Health agencies around the world could soon have a better understanding of diet and allergy trends thanks to our innovative new partnership with Robert Gordon University and LiberEat – the Scottish company behind the eponymous app providing restaurant and grocery dietary advice. More health-related data is being generated than ever before, especially through mobile apps. However, […]
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Funding for a collaborative project that uses genomic data to deliver precision stroke treatment
The University of Dundee, in collaboration with NHS Tayside, has been awarded £100,000 by The Data Lab, Scotland’s innovation centre for data and AI, to develop a new precision medicine care pathway for stroke patients with support from Storm ID, developers of the Lenus Digital Health Platform. Every year, 15,000 people in Scotland have a stroke. […]
What data can do to support organisations across the Highlands & Islands
Karen O’Hanlan, our Business Development Executive based in Inverness, reflects on the successes of the first year working in the Inverness Hub The Data Lab’s Inverness Hub has now been up and running for over a year. Much of my focus over this first 12 months has been around community building, networking and creating new […]
Accelerator programme securing investment and creating jobs
Ten new projects have been unveiled as having joined the Scottish Government’s CivTech Accelerator programme, including an initiative to develop technology that will allow anyone carrying a mobile phone to measure and reduce their impact on climate change. Another project is aiming to build a digital assessment tool for people living with dementia to help them find […]
The Data Lab to lead on new Scottish Government AI Strategy
The Data Lab, Scotland’s Innovation Centre for data and artificial intelligence (AI), has been appointed by the Scottish Government to lead on co-ordinating a new nationwide strategy which will drive the use of artificial intelligence to improve the wellbeing of Scotland’s people, as well as unlocking a potential £13 billion in additional economic output. The […]
What’s the Data for Children Collaborative with UNICEF all about?
Blog by Alex Hutchison, Delivery Director of the Data for Children Collaborative with UNICEF – based at The Data Lab. My name is Alex and I have now been the “Delivery Director of the Data for Children Collaborative with UNICEF” for over six months, which is nearly enough time to have learnt to say my […]
Developing an AI Strategy for Scotland
The Scottish Government has tasked The Data Lab to be an impartial convenor of the process to develop an Artificial Intelligence Strategy for Scotland. The Data Lab’s position as a hub connecting industry, public sector, third sector and academia across Scotland and internationally places the organisation in an ideal position to undertake the task of […]
ONE Tech Hub launched to catalyse digital capacity and capability in North East
ONE Tech Hub, the new home for the digital tech and entrepreneurship community in the North East of Scotland, is now open after a £1.5 million investment to accelerate digital tech business growth and enhance the wider entrepreneurial ecosystem. Private sector economic development body Opportunity North East (ONE) has led the development of ONE Tech […]
Fantastic visit with our Scottish delegation to OTC, Houston
This is the first year that the Data Lab have taken a group of Scottish companies to OTC in Houston; we had heard lots of great things about it before and decided to take the jump. We were so impressed, we can safely say it will become one of the regular events on our yearly […]
Checking out the vibrant tech scene in Singapore
In November, I was given the brilliant opportunity by Data Lab to step out of the world of healthcare for a week (I manage the Cancer Innovation Challenge) and explore the world of fintech… in Singapore… at the world’s largest fintech conference. The Singapore Fintech Festival was anchored by a three day conference and it […]