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, […]
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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 […]
The rise of the data officer and data use in manufacturing
Saleh Seyedzadeh, Principal Data Scientist at The Data Lab, on the role of Data Officers in manufacturing and how AI can find and develop data Gone are the days when business decisions were based solely on gut instinct. Over the last decade, organisations have become increasingly accustomed to using data to shape their strategy. The […]
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 […]
Biggest ever Data Summit signals new hope for data sector
The Data Lab’s annual flagship conference discussed the need to focus on building public trust in data and ensuring its ethical use. Speakers included science broadcaster Hannah Fry, NASA’s chief science data officer Kevin Murphy, global public health chair Professor Devi Sridhar and Tom Arthur MSP, Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth 600 […]
Business data course equips leaders to drive growth
With Scottish businesses handling and using more data than ever before, a ground-breaking course aimed at upskilling leaders to use data more effectively, is launching to help fill a growing skills gap among senior managers. A recent report by The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) found more than 80% of UK businesses […]
The Data Lab Academy launch event for the student class of 2022
On Wednesday 12th October, The Data Lab team headed over to Edinburgh’s beautiful Summerhall multi-arts building to host this year’s Data Lab Academy Launch event – a happy coincidence that it fell on the same week as World Student Day? Here’s what we got up to and what to expect for future events … What […]
NASA’s chief science data officer to headline Data Summit 2022
NASA’s chief science data officer Kevin Murphy is set to speak at a flagship two-day artificial intelligence and data conference in Edinburgh in November. He will talk to Data Summit delegates about NASA’s Earth System Observatory, which gathers huge amounts of data about our planet which will help guide efforts to monitor climate change, mitigate […]
Employability training Academy launched to tackle national tech staff shortages
The Data Lab, Scotland’s innovation centre for data and AI training, is expanding the content and reach of its industry-leading MSc programmes to include more specific employability skills training for students, to help address a worrying shortage of qualified workers across the Scottish tech sector. The new content, being offered to its MSc students via […]