The National Innovation Centre for Data
Lead Research Organisation:
Newcastle University
Department Name: Sch of Computing
Abstract
The global economy is undergoing a data-driven revolution. Exponential growth in the volume of personal and professional data is raising huge new opportunities and challenges for organisations and individuals. Properly processed and analysed, data can lead to radical innovations, enabling significant value creation. Worldwide revenues for big data analytics are estimated to grow from nearly $122bn in 2015 to more than $187bn in 2019, an increase of more than 50% over the period.
However, whilst the enormous potential for data innovation to increase productivity across all organisations is widely recognised, many organisations will not benefit due to an acute skills shortage. PwC's 2015 Annual CEO Survey found that 80% of UK CEOs see data analytics as a key strand of their strategy and a source of competitive advantage, 73% believe that availability of key skills is a major threat. Subsequently, various Government funded reports have supported this conclusion, recognising that the digital skills gap is approaching crisis levels and finding that 'the wider set of big data skills are not being strategically addressed. Therefore, while analysis predicts that data will benefit the UK economy by up to £241bn between 2015 and 2020, the full extent of this opportunity is currently unrealised.
The National Innovation Centre for Data (NICD) - previously referred to as the National Institute for Smart Data Innovation - will play a leading role in addressing this key problem that is holding back the UK, by creating a unique new facility which delivers data analytics skills into industry and the public sector by exploiting the knowledge and expertise currently locked within Universities. A flexible rolling programme of collaborative projects focussed on organisations' specific challenges and opportunities will transfer practical data skills into the workforce of those organisations. These projects will be supported by a range of related activities, including awareness raising events, themed business and technical seminars and technical training courses. The result of engagement with NICD will be to enable organisations to increase their productivity by optimising their existing operations, and to grow by launching new data-driven products and services. The UK economy and wider society will benefit from this increase in innovation through data.
NICD's objectives are therefore:
- To deliver insights that make UK organisations aware of the value of data to their business, and aware of the skills required to realise that value.
- To deliver data analytics skills into the workforce of UK organisations, enabling them to create value from their data.
- To connect UK organisations into networks of data skills so that they can continually learn with others how to innovate through data.
Newcastle is an ideal location for NICD. It has one of the largest and fastest growing digital clusters in the country with strong representation from multi-national companies, including SAGE (the UK's largest software company), Hewlett Packard and Accenture, as well as significant public sector IT facilities, including the HMRC Digital Delivery Centre, and major commercial data centres.
NICD's facilities will also be used to excite and educate students and schoolchildren about the opportunity for rewarding careers in the digital sector. This is another way in which it will contribute to tackling the key data skills gap.
By providing world-class facilities and services under one roof, the NICD building will act as a 'beacon' for Data Innovation. It will accelerate innovation by delivering key technical and practical data skills into organisations, enabling them to improve their competitiveness and grow their business. Its activities will deliver economic growth and enable the UK to become a global leader in innovation through data.
However, whilst the enormous potential for data innovation to increase productivity across all organisations is widely recognised, many organisations will not benefit due to an acute skills shortage. PwC's 2015 Annual CEO Survey found that 80% of UK CEOs see data analytics as a key strand of their strategy and a source of competitive advantage, 73% believe that availability of key skills is a major threat. Subsequently, various Government funded reports have supported this conclusion, recognising that the digital skills gap is approaching crisis levels and finding that 'the wider set of big data skills are not being strategically addressed. Therefore, while analysis predicts that data will benefit the UK economy by up to £241bn between 2015 and 2020, the full extent of this opportunity is currently unrealised.
