Art and AI artist residency and research programme announced
Edinburgh Futures Institute is to host an artist working with artificial intelligence as part of a new project linking emerging technologies with the city’s festivals.
Students offer fresh insights on researchers’ work
Two world-leading thinkers on business and the economy will go on stage alongside PhD students at an event that aims to bring new perspectives on their work.
Blockchain technologies explained
An informative guide that aims to demystify blockchain technologies has been developed by researchers with support from an EFI Research Award.
Chancellor’s Fellows
The Edinburgh Futures Institute has appointed five academics to help lead the next generation of research innovation.
The group are part of the University’s prestigious Chancellor’s Fellows scheme, which is aimed at exceptional individuals who are establishing a reputation for the highest quality research at the forefront of their discipline.
TRADING ZONE 2019: Open Call
Submissions are now open to all University students to showcase their work at an exhibition in the University’s Talbot Rice Gallery. Last year Talbot Rice Gallery launched Trading Zone, a new kind of student exhibition that aimed to create links between different disciplines across the University of Edinburgh. Student showcase Propelled by contemporary ideas it … Read more
Future focus for New York event
The future of universities was the subject for debate at a high profile event in New York City.
Road Safety – could Scotland reach Sustainable Development Goal target 3.6?
Reducing road accident deaths is one of the UN’s early Sustainable Development Goals, with a target date of 2020. The G7 Countries are already trending to miss the target. Professor Gordon Masterton asks whether Scotland could do better?
Why Creative Informatics?
Awarded the British Entrepreneurial City of the year in 2016, Edinburgh is the cluster outside of London with the highest activity and potential for growth across key technology sectors such as VR, AI and data, and third for creative tech.
Gift supports digital gains for all
Global investment firm Baillie Gifford has pledged £5m to support research into the ethical challenges posed by the growing use of data and artificial intelligence.
Event deepens dialogue on financial futures
A conference exploring current and future issues facing finance and society is now open for registration.
