by Dr Richard Carter, Data Scientist, The Data Lab — It was in the summer of 1977 that it all began. My family was on holiday in the Isle of Wight when my father took me to the cinema to watch The Spy Who Loved Me. I only have one real memory of that day, […]
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Data Talent Scotland a Success
The day came and went so quickly! After an intense 8 weeks of planning, we are glad to say it was all worth it and Data Talent Scotland was a success. Feedback form students, business, universities and data enthusiasts has been great and we are already looking forward to DTS 2017. Hosted by The Data […]
Inspiring young women for a future in STEM
In commemoration of International Women’s Day (IWD) earlier this week, it is important to take stock. Over the past year equality issues have enjoyed a higher profile but there are still key gaps whether in pay or the proportion of women in key roles. Indeed a recent report showed that one third of schoolgirls in […]
Thoughts and highlights from Strata+Hadoop, San Jose 2016
by Roman Popat, Data Scientist at The Data Lab The Data Lab escaped to San Jose a few weeks ago to attend Strata+Hadoop World. What a week it was! Strata is a huge conference and so it can be quite daunting having to decide between such a wide variety of sessions. Despite this, I found […]
What does air travel look like in the 21st century?
by Adarsh Janakiraman, Data Science Intern at The Data Lab The Internet has often been attributed the title of humanity’s greatest unifier, bringing people from across the globe, a little closer to each other. A gift to humanity though it might be, it has dulled our senses to anything that doesn’t move at the speed […]
Outcomes of the Scottish Delegation visit to Singapore
At the beginning of March, The Data Lab in collaboration with Scottish Development International (SDI) hosted a Scottish delegation to Singapore to attend the Big Data & Analytics Innovation Summit, organised by Innovation Enterprise. The Data Lab sponsored conference passes for the event, while SDI complemented the offer with travel and accommodation support grants for […]
Data Science at FreeAgent: an intern’s story
Guest blog post by Fiona Christie, Data Scientist at FreeAgent Condensing my time at FreeAgent into one post hasn’t been easy. The amount I’ve learned and the amount that I’ve enjoyed the experience surpass what can be deemed a reasonable length for a blog post by far. Luckily, however, I’ve managed to condense it down […]
Do you know what makes a Data Scientist? No worries, AdzunaDataBot is at your service
Who is a Data Scientist? Are they statisticians who have a solid understanding of data and modeling, and love commenting on the shape of bell curves? Are they scientists, who can design experiments and test hypothesis? Are they programmers who eat code for lunch and can process vast amounts of data in their sleep? Or […]
World class data science ‘Boot Camp’ launched in UK
We are delighted to launch the first Data Lab professional development boot camp in collaboration with The Data Incubator, a leading US data science training organisation led by Michael Li, a former NASA analyst whose US-based courses are ‘harder to get into than Harvard’. Scotland’s first ever Data ‘Boot Camp’ will be delivered this September […]
Reflections on a Successful Learning Journey to New York
During the first week of December The Data Lab and Scottish Development International (SDI) hosted a very successful and enjoyable trip to New York with 5 Scottish Data related businesses who attended the Chief Data Officer Summit and visited companies like IBM Watson, Dataminr, Cognito, The New York Tech Alliance and UNICEF. We had the […]