech sectors. The challenge weekend, run by The Data Lab and Product […]
Brian Hills wins ‘Best in Class’ at UK Data 50 Awards
On Thursday 18 May, our Head of Data, Brian Hills, won ‘Best in Class’ in the Data Science, Analytics and Quality category at the Data 50 Awards in London. The Data 50 Awards is a UK initiative by Information Age, for celebrating data leadership and excellence. The list is updated annually to recognise the top […]
Space Shuttle Problems: Long-term Planning Amid Changing Technology
By John Akred, CTO, Silicon Valley Data Science Many enterprises are hoping to systematically drive competitive advantage and operational efficiency by gaining insight from data. For that reason, they may be contemplating – or already well into – a data lake effort. These are large, complex efforts, typically focussed on integrating vast enterprise data assets […]
Napier University-Spiritus Pilot Project Seeks to Demonstrate Assurance Layer for Tracking Medical Devices
The Data Lab announces the kickoff of a pilot project involving Edinburgh Napier University, NHS National Services Scotland and industry collaborator Spiritus Development Limited intended to demonstrate the benefits of a blockchain-enabled assurance layer for tracking medical devices through their lifecycle. With funding support administered by The Data Lab on behalf of the Scottish Funding […]
Invitation to Tender: Coordinate Industrial Placements in Scotland for up to 130 MSc Data Science students
The Data Lab has recently launched the third cohort of MSc programmes, which includes collaborations with 11 universities from across Scotland including Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Stirling and the West of Scotland. As part of this collaborative programme, students get the opportunity to be part of Scottish Industry and gain hands-on experience by completing a […]