Author: Roman Popat, Data Scientist, The Data Lab I used to walk to school, right past the old man with the huge German shepherd. Depending on how brave if felt, I crossed the road to get past that particular fence. I imagine that every child’s journey to school is an adventure of sorts. How do […]
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The Data Lab welcomes Gillian Docherty as our new CEO
On behalf of The Data Lab, I am delighted to announce that Gillian Docherty has been appointed as our Chief Executive Officer, with effect from 1 June 2015. Over the last few months, we have made great progress in establishing The Data Lab under the guidance of Dave Clark, who held the position of interim […]
The origin of Star Wars characters’ names determined using Data Science
In preparation for the new Star Wars movie premier, Richard and Roman, the Data Scientists at The Data Lab, have analysed several hundred characters from the Star Wars films and associated series’ to determine from which language each name is most likely to have come. A list of over 500 names was taken from Wikipedia […]
Technology innovation in the Financial Services sector
Big data represents one of the biggest technical trends, challenges and opportunities facing the data-central banking and financial services sector to which data and its manipulation and management are central. Generating business value from how actionable data is captured, stored, processed, analysed and utilised within the business (including front, back and mid-offices) remains a critical […]
The Data Lab is growing, and it’s open for business
The first quarter of 2015 has been a busy one for The Data Lab! The first collaborative projects have kicked off, with a growing list of potential new projects on the pipeline. We are also busy preparing for The Data Lab MSc starting in September. The MSc will be delivered by Robert Gordon University, The […]
Interview with Michael Young, CEO of MBN Solutions
Continuing with our series of interviews with members of the Data Science community in Scotland, The Data Lab is glad to share an interesting interview with Michael Young, CEO of MBN Solutions. This post also follows up on our series of articles on education and the data skills challenge. We asked Michael to share some […]