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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 […]
Brian Hills wins ‘Best in Class’ at UK Data 50 Awards
On Thursday 18 May, our Head of Data, Brian Hills, won ‘Best in Class’ in the Data Science, Analytics and Quality category at the Data 50 Awards in London. The Data 50 Awards is a UK initiative by Information Age, for celebrating data leadership and excellence. The list is updated annually to recognise the top […]
Space Shuttle Problems: Long-term Planning Amid Changing Technology
By John Akred, CTO, Silicon Valley Data Science Many enterprises are hoping to systematically drive competitive advantage and operational efficiency by gaining insight from data. For that reason, they may be contemplating – or already well into – a data lake effort. These are large, complex efforts, typically focussed on integrating vast enterprise data assets […]
Napier University-Spiritus Pilot Project Seeks to Demonstrate Assurance Layer for Tracking Medical Devices
The Data Lab announces the kickoff of a pilot project involving Edinburgh Napier University, NHS National Services Scotland and industry collaborator Spiritus Development Limited intended to demonstrate the benefits of a blockchain-enabled assurance layer for tracking medical devices through their lifecycle. With funding support administered by The Data Lab on behalf of the Scottish Funding […]
Invitation to Tender: Coordinate Industrial Placements in Scotland for up to 130 MSc Data Science students
The Data Lab has recently launched the third cohort of MSc programmes, which includes collaborations with 11 universities from across Scotland including Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Stirling and the West of Scotland. As part of this collaborative programme, students get the opportunity to be part of Scottish Industry and gain hands-on experience by completing a […]
“Top Three” from Strata Data London 2017
The Data Lab recently sent representatives to the Strata Data Conference in London. This is the UK leg of one of the world’s largest data conference series, presented by O’Reilly and Cloudera. The event was held at the gargantuan ExCel London facility near City Airport, and attendees numbered into the thousands. The general structure for […]
Read our latest case study: Aggreko
Aggreko: Improving fleet reliability through data insight Glasgow-based Aggreko, Scotland’s 10th largest company, wanted to monitor and be able to predict and react to any potential generator maintenance issues to ensure it continues to deliver uninterrupted and reliable power to its global customers. The Data Lab partnered Aggreko with the University of Strathclyde who delivered […]
The Data Lab MSc Challenge Competition – Meet the winners!
The inaugural Data Lab MSc Challenge Competition came to an end on Sunday 21st May, after the final 48 hour hackathon and judging ceremony. The competition, which included three hack events during the academic year, brought all 90 students funded by The Data Lab’s MSc programme from seven Scottish universities together and challenged them to […]
Inaugural DataFest17 a success
Last week marked the inaugural DataFest17, the first festival of data innovation underlining Scotland’s strength within the ever growing global data landscape. Building up on the success of Data Talent Scoltand last year, we decided to go big this year. As an innovation centre, our mission is to innovate, to be bold, and to set […]