Below you will find some of the best articles from each month that have been written about The Data Lab and our work within Scotland’s data science community.
Press articles from 2021
Holyrood Magazine: New funding schemes launched to help small businesses make better use of data
The Scotsman: New funding schemes will help Scottish SMEs embrace data and AI
FutureScot: New £1m data fund to help businesses harness tech
DIGIT: Despite Pandemic, TORCH Brings Flexibility Through Smarter Data Use
Scotland’s AI Strategy: Reports published so far
Re.Work White Paper: The challenges, successes, progression & failures of processing in AI
DIGIT: DIGIT Deal Roundup Column | January 2021
ScotlandIS: The Data Lab launches groundbreaking partnership with Libereat to analyse diet and allergy trends
Digit: EdTech Scale-up Klik2learn Gains £93K to Evaluate Online Learning
The Scotsman: Scotland singled out as new UK powerhouse for technology innovation
Digit: Scottish Organisations Urged to Share Innovation Success Stories at Datafest21
SCDI: Mind the Gap: How Data, Digital and Technology Can Help Scotland Recover from COVID-19, Transform Health & Social Care and Boost Our Economy
Uni of Strathclyde: Interview with Emma Wright, one of our students, doing an MSc Data Science for Politics & Policymaking at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.
SCDI: Mind the Gap: How Data, Digital and Technology Can Help Scotland Recover from COVID-19, Transform Health & Social Care and Boost Our Economy
A healthy society is essential for a healthy economy. Access to real-world health & social care data has informed and enhanced decision-making and policymaking throughout the crisis to save lives and livelihoods.
COVID-19 has tested Scotland like perhaps never before. We need to learn the lessons of the pandemic to build a healthy society and a healthy economy. Our new report, Mind the Gap, sets out how.
Press articles from 2020
The Scotsman: Edinburgh tech firm develops tool to help make workplaces Covid safe
FutureScot: Scottish start-up secures extra funding for artificial intelligence Covid-19 biosafety tool
Small selection of interviews from “Data Science in the Games Industry MOOC”
AI Strategy Scotland: public engagement and consultation reports
Edinburgh School of Geosciences: GeoSciences spin-out ENIAN is awarded Innovate UK Smart Grant
The Herald: Online learning project secures research finance from #Covid innovation fund
The University of Edinburgh: Response to the Scottish Tech Ecosystem Review
Scottish Business News: New Scottish Ambassador Programme brings together some of data and AI’s biggest names
DataIQ: Path to Power – Gillian Docherty OBE
Scotland’s Countdown to COP26: watch the presentations
HIE Winter Focus Magazine
RSE Stories: Key is your value set with Brian Hills
SBN: New Scottish Ambassador Programme brings together some of data and AI’s biggest names
SCOTLAND’s innovation centre for data and AI, The Data Lab, has today launched a new Ambassador Programme, designed to bring together some of the world’s brightest names in the data and AI community, and harness their support for Scotland.
From mentoring students to providing career advice and guidance, and presenting at events to showcase The Data Lab, ambassadors are in prime position to help the innovation centre expand its reach both in Scotland and further afield. Ambassadors will drive awareness of The Data Lab through word of mouth, as well as challenging the team with queries and suggestions to help improve its services and impact.
The Herald: Data harvesting will reap climate rewards
MBN Solutions: So you want a job in data?
Scottish Business News: The Data Lab appoints new Head of Business Development
The Herald: Agenda: Why firms should support extra learning post-Covid
Digit: Long-Awaited National Data Strategy Released by UK Government
Gov.uk: National Data Strategy
Glasgow Talks: Mark Logan, author of the Scottish Technology Ecosystem Review
University of Edinburgh: DataLoch heralds new data-driven era in healthcare innovation
Energy Voice: Data projects driving investment
Energy Northern Perspective: How digital projects can drive investment and reduce costs
Scottish Govt: Scottish technology ecosystem: review
Digital World: Data & AI And Software Development Resources
The Scotsman: Pivotal member of The Data Lab’s top team promoted to deputy CEO
The National: How Scots students are helping make business greener
The Herald: Water of life: Regenerating Glasgow’s decaying canal has cut the death rate
Insider: Intense IT to develop workplace coronavirus risk management tool
FutureScot: News in Brief – round-up of what’s happening in Scotland’s digital and public technology sectors
The Herald: Water of life: Regenerating Glasgow’s decaying canal has cut the death rate
For decades, the Clyde and Forth Canal was a place to be avoided, but
after huge investment, it was regenerated and re-opened in 2001.
