Posts by Stephaine Peebles
City Region Deal’s Data Skills drive opens with schools visit to ‘Data Town’
An event for city school pupils took place on Monday 3 June to mark the launch of the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region Deal’s Data-Driven Innovation (DDI) Skills Gateway. ‘Data Town’ was an interactive workshop bringing together young people from across the city region to learn about life in an increasingly data-driven world.…
Read MoreDrive to bring more data research talent to Edinburgh
The Data-Driven Innovation initiative is supporting a recruitment drive to attract academic talent to Edinburgh, to deliver more data-based innovation projects with industry partners. Researchers recruited through the Train@Ed Post-doctoral Fellowship will join academic teams at the University of Edinburgh in collaboration with external partners across the private, public and third sectors. The DDI initiative…
Read MoreCentre enables data-driven research to thrive
The University of Edinburgh has launched a research centre to support data-led research innovation in the arts, humanities and social sciences. The Edinburgh Centre for Data, Culture & Society (CDCS) will back the vital contributions researchers make to contemporary cultural debates and social issues and the study and understanding of the past. It will also…
Read MoreDriving force
Catherine Stihler, Chief Executive of the Open Knowledge Foundation, explains how open data can help drive innovation The Open Knowledge Foundation wants to see enlightened societies around the world, where everyone has access to key information and the ability to use it to understand and shape their lives. A big part of how we have…
Read MoreDon’t miss our women in data science event
Tues 11 June 2019 15:00 – 17:30 The University of Edinburgh Informatics Forum Join us on 11 June for an afternoon of discussion and debate on how best to support women working in computational technologies in research, teaching, and professional services. The Data-Driven Innovation initiative, led by the University of Edinburgh, aims to expand on…
Read MorePartnership boost for tech sector
The City Region’s tech sector is set to benefit from a collaboration between the Data-Driven Innovation initiative and Informatics Ventures. Through Scotland’s tech investment showcase, Engage Invest Exploit (EIE), the partnership will support the launch of more spin-out companies, attract startups, as well as support established tech businesses to seek investment. Scotland’s capital is the…
Read MoreThe power of data visualisation
Creative Industries sector lead, Caroline Parkinson explains how data innovation is being combined with leading-edge interactive design to show our cities in a new light In November 2018, the City of Edinburgh Council hosted the Eurocities network for Europe’s mayors and political leaders to address key urban challenges faced by cities in Europe. Edinburgh has…
Read MoreTest centre aims to bring tidal technology on stream at high speed
A £2.4 million engineering research facility will seek to speed the development of materials and structures for tidal energy, transport and other industries. The FASTBLADE facility will test new materials within full scale structures such as tidal blades, plane components and bridge sections. It will be built by the University of Edinburgh and commercial partner…
Read MoreLet’s deliver growth through data
Our guest blog comes from Kate Forbes, Scottish Government Minister for Public Finance and Digital Economy, who explains why Scotland is in a great position to use data to drive inclusive economic growth It’s an opportune time to be writing for the DDI blog, following this year’s DataFest19. With over 60 events taking place across…
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