Posts by Stephaine Peebles
Getting a Story from your Data
Caroline Parkinson reports from Data-Driven Innovation’s recent event, Getting a Story from your Data On 28 November, the Data-Driven Innovation programme held its second creative industries skills event. This was co-created with trade bodies for theatre, performance and publishing sector. Over the past year creative industries trade bodies and practitioners have expressed their…
Read MoreThe AI & Blockchain Accelerator Opens Applications For 2020 Programme
The AI & Blockchain Accelerator, at the University of Edinburgh’s world-leading Bayes Centre, calls start-ups and entrepreneurs to apply for the 2020 programme. Applications can be submitted online (www.wayra.co.uk) from 3rd December to 15th January. The Accelerator is a collaboration between Wayra UK, Telefónica’s open innovation arm and the University’s Data-Driven Innovation (DDI) Programme (part…
Read MoreCity Region Deal makes key appointment for data skills targets
The City Region Deal is gearing up to help people across Edinburgh and South East Scotland improve their data skills. The Data-Driven Innovation (DDI) Skills Gateway has appointed Anna Scott as its Project Delivery Manager, to take the lead on Data Education for Work activities. Anna will be based in The Data Lab, Scotland’s Innovation…
Read MoreStudents’ tech solutions to cut waste in Scotland
The ‘Uber’ of the construction industry, an AI tool to analyse building materials, and a waste prevention web platform were among ideas presented by University of Edinburgh students to reduce waste from the construction industry – Scotland’s single largest waste producer. The 24 students were responding to a brief set by leading infrastructure company Robertson,…
Read MoreSpace meets creative mash-up
Caroline Parkinson reports from Data-Driven Innovation’s recent event, the Art of the Possible: Bright Sustainable Future. On 12 November, the Data-Driven Innovation programme held its first creative industries innovation event by bringing space and satellite data experts and creative practitioners together in a mash-up to raise awareness amongst the two sectors, and stimulate co-working…
Read MoreStrategy lead steps in at Data-Driven Innovation programme
The Data-Driven Innovation (DDI) programme has made a key appointment to its senior leadership team. Ritchie Somerville has been named as DDI’s Head of Strategy and will focus on developing and delivering a wide range of initiatives that meet the programme’s outcomes. Ritchie will also look after the programme’s wider alignment within the ever-evolving innovation…
Read MoreGuest blog: Tracy Black, CBI Scotland Director
AI and innovation – futureproofing the Scottish economy Putting politics to one side, if you ask anyone what they want for the future of Scotland, they’ll come up with a pretty similar answer: a successful economy that provides good jobs, high wages and supports first class public services. The more difficult question is how we…
Read MorePoppy Gerrard-Abbott describes the journey of the DDI ‘Women in Data’ campaign
I arrived at Data-Driven Innovation in January 2019 to lead on the Women in Data project. With a small team, we got to work with a rough spec and fairly straightforward aim of capturing the professional contributions of women in data science, tech and innovation work in Edinburgh. We had an approximate idea of how…
Read MoreApplications for Creative Informatics Challenge Projects are open now!
Applications for the second round of Creative Informatics Challenge Projects are open now, with a deadline of the 6th of November. Challenge Projects offer an opportunity for creative and cultural organisations in Edinburgh and South East Scotland to bring forward challenges relating to their work that require innovative, data-driven solutions. Up to five challenges will…
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