Researchers at Glasgow Caledonian University have found that the death rate in neighbouring communities has lowered since the canal was regenerated.
The groundbreaking findings, which are the first of their kind globally, also show that the waterway has helped to reduce the gap between deprived and affluent communities and has had a positive impact on health.
The Press and Journal: World-famous astronaut Tim Peake to speak to Scots schoolkids
Digit: Tim Peake to Host Live Webinar for Scottish School Pupils
BBC News: Mobilising Scotland’s ‘tech army’
Spacewatch.global: Could Scotland lead Europe’s newspace charge?
Energy Saving Trust: Local Homes Portal: Using big data to map Scotland’s green homes potential
Nesta: Scotland after COVID-19
data.org Inclusive Growth and Recovery Challenge
Scottish Business Insider: Driving Value from Data aims to give businesses new digital-savvy edge
Digit: The Data Lab Online Course to Help Managers Use Data Effectively
Tech Nation: Coronavirus diaries update: New Treasury funds are justified and will need to be flexible to deliver greatest impact
The AI Journal: 30 tips from 30 women in tech
Data for Children Collaborative with UNICEF: Our Ethical Assessment is Now Live!
Scotland AI Strategy: Consultation extended to 22 May 2020
Digit: The Data Lab Online Course to Help Managers Use Data Effectively
The Data Lab is set to launch a second run of its online data training courses, aiding businesses across all industries to use data and AI to improve day-to-day operations.
The course, named ‘Driving Value from Data’ is free to all applicants and shows business leaders how data can add value to their organisation whilst gaining the skills to introduce data techniques into their operations, particularly for those setting up data capabilities for the first time.
Umi: Online tool for cancer patients goes national
FutureScot: Award-winning platform which improves quality of life for cancer patients set for national roll-out
Data for Children Collaborative with UNICEF: A Future for the World’s Children
The Herald: Alison McRae: Scotland is leading from the front on data
The Scotsman: Coronavirus: DataFest 20 and VisitScotland Expo cancelled amid Covid-19 health concerns
Aberdeen Business News: Aberdeen data event to open next week
The Courier: Silicon Valley entrepreneur will be key DataFest speaker
DataIQ: DataIQ 100 list announced
Silicon Scotland: Full line-up announced for DataTech20 conference
Deadline News: Full line-up of top industry and academic speakers announced for DataTech20 conference
Insider: Ethics on agenda as full line-up of DataTech20 speakers revealed
FutureScot: Ex-Formula One pit crew member will open data event in Aberdeen
Energy Voice: Aspiring astronaut encourages pupils to get involved in north-east schools challenge to meet Tim Peake
The Press & Journal: Pupils’ chance to meet Peake
Digit: NHS App Shares Data with Clinicians to Improve Cancer Patient Care
Umi: New breast cancer app
Scottish Business News: Innovation Centre launches new business advisory service to accelerate data innovation
Energy Voice: Astronaut Tim Peake to promote Stem subjects to north-east schools
Press & Journal: Peake aims to inspire children to study Stem
Glasgow Chamber of Commerce: Glasgow Chamber of Commerce AGM elects Paul Little as President and boosts board
The Scotsman: Talkin’ about a revolution…in digital education – Jane Morrison-Ross
Press articles from 2019
Data-Driven Innovation’s Women in Data: various interviews
The Data Driven Innovation (DDI) Women in Data campaign showcases the rich landscape of women working with data science, technology, innovation and related roles in Scotland’s booming data science and technology sectors. Some of our inspiring women took part in the Women in Data campaign and were interviewed about their leadership roles at Scotland’s Innovation Centre for data and AI and their views on gender equality in the field.Data-Driven Innovation’s Women in Data: various interviews
FutureScot: Five data science and AI industry figures join The Data Lab board
Data-Driven Innovation: City Region Deal makes key appointment for data skills targets
Insider: Hannah Fry, Priya Lahkani and Caroline Criado-Perez lined up for DataFest
FutureScot: ‘Professor Risk’ among new speakers added to DataFest lineup
Digit: The Data Lab Confirms More Speakers for DataFest 2020
Insider: Five senior tech and finance figures join Data Lab board
Daily Business Group: Science and AI heavyweights join The Data Lab board
Digit: dressCode Hosts Hackathon at Scottish Parliament
