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Winning Pub Quizzes with pandas
I was in my local pub quiz recently when as usual we were faced with the anagram speed round. The quiz-master Dr Paul reads out a collection of words with a clue to a mystery person’s identity, and the first team to correctly shout out the answer wins a spot prize. It’s often a box […]
New Data-driven Innovation Help for Scottish Businesses
Scottish Enterprise, The Data Lab and ScotlandIS are joining forces to create a programme of activities and support for business to help them understand and take advantage of the massive benefits of data-driven innovation. This next wave of innovation will disrupt existing markets and create new business models that are built on having better access […]
CoderDojo at Storm ID – Learn to Code in Edinburgh
Guest post by StormID Digital Skills for Everyone We’re excited to officially kick off a series of monthly coding lessons for children and teenagers interested in the world of digital, commencing this April! Members of Storm ID and Storm Ideas (full of knowledge about coding and equally full of enthusiasm to pass this knowledge on […]
openSIMD: Opening up the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation
by Maike Waldmann and Roman Popat — You have heard of the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) but wonder how it was calculated? You want to use SIMD but without all the health data in it? You want a rich dataset to play with in R? You want to calculate your own composite index […]
Gifted student to boost data science skills with aid of RoS scholarship
A promising data scientist is to receive financial support to gain the skills needed to begin a career in computing and data science. A new scholarship award will support a student at the University of Edinburgh through a master’s degree in the developing discipline. Funding for the one-year MSc in High Performance Computing with Data […]
DataFest Attracts Global Data Leaders to UK
With just two months to go until the pioneering week-long data science festival, DataFest17, two more high profile speakers have been confirmed. Hilary Mason, former chief scientist at bitly and founder of Fast Forward Labs in New York, and Nuria Oliver, former scientific director at Telefonica who holds a Ph.D. from the Media Lab at […]
Five ways GDPR will drive innovation
By Brian Hills, Head of Data at The Data Lab — In 1998 there was no Google, Facebook or Twitter, no mobile internet, no Big Data. Yet this period was the last major update to data protection regulation in Europe. Since that time, the internet economy has become an integral part in all of our […]
Data Talent Scotland Start-up Competition
Win one of 5 free exhibition stands at Data Talent Scotland Are you a start-up company looking to recruit data talent? We are offering 5 free exhibition stands at Data Talent Scotland, Scotland’s largest data talent showcase. Now in its third year, Data Talent Scotland brings together aspiring data science and engineering students with employers […]
Edinburgh Tourism Innovation Challenge Boosts Edinburgh Tourism Industry Through Collaboration
Over 120 attendees gathered for the first stage of The Edinburgh Tourism Innovation Challenge (ETIC), which culminated on the 8th October. The event was the first of three stages in the Edinburgh Tourism Innovation Challenge, whose aim is to connect Edinburgh’s tourism and tech sectors. The challenge weekend, run by The Data Lab and Product […]