MSc story piece written by Aidan Wallace who undertook his MSc in Big Data at the University of Stirling Taking time to reflect and navigating through my journey As I come to the closing months of my first year as a PhD student, I find myself looking back on how I got here in the […]
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A Data Lab MSc Student’s take on data science soft skills
Guest blog by The Data Lab MSc student, Warren Smith who studied an MSc Data Science for Business at Stirling University, 2019-20 The Data Lab MSc Programme is all about supporting our students on their way to becoming the data scientists of the future. Yes we provide 155 full fee scholarships annually for data science […]
MSc Success Stories: Narinder Kaur
Narinder Kaur: joined The Data Lab MSc programme in September 2019, undertaking an MSc in Big Data Technologies at Glasgow Caledonian University. In the summer of 2020, she undertook a remote Industrial Placement at Hymans Robertson. I first came across The Data Lab through a bold advertisement which left me wondering what this innovation centre […]
Data Skills Credits programme opens career doors through upskilling in data
The Data Skills Credit scheme was launched in November 2020, providing funding to individuals living in Edinburgh and South East Scotland who were looking to develop their data skills. Hear from Esther, a recipient of Data Skills Credits and find out how you can apply. When Esther Weil – a recent university graduate – first […]
The Data Lab appoints former Accenture lead as chair
Former Accenture Scotland MD and founder of business growth platform Alba Arete, Les Bayne, named as new chair of The Data Lab. Replaces Mark Hunter whose three-year tenure in the role recently came to an end. Scotland’s innovation centre for data and AI, The Data Lab, has today announced that Les Bayne will assume the […]
Innovation Week 2021 – enabling students to connect and collaborate
From GIS to Git, Data Challenge to Data Visualisation, AI Strategy to Yoga – you can pack a lot into a The Data Lab MSc Innovation and Development week We wanted our The Data Lab MSc students, after a difficult year, to connect and collaborate with their cohort and get a sense that they are […]
Artificial Intelligence can be trained to help doctors measure Mesothelioma cancer
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 […]
Using smart meter data for remote monitoring of vulnerable residents
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 […]
Companies That Care Day: 12 happy ways TDL are motivating the team behind the scenes
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 […]
MSc Success Stories: Stuart Watt and SM Abdullah Ferdous at CNRI
Stuart Watt, 26, and SM Abdullah Ferdous, 34, joined The Data Lab MSc programme in September 2019, undertaking an MSc in Data Science at Robert Gordon University, and an MSc in Artificial Intelligence at the University of Aberdeen, respectively. In the summer of 2020, both students completed separate, 12-week remote placements with CNR International (CNRI), […]