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The Data LAB: An overviewDarran Gardner, Business Development Executive (Glasgow Hub) @DataLabScotland
The Data Lab Mission
Value: Create economic and social value for Scotland through the application of data science.
Enablement: Facilitate value creation through funding and resources. The goal is not to make a profit or take IP.
Market led: Operating in partnership with Industry, Public Sector and Academia.
Innovation Centres
Alan Turing Institute
Landscape
Based in Edinburgh (EU, admin centre), Aberdeen (RGU) & Glasgow (GU).Financial Services, Government, Health, Oil & Gas, Online & DigitalWill work with Industry, Public Sector and SICSA universities across Scotland.
Operating model
The Data Lab OrganisationCEO
Gillian Docherty
CEOGillian Docherty
Head of Business DevelopmentJude McCorry
Head of Business DevelopmentJude McCorry
BDE EdinburghAndrew Mitchell
BDE EdinburghAndrew Mitchell
Marketing and CommunicationsCecilia Bouroncle
Marketing and CommunicationsCecilia Bouroncle
Head of OperationsDave Fitch
Head of OperationsDave Fitch
Project ManagerMichelle Galea
Project ManagerMichelle Galea
Head of Product Management
Brian Hills
Head of Product Management
Brian Hills
PA Craig Skeldon
PA Craig Skeldon
Innovation Advisory Group
Innovation Advisory Group
Education Advisory Group
Education Advisory Group
Finance Controller
Manolo Perez
Finance Controller
Manolo Perez
Legal and Contracts
TBH
Legal and Contracts
TBH
BDE Aberdeen Duncan Hart
BDE Aberdeen Duncan Hart
BDE GlasgowDarran Gardner
BDE GlasgowDarran Gardner
Lead Data Scientist
Lead Data Scientist
Data ScientistRoman Popat
Data ScientistRoman Popat
Data ScientistRichard Carter
Data ScientistRichard Carter
HR (PT)Cheryl Stewart
HR (PT)Cheryl Stewart
Enablers
www.thedatalab.com
Collaborative innovation
www.thedatalab.com
Public Policy Data Challenge
• We welcome “problem” or “challenge” owners from the
private and public sectors to engage with The Data Lab
• We will fund projects and facilitate match funding (industry,
SE, Innovate UK, EU, etc) to support academic engagement
• Quick-start research/ exploratory projects (<£20k)
• Medium-scale projects (~£50k) 3 to 6 months duration
• Large projects and strategic engagements (£50-200k+)
• Themed calls (e.g. FinTech in 2015) funding multiple projects
• Ultimately, we want to see economic and social impact
The Data Lab: Value from Data
There’s more to data than size…
Volume (the scale of data)
Velocity (speed of change)
Veracity (uncertainty of data)
Variety (different forms of data)
Vulnerability (security and privacy)
Visualisation (and other forms of interaction)
What makes a good big data project?
• Question (scoping to clearly
define)• Data Capture (quantity,
quality, real time v batch, security / anonymity)
• Data Model (the how, e.g.
Hadoop)
• Analyse (the process)
• Inform (the output)
What makes a good big data project?
• Delivery team / skills• Right mix/experience: BD
architectures, BD techniques (stats/ maths/ machine learning), programming, soft skills
• Scale / integration/ roll-out / commercialisation
What makes a ‘bad’ big data project?
• Asking the wrong questions• Selecting the wrong uses• Lacking the rights skills• Accessing the correct data• Disagreement on enterprise
strategy• Data silos• Management resistance• Problem avoidance
Source: Svetlana Sicular, Gartner http://blogs.gartner.com/svetlana-sicular/big-botched-data/
Insti tute for Data-Intensive Research (IDIR)
What makes for a good data project?
www.thedatalab.com
Event Location Date
Data science meet-up Edinburgh 20 Aug
Venturefest Glasgow 9 Sept
ScotSoft 2015 Edinburgh 17 Sept
FinTech 2015 Edinburgh 8 Oct
MSc workshop 1 Edinburgh 13 Oct
Datakind Edinburgh 19 Oct
Big Data & Banking conf New York 5 Dec
Big Data Scotland Edinburgh 10 Dec
www.thedatalab.com
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