Digit: Data Lab Partnership Helps Scottish Charity Demonstrate Positive Impact
Third Force News: Charity demonstrates impact of data science
Future Scot: Astronaut Tim Peake to take part in STEM event for schoolchildren as part of DataFest20
Scotland IS: Tim Peake secured for DataFest20 STEM events
Glasgow Chamber of Commerce: Eyecademy: Forget ‘Blue Sky Thinking’ – Where Data Quality is Concerned it’s All About ‘Life Cycle Thinking’
The National Scot: Circle uses The Data Lab to enhance third-sector benchmarking
Digit: Finalists Announced for 2019 Scottish Tech Startup Awards
Digit: The Data Lab Appointed to Lead Scottish Government AI Strategy
The Data Lab has been selected by the Scottish Government to lead the development of a new national strategy on artificial intelligence (AI). The strategy aims to unlock an additional £13 billion in economic output and drive the use of AI to improve citizens wellbeing across Scotland. Development will be “open and transparent” so as to ensure that as many people as possible can contribute, The Data Lab said. Additionally, benefits to individual citizens will form a “core guiding principle” of the strategy.
Digit.fyi: The Data Lab Appointed to Lead Scottish Government AI Strategy
Peta Crunch: The Data Lab, Scotland’s innovation centre for data science and AI
The Scotsman: The Data Lab spearheads AI strategy to unlock £13bn economic boost
DCMS blog: Tabitha Goldstaub Reflects on the First AI Council Meeting
The Herald: Experts reveal best ways to use AI to solve business problems
The Herald: Data education in school is vital to attract young people to the sector
Digit: Data for Children Collaborative with UNICEF Confirms First Projects
FutureScot: Childhood obesity, poverty and population level estimates to be focus of UNICEF data project
The Scotsman: Doing Data Right supplement
FutureScot: Digital Minister puts people – ‘not machines’ – at heart of new AI vision for Scotland
The Scotsman: Call for collective action to make Scotland a world leader in data
ScotlandIS: UK’s two-week festival of data innovation returns
Oil & Gas Technology: AI project aims to unlock “treasure trove” of big data for oil and gas
Digit: 2019 Scotland Women in Technology Awards Finalists Announced
Digit: Data for Children Collaborative with UNICEF Confirms First Projects
The Data for Children Collaborative with UNICEF has officially launched in Scotland, with a series of projects set to explore how data can be used to improve the lives of children at home and abroad. Three initial projects will examine how data can deliver new ways of tackling childhood obesity, address child poverty and improve child population estimates locally, nationally and globally.
The Herald: The robots are coming…to create jobs and opportunities
A recent study by the Bank of England estimated in the UK, 15 million jobs could be ‘at risk’ of automation. Gillian Docherty challenges the use of the phrase ‘at risk’ and thinks we should be focusing on the new opportunities being created.
The Herald: The robots are coming…to create jobs and opportunities
The Scotsman: Does the data industry need a code of ethics?
Digit: New Coding Initiative to Benefit Aberdeen Women & School Children
FutureScot: The Data Lab announces move to Aberdeen tech hub
DataIQ: DataIQ100 – Gillian Docherty is one of the most influential people in data
The Scotsman: Edinburgh is placed at the heart of the global data conversation
Aberdeen Business News: The Data Lab opens new Aberdeen base
The Scotsman’s 2019 data supplement – Doing Data Right
Digit: DIGIT Movers and Shakers: July 2019
Aberdeen Business News: Office move and key appointment for The Data Lab in Aberdeen
FutureScot: The Data Lab expands reach into Aberdeen with key appointment and new office space
DataIQ: Scottish businesses take on 100 data science placements
Digit: Scottish Firms Boosted by Data Work Placements
The Herald: Catch up with evolution of Artificial Intelligence at Herald business breakfast
The Scotsman: MBN hails record data science student placements
Digit: Scotland’s Data Students Display “Impressive” Ethical Outlook
Holyrood: ScotlandIS aims to grow Scotland’s data sector with dedicated new role
ScotlandIS: ScotlandIS Targets Scotland’s Data Growth
Silicon Scotland: New CodeClan data analysis course launches
Daily Business Group: Tunnock, Crerar and Docherty among Queen’s honours
Business leaders were among those recognised in the Queen’s Birthday honours… Data science leader Gillian Docherty of the Data Lab, received an OBE and there is a knighthood for the MP Brian Donohoe.
