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Creative Future Inquiry
House of Lords’ A Creative Future Inquiry – Submission by Creative Informatics and the Edinburgh Futures Institute, University of Edinburgh. Submission prepared by Nicola Osborne and Caroline Parkinson, in consultation with Professor Melissa Terras, Professor Chris Speed, Dr Michael Smyth, Professor Candace Jones, and Ruth Oliver Professor Melissa Terras has been invited to give oral…
Read MoreDDI launches research grants for social change through innovation
Staff at the University of Edinburgh have been invited to submit small grant proposals on the theme of social change through innovation. Following the success of previous DDI-supported open calls, the DDI initiative has allocated £250,000 to be released as small grants to support staff at the University of Edinburgh applying data-driven innovation ideas to…
Read MoreConference report – Data for diversity
Data enthusiasts from a wide range of backgrounds came together on 29 September for the Scotsman/DDI conference, held at the University of Edinburgh. The capital’s flagship data event focused this year on the potential for data and artificial intelligence to promote diversity, equality and inclusivity. The first of the day’s keynote speakers, Dr Nakeema Stefflbauer,…
Read MoreUK’s National Robotarium opens its doors with global collaboration announcement
Multi million-pound centre for robotics and AI to partner with Tata Consultancy Services in major agreement The UK’s National Robotarium, which officially opens today [Wednesday 28 September 2022] in Edinburgh, Scotland, has announced a major applied engineering and research collaboration with multi-billion dollar company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). The pioneering £22.4 million centre for robotics…
Read MoreScotland’s space sector set to become greenest on Earth
Ambitious plans unveiled to reduce sector’s environmental impact with publication of new Scottish Space Sustainability Roadmap Scotland’s space sector today declares its commitment to reducing its impact on the environment through the publication of a new sustainable space roadmap, the first of its kind on Earth. The new roadmap sets out the steps needed to…
Read MoreBig Boost for UK FinTech as FinTech Scotland Achieves Top Cluster Excellence Accreditation
FinTech Scotland Recognised as Leading Fintech Cluster Management Organisation in Europe UK FinTech innovation has been given a significant boost with the announcement that FinTech Scotland has achieved a new level of Cluster Excellence accreditation. The accreditation, which is the highest level achieved by a fintech body in UK and Europe, comes at a time…
Read MoreDataLoch – enabling improvements in health and social care through a secure, pioneering data service
Addressing public health and social care challenges is of increasing importance in society today. The role of data in understanding population-wide health and wellbeing, and therefore opening the door to service improvements and new innovation that will enhance care, is core to the mission of the Data-Driven Innovation Health and Social Care programme. As part…
Read MoreConference preview: Data for diversity
Lawyer, author, and advocate, Renata Ávila will bring her powerful message about how data can empower and improve equality to the DDI’s conference in September. We caught up with her for a preview of what she’ll discuss. Whether technology is ‘open’ or ‘closed’ may not be an issue many people think about. We tend to…
Read MoreAI better at spotting heart failure than current tests, study finds
Artificial intelligence can help diagnose acute heart failure with more accuracy than current blood tests alone, research suggests. Using AI to combine patient data with results from a test for levels of a protein made by the heart could help doctors spot heart failure sooner and improve patient care, experts say. Acute heart failure affects…
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