The Data Lab, in collaboration with Scottish Development International (SDI), supported a group of representatives from Scottish business to attend the recent Strata + Hadoop World Conference, Make Data Work in San Jose, California. We met with three of the attendees Dave Evans (Data Scientist at FreeAgent), Tony Lucas (founder of Helpa) and George […]
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IoTUK Boost Competition now open
Accelerate your Internet of Things (IoT) product or service from idea stage to a robust and fundable proposition. · 20 companies will be selected to attend an intensive 2-day workshop in Glasgow. · Up to 5 companies will then be selected for 1-month of incubation support and mentoring. This competition is organised by CENSIS, the […]
5 Reasons why data driven app development is revolutionising healthcare
Guest blog post by Michael Romilly, Marketing Director at Waracle. Today’s healthcare professionals are suggesting that mobile app development (termed mHealth) and wearable technology are revolutionising healthcare as we know it. More specifically, data driven mobile app development is actually transforming the way in which chronic medical diseases are treated. Today we’re exploring 5 reasons […]
The Data Lab hosted the latest Scotland Data Science and Technology Meetup with DataKindUK
On Monday 26 October, The Data Lab hosted the latest edition of the Scotland Data Science and Technology Meetup, in collaboration with MBN Solutions. We were lucky to have Emma Prest, General Manager at Data Kind UK as our guest speaker for the night. It was a great event, and the most attended meetup so […]
The Data Lab MSc welcomes students in official launch event
This week, The Data Lab welcomed our first MSc students cohort. The Data Lab MSc is a collaborative effort between Robert Gordon University, The University of Dundee, The University of Stirling and The Data Lab. Through this collaboration, each university has developed an MSc programme based on its own strengths and capabilities around Data Science, […]
Strata London: Day 1 highlights
We’re at Strata in London this week. Day 1 was a Data-Driven Business Day, packed with presentations on practical applications of analytics across domains including Government, health, internet and venture capital. Top five stand out presentations of the day (in our opinion) were: Large-Scale Emotion Analytics by Daniel McDuff (@danmcduff) from Affectiva. Daniel walked through […]
The Data Lab teams up with e-Placement Scotland to deliver MSc Placements
At The Data Lab we are delighted to announce our partnership with e-Placement Scotland to deliver industry placements for the The Data Lab MSc programme during Summer 2016. The Data Lab MSc is a collaborative effort between Robert Gordon University, The University of Dundee, The University of Stirling and The Data Lab, with the aim […]
Interview with Inez Hogarth, Head of Analytics at brightsolid
The Data Lab is happy to share an insightful interview with Inez Hogarth, Head of Analytics at brightsolid. This is the first in a series of interviews with members of the Data Science community in Scotland, through which we will share the experiences of professionals and academics working in different sectors. We hope you enjoy […]
Open Data for Scotland – Learn, Experiment, Create
Guest blog by The City of Edinburgh Council We all know the future has data at its centre and that we need to uncover and recognise the value of our data to take full advantage of its potential – whether internally, externally or strategically. How many of us know how we will achieve this? How […]
Forget Blue Sky Thinking, Where Data Quality is Concerned it’s all about “Life Cycle Thinking”
Guest blog post by Brian Rutherford, Director at Eyecademy. — With corporate data growing at over 40% each year and up to 25% of that data corrupted, there are teams sitting in meeting rooms up and down the country stating: We know we have a data quality problem but we don’t know what to do […]
