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DAVID LEE reports on the AI and Blockchain Accelerator Demo Day, recently held in Edinburgh   EDINBURGH’S AI and blockchain accelerator wants to make the city the go-to place for new artificial intelligence and blockchain businesses with high-growth potential. So far, 20 young businesses have been through the Bayes Centre programme, which helps them scale…

The Data-Driven Innovation initiative is supporting the 2020 Scottish Technology Industry Survey, delivered by ScotlandIS. The annual tech sector survey is a valued resource of business leaders and is used by policy makers to support Scotland’s growing digital economy. The survey captures information on the health of the digital technologies industry in Scotland, measuring the…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

Good data on livestock disease and mortality is essential for making informed investments in animal health, and to improve productivity and incomes in low and middle-income countries. But decision-makers face enormous data challenges when it comes to grasping and making sense of the existing body of literature and evidence, which is scattered across multiple databases…

The International Center for Earth Data (ICED) has opened at the University of Edinburgh’s Bayes Centre. The ICED is a joint project between data company Orbital Micro Systems (OMS), the University of Edinburgh, and the University of Colorado at Boulder, to deliver the world’s first commercially viable system for combining and distributing earth observation data.…