DDI Initiative case studies: Recent Episodes
William Grant Foundation
Project Lead Gemma Cassells and Lead author Matjaz Vidmar discuss the Lothians report and the potential for data driven innovation in East, West and Mid-Lothian.
DDI Ambassador Briana Pegado speaks to journalist Kim McAllister to explain why the arts and creative industries need to embrace data.
Featuring Sanjay Rakshit and Nick Baker
Massive online open courses (MOOCS) are for people wanting to learn about how data can impact their career prospects. Two people who have completed such courses tell us how they changed their lives.
A design-thinking, social change programme at the University of Edinburgh brings together all disciplines and degree levels with organisations facing huge economic, social and environmental programmes which they would like the students to brainstorm. One such project asked them to consider how to make tenement flats more energy efficient.
When the coronavirus pandemic hit in early 2020, there was an urgent need for health data. The International Severe Acute Respiratory and emerging Infection Consortium (ISARIC) gathered data from hundreds of thousands of patients across the UK, helping to inform government on a weekly basis.
Edinburgh has long been a centre of excellence for informatics, but how did this inspire the £660m data driven innovation initiative, the largest grant ever awarded to a UK university? One of its architects tells us the story.
Featuring Laura Bernal, Katy Guthrie and Danny Helson
The University of Edinburgh has three programmes which support entrepreneurship at various levels. Here the programme leads explains the role each plays and how they work together to support the talent in the city.