Daily Business Group: Tunnock, Crerar and Docherty among Queen’s honours
The Scotsman: Queen’s Birthday Honours: the Scottish list in full
The National: Data Lab urges firms to harness power of AI
FutureScot: Data scientists to start three-month placement schemes to help companies harness power of AI
Forbes: Tech Nation Launches New Growth Programme To Support Applied AI Startups
The Scotsman: Comment: Industry 4.0 is a chance to grab with both hands
FutureScot: ‘Scotland’s businesses can lead the fourth industrial revolution’
Digit: How Can We Get More Women Into Cyber Careers?
The Herald: Agenda: We must empower girls to enter cyber world
Energy Voice: Delegates leave OTC with a smile
FutureScot: ‘Data-driven innovation has potential to deliver great benefits’ says Nicola Sturgeon
The First Minister was addressing delegates today in Edinburgh on the first day of Data Summit, the two-day international conference that forms part of the two-week long data innovation festival, DataFest19.
“Data-driven innovation has the potential to deliver great benefits to Scottish businesses and our economy more widely,” said Sturgeon.
FutureScot: ‘Data-driven innovation has potential to deliver great benefits’ says Nicola Sturgeon
FutureScot: Scotland’s global role showcased at UK’s first two-week festival of data innovation
BQLive: Scotland’s role in global data science and AI showcased at festival of data innovation
DataIQ: NEW! DataIQ Podcast – 2: Data in Scotland
DataIQ: Christopher Wylie – Don’t ask, do tell
The Scotsman: UK’s longest festival of data innovation kicks off in Scotland
VanilaPlus: UK’s first 2-week festival of data innovation kicks off across Scotland today
BQ Live: St. Kentigern’s Academy girls triumph in national data challenge
FutureScot: UK’s first two-week festival of data innovation begins today
Odgers Berndtson: How a top female CEO is leading the change in tech
The Press and Journal: Highlands and islands benefit from Data Lab
BQ Live: Scottish organisations can access data talent
Insider.co.uk: You’ll wait a long time to see unicorn in rural Scotland unless we help SMEs to go digital
FutureScot: CodeClan launches new course to accelerate data analysis skills in Scotland
ComputerWeekly: How supercomputing is transforming experimental science
FutureScot: Open and financial data challenge back for 2019
FutureScot: Shortlist announced for the ScotlandIS digital technology awards
The National: Cambridge Analytics whistleblower to speak at Scottish data festival
The Northern Scot: Event to highlight satellite vision for business
Scottish Daily Record: West Lothian pupils celebrate national science competition success
FutureScot: Industry speakers announced for Scotland’s first ‘DataTech’ event
The National: Speaker lineup revealed for DataTech event in Scotland’s capital
The Scotsman: Fry to speak at DataFest19 event for schoolgirls
Digit: Top Industry Speakers Announced for Inaugural DataTech Event
Insider.co.uk: Senior Google scientist completes line-up of speakers at Data Summit in Edinburgh
Scotsman: Google scientist to speak at Edinburgh Data Summit
TheGuardian: “People here look after each other”: life as a woman in the Scottish tech sector
DataIQ: Why analysts need to learn how to collaborate
Insider.co.uk: Cambridge Analytica whistleblower to be keynote speaker at DataFest19
Digit: Consistency and Clear Documentation- the Two Key Components of Clean Data
FutureScot: Scotland must nurture its blossoming data talent
Insider.co.uk: Hong Kong fintech firm to set up operation in Edinburgh
Data Economy: The Evolving Ethical Challenges In Data And AI
DataFest global: Facebook-Cambridge Anatylica Whistle Blower Christopher Wylie Confirmed As DataSummit Keynote Speaker
Odgers Berndtson: Maximising data the Scottish way
Digit: BBC’s Maggie Aderin-Pocock to Speak at Scotland’s DataFest19
FutureScot: Ten international experts announced for Data Summit
Ten experts in data science, including the BBC’s ‘face of space’ Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE, have been announced as speakers at Data Summit, the two-day international conference that forms part of the data innovation festival, DataFest19, being held in Scotland this March.
