Part of the Scottish Government’s Digital Directorate, CivTech® brings together public sector expertise and private sector creativity to solve real problems, develop new products and deliver better, faster and easier services for everyone. Central to the approach is co-production with the citizen through open challenges. An open challenge system is simply a process by which
Blog by Marian Dunbar, Skills Co-ordinator, The Data Lab At the beginning of June, the whole The Data Lab MSc 2018/19 cohort gathered together for one of the most important events of The Data Lab MSc programme – Innovation Week. This is our flagship event where students get to apply the data science and AI skills
Nesta is partnering with the Scottish Government on a challenge fund to be launched in mid October to explore: 1. How to increase trust amongst citizens in how health and care data is used and ensure that the system is trustworthy and transparent. 2. How to increase and unlock the value of data, especially that
The Scottish Government has tasked The Data Lab to be an impartial convenor of the process to develop an Artificial Intelligence Strategy for Scotland. The Data Lab’s position as a hub connecting industry, public sector, third sector and academia across Scotland and internationally places the organisation in an ideal position to undertake the task of
Remember last month when we put out a call for potential stand-up comedians for an event in October? We had such a positive response that we’ve decided to team up with Bright Club Edinburgh for a full data themed show in October! On 29 October, we will have Bright Club #51.0 DataLaff at The Stand
DNV GL – Digitisation of P&ID drawings The Oil & Gas industry has a vast amount of data that isn’t being used to its full potential. DNV GL wanted to advance their techniques to process and analyse large volumes of scanned engineering drawings in a quicker time frame and come up with a more efficient
Four of Edinburgh’s leading cultural organisations are taking part in a £7.6 million initiative that could transform the city’s creative industries through innovative use of data. The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, The List, Edinburgh City of Literature Trust, and New Media Scotland have set briefs to drive innovation in the cultural sector – called Challenge