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Around 19% of IT professionals faced an ethical challenge in their work in 2023, according to a BCS survey. Every UK technologist working in a high-stakes AI role should be licensed and meet independent ethical standards, according to BCS, the professional body for
This month’s blog from Head of Data, David, looks at the value of building sustainability in tech – environmentally, commercially, and reputationally. Our Cluster Conference is back again for 2024, in partnership with SCEA (Scottish Cluster Ecosystem Alliance), with a
DataVita, Scotland’s largest data centre provider, has elevated its capabilities to host AI and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads at their centre in Lanarkshire. This technology is a first of its kind in Scotland, significantly enhancing DataVita’s capacity to accommodate up
Geospatial or location data is everywhere, used in all aspects of our lives from the Sat Nav in our car, to tracking our pizza delivery driver. The last 3 years has seen the importance of location data as an enabler
Edinburgh University will establish two new AI research hubs launched by the UK Government today in an £80 million funding round supporting advanced tech. The university will set up the AI Hub for Productive Research and Innovation in Electronics (APRIL)
Heriot-Watt University has taken its first major step towards creating a ‘space cluster’ at its Edinburgh campus. Edinburgh City Council recently approved milestone plans for a £2.5m, state-of-the-art telescope station at the University’s Research Park on the western outskirts of
The Digital Security by Design (DSbD) Technology Access Programme (TAP) is designed to give UK-based companies access to the Arm designed Morello board, CHERI stack, and technical support to trial these technologies within their systems, products, and applications. Through the DSbD Technology
smartR AI™ and EPCC are working together on an AI trial using the Cerebras CS-2 Wafer-Scale Engine (WSE) system. The results so far have shown a dramatic reduction in AI training times. ScotlandIS member, EPCC, believes the impressive results from
One Singaporean company and four businesses based in England will collaborate with Scottish universities on new projects following funding from the Inward Investment Catalyst Fund. The academic institutions include ScotlandIS members Heriot-Watt University, Glasgow Caledonian University and the University of St Andrews.
An international prize worth £1.2 million has been launched in a bid to find innovative technologies capable of purifying water buried beneath the moon’s lunar surface. The new Aqualunar Challenge, in collaboration with the UK Space Agency, Challenge Works, the Canadian Space
