Appointment follows Hills taking on interim CEO role earlier this year. Brian Hills has today been announced as the new CEO of The Data Lab, Scotland’s innovation centre for data and AI. Hills was most recently interim CEO following the departure of Gillian Docherty OBE in January this year, who left the organisation to take […]
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A berry good idea – fruit growers and data scientists in landmark AI project
Data scientists at the University of Aberdeen are teaming up with fruit growers to build an artificial intelligence (AI) system to forecast harvests, which could potentially save the industry millions each year. The machine learning system for soft fruit yield forecasting is a three-year collaboration involving the University, Scotland’s innovation centre for data and AI […]
Our interim CEO Brian Hills is one of DataIQ’s 100 most influential people in data
We are delighted that our interim CEO Brian Hills is in the DataIQ 100 most influential people in data! The DataIQ 100 profiles the most important and influential people in data-driven businesses and the innovators who support them. It also recognises key influencers that have a bearing on the data industry. What key skills have […]
Celebrating International Women’s Day – an opportunity to show our support for women
In honour of International Women’s Day, our Marketing and Communications Manager, Alison Orr interviewed our Head of Skills, Heather Thomson about her career journey and what she has learned along the way. As the Head of Skills at The Data Lab, Heather Thomson manages one of the largest teams in the organisation and has recently […]
Data Talent returns to kickstart careers in data science
Scotland’s biggest data and AI recruitment event returns in-person to Glasgow next month. Tim Campbell MBE, Jamie Hepburn MSP and Manira Ahmad, Public Health Scotland will deliver keynotes. Data Talent, Scotland’s biggest data science and AI talent showcase, is once again opening its doors for people looking to kick start their careers in the data […]
How is technology driving better health outcomes?
It would be an understatement to say that the last two years have been tough for everyone. Living through the worst pandemic in a century has turned everyone’s lives upside down and has put a severe strain on the UK’s health system, creating widespread delays to medical treatments. But even before COVID-19, the UK was […]
Brian Hills takes up Interim CEO role at The Data Lab
Scotland’s innovation centre for data and AI, The Data Lab, has a new Interim CEO at the helm. Brian Hills will be responsible for leading the 50+ strong team, driving the growth of AI and data science skills across the academic and business community in Scotland. In addition, Heather Thomson, Head of Skills has joined […]
Living near a canal cuts chronic disease risk, researchers find
Research finds that people from deprived areas can cut their risk of chronic disease if they live near a canal. Data scientists analysed medical records of the entire population of Glasgow to show the health benefits of the Clyde and Forth Canal regeneration project. People from deprived areas can cut their risk of developing chronic […]
University of Edinburgh programme equips health and biosciences researchers with data skills
The University of Edinburgh – Data Science training programme for Health and Biosciences (ED-DaSH), which has been created through a partnership between The Data Lab and led by the University of Edinburgh, will support around 1000 learners over the next two years. The programme provides an inclusive open-access platform targeted at supporting those working in Health and Biosciences. The […]
Celebratory Alumni Dinner for our MSc Students!
7 years of The Data Lab MSc Programme celebration! At Year 7 of The Data Lab MSc programme with 884 students through our doors, we thought it was time to celebrate all our programme has achieved with the first ever alumni event at The Oran Mor, Glasgow, on Monday 22 November. A bit of background […]