£50 million data innovation hub at Ulster University to support UK manufacturers to accelerate development of digital technologies Dedicated grant funding will be provided to manufacturers to implement expert recommendations from data scientists Adoption of digital technologies such as Industrial Internet of Things and artificial intelligence is key to driving manufacturing productivity, sustainability and competitiveness […]
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Dundee-based business partners with The Data Lab and Robert Gordon University to develop unique AI cropping tool
Dundee-based thermal imaging firm IRT will work with The Data Lab and Robert Gordon University to automate cropping of thermal images via AI. The software created by RGU will integrate with IRT’s existing framework which processes and analyses thermal images to produce accurate estimate of heat loss in homes and remove any redundant objects such […]
Legal Utopia participate in PhD placement scheme to develop proof of concept in employment law
Legal Utopia is participating in the PhD Industry Placement scheme run by The Data Lab in partnership with the University of Edinburgh’s Data-Driven Innovation Entrepreneurship (DDE) Programme. Under the scheme, Katarzyna Prus, a PhD student from the University of Edinburgh School of Informatics, will join the Lawtech firm, Legal Utopia for a short period to […]
Artificial intelligence tool could revolutionise epilepsy diagnoses
A tool that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to diagnose epilepsy is being developed by researchers from Glasgow Caledonian University. Researchers are working on a tool that could ‘transform’ the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy and give clinicians an all-important warning ahead of an epileptic seizure. The six-month project is being undertaken at Glasgow Caledonian University thanks […]
Making a reproducible RShiny application
In a previous post we wrote an article about an RShiny app for exploring traffic accidents in Scotland. Unfortunately, if we wanted to run this application today, we would face compatibility issues. Imagine, if as an organisation we decided to deploy this application somewhere else or a colleague, client or any user wanted to run […]
2022: the year of personal development
Skills. It’s a topic that continually arises in the workplace. From conquering the IT skills gap to continuous personal development – it’s an issue that equally impacts both employers and employees. The pandemic has not only impacted the operations and viability of organisations, but as an International Labour Organisation report outlines, it disrupted the education and […]
Thinking of developing an online course? Here’s what we have learned
To achieve The Data Lab’s vision to showcase Scotland as an international leader in Data Science, we have launched our online learning call for 2022. Funding is available for colleges and universities for the development of online courses that contribute to the requirement for more flexible high-quality data science training and education. Find out more […]
Back to Basics: What is Machine Learning?
In our new series, Back to Basics, we aim to simplify the answers to some of the most frequently asked questions around data technologies and data science. In this blog, The Data Lab’s Principal Data Scientist Joanna McKenzie draws on her experience as an analyst and team leader to tackle some of the most popular […]
Brian Hills named as CEO of The Data Lab
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 […]
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 […]