The NERC SENSE Centre for Doctoral Training is currently advertising ten paid summer internships for undergraduate students with supervisory teams at the University of Edinburgh and University of Leeds. These internships will allow talented individuals to explore how using satellite data and machine learning/AI techniques can monitor and attempt to tackle environmental problems. These internships
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Join us at an informal information session on Tuesday 11 May at 13:00 to find out how you could enhance your existing skills, or develop new skills in data, through a fully funded MSc scholarship through The Data Lab MSc programme in 2021/22. An increasing number of career pathways and specialisms can be unlocked through
Scotland has the world’s highest incidence of the “asbestos cancer” Mesothelioma and now artificial intelligence is being used to assess patients in a system that could revolutionise how they are cared for. Launched in 2017, the Cancer Innovation Challenge is a £1 million project funded by the Scottish Government through the Scottish Funding Council to
The Data Lab are delighted to learn that Edinburgh-based Union Data has been shortlisted in a national award for the work it has completed on behalf of Worldwide Cancer Research. The specialist data company is part of our TORCH Supplier Network and offers data services including data analytics and customer profiling, data audits and marketing
Smart meters are being trialed as a form of remote monitoring to flag up possible causes for concern for elderly and disabled people living in their own homes. We are working on this ground-breaking trial led by The University of Edinburgh’s School of Informatics, in partnership with housing care specialist Blackwood Homes and Care, which
Reaching out to TDL allowed us to get a second set of eyes on what we’re trying to achieve and make sure that, not only are we going in the right direction, but we’re not missing things – Thomas McShane, BI and Systems Lead, Trust Housing Association Following a thorough review by their internal
I’ve asked the Teams in TDL to tell me about their achievements for the year of working from home – both from a business perspective and if there are any personal achievements that they are proud of. So, here they are to share with you… When lockdown and working from home started, I think a
A year today, our newly-launched TORCH Business Advisory Service welcomed two new employees to the team – Lauren Spark and Sarah Mackenzie. The ladies joined The Data Lab on the very first day of the official Government lockdown and, as a result, became accidental guinea pigs for our new virtual on boarding process. As they
To say that the last 12 months have been hard on our team would be an understatement. Like so many others, they’ve had to adapt to an entirely new way of working; face-to-face meetings swapped for Zoom calls, morning trips to the office exchanged for ‘fake commutes’, and impromptu workplace chit-chat replaced by office social