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The University of Edinburgh and Abrdn are to release an artificial intelligence (AI) investment tool to support its investment research process. The £7.5m strategic partnership between the two was announced in 2022, when the Centre for Investing Innovation was formed
The Scottish tech event returns to the EICC on Thursday 26th September to showcase the best of tech, as well as the Young Software Engineer of the Year Awards. Scottish tech conference ScotSoft has announced its first batch of speakers, including two
Check out this blog where ScotlandIS Member, Informed Solutions’ Chief Innovation Officer David Lawton reflects on the current state of AI in the Public Sector. He shares his thoughts on the path ahead, outlining how Public Sector leaders can work
The Scottish Space Network (SSN) has formed a strategic partnership with New York-based Sustainable Alpha to unlock investment for the Scottish, UK, and international space sectors. The collaboration will focus on identifying the funding needs of the fast-growing industry and
The Futurescot AI Challenge 2024 is a competition to bring together Scottish public sector organisations to solve problems through the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI), in association with StormID. Artificial Intelligence (AI) can help the public sector to increase productivity,
Innovate UK’s Global Business Innovation Programme (GBIP) is open for applications from SMEs looking to explore AI opportunities in Germany, and to grow and scale. The programme consists of a Get ready preparation phase in the UK, a 5-day innovation
An Edinburgh-based space firm has landed more than £320,000 to aid growth in one of the UK’s fastest growing industry sectors. Aurora Avionics specialises in producing the electrical systems necessary for flight, called avionics, which is driven by software which guides the rocket
Scotland’s national innovation centre has developed an AI-powered device which could help healthcare professionals in making earlier detections of dementia. Developed by CENSIS – based in the University of Glasgow and created by the Scottish Government as the national innovation
A multi-million-pound project lead by Edinburgh’s Heriot-Watt University is using AI to slash the carbon capture and storage design time from 1oo days to just 24 hours. Researchers at the university’s global research institute for net zero are developing specialist AI techniques
AI startup Tomoro has announced a recruitment drive to create 20 AI jobs in its Edinburgh office over the next 12 months. The roles, which the company say will attract a salary of up to £135,000 each, will form part of the company’s strategy
