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.
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.
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.
A conference exploring current and future issues facing finance and society is now open for registration.
University students travelled to India this summer to unpick the threads that form the country’s $200bn textile industry.
A leading thinker and political commentator on democracy in South Africa is to speak as part of the University’s Future Lecture Series.
An initiative that seeks to make Edinburgh a world-class centre for the creative industries has received a multi-million pound boost. The funding will create a partnership that uses data from a range of organisations to encourage innovation across the sector.
An expert in artificial intelligence will explore the impact of technology replacing jobs and services at the next Futures lecture.
The Centre for Future Infrastructure (CFI) – a multidisciplinary research network led by the University – is associated with a successful bid to improve future scenario planning. The network, which is part of the Edinburgh Futures Institute, will support the recently launched Centre for Digital Built Britain, a Cambridge-based initiative funded by the UK government.
The Edinburgh Futures Institute has funded a research project exploring whether enabling local communities to make better use of available data could aid the provision of health-care.
Researchers at the University expect that data collected by private and public providers of basic health-care – such as patient records and medicine distribution – could empower members of communities in deprived areas to make more informed decisions about their health.
Gender inequalities, sporting performance and Parisian fashion are some of the wide-ranging topics explored at an international conference this month. The University will co-host the Creative Industries Conference, sponsored by the Edinburgh Futures Institute, over two days from Monday 25 June. The event will bring together world-class scholars from a wide range of disciplines and institutions to share their insights and ideas.
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