The National Innovation Centre for Data (NICD) - previously referred to as the National Institute for Smart Data Innovation - will play a leading role in addressing this key problem that is holding back the UK, by creating a unique new facility which delivers data analytics skills into industry and the public sector by exploiting the knowledge and expertise currently locked within Universities. A flexible rolling programme of collaborative projects focussed on organisations' specific challenges and opportunities will transfer practical data skills into the workforce of those organisations. These projects will be supported by a range of related activities, including awareness raising events, themed business and technical seminars and technical training courses. The result of engagement with NICD will be to enable organisations to increase their productivity by optimising their existing operations, and to grow by launching new data-driven products and services. The UK economy and wider society will benefit from this increase in innovation through data.
NICD's objectives are therefore:
- To deliver insights that make UK organisations aware of the value of data to their business, and aware of the skills required to realise that value.
- To deliver data analytics skills into the workforce of UK organisations, enabling them to create value from their data.
- To connect UK organisations into networks of data skills so that they can continually learn with others how to innovate through data.
Newcastle is an ideal location for NICD. It has one of the largest and fastest growing digital clusters in the country with strong representation from multi-national companies, including SAGE (the UK's largest software company), Hewlett Packard and Accenture, as well as significant public sector IT facilities, including the HMRC Digital Delivery Centre, and major commercial data centres.
NICD's facilities will also be used to excite and educate students and schoolchildren about the opportunity for rewarding careers in the digital sector. This is another way in which it will contribute to tackling the key data skills gap.
By providing world-class facilities and services under one roof, the NICD building will act as a 'beacon' for Data Innovation. It will accelerate innovation by delivering key technical and practical data skills into organisations, enabling them to improve their competitiveness and grow their business. Its activities will deliver economic growth and enable the UK to become a global leader in innovation through data.
Planned Impact
NICD is focussed on impact. It will create a vehicle that enables a pathway to impact from leading UK research-based institutions. It will work with them and industry partners to take the outputs of foundational research, and the skills obtained through that research, and turn them into economic benefit for UK PLC. This will also increase the skills and employability of the students taking part in these collaborations, from apprentices to PhDs.
NICD will help the UK digital economy by addressing the data skills gaps and increasing innovative activity using data. This approach fits with the Government's UK Digital Strategy objective of supporting the data economy and its objectives of raising productivity and increasing economic growth and policy aims for the digital economy.
The approach is also consistent with Sir Andrew Witty's Review of Universities and Growth (Encouraging a British Invention Revolution, October 2013), which suggests that universities, where world class research is taking place, should lead collaborative efforts to develop technologies offering the UK comparative advantage in international markets. It is also consistent with 'Building our Industrial Strategy' where Government aims to invest in innovation strengths and facilitate the exchange of ideas and collaboration between universities and private and public sector organisations . NICD will be positioned to engage with SMEs, recognising, as does Witty, their lack of resources for external engagement and the need for quality support from universities. The Institution will draw on expertise from Newcastle University (ranked 1st in the UK for impact in Computing Science) whose staff are incentivised to pro-actively seek out innovative and potentially innovative SMEs and to support them with technology, expertise, talent and know-how.
NICD will therefore be a vital addition to the innovation landscape - a Centre well connected to the UK's research and innovation generators, with a clear focus on enabling the private and public sector to exploit market opportunities and thereby accelerate economic growth.
NICD will help the UK digital economy by addressing the data skills gaps and increasing innovative activity using data. This approach fits with the Government's UK Digital Strategy objective of supporting the data economy and its objectives of raising productivity and increasing economic growth and policy aims for the digital economy.
The approach is also consistent with Sir Andrew Witty's Review of Universities and Growth (Encouraging a British Invention Revolution, October 2013), which suggests that universities, where world class research is taking place, should lead collaborative efforts to develop technologies offering the UK comparative advantage in international markets. It is also consistent with 'Building our Industrial Strategy' where Government aims to invest in innovation strengths and facilitate the exchange of ideas and collaboration between universities and private and public sector organisations . NICD will be positioned to engage with SMEs, recognising, as does Witty, their lack of resources for external engagement and the need for quality support from universities. The Institution will draw on expertise from Newcastle University (ranked 1st in the UK for impact in Computing Science) whose staff are incentivised to pro-actively seek out innovative and potentially innovative SMEs and to support them with technology, expertise, talent and know-how.
