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One of the US’s leading experts on the impact of artificial intelligence and other innovative technologies on people’s lives is set to join the University of Edinburgh. Professor Shannon Vallor – who joins the University in February 2020 from Santa Clara University in in California’s Silicon Valley  – has been appointed as the first Baillie…

The Data for Children Collaborative with UNICEF has officially launched in Scotland, announcing three initial projects that will use data to deliver new ways of tackling childhood obesity, address child poverty and improve child population estimates locally, nationally and globally. Originally announced in the First Minister’s 2018 Programme for Government, the Collaborative is a partnership…

The ethical challenges of the data revolution are to feature in a development programme for non-executive directors (NXDs), delivered by the University of Edinburgh Business School and management consultancy FWB Park Brown. The seminar, which takes places on Thursday 17 October, is part of the series covering key issues for NXDs, which has been extended…

The Data-Driven Innovation initiative has launched a campaign to celebrate women working in data science but also to challenge the industry to do more to promote and retain women within it. Over September and October 2019, the Women in Data project will publish interviews with more than 50 women – drawn from across politics, academia,…

The Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre (EPCC) – part of the University of Edinburgh – is aiming to help businesses with a funded three-month project focusing on their high-performance computing and data analytics requirements. The EPCC is hosting a free lunchtime briefing for businesses who want to learn more about its supervised MSc projects, on 3…

The City Region Deal’s joint committee has approved £49.2 million towards the new Usher Institute building, one of five Data-Driven Innovation hubs being established as part of the Deal. Committee members were shown evidence that data has made improvements in heart disease treatments – with premature deaths halving in the last 20 years, largely through…

From the writings of George Orwell to extra-terrestrial terrain, culture-seekers at this year’s Edinburgh Festival and Fringe will have the chance to see how Scotland’s creative community is harnessing data and AI to produce thought-provoking multimedia experiences. The newly launched Inspace City Screen, will host ‘Data Lates’, two late-night exhibitions projected onto Potterow, at the…

Best-selling author Caroline Criado Perez will visit the University of Edinburgh on Tuesday 10 September to speak at the conference Doing Data Right: Through People and Partnerships. Caroline Criado Perez is the author of Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men, which shines a light on the data gender gap behind…

The University of Edinburgh Business School has launched its first ever MicroMasters in Predictive Analytics for Business Applications, delivered in partnership with edX, one of the world’s leading online education platforms. As the first MicroMasters to be offered by a UK university, the flexible online programme has been designed to equip learners with the skills…