2022 News Archive

The Bayes Centre is an Official Nominator for the Earthshot Prize, the most prestigious environmental prize in history.

On 2nd of December, Prince William and The Earthshot Prize unveiled the 2022 Earthshot Prize winners – an accomplished group of entrepreneurs and innovators spearheading groundbreaking solutions to repair and regenerate the planet.

The University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University’s Data-Driven Innovation (DDI) initiative has published its first annual review, highlighting progress across a range of projects, from empowering students to become change agents to revolutionising cancer surgery with robotics.

A reminder of some practical information about this year’s Bayes Centre Christmas closure.

On 4th of November, Prince William and The Earthshot Prize revealed the 2022 Earthshot Prize Finalists – an accomplished group of entrepreneurs and innovators spearheading fifteen ground-breaking solutions to the biggest environmental challenges our planet faces.

Horizon Ocean Management (HOM) – a subsidiary joint venture between Mitsui and Hokutaku (the leading turbine maintenance company in Japan) – and Bayes Centre Partner Rovco, a global provider of subsea robotic and hydrographic survey solutions to the offshore wind industry, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for through-life subsea asset integrity and balance of plant survey solutions for the Japanese offshore wind market.

Barclays Eagle Labs, which fosters UK founders, start-ups and scale-ups, have entered into a new partnership with the University of Edinburgh’s Venture Builder Incubator programme, helping encourage emerging firms including many working in healthcare.

Two academics from the University of Edinburgh have been appointed to coordinate new Turing Interest Groups.

Bayes Centre member Snugg has won the Rising Star: Best New Entrant Award 2022 at the recent Scottish Financial Technology Awards. The award recognises the company judged to be this year’s top new entrant in the Scottish fintech sector.

The UK Government is undertaking research to understand the UK’s artificial intelligence sector and how it is growing. The research will inform government policy on artificial intelligence.

Bayes Centre Partner Rovco, a leading global provider of subsea robotic and hydrographic survey solutions, has been awarded a contract for the provision of offshore rock bag deployment and installation at the Galloper Offshore Wind Farm in the Outer Thames Estuary.

A new initiative led by Bayes Centre partner, The Alan Turing Institute, has recently launched to bring together UK expertise in AI and standards to facilitate collaboration and improve how AI is used across the economy.

Our premier tech investor conference, EIE, concluded yesterday after hearing from 39 startups pitch for investment as well as featuring several keynote speeches, including one from Scotland’s Chief Entrepreneur, Mark Logan.

World Space Week takes place from 4th – 10th of October. This year the theme is Space and Sustainability.   To celebrate World Space Week, we interviewed our Space Sector Business Development Lead, Kristina Tamane, to find out what World Space Week means to her.  

The University of Edinburgh’s tech investor showcase conference EIE, takes place on the 6th October and will feature some of the most advanced start-up companies and a world class speaker programme.

The 6th annual Scottish Startup Survey has revealed that the nation’s tech companies are in a resilient mood in the face of concerns around economic headwinds.  While 89 per cent of survey respondents said they are concerned by the global economic outlook, 88 per cent said their startup had grown in 2022, although 68 per cent said Brexit had slowed their growth.

Rovco, an experienced global provider of subsea robotics and hydrographic survey solutions to the marine renewable and wider energy sectors, has its sights set on supporting the energy transition in the US market with the strategic appointment of Mitchell (Mitch) Johnson as the company’s new Director – Americas.

EIE, the University of Edinburgh’s premier tech investor showcase has Hannah Jones, CEO of The Earthshot Prize as the latest keynote in its speaker programme.

Our innovative business commercialization programme, the AI Accelerator, has selected a group of emerging companies from Scotland, the UK and other parts of the globe for this year’s programme.

Bayes Centre Partner Research Data Scotland has published its new strategy and 2022-23 business plan.  

Ambitious plans unveiled to reduce sector’s environmental impact with publication of new Scottish Space Sustainability Roadmap

Eight post graduate students from the University of Edinburgh in disciplines ranging from law to computational neuroscience and ethics, have joined this year's Alan Turing Institute Student Enrichment Scheme.

Nine startups have been selected for extended pitches at this year’s EIE22 online tech investor conference on Thursday 6th October.

FinTech Scotland Recognised as Leading Fintech Cluster Management Organisation in Europe.

How Drish Mali pivoted into machine learning engineering

Scotland’s Chief Entrepreneur Mark Logan, Women in Enterprise Review Chair Ana Stewart, and newly appointed techUK President Sheila Flavell CBE will feature at tech investor showcase EIE22

Cancer Research Horizons, the innovation engine of Cancer Research UK, the world’s largest independent cancer research organisation is renewing its partnership with the University of Edinburgh’s flagship Venture Builder Incubator which supports the commercialisation of data-driven PhD research.

