DDI Initiative case studies

Featuring Chris Speed

 The Edinburgh Futures Institute is due to start its phased  opening in 2023 after an extensive renovation of the old Edinburgh Infirmary. Chris Speed, the hub’s director, talks about the plans  for the building and the work which will take place within it.

The Data Driven Innovation initiative is supporting hundreds of collaborations and organisations across Edinburgh and the south-east of Scotland. For more information follow their page on LinkedIn, find @datacapitaled on X (formerly Twitter) or go to the website ddi.ac.uk.

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.

The Data Driven Innovation initiative is supporting hundreds of collaborations and organisations across Edinburgh and the south-east of Scotland. For more information follow their page on LinkedIn, find @datacapitaled on X (formerly Twitter) or go to the website ddi.ac.uk.

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.

The Data Driven Innovation initiative is supporting hundreds of collaborations and organisations across Edinburgh and the south-east of Scotland. For more information follow their page on LinkedIn, find @datacapitaled on X (formerly Twitter) or go to the website ddi.ac.uk.

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.

The Data Driven Innovation initiative is supporting hundreds of collaborations and organisations across Edinburgh and the south-east of Scotland. For more information follow their page on LinkedIn, find @datacapitaled on X (formerly Twitter) or go to the website ddi.ac.uk.

Featuring Richard Kuo and Nicola Broughton 

Wobble Genomics was founded by a Californian who was attracted to the environment at the university which cloned Dolly the Sheep. It specialises in maximising the RNA and DNA sequencing efficiency to allow the detection of biomarkers. Here he tells us about the growth of his company.

The Data Driven Innovation initiative is supporting hundreds of collaborations and organisations across Edinburgh and the south-east of Scotland. For more information follow their page on LinkedIn, find @datacapitaled on X (formerly Twitter) or go to the website ddi.ac.uk.

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.

The Data Driven Innovation initiative is supporting hundreds of collaborations and organisations across Edinburgh and the south-east of Scotland. For more information follow their page on LinkedIn, find @datacapitaled on X (formerly Twitter) or go to the website ddi.ac.uk.