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The Leeds Institute for Data Analytics (LIDA) is expanding its professional development offering with a new suite of online CPD courses designed to help professionals develop practical data skills and make more confident, evidence-based decisions in the workplace. Delivered in partnership with the University of Leeds, the new Applied Data Science and Analytics CPD suite...
We had a great time at our AI Research at Leeds event on 8th July. The day was full of great conversations with fantastic talks from our talented and experienced speakers. Key take-aways from the event in case you missed it... There is a huge opportunity to harness AI for economic growth, better public services,...
Data Scientists from the Leeds Institute for Data Analytics (LIDA) have achieved outstanding success at this year’s Digital Footprints 2026 conference, securing two prizes across highly competitive categories for early career researchers. The conference brings together academics, policymakers and industry leaders to explore how data science can address challenges in digital society. The conference featured...
The Leeds Institute for Data Analytics (LIDA) is proud to celebrate a major milestone for its Director of Research Technology, Professor Roy Ruddle, who marks 25 years of service at the University of Leeds this year. Over a quarter of a century, Prof Ruddle career has spanned teaching, research, innovation and collaboration, helping to shape...
The Leeds Institute for Data Analytics (LIDA) has opened applications for a new UK-wide mentoring scheme through its Health Community PROMOTE project, inviting both mentors and mentees to take part. The PROMOTE mentoring scheme is designed to support mid-career biomedical data scientists in developing leadership skills, progressing their careers, and building connections across academia, industry...
Training a machine learning model is fun, you cleaned the data, engineered the features, tuned the hyperparameters and finally trained the model that works. A lot of data science projects stop at “hey look, my model gets an accuracy of 93% !” stage. The notebook gets saved, maybe a presentation is made, and then the...
“At 03:17, a university high power computing node disappeared from the secure research cluster during an unauthorised maintenance window….The only item recovered was a corrupted USB stick found near the lab terminal. Intelligence believes the file contains the password to a suspect inbox…. Recover the password. Access the inbox. Decode the messages.” What is NLP...
Imagine building a robot. It’s powerful. It can analyse data, detect patterns, and make intelligent predictions. It does exactly what it was designed to do but there’s one problem. It has no face. No interface. No way to interact with the outside world. No way for people to understand what it actually does. So, when someone looks...
Following the recent UK Biobank breach, LIDA highlights the importance of Trusted Research Environments. The UK Biobank Breach Recent developments surrounding the UK Biobank data breach have brought renewed attention to the importance of secure data management in health research. As a valuable biomedical resource, UK Biobank data underpins studies aimed at improving public health...
The Alan Turing Institute, the UK’s national institute for data science and artificial intelligence, has recently undergone an independent mid‑term review by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), helping to shape the next phase of the Institute’s development. The review recognised the Turing’s strong foundations and clear evidence of scientific excellence, alongside the value of its...