Press articles from 2018
Insider.co.uk: Dr Sue Black among DataFest19 new keynote speakers
DailyBusiness: DataFest signs up digital experts for extended event
BQlive.co.uk: Keynote speakers announced for DataFest19
Dataiq.co.uk: DataFest 2019 set to welcome data brave hearts
FutureScot: Born to be digital
NewStatesman: How data science is shaping the modern NHS
The Scotsman: David Smith: collaboration key for Scotland’s data growth
Insider.co.uk: First Scottish Tech Startup Awards finalists announced
Insider.co.uk: The Data Lab to expand DataFest19 fringe programme
BQ: The Data Lab seeks data analysts, developers, engineers and scientists
Digit: Cyber treasure hunt sims to inspire young data scientists
FutureScot: Data Lab expands 2019 festival fringe and calls for events around Scotland to be a part
Insider.co.uk: Eight predictions of what 2019 holds in store for Scotland’s big players
MedCityNews: Big data and big pharma giants join forces on cancer research effort
Himss: The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Society
Forbes: When Companies Use Artificial Intelligence To Improve Human Intelligence
The Scotsman: David Smith: collaboration key for Scotland’s data growth
Digit: Cyber Christmas Lectures Named Scotland’s Cyber Security Champion of Champions
The Scotsman: Call for data standards to govern Edinburgh’s data growth
Daily Business: Data Lab expands in response to growing demand
Future Scot: Demand for data science talent in Scotland continues to grow
The Scotsman: Scotland’s drive to harness the true value of data
The Herald: Agenda: Let us lead the way in ethical use of biometrics
The Edinburgh Reporter: Bayes Centre officially opened
CBI: Scotland must embrace AI and automation to take on the future with confidence
UKTN: Tech Scotland Advocates launches to champion country’s tech sector
Scottish Construction Now: University of Edinburgh data science and AI centre given royal seal of approval
BQLive: The Data Lab secures £13.5M funding
Scotland’s data innovation centre, The Data Lab, has secured up to £13.5m funding from Scottish Government to boost its economic impact and create jobs.
The announcement follows the data innovation centre’s success during its first phase of activity, in which it established Scotland as an international data science hub.
BQLive: The Data Lab secures £13.5M funding
DataIQ: Using AI to fight one form of the big C
The Scotsman: Various articles on data
The Herald: Agenda: Let us lead the way in ethical use of biometrics
The Edinburgh Reporter: City region deal to tackle digital skills gap
Digit: Data Science Engineering: The Next Chapter
Volunteer Scotland: Debbie shows the power of #DataScience in the third sector
Daily Business Group: £9m backs Dundee’s InGAME research centre
Digit: Olly the Robot: The Next Big Home Assistant?
Robin Huggins, Linkedin: Scotland Salutes Emerging Data Talent
Insider: Fintech Previse raises £5.5m for expansion
Digit: Edinburgh Set to Become a Home for Space Tech Startups
FutureScot: US technology and data consultancy opening an office in Glasgow
New Statesman: Edinburgh’s city deal bets £791m on technology
Digit: AI Cancer Treatment Project Receives Funding
DMA: Value of data: An introduction
SBNN: Canon Medical Research receives £140k to develop AI-powered cancer assessment prototype
University of Edinburgh: Ministers’ visit puts seal on City Region Deal
TowardsDataScience: 5 Lessons from a Data Science Intern at a Tech Unicorn
Digit: Data Lab CEO to Receive an Honorary Award of Doctor of Technology
BBC News: PwC report finds AI could lead to net jobs gain by 2037
BBC News: Artificial intelligence house helps disabled people
Independent: Scotland chosen as site for UK’s first spaceport to open by early 2020s
Insider: Edinburgh home to 50,000 companies for first time
ONE: ONE announces Digital & Entrepreneurship Hub with CodeBase and Robert Gordon University
MBN: Growing your Own – the natural antidote to the Data Talent shortage
DataIQ: Demand for data scientists soars as Data Lab MSc grows
FutureScot: Scottish tech sector booms on back of talent and skills base
BBC News: Homes in new Alness community monitor residents’ health
Information Age: What are the biggest tech hubs in the UK – and which is right for your business?
