Guest blog by Professor Chris Williams, University of Edinburgh.Chris was due to speak at DataTech20, which was unfortunately cancelled due to COVID-19. This article is based on the presentation that was prepared for DataTech20 in Glasgow and The Turing Present: AI UK in London, both of which were due to be held in March 2020. […]
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The best STEM inspiration – speaking to a real life astronaut
We need to do more to inspire our children from an early age to develop an interest in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) subjects to improve the number of young people with the qualifications and interest to consider pursuing a job in a STEM field. In an era when technical and scientific skills are […]
Our live webinar for schoolkids with world-famous astronaut Tim Peake
Our Project Development Manager Neil Brown was determined not to disappoint the hundreds of school children who had been looking forward to their audience with the astronaut Major Tim Peake as part of DataFest20, so he organised a virtual event with the inspiring astronaut instead. Despite everyone’s disappointment around the understandable cancellation of DataFest20, due […]
Cancer Innovation Challenge – Episode 2/4 – My Clinical Outcomes
The Cancer Innovation Challenge is a £1M project funded by the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) to encourage Innovation Centres in Scotland to work in partnership to help Scotland become a world leading carer for people with cancer through open innovation funding calls for data science solutions. We have decided to run a series of episodes […]
Managing data projects
Our Principal Data Scientist, Joanna McKenzie, gives her thoughts on how to manage data projects and offers the opportunity to learn more in her video, “Managing Data Projects”. Project management in data doesn’t really have the same glamour as “data scientist”, but the longer I’ve worked with data the more important project management skills have […]
Understanding Customer Behaviour Using Uplift Modelling
Guest technical blog by Garry McFarlane, Senior Analyst and Dr. Paul van Loon, Head of Analytics, both at Forecast. Garry and Paul were scheduled to speak at DataTech20, and have kindly presented us with this blog instead. Enjoy. What is uplift modelling? Targeted marketing is so commonplace, nearly synonymous to online marketing, that consumers […]
A quick start guide to creating a successful online course
After 2 years of running workshops on the value of data, our Executive Education Advisor Craig Paterson wanted to develop a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) in order to reach more people across the globe. After 2 years of running data workshops, how hard could developing an online course with a global reach be? Answer: […]
Cancer Innovation Challenge – Episode 1/4 – An Introduction
The Cancer Innovation Challenge is a £1M project funded by the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) to encourage Innovation Centres in Scotland to work in partnership to help Scotland become a world leading carer for people with cancer through open innovation funding calls for data science solutions. We have decided to run a series of episodes […]
We created our first MOOC and people liked it
Our Executive Education Advisor Craig Paterson talks about our new free online learning course, Driving Value from Data. This is the perfect opportunity to try this course while we’re all staying at home! Sign up now for the current course run. (For some helpful advice from Craig about designing your own online learning course, check […]
Find out how to inject some data science creativity into your organisation
The Data Lab’s MSc placement programme is open for any Scottish organisation looking to inject state of the art data science technologies, creativity and enthusiasm into your organisation. Through our partners MBN Academy, we can find you a student to work on a data science project. The students will get the opportunity to apply their […]