During Innovation Week 2021, our MSc students were lucky to have a keynote talk from Gavin Allan, BI & Data Science at Barclays Corporate Banking about data visualisation. He has put together some of the highlights from his talk for you now and we have included a recording of his keynote talk below. One thing that has
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Joanna McKenzie is our Principal Data Scientist in the Data Science team. Here she gives her thoughts on Design Thinking in data science projects and the need for a Creative Data Science approach. Design Thinking for Data I’m a data scientist, and at the Data Lab I get to scope data science projects in
There’s never been a more important time for the data and AI community to come together. Those who maximise the value of their data are better placed to grow and thrive in the rapidly changing and uncertain world we face before us. Furthermore, the need for a strong network of advisors, mentors and peers –
… it wasn’t that (Hotelfone) was stuck for ideas, they were overflowing with ideas, to such an extent that they were almost trying to make the system do things that were now beyond its capabilities. – Margery McConnell, TORCH Senior Solutions Architect Hotelfone are a market leader in delivering bespoke reservation services for Independent
What’s it like starting a new career in lockdown? How well did university prepare you for a job in technology? How do you explain data engineering to friends and family? We sat down with two of Optima Connect’s graduate data engineers to find out. By Caz Stanton and Anna Skelly, Optima Connect Q1. How did
To celebrate National Co-working Day, Alex Hutchison – the Delivery Director for the Data for Children Collaborative with UNICEF – has written about her experience of working with The Data Lab The Data for Children Collaborative with UNICEF is ready to go to school. The time has come for the Data for Children Collaborative with
Adam Lang, Head of Nesta in Scotland, spoke to The Data Lab recently about the new 10 year strategy that they have recently launched. We were so inspired by his talk that we asked him to share their new mission objectives with you as well – perhaps you’ll think of a way you could work
A consortium of research partners in Scotland has been awarded a £250,000 funding package to revolutionise the collection, interpretation, and use of data on fish farms, with the development of a new digital platform that will enable insights farmers can act on. The group, led by Glasgow-based satellite communications start-up R3-IoT, will develop a software
There’s a new data science podcast out, launched by MBN Solutions, a data science and technology recruitment company that we work with for our MSc programme. The new monthly podcast, AI Right?, will explore industry news and what it means for data scientists. MBN’s Associate Director, Kris McFadyen will be hosting and will be