NICD will therefore be a vital addition to the innovation landscape - a Centre well connected to the UK's research and innovation generators, with a clear focus on enabling the private and public sector to exploit market opportunities and thereby accelerate economic growth.
Organisations
- Newcastle University (Lead Research Organisation)
- Mitsubishi Chemical (Collaboration)
- NHS Business Service Authority (Collaboration)
- Procter & Gamble (Collaboration)
- Soil Machine Dynamics Ltd (Collaboration)
- Thirteen Housing Group (Collaboration)
- Newcastle West End Foodbank (Collaboration)
- Engie (Collaboration)
- True Potential LLP (Collaboration)
- Northern Powergrid (United Kingdom) (Collaboration)
- Newcastle Building Society (Collaboration)
- GATESHEAD COUNCIL (Collaboration)
- AkzoNobel (Collaboration)
- NHS DIGITAL (Collaboration)
- Connected Energy (Collaboration)
- Siemens AG (Collaboration)
- Port Of Tyne Authority (Collaboration)
- Sage UK Limited (Collaboration)
- Association of North East Councils (Collaboration)
Publications
Hodgson J B
(2022)
Embracing Data in Engineering
Watson P
(2023)
From eScience to Impact on the Economy and Society
| Description | TThe National Innovation Centre for Data (NICD) award represents £15M capital funding from the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) that was managed by the EPSRC. The capital funding enabled Newcastle University to design and build The Catalyst, a ground-breaking new facility that acts as home for NICD and a 'beacon' for data related innovation in the UK. NICD is focussed on addressing the shortage of data skills in the UK by transferring practical data skills into the workforce of private and public sector organisation. NICD runs short- and long-term collaborative projects that are empowering organisations to gain insights from their data, enabling them to optimise existing operations and create efficiencies and/or launch new products and services. The NICD process of engagement and offer of services is unique for a UK University and has reduced the friction inherent in non-academic collaborations. Already engaged with over 500 organisations, NICD's activities are opening access to a vibrant data ecosystem for collaborators and partners. |
| Exploitation Route | The findings of all NICD projects are taken forward and implemented by the collaborating organisation. Examples include inventory data aggregation leading to supply chain efficiencies and related cost savings; exploration of customer and market data to create customer retention strategies leading to increased customer revenues; predictive maintenance analysis enabling the introduction of new customer services; better understanding battery life; new predictive systems for capturing and processing customer insights; optimise EV charging infrastructure. NICD harvests knowledge from each engagement and is building a process that addresses individual business questions, upskills employees and delivers ROI to the collaborating party. This process will continue to be updated and refined. |
| Sectors | Aerospace Defence and Marine Chemicals Communities and Social Services/Policy Construction Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) Electronics Energy Environment Financial Services and Management Consultancy Healthcare Manufacturing including Industrial Biotechology Transport Other |
| URL | https://www.nicd.org.uk/case-studies |
| Description | NICD collaborative projects have been implemented by regional, national and international organisations. In total there have been over 90 projects with companies and the public sector. Examples include: LKQ's UK subsidiary, Euro Car Parts used data analytics to challenge longstanding assumptions for efficient company operation and reveal new opportunities. The NICD project identified "substantial" savings and sources of additional revenue across their business. The processes and efficiencies gained have been rolled out to 22 international subsidiaries. Newcastle Building Society worked with NICD to explore how customer behaviours and characteristics can impact decisions to stay with or leave a lender. NICD enabled them to develop a model and tool which is now live in the business and being used to make business decisions. AkzoNobel wanted to use data to make their paint coating products more competitive. They worked with NICD to gain insight into the factors that cause corrosion on container ships, using a range of data sets including the global positioning of more than 80,000 vessels, taken every 15 minutes for the last 11 years. The findings have enabled a predictive maintenance model and the ability to use data to make the performance of Akzo's coating products more visible to the customer. Procter & Gamble (P&G) wanted to move towards 'measured behaviour' - learning about customers' habits through direct observation, which can offer more accurate predictions on what people think about their products. P&G worked with NICD to create new predictive systems for capturing and processing customer insights, and to better understand the skills needed to develop such systems in-house. The NHS Business Authority is a Special Health Authority and arm's length body of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). NHSBA