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By Gauri Venkatachalapathi After years working in software testing and a short stint in analytics back in India, moving to the UK for my masters felt like venturing into unfamiliar waters. Every decision - from choosing courses and adjusting to new environments, to preparing for job applications, and stepping into interviews - felt enormous and...
By Precious-Gift Alele, Data Scientist at LIDA What do you want to be when you grow up? My first recollection of answering this question was when I was 8; first I wanted to be a doctor, then at 10, a mechanical engineer, 11 an aeronautic engineer, 13 an architect, at 15 a doctor again. My...
KPMG UK has engaged the Leeds Institute for Data Analytics (LIDA) to deliver a six-month project under its Data Scientist Development Programme (DSDP), focused on advancing capabilities in detecting, analysing, and responding to malicious cyber threats. KPMG UK’s cyber division responds to hundreds of incidents annually, ranging from small-scale business email compromise cases to nation-state...
By Sadiq Balogun, Data Scientist at LIDA Large language models (LLMs), or AI as most people call them, are becoming an essential part of our daily lives and jobs. They're no longer just chatbots for quick questions and answers; they're working behind the scenes in tools and technologies we rely on every day. For instance,...
We’ve all been there, you’re excited to get into a task, you open a data file expecting clean columns and neatly labelled headers, and instead, it looks like your spreadsheet threw a wild party and forgot to clean up. Sound familiar? Messy data is not just a minor inconvenience, it can derail projects, skew insights,...
Leeds Institute for Data Analytics (LIDA), and its Data Scientist Development Programme (DSDP), welcomed a visit from Health Data Research UK’s Black Internship Programme (BIP), to offer potential next career steps in data science and to celebrate 4 years of working together, to increase representation in the UK data workforce. Individuals taking part in the...
A blog by Ajaykumar Manivannan In 2024, as a Ph.D. student in Canada, it was my dream to work at the Alan Turing Institute (ATI) in the U.K. For many, the name evokes the legendary scientist, whether you follow the trends in computing or simply enjoyed the brilliant 2014 movie "Imitation Game". Even as an...
AI UK returned for 2025 with Team LIDA making their way back to Westminster to soak up the AI agenda hosted by The Alan Turing Institute. Members from the LIDA Data Analytics Team, Research & Innovation and the Data Scientist Development programme attended and all had their own favourite moments from the the two-day event....
Leeds Institute for Data Analytics (LIDA) has launched its latest community – LIDA: Food. The community has interests in all things' food, data science and AI, spanning the entire value chain from farm, through factory, to fork and beyond, including the impact on health at the individual, population and planet scales. With one in five...
The Leeds Institute for Data Analytics (LIDA) is excited to announce the launch of the LASER Small Project Bursary, a brand-new funding initiative designed to empower researchers to leverage sensitive data for impactful small-scale research projects. This innovative scheme will offer financial support to select projects during the 2024-25 academic year. The bursary is aimed...