Posts by Mark Baillie
Tourism and food & drink among Fife & Scottish Borders sectors pegged to benefit from data innovation
The potential of digital technology and innovation for organisations in Fife and the Scottish Borders has been highlighted in white papers from the Data-Driven Innovation (DDI) initiative. The reports explain the potential for both local authority areas to harness DDI and boost sectors, including food and drink, renewable energy, and tourism, and in the delivery…
Read MoreUniversity of Edinburgh boosts online course offering
The University of Edinburgh has launched a new brochure of online learning, which presents a portfolio of fully online Masters courses and short courses. The portfolio, which includes the UK’s largest range of online Masters programmes, features new qualifications from the Usher Institute (pictured), one of the five DDI hubs, in: Epidemiology; Integrated Global Health;…
Read MoreLeading authors Jamie Bartlett and Allison Shrager confirmed for DDI’s conference
Book now for our conference Doing Data Better, 30 September 2021 The Data-Driven Innovation (DDI) initiative will team up with the Scotsman newspaper on 30 September to deliver Doing Data Better, a free-to-attend virtual event that will bring together experts from a range of fields to discuss data’s role in tackling major global challenges. Keynotes…
Read MoreHi-tech tool prompts hope of virtual assistants fluent in Gaelic
Voice-activated digital assistants that speak Scottish Gaelic could be one step closer thanks to a hi-tech advance by University experts. A team of linguists and Artificial Intelligence specialists, helped by funding from the Data-Driven Innovation initiative, has developed software that can listen to spoken Gaelic and print it out as written text. Now researchers hope…
Read MoreApplications for Resident Entrepreneurs and Marchmont House Creative Residency open now!
Are you an individual or a small team working in Edinburgh or South East Scotland that would like to develop a new creative product or service using data or data-driven technologies? Applications are open now for the next round of Creative Informatics Resident Entrepreneurs and close on Wednesday 19th May at 5pm. Nine projects will…
Read MoreMulti-million Agritech Hub for Easter Bush
World-leading research and technology will be brought together to improve the efficiency and output of agriculture, and enhance worldwide food security, following announcement of a £74m investment for a new Agritech Hub. The Easter Bush Agritech Hub will be supported by £27 million from the UK Government, £1.3 million from the Scottish Government, and £31.3…
Read MoreEdinburgh’s super-computer first European site to use Cerebras CS-1 AI system
Edinburgh’s super-computing facility, the EPCC has announced the selection of the world’s fastest AI computer, the Cerebras CS-1, for the Edinburgh International Data Facility. The Cerebras CS-1 is the most powerful AI computer in existence. It contains a collection of industry firsts, including the Cerebras Wafer Scale Engine (WSE). The WSE is the largest chip…
Read MoreFinTech Scotland confirms new Chief Executive
FinTech Scotland, the cluster leadership body, has confirmed the appointment of Nicola Anderson as the new chief executive officer Nicola has been on secondment from the FCA for two years and most recently been the interim chief executive when Stephen Ingledew stepped into a new position of Executive Chair in November 2020. Prior to joining…
Read MoreCity bus firm’s app upgrade helps keep ticket fraud in check
Data experts from the University of Edinburgh are helping to boost the security of a ticketing app used by a leading UK public transport company. They are working with the creators of Lothian Buses’ m-tickets system to make its software and the server systems that process and store data more robust. Improving the app will…
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