worked with NICD on two business problems based on primary care prescriptions data. One project aimed to assess whether a particular policy was achieving the intended outcomes, another project built a model to report on variation in behaviour across a range of metrics. NICD taught staff a range of approaches, from collaborative coding and discussion, to challenge and demonstration. Connected Energy specialises in technology systems for grid decarbonisation through the design of energy storage systems that utilise second life EV batteries. NICD worked with Connected Energy to work out how to use data from second life EV batteries to predict their future capacities and monitor the battery systems to optimise their outputs. The project helped Connected Energy gain a clear picture of their data to understand what was missing and develop accurate predictions for planned maintenance and warranties. Engie, a leading energy and services company, focused on the production and supply of low carbon energy, services, and regeneration. NICD worked with Engie to develop a new Go Electric data model to allow the organisation to transition its company fleet to electric vehicles in the most efficient way, whilst causing minimum impact on productivity. Newcastle's West End Foodbank (WEFB), a charity which supports people in crisis who are unable to afford the food they need. NICD worked with WEFB to analyse data that has helped the charity to gain insights to understand, why people are using food banks, the impact of Covid, where the areas of greatest need are within the city and how the food bank can work more effectively with other organisations to support more people. Nebula Labs, a technology start-up that specialises in mobile app development and bespoke software. NICD worked with Nebula Labs to apply machine learning methods to develop an automated survey to be hosted on a mobile app which allows quick, accurate and cost-effective tracking of worker commuting journeys. This tool will help inform their client, the Cobalt Business Park, of the most appropriate transport decisions to make to ensure the transport network supports it's 14,000 commuters. For more information on NICD case studies see: https://www.nicd.org.uk/case-studies NICD continues to refine and improve a process for engagement that is unique to UK Universities, deploying a core technical team of data scientists to explore business questions from the private and public sector that have impact on the economic and social stage. The relationships developed have already led to over £1M in industrial investment in PhD studentships and industrial placements and internships for 50 students. In 2020 the North of Tyne Combined Authority awarded a £1.6M grant to NICD to enable it to run more projects with regional companies. In 2023 the Hartree Centre funded NICD and Sunderland Software City (£1.5M) to create a North East Hub to run fully funded projects with regional SMEs. The Director of Invest Newcastle, Jen Hartley has stated that NICD have played in key role in bringing 700 new high-value jobs to the North East (est. economic benefit £660M over 10 years). |
| First Year Of Impact | 2017 |
| Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Agriculture, Food and Drink,Chemicals,Communities and Social Services/Policy,Construction,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education,Energy,Environment,Financial Services, and Management Consultancy,Healthcare,Government, Democracy and Justice,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Retail,Transport,Other |
| Impact Types | Societal Economic Policy & public services |
| Description | AkzoNobel Collaborative Project |
| Organisation | AkzoNobel |
| Department | AkzoNobel UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | NICD Core Technical Team will work with AkzoNobel on a time and materials basis to address the problem of Machine Learning analysis of test coating images. The project will be led by AkzoNobel and NICD will support the project programme actively advising on technical skills, relevant tools and technologies and transferring this knowledge to the AkzoNobel team as appropriate. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Staff from AkzoNobel to collaborate with NICD Core Technical team; data from AkzoNobel; platforms, tools, technologies used by AkzoNobel; permission from AkzoNobel to access data and platforms, tools, technologies. Agreement by AkzoNobel to write a case study at the end of the project and publicise the work. Agreement for NICD to discuss/publicise the fact that there is an ongoing collaborative project with AkzoNobel over the duration of the project. |
| Impact | Project outcomes pending - project is still active |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | AkzoNobel Collaborative Project |
| Organisation | AkzoNobel |
| Department | AkzoNobel UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The company approached the team at NICD with two goals in mind: to help it use its data to create models that could benefit customers, and learn some of the skills that would enable it do more of this work in-house. Working with Newcastle University's National Innovation Centre for Data (NICD), AkzoNobel's representatives built predictive models that would provide customers with vital business insights, as well as a quality product. What is more, they learned some of the skills that would allow them to turn more of their ideas into reality in future. |
