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Exhibition uses AI to explore love, loss and the future of seas
A deeply moving artwork exploring how artificial intelligence can preserve – and give new life to – the memory of a loved one is set to feature in a new exhibition. How to Find the Soul of a Sailor, which uses the cherished 40-year-old diaries of a seaman to bring his stories back to life,…
Read MoreChildlight uncovers Scottish online abuse numbers
Around 150,000 children in Scotland have been subjected to at least one form of online sexual abuse in the past year, according to new estimates by the Childlight Global Child Safety Institute. Amounting to an average of over 400 Scottish cases every day, the figures are more than 70 times higher than the number of…
Read MoreChildlight push for action at global summit
Childlight has urged governments to act to protect children from a global pandemic of sexual exploitation and abuse as ministers from around the world gathered at a major summit in November. The Edinburgh University-based team were at the first Global Ministerial Conference on ending violence against children, in Bogotá. Discussions were informed by Childlight data…
Read MoreBayes Centre and Leidos Announce Strategic Partnership
The Bayes Centre has announced a new strategic collaboration with Leidos, a global leader in science and technology solutions, focused on advancing AI and data science applications. The partnership will leverage the Bayes Centre’s expertise as an innovation hub to drive research addressing critical challenges across environmental, civil, national security and healthcare. The collaboration signifies…
Read MoreFutures Institute boost for Scotland’s creativetech showcase
CreativeTech Scotland Gathering (CTSG) brings together Scotland’s creativetech sector to meet academics across the spectrum of the creative and cultural industries. Now entering its fourth year, the event is bigger than ever and benefiting from support by sector experts at Edinburgh Futures Institute, the City Region’s largest innovation hub. CTSG was created as an opportunity…
Read MoreFintech and Financial Services collaboration in focus at Edinburgh Futures Institute
Sector expertise in Edinburgh’s newest innovation hub is supporting sustained and sustainable innovation through collaboration with Fintech and Financial Services organisations. Supporting people and organisations to be adaptive, innovative and futures-focused is a key goal of the financial services and fintech team at Edinburgh Futures Institute, one of six innovation hubs in Scotland’s capital city.…
Read MoreAI to enable autonomous underwater robots to perform precision offshore wind farm repairs
Technology could reduce use of large maintenance vessels, reducing fuel consumption by 97% The National Robotarium is supporting the development of new artificial intelligence and control systems that could allow underwater robots to operate autonomously and with high precision in turbulent seas, potentially revolutionising maintenance and repair tasks for offshore wind turbines. The innovative technology…
Read MoreFinTech Scotland Celebrates ESG Innovation Success
FinTech Scotland has announced the winners of the “Shaping the Future of ESG in Financial Services” innovation call. This initiative, launched in June 2024 as part of the Financial Regulation Innovation Lab (FRIL) in collaboration with the University of Strathclyde and the University of Glasgow, aims to tackle critical data and technology challenges to enhance…
Read MoreFutures Institute welcomes partners and members
Edinburgh Futures Institute welcomed the first cohort of partners and members to its co-location spaces this autumn. The opening of the historic landmark building in June 2024 has been marked by a range of activities welcoming the public, students and staff of the University, and local and regional stakeholders and organisations. The Futures Institute recently…
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