Bayes Centre Member FinTech Scotland announces the return of the Scotland Fintech Festival.

Rovco has signed an agreement for the charter of the VOS Star from owners Vroon to support delivery of its offshore wind farm projects.

Bayes Centre Partner Rovco, a leading provider of offshore subsea and hydrographic survey projects, has signed a contract with Van Oord to perform subsea investigation works on Dutch offshore wind farm Hollandse Kust Noord.

The survey, which is being launched by the University of Edinburgh’s Bayes Centre in partnership with the Freer Consultancy, will examine how startups are navigating their way out of pandemic times.

A new Una Europa MOOC provided as a collaboration between the University, of Edinburgh, University of Helsinki and University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne has launched, to create critical awareness of the basics of Ai and it associated ethical issues.

Routine eye screening combined with genetic data could offer insight into individual’s heart health and risk of illness.

For the third year running, Rovco, a leading provider of offshore subsea and survey solutions, has been awarded a contract to carry out work on the Beatrice offshore wind farm.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson visited the University of Edinburgh today to meet staff and students and share insights about sustainability and space.

Rovco has further bolstered its fleet to support its growth in offshore wind.

Recent results from the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF) has solidified Edinburgh’s position as one of the UK’s leading research universities.

The world’s first rapid testing facility for tidal turbine blades, which researchers say can speed up development of marine energy technologies while helping to reduce costs, has opened for business.

Rovco has appointed Craig Davis to the new key role of Global Account Director – Survey, as it moves to further accelerate the growth of its core capabilities and portfolio of offshore survey solutions.

The national SPRINT (SPace Research and Innovation Network for Technology) business support programme has awarded its latest set of grants to four UK businesses, enabling them to collaborate with Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) from the Devolved Nations.

Thanks to strategic funding from the College of Science and Engineering (CSE), The Bayes Centre has been allocated up to £30,000 for small grants to enable University staff working in collaboration with industrial partners to convene and support partnerships that develop major funding bids for R&D investment in Space and Satellites (S&S) with a strong Data Science or Artificial Intelligence (AI) underpinning. Please note this is for internal University of Edinburgh applicants only.

EIE London hosted by First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, with other keynote addresses on the day including by the Lord Mayor, City of London, Vincent Keaveny and LSE CEO Julia Hoggett.

The Bayes Centre was pleased to host a delegation from 10 companies as part of Canada Space Mission.

Applications are open now for the next round of Creative Informatics Resident Entrepreneurs.

Rovco is a Bayes Centre partner, they are an innovative subsea technology company headquartered in Bristol, UK with offices in Edinburgh. World leading subsea equipment manufacturer Soil Machine Dynamics Ltd (SMD) and intelligent offshore services provider Rovco Ltd have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for next generation EV Work Class ROV (WROV) technology.

Edinburgh, 14 March 2022 - The EIE Investor Readiness Programme, delivered by the Bayes Centre at the University of Edinburgh, has announced a list of 36 high growth tech businesses selected for EIE22.

International Women’s Day celebrates the social, economic, cultural, and political accomplishments of women worldwide. This International Women's Day, we spoke to our Director of Data Science Education, Teresa Ironside, about her role at the Bayes Centre and what International Women's Day means to her. 

The Bayes Centre is delighted to welcome aerospace company HyImpulse to our roster of members.

The Bayes Centre is delighted to welcome home energy efficiency start-up Snugg to our roster of members.

New Online Data Science, Software Engineering, and Full-Stack Web Development courses are expected to be offered to those looking to upskill or pivot in their careers.

As part of this year’s LGBTQ+ history month, we want to highlight the life and work of an important historical figure – Alan Turing, a computer scientist widely known for cracking the Enigma Code, which helped to put an end to the Second World War. Persecuted for his sexual orientation, Alan Turing’s life and work is an important example of the contributions that LGBTQ+ people have made to our society.

The Bayes Centre is pleased to welcome tech education provider HyperionDev to our roster of members. HyperionDev has helped thousands of career-focussed professionals acquire programming skills through intensive coding bootcamps that immerse learners with practical ways to learn code.

A LEADING light of the UK’s space industry has signed a contract with The University of Edinburgh to provide guidance for anyone looking to get involved in the emerging sector.

Smart Data Foundry paves the way for financial institutions to safely share data for societal and economic benefit

Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 10th February 2022 – TranSwap, a Singapore-based FinTech that helps businesses trade globally, announced today that it has received authorisation from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to conduct payment activities as an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) in the United Kingdom.

A programme run by the Bayes Centre to support promising start-up companies, has been chosen as an Official Nominator for a prestigious environmental prize.

The Deadline for the EIE Investor Readiness Programme has been extended to the 23rd January 2022.