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Jump in investment funding and new SMEs for Scotland’s fintech sector
FinTech Scotland announces, on its fifth birthday, a further increase in the number of entrepreneurial…
Online game world founded by EFI student wins $50k grant
Plot Twisters, an online game world for social-emotional learning founded by Edinburgh Futures Institute student…
Edinburgh Professors to lead AHRC Programme on AI
Two Edinburgh researchers will lead a project to ensure artificial intelligence (AI) and data are…
DDI goes from ramp-up to delivery
The University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University’s Data-Driven Innovation (DDI) initiative has published its first…
Artificial intelligence and robotics to help detect urinary tract infections earlier
A team of researchers from the University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University are developing artificial…
DDI welcomes Audit Scotland report
A recent publication by Audit Scotland highlights the need for a clear, national approach to…
Tourism staffing crisis could be eased by use of AI
Robotics and AI can play an important role in easing the staffing crisis in the…
The Coldest Year Of The Rest Of Their Lives: Protecting Children From The Escalating Impacts Of Heatwaves
Data for Children Collaborative Research Team Collaborates with UNICEF to Publish Report Urging for Immediate…
Creative Future Inquiry
House of Lords’ A Creative Future Inquiry – Submission by Creative Informatics and the Edinburgh…