| Collaborator Contribution | AkzoNobel needed a collaborator that could enable it to understand and prepare the data it needed. Whilst they have data scientists in house, they realised it was a much larger project than just building predictive models, it was about bringing data from multiple places, understanding the cloud aspect of the project and scaling the computing. As AkzoNobel is a longstanding supporter of Newcastle University's EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Cloud Computing for Big Data, which trains future leaders in data analytics, they knew the benefits of working with people that had a strong balance of skills. |
| Impact | - Cleaned and analysed data from different locations, and in different formats - Developed a Minimum Viable Product that could offer real value to customers - Learned a variety of skills in predictive modelling and machine learning - Encouraged other AkzoNobel staff to consider how they could develop their own ideas By September, they had created two models: - One would enable customers to gauge the corrosion status of a hull, presented in a red, amber or green status - Another would present the level of corrosion as a percentage, which would enable customers to estimate the amount of paint that would be required in dry dock Through working with NICD, the AkzoNobel Data Insights Team now has a more rounded understanding of how to secure and share data, and make the most of these link-ups. The excitement of the NICD project has also filtered down to other AkzoNobel staff. Other departments are already considering how similar projects would enable them to deliver efficiencies and new products. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | AkzoNobel Feasibility Study |
| Organisation | AkzoNobel |
| Department | AkzoNobel UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | NICD and AkzoNobel attempted to develop an automated solution for extracting text and numeric data from BTC sheets, and outlined the different approaches that were attempted to provide a solution to the problem. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The AkzoNobel team worked with NICD to image segment, provided user knowledge and used these images to create train/test data. |
| Impact | As a consequence of the collaboration with NICD, the AkzoNobel team managed to design a machine readable form that could be taken back and used by the AkzoNobel team to ensure accurate data capture moving forward. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Connected Energy Collaborative Project |
| Organisation | Connected Energy |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | NICD Core Technical Team will work with Connected Energy on a time and materials basis to address the problem of the . The project will be led by Connected Energy and NICD will support the project programme actively advising on technical skills, relevant tools and technologies and transferring this knowledge to the Connected Energy team as appropriate. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Staff from Connected Energy to collaborate with NICO core technical team; data from Connected Energy; platforms, tools, technologies used by Connected Energy; permission from Connected Energy to access data and platforms, tools, technologies. Agreement to write a case study at the end of the project and publicise the work. Agreement for NICO to discuss/publicise the fact that there is an ongoing collaborative project with Connected Energy over the duration of the project. Agreement to publicise project highlights (e.g. through social media), subject to client agreement, over the duration of the project. |
| Impact | Outcomes to follow - project on going |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Connected Energy Collaborative Project |
| Organisation | Connected Energy |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The NICD Core Technical team work with Connected Energy to understand how big data techniques can be used to better understand and control the performance and degradation of 2nd life electric vehicle batteries. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Staff from Connected Energy to collaborate with; data from Connected Energy; platforms from Connected Energy; permission from Connected Energy to access data and platforms; permission from Connected Energy to publicise collaboration and to write a case study based on project for publicity with their· approval. |
| Impact | Connected Energy gained: -more accurate monitoring so batteries are used equally and that outputs are accurate -confidence in offering customers warranties on second life battery systems |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Engie Collaborative Project |
| Organisation | Engie |
| Country | Global |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | NICD will support Engie to develop an Electric Vehicle Charging Optimal Distribution Model to transition Engie's own fleet to electric in the most cost efficient way and also to transition the fleets of Engie's clients. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of domain expertise, data and staff resource. |
