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Leeds Institute for Data Analytics has appointed Professor Susan Grant Muller as Co–Director and Dr Roger Beecham as Director of Research and Innovation. Susan and Roger will join Professor Chris Gale (Co–Director), Professor Roy Ruddle (Director of Research Technology), Professor Paul Baxter (Director of Education and Training) and Dominic Frankis (Director of Operations) as members...
by Maria Luisa Taccari On Monday, 30 Oct 2023, The Alan Turing Institute (the UK's national institute for data science and artificial intelligence) and the Met Office (the United Kingdom's national weather service) announced a partnership aimed at revolutionizing weather forecasting using artificial intelligence (AI). This collaboration aims to develop AI models that will enhance...
I’m delighted to share with you our LIDA Annual Showcase 2023, in it you’ll find a series of case studies, videos and commentaries from across our Research and Innovation, Education and Training and Research Technology portfolios. As you are aware, LIDA’s overarching vision, strongly aligned to the University’s academic strategy for the period 2020-2030: Universal...
By Ifeanyi Chukwu, Research Software Technician The past few years have witnessed a tremendous surge in the influence of artificial intelligence (AI), driven by the widespread availability of high-performance computing machines that empower the development of robust AI models and tools. In fact, in 2023, it comes as no surprise that AI, has been named...
By Volodymyr (Vlad) Chapman What is the LIDA Upcycle / Recycle initiative? The initiative is a local take on Community Repair Cafes - fixing broken technology, repurposing old / unneeded tech and raising money for community causes. Motivation An accidental hobby of mine is self-sufficiency. Accidental because, previously, I would have happily paid full price for...
The University of Leeds is working with businesses to help even more students achieve their dreams of a career in data science and AI. As part of its commitment to widening access to under-represented groups through the Access and Student Success strategy, earlier this year the University won funding from the Office for Students to...
Research co-authored by a University of Leeds academic into the inequalities in access to life saving community defibrillators was used in parliament during the first reading of a Bill. The paper, co-authored by Chris Gale, LIDA Co-Director and Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine in the School of Medicine, found that in the most deprived areas of...
Leeds Digital Festival is back this month with some of the most exciting tech and data organisations in the region delivering talks, demonstrations, workshops and networking opportunities. One of those talks is our very own Data Analytics Team showing us their prized LASER platform, a trusted research environment here at the University of Leeds. While...
Patients living with one of the UK’s most common heart rhythm conditions are 50% less likely to die from a heart attack or stroke than they were at the start of the millennium, new research has found. Analysis of the health records of more than 70,000 patients newly diagnosed with atrial fibrillation (AF) showed that...
Leeds Institute for Data Analytics (LIDA) is delighted to announce that the new LASER dashboard is now live and operational. The dashboard is a suite of Power BI reports that can help researchers monitor and manage their activity, usage and costs within LASER. The Leeds Analytics Secure Environment for Research (LASER) is a cutting-edge cloud...