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Ulster University showcases digital transformation strategy as host of major UK digital technology conference

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Ulster University has welcomed senior leaders from higher education institutions across the UK to its state-of-the-art campus in Belfast for a major conference exploring digital transformation. Hosted on behalf of Jisc, the UK digital, data and technology agency focused on tertiary education, research and innovation, the event titled ‘Demonstrating digital transformation – People, place and […]

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IDRIC secures additional funding to support UK industry transition to net zero

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The UK’s Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre (IDRIC) has been awarded £1 million in new funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) part of UK Research and Innovation, to continue its vital work in catalysing industrial decarbonisation in the UK. The funding will allow IDRIC to maintain momentum and maximise its

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Scottish company makes key global breakthrough in robot-assisted heart surgery

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A Glasgow-based company has played a leading role in bringing the world’s first robotic aortic valve replacement through a tiny incision in the neck significantly closer to reality.   CardioPrecision, a specialist in less invasive treatment of structural heart disease, recently demonstrated a proof-of-concept AVATAR (Advanced Videoscopic Aortic valve surgery by Transcervical Approach using Robot-assistance) procedure

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Chancellor to announce £100 million investment in Britain’s AI industry

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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is preparing to provide a budget boost to Britain’s growing artificial intelligence sector through a doubling of funding, for the Alan Turing Institute, the UK’s national body for data science and artificial intelligence. Despite being restricted in his scope for pre-election giveaways by the weakness of the public finances, the chancellor is

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White males dominate the professional workforce in the UK according to AI

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Recent research conducted by Legacy Communications explored how AI-generated images exhibit a troubling gender bias when tasked with creating workplace images.  To conduct the research, Legacy Communications used an AI natural language processing tool to generate prompts that were fed into an AI image generator to create images of typical professional roles. The language processing

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Ataccama ONE v15 accelerates data quality transformation for enterprises

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Ataccama, an AI-powered data management company, today announced the availability of Ataccama ONE v15, the latest version of its unified platform which enables enterprises to develop a high quality data environment. Trustworthy data enables accuracy of insights which are crucial for effective commercial oversight, marketing and sales targeting, regulatory compliance, and insights to innovation opportunities,

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DataVita launches new service in response to exponential AI demand

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DataVita, Scotland’s largest data centre and cloud services provider, has invested in new infrastructure and capabilities to host the high-performance computing (HPC) workloads, supporting the exponential growth of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. This marks a significant milestone, allowing for the hosting of high-density workloads at DataVita’s DV1 facility in Lanarkshire, a first for

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Socially assistive robots ease pressure on hospital staff and reassure patients

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Next-generation socially assistive robots have been successfully tested in a healthcare setting to assist patients, alleviate their anxiety, and relieve pressure on nursing staff as part of a hospital trial co-conducted by researchers from the UK’s National Robotarium in Paris, France.  The SPRING (Socially Assistive Robots in Gerontological healthcare) trial developed robots equipped with advanced

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Urgent call for cyber defence as AI-Driven Ransomware attacks surge

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The global ransomware threat is expected to increase over the next two years due to Artificial Intelligence (AI), warns the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). AI is already being used in malicious cyber activity and will almost certainly increase the volume and impact of cyber attacks, according to the new term of AI on the

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Multi-million-pound funding boost for medical device innovation in Scotland

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Left to Right: Marc Desmulliez, Manager of the MDMC,Duncan Hand, Director of the MDMC, Tamer Cosgun, Technical Specialist atthe MDMC and Wellbeing Economy Secretary Neil Gray The Medical Device Manufacturing Centre (MDMC) has been awarded £3.35 million of additional funding from Scottish Enterprise to continue its work developing novel medical device innovation and improve the

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