| Impact | NICD worked with Engie to develop a new Go Electric data model to allow the organisation to transition its company fleet to electric vehicles in the most efficient way, whilst causing minimum impact on productivity. The model has already: identified key charging locations in Wakefield and Manchester led to the installation of the first charging point in Wakefield been used in a project to identify charging locations in Rotherham been the subject of presentation to colleagues in Belgium and France been shared with colleagues on ENGIE's global knowledge-sharing platform. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Gateshead Council Collabrative Project |
| Organisation | Gateshead Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Gateshead Council has multiple departments dealing with arrears and debt. Departments don't always pursue debt collection in a wholly systematic way with each other. Customers can find multiple debt collection actions from different departments. Customer whole-view is often only seen when Legal team get involved at later stage. Multiple debt action can lead to further debt spiral. Identification of customers you Can't Pay or Won't Pay is hard. NICD are being asked to collaborate and to help provide the method to obtain a holistic understanding of customer debt within the authority. Data from a variety of internal systems brought together to allow categorisation (Can't Pay vs. Won't Pay) with consideration to legal requirements around data sharing. Understanding customers who are in Vulnerable or Just Coping categories. This will lead to the creation of a case study around debt management and, specifically, pulling together multiple data to give a holistic view of individual customer debt. This will be achieved by making connections to data sets (including Tax and Benefits, Housing, Financial assistance etc.) and to the design of system to help understand high risk customers In summary: The primary focus is to build data systematic connections in order to identify "can't pay" and "won't pay" customers, understand the data that is required and help us ensure that we are using that data in accordance with GDPR. This can also facilitate other innovative ideas (e.g., predictive modelling to identify those who may be beginning to slide towards the vulnerable category) in the longer term. |
| Collaborator Contribution | NICD Core Technical Team will work with Gateshead Council on a time and materials basis to address the problem of the Debt Management & Recovery - Creating a Holistic View of Customer Debt. The project will be led by Gateshead Council and NICD will support the project programme actively advising on technical skills, relevant tools and technologies and transferring this knowledge to the Gateshead Council team as appropriate. |
| Impact | The transfer of data science skills to support delivery of the project and a case study is in the process of being written where further outcomes will be identified. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Mitsubishi Chemical Methacrylates (MCM) Collaborative Project |
| Organisation | Mitsubishi Chemical |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | NICD Core Technical Team will work with Mitsubishi Chemical UK on a time and materials basis to address the problem. The project will be led by Mitsubishi Chemical UK and NICD will support the project programme actively advising on technical skills, relevant tools and technologies and transferring this knowledge to the Technical/data team as appropriate. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Staff from Mitsubishi Chemical UK to collaborate with NICD core technical team; data from Mitsubishi Chemical UK; platforms, tools, technologies used by Mitsubishi Chemical UK; permission from Mitsubishi Chemical UK to access data and platforms, tools, technologies. |
| Impact | The transfer of data science skills to support delivery of the project. A case study is in the process of being written with further outcomes to be identified. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | NEPO Collaborative Project |
| Organisation | Association of North East Councils |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Learned Society |
| PI Contribution | NICD Core Technical Team will work with NEPO on a time and materials basis to address the problem of the Open - Data Management to Support Contract Management . The project will be led by Mr Adam Smith and NICD will support the project programme actively advising on technical skills, relevant tools and technologies and transferring this knowledge to the NEPO team as appropriate. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Staff from NEPO to collaborate with NICD core technical team; data from NEPO; platforms, tools, technologies used by NEPO; permission from NEPO to access data and platforms, tools, technologies. |
| Impact | The transfer of data science skills to support delivery of the project. A case study is in the process of being written with further outcomes to be identified. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | NHS BSA Collaborative Project |