BBC News: AI gives silenced radio journalist his voice back
Scotsman: Hundreds of jobs in pipeline as button pressed on capital AI hub
Insider: DataFest18 ‘shows Scotland is proving its strong position in growing global data market’
Scotland is proving its strong position in the growing global data market following a series of events across the country, figures have revealed.
DataFest18, billed as a “celebration of data-driven innovation”, saw 3,000 people take part in 47 events across seven towns and cities in Scotland.
Daily Business: Inspiring women: 20 trailblazing female-led enterprises
Med-Tech Innovation: How digital health could improve cancer care
DataIQ: The Data Lab’s CEO Gillian Docherty makes the DataIQ100 list
Insider: DataFest18 ‘shows Scotland is proving its strong position in growing global data market’
BQ Live: Potential power of data showcased at DataFest 18
Digit: Deloitte Datathon announces winning team
Digit: Data Summit 18: Data Warriors For Good
Insider.co.uk: Data Fest18 hosts Scottish school girls
The Saint: The Driving Force of Data: DataFest2018
DataIQ: Spreading the word – data science, infections and mobile data at Scotland’s Data Summit
DataIQ: Can data do for StreetSoccer Scotland what they do for the homeless?
Digit: Marios Michailidis: Journey to #1 on Kaggle
The Scotsman: NHS in Scotland must move from ‘stethoscope to data-scope’
DataIQ: Nesta innovates with data for good in public sector
Computer Weekly: Online data can be used to create better housing for all, says Resi’s Depledge
The Herald: Agenda: Why businesses should not be afraid of data science
Computer Weekly: The Cambridge Analytica case: What’s a data scientist to do?
The Scotsman: Facebook scandal: Users should be ‘cautious’, says Scots data expert
The Herald: Scots showing the world that we excel in the appliance of data science
DataIQ: Open Data Institute: Starting-up data innovators
Daily Record: How to change Facebook privacy settings and find out how much personal info social network has snatched
Digit: Can you grow your own data scientists?
Building Better Healthcare: New technology could extend cancer survival rate by up to five months
Digit: New tech could improve cancer survival rate
Scotsman: Tech firms working to extend cancer survival rates by up to five months
Digit: New research aims to improve UK’s financial wellbeing
Future Scot: Dundee’s public data hack releases its first challenge
Spice Spotlight: Data is everywhere by Brian Hills
Insider: DataFest18 ‘shows Scotland is proving its strong position in growing global data market’
That is why at The Data Lab, we do everything in our power to help Scotland realise the full potential of data. We enable industry, public sector and world-class university researchers to innovate and develop new data science capabilities in a collaborative environment. Our core mission is to generate significant economic, social and scientific value from data… read more
Computer Weekly: Data Lab CEO Gillian Docherty on how data can boost Scottish economy
Real Business: Spotlight on Glasgow: What’s it like to start a business in Scotland’s biggest city?
The National: Scotland continues its tradition as a nation of innovation
Data Science Rookie: Getting the Most Out of Your Data Science MSc
Data Science Rookie: Looking Back
Insider.co.uk: Why women must be seen and heard in the technology industry, but not because they are women
DataIQ: Top firms tap into Scottish universities to hire talent
The Scotsman: Mining the data – meet and greet gives jobseekers chance to show off skills
SBNN: Data Talent event announced as part of DataFest18
Digit: Championing Scottish Digital Students at Data Talent 2018
The HTN: Two innovative Scottish projects win £100k funding from Cancer Innovation Challenge
DataIQ: DataKind at DataFest 2018 – data philanthropy in action
Digit: Data Science for Democratic Freedoms
Electronics360: Subsea Survey System Improved with Deep Learning Tech
The Scotsman: B2B specialist Previse to create 37 data science jobs in Glasgow
