New public health body will have key leadership role in data science and innovation
A new public health body to be set up in Scotland will have a key leadership role for data science and innovation, according to a consultation paper. Public Health Scotland...
Glasgow data marketing agency launches ‘buck Brexit’ service for SMEs
A Glasgow data marketing agency has launched a ‘buck Brexit’ service for SMEs seeking to grasp new opportunities arising from exiting the EU. ADLANTIC, a performance marketing and data insights company,...
The Data Lab expands reach into Aberdeen with key appointment and new office space
The Data Lab, Scotland’s innovation centre for data and artificial intelligence, has signed the lease on new office space and appointed a business development manager to help drive growth through...
Scotland’s largest health board introducing sophisticated AI tool which ‘mimics’ pathologists
Scotland’s largest health board is introducing a powerful new artificial intelligence tool which can automate the process of detecting and diagnosing disease. NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde – which serves...
Gillian Docherty awarded an OBE
Gillian Docherty, the chief executive of The Data Lab, one of Scotland’s eight innovation centres, has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. Docherty, a former IBM executive...
Airts adds FreeAgent co-founder Roan Lavery to Board and appoints first Marketing Director
A start-up whose AI-powered people planning and project management platform is helping global accounting firms has made two key appointments. Edinburgh-based Airts has appointed Skyscanner’s Melissa McMahon as the company’s...
Data scientists to start three-month placement schemes to help companies harness power of AI
Data scientists are being placed in organisations across Scotland as part of a nationwide scheme to help companies harness the power of Artificial Intelligence. Organisations are set to benefit from...
GDPR one year on; what’s the verdict?
The GDPR (or the General Data Protection Regulation to give it its full title) is now approaching its first anniversary (25 May, 2019) but what have we learned in its...
‘Scotland’s businesses can lead the fourth industrial revolution’
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is a term many businesses have become all-too-familiar with, and though only coined as a phrase in 2015 by German engineer and economist, Klaus Schwab, the...
We need to maximise the value of data to help grow the economy says Scottish Government digital minister Kate Forbes
The public sector needs to unlock the potential of the ‘mountain’ of data it holds in order to boost economic growth and improve services, Scotland’s digital minister said today. Kate...
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