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Loughborough University’s Professor Tim Watson Appointed Director of Science and Innovation at The Alan Turing Institute

(IN BRIEF) Professor Tim Watson, Director of the Cyber Security Centre at Loughborough University, has been appointed as one of four new Directors of Science and Innovation at The Alan Turing Institute. Tasked with addressing significant societal challenges, the appointments … Read the full press release

University-Led Defence Data Research Centre and The Alan Turing Institute Collaborate on Machine Learning for Toxin Exposure Identification

(IN BRIEF) The Defence Data Research Centre (DDRC), led by the University of Exeter and funded by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), conducted its inaugural Data Study Group in collaboration with The Alan Turing Institute. This collaborative research … Read the full press release

University of Glasgow to Leverage AI and Data Science for Positive Social Impact as Part of Turing Network

(IN BRIEF) The University of Glasgow has been named as a founding member of the Turing University Network, a new network of 36 UK universities created by The Alan Turing Institute to leverage data science and artificial intelligence (AI) for … Read the full press release

Accenture extends partnership with The Alan Turing Institute to deliver cutting edge AI and Data Science research and development in the UK

Five-year extension signed to expand existing collaborative research partnership to help deliver on the promise of artificial intelligence in the UK (PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 29-Oct-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and The Alan Turing Institute, the national institute for … Read the full press release

Initial seed corn funding for the Mersey Basin project (AI-Enabled Materials Chemistry) by UKRI’s Strength in Places Fund

(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 22-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — The Mersey Basin project has just won £50,000 seed funding, which is meant to help prepare the full bid, which, if successful, could deliver up to £50 million investment in the North West. … Read the full press release

The Alan Turing Institute and Digital Catapult partner over data science and AI research

LONDON, 17-Aug-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The Alan Turing Institute and Digital Catapult are allies in the effort to make the UK the best place in the world for data science and AI research, collaboration and business. Today we announce a formal collaboration between … Read the full press release

University of Birmingham data science experts partner with Chengdu’s West China Hospital to improve understanding of the aetiology of diseases

University of Birmingham data science experts today signed an agreement to join forces with one of China’s best and biggest hospitals to gather, organise and analyse patient information under related laws and regulations from both countries and help improve healthcare … Read the full press release

The Alan Turing Institute partner with HSBC and the Office for National Statistics (ONS) for the Turing-HSBC-ONS Economic Data Science Awards 2018

LONDON, 12-Mar-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The Turing’s economic data science research programme has announced a new collaboration between HSBC and the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The Turing-HSBC-ONS Economic Data Science Awards 2018 invite proposals for research in economic data science to improve our understanding … Read the full press release

The Alan Turing Institute names Dr Adrian Weller as Programme Director for Artificial Intelligence (AI)

LONDON, 09-Feb-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — We are delighted to announce that Dr Adrian Weller has been appointed Programme Director for Artificial Intelligence (AI) at The Alan Turing Institute. Recognising the importance of AI to the UK’s industrial future, in November … Read the full press release

University of Birmingham and the University of Exeter to become part of The Alan Turing Institute

LONDON, 15-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — We are delighted to announce that two universities—the University of Birmingham and the University of Exeter— are set to become part of The Alan Turing Institute. They will join our network of university partners, including Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, Warwick … Read the full press release

Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and The Alan Turing Institute awarded two joint fellowships for collaboration between the social sciences and data science

LONDON, 19-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and The Alan Turing Institute have awarded two joint fellowships which aim to build collaboration between the social sciences and data science. Professor Alison Heppenstall and Professor Ganna Pogrebna have each … Read the full press release

The Alan Turing Institute announces its Data Ethics Group members

LONDON, 18-Jan-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — We are delighted to announce the membership of The Alan Turing Institute’s Data Ethics Group. Made up of academics specialising in ethics, social science, law, policy-making, and big data and algorithms, the group will be responsible … Read the full press release

Faculty Fellow at The Alan Turing Institute Zoubin Ghahramani AI start-up Geometric Intelligence acquired by Uber

LONDON, 13-Dec-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — We are delighted to congratulate Zoubin Ghahramani, Faculty Fellow at The Alan Turing Institute and Professor of Information Engineering at the University of Cambridge, on the news that his AI start-up has been acquired by … Read the full press release

HSBC, The Alan Turing Institute to advance research into economic data science in a multi-million pound deal

HSBC is the first bank to partner with The Alan Turing Institute Announcement comes as the Turing starts its first year of research Multi-million pound deal aims to use data to understand changes in the UK economy LONDON, 25-Oct-2016 — … Read the full press release