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Data-Driven Innovation grants to fight COVID-19

Projects to help Edinburgh and the surrounding region recover from Covid-19 are to be supported by a new £100,000 fund.

Major funding award for Scotland fintech centre

World-first collaboration between University of Edinburgh, FDATA and Fintech Scotland receives grant from UK Government.

AI centre stage in new take on Festival Fringe

University of Edinburgh researchers have used Artificial Intelligence to analyse a digital archive of Fringe listings, and to imagine a series of mind-bending online spectacles.

MSZ Business Forum discuss data opportunities

Data led the discussion at MSZ's virtual Business Forum event on March 9th with guests speakers joined by businesses within the zone.

From field to phone

A new app, created by the Veterinary Services team at SRUC, allows farmers to share real-time data with their vet.

Gene editing identifies disease resistance gene in salmon

A gene affecting resistance to a viral disease in Atlantic salmon has been identified using CRISPR gene-editing technology.

£9.5m project gives pupils a sense of data power

To help pupils prepare for a data-driven future, a smart technology pilot project has been brought to classrooms at two Midlothian schools as part of a wider Data Education in Schools programme.

A third of UK marine animal strandings are on Scottish coasts

A total of 1,616 marine animals were reported washed up on Scottish shorelines in a seven-year period between 2011 and 2017, according to a new report.

Farm data capture tool will benefit Ugandan pig farmers

PigBoost tool will enable sustainable data-driven decisions to improve Uganda’s pig production, health, and welfare.

University of Edinburgh joins quantum leap in computing

A team of Edinburgh scientists are part of a national consortium that will build and operate Britain’s first commercial quantum computer.

Clean sweep for female entrepreneurs at Converge 2020 Awards

Female entrepreneurs have emerged as winners from the three main ‘Challenge’ categories in the 2020 Converge Awards, Scotland’s annual celebration of academic innovation and entrepreneurship.

SRUC appoints first Professor of Rural Entrepreneurship

An academic who plays a key role in the United Nations’ Global Peatland Initiative has been appointed the first Professor of Rural Entrepreneurship at SRUC.

Digitech PhD industry work placement programme

Opportunity for Scottish-based start-ups to engage with the Data Driven Entrepreneurship (DDE) programme, part of the Data Driven Innovation initiative (Edinburgh and SE Scotland City Region Deal).

AMD acquisition of Xilinx completes

This transaction creates the industry's high-performance and adaptive computing leader, combining a highly complementary set of products, customers and markets with differentiated IP and world-class talent.

EIT Food welcomes Agri-EPI to their community

Agri-EPI has joined the EIT Food network and aligns with EIT Food’s sustainable agriculture and aquaculture focus areas to guide and accelerate innovations in food production and farming practices.

Europe’s first regional data innovation centre hosted in Edinburgh

Hewlett Packard Enterprise powers the Edinburgh International Data Facility with software, HPC and AI solutions.

Data gets to root of crop yields problem

The resilience and yields of food crops worldwide could be improved by a new technique that monitors the growth of plant roots, scientists say.

SRUC bringing AI innovation to agriculture with NVIDIA

SRUC has teamed up with NVIDIA, the world’s leading AI company, to accelerate the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in the agrifood sector.

Genetic insights could help tackle food bug

Chicken study reveals the genetic basis of resistance to bacteria that cause food poisoning in people.

£74m investment for AgriTech Hub on Easter Bush Campus

The new agritech hub will have reach across the University of Edinburgh improving the efficiency and output of agricultural applications, and enhance worldwide food security.

AbacusBio and Bayer expand collaboration to additional crops and geographies

Following a successful year of collaboration, AbacusBio and Bayer have agreed to expand their partnership in the area of predictive plant breeding.

OGI Bio secures £1m investment

OGI Bio, a University of Edinburgh start-up, is developing affordable and innovative solutions for the automation and analysis of microbial culturing

Veterinarians get data-savvy to map livestock health

World-class veterinary knowledge will meet cutting-edge informatics and industry expertise to improve the evidence base on livestock health.

AI’s future stars join Edinburgh accelerator

Two entrepreneurial tenant companies within Midlothian Science Zone are among 12 innovations selected for the next University of Edinburgh AI Accelerator.