AI set to deliver safer offshore work environments
A new artificial intelligence that is set to boost safety standards in the offshore energy industry is in development. A team of engineers from Heriot-Watt University’s, Smart Systems Group (SSG),...
Edinburgh is Britain’s biggest bandwidth user
From the kids watching Disney+ to DIY tutorials on YouTube, the UK’s broadband network has been under immense pressure during lockdown, but which city is the UK’s biggest bandwidth user...
‘Bat-like’ sensor could help social distancing as lockdown lifts
A disruptive Scottish start-up company based in the Edinburgh Business School Incubator has developed a sensor which allows an Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) to understand the physical world around it. Taking...
Data and AI is key to supporting sector through the energy transition
The sudden requirement to work from home and therefore access data remotely has thrown many companies headfirst into digitalisation, whether they felt ready for it or not. What was perceived...
COVID-19: Data and information management
No area of our life has remained untouched by the impact of COVID-19 and our information management practices are no exception. We are having to find new ways of working...
The ICO to be less rigid when enforcing GDPR breaches
The UK’s data regulator says it will relax its regulatory approach to enforcement during the COVID-19 crisis, in line with a commitment to being “pragmatic” and “proportionate”. This flexibility allows...
Developing Scotland’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy – be part of it.
The Scottish Government Consultation closes on 8th May 2020. The steering committee would welcome your response to the consultation questions, on the proposed definition of AI for the purposes of...
The Cloud is not the end – it’s the beginning
Organisations need to embrace digital innovation to help transform their businesses. Large or small, public or private sector, most companies are already at least some of the way through their...
Finding its ‘edge’ in a world of data
On the outskirts of Edinburgh, a climate-controlled facility is quietly homing a row of large boxes, which at first sight look not too dissimilar to soft drinks vending machines. The...
Heriot-Watt AI spin-out which helps ‘reduce isolation’ to play part in fight against coronavirus
A Scottish university spin-out is developing artificial intelligence (AI) software that that can understand and respond to human conversation, which can help play a part in the global fight against...
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