Blog by Alex Hutchison, Delivery Director of the Data for Children Collaborative with UNICEF – based at The Data Lab. My name is Alex and I have now been the “Delivery Director of the Data for Children Collaborative with UNICEF” for over six months, which is nearly enough time to have learnt to say my
A fountain of knowledge will be celebrated with the newly launched 5th Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards. Applications are being sought from all Scottish universities, research institutes and colleges, as well as businesses and organisations, demonstrating research and development and innovation-led partnerships which have had a positive impact on the economy, society or the environment. The
The Data Lab MSc is a collaborative programme which this year is funding 155 Masters studentships on 25 Data Science and AI courses across 11 Scottish Universities. The programme facilitates industry involvement and collaboration, and provides full funding and resources for students. The programme is funded by The Scottish Government through the SFC and The
Guest blog from Anna Marek, MSc in Data Engineering at University of Dundee My name is Anna, I have recently graduated from the University of Dundee with an MSc in Data Engineering funded by The Data Lab. To be honest I initially thought that The Data Lab Scholarship was simply a source of funding, but
Blog by Euan Gardner, Senior Information Development Manager, Strategic Development Team, NHS NSS 1. Introduction Guess who’s back, not-so-slim shady’s back, tell a friend and this time I’m talking about synthetic data. This blog is about the concept of synthetic data, if you want a discussion on the methods (and safeguards) that The Data Lab
Blog by Marian Dunbar, Skills Co-ordinator, The Data Lab The Data Lab MSc2018/19 cohort came together for the last time at an event organised by MBN in the fabulous BaAD in Glasgow. The event aimed to explore the many “Pathways” available to our soon to be alumni as they move from study into the workplace or
It’s always an exciting time for us, planning and looking forward to bringing you another amazing DataFest event. DataFest has grown each year, and now runs over two weeks, with more events and participants every year, showing how much interest, enthusiasm and collaboration there is around data science in Scotland. DataFest19 was our most ambitious