| Organisation | NHS Business Service Authority |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | NICD Core Technical Team will work with NHS Business Services Authority Data Science team on a time and materials basis to address the problem of producing an automated forecasting model to predict when rises in drug prices impact the drugs spend. The project will be led by NHSBSA Data Science team and NICD will support the project programme actively advising on technical skills, relevant tools and technologies and transferring this knowledge to the NHSBSA Data Science team as appropriate. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Staff from NHSBSA Data Science team to collaborate with NICD Core Technical team; data from NHSBSA; platforms, tools, technologies used by NHSBSA Data Science team; permission from NHSBSA to access data and platforms, tools, technologies. |
| Impact | While the NHSBSA has very capable data scientists in-house, we were able to identify ways that they could enhance their performance through the use of tools and techniques including: new packages within the R software suite new modelling approaches statistical machine learning Bayesian modelling |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | NHS Digital Collaborative Project |
| Organisation | NHS Digital |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | NICD Core Technical Team will work with NHS Digital on a time and materials basis to address the problem of the Solution Assurance - AI Test & Assure (NICD Newcastle University) C63667. The project will be led by NHS Digital and NICD will support the project programme actively advising on technical skills, relevant tools and technologies and transferring this knowledge to the NHS Digital Solution Assurance team as appropriate. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Staff from NHS Digital to collaborate with NICD core technical team; agreement from NHS Digital to access generic publicly available data and platforms, tools and technologies, used by NHS Digital. |
| Impact | Outcomes: - The transfer of data science skills into NHS Digital to support delivery of Solution Assurance - AI Test & Assure project. - further outcomes to be tracked over a longer period of time. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Newcastle Building Society - Mortgage Retention Project |
| Organisation | Newcastle Building Society |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The NICD Core Technical assisted Newcastle Building Society with interrogating its data to understand the drivers of retention for mortgage borrowers coming to the end of special terms. The NICD team helped to create a scorecard setting out the probability of retention based on key variables and upskilled the Newcastle Building Society team with various data skills including how to undertake this type of investigation without guidance. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Newcastle Building Society Team provided staff to deliver on the project along with data sets for the NICD team to carry out this data interrogation. |
| Impact | - The Newcastle Building Society developed technical skills in learning the R programming language and analytical skills to interrogate their data to drive the questions they should be asking about their customers. - The skills the NBS team learnt will create efficiencies, reduce workloads and enable the data team to carry out projects independently. - The tool that was developed during this project is live now and is assisting business decisions. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Northern Powergrid Collaborative Project |
| Organisation | Northern Powergrid |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The NICD Core Technical Team supported Northern Powergrid to explore tools and techniques to measure and improve productivity/efficiency at Northern Powergrid based on available data sources. They provided a baseline productivity measure(s), assistance with improvement initiatives and effective monitoring and reporting, in line with outline scope document. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Staff from Northern Powergrid to collaborate with; data from Northern Powergrid; platforms from Northern Powergrid; permission from Northern Powergrid to access data and platforms; permission from Northern Powergrid to write a case study based on project for publicity with their approval. |
| Impact | Northern Powergrid plan to collaborate on a second project with NICD in order to further progress their business objectives and obtain data skills. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Port of Tyne Collabrative Project |
| Organisation | Port Of Tyne Authority |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | University of Newcastle upon Tyne will work on a series of collaborative initiatives, which will be supported by a flexible funding arrangement, enabling Port of Tyne to work dynamically with the University of Newcastle upon Tyne to draw on their data science expertise. Initiatives worked on may include data projects aimed at upskilling Port of Tyne employees whilst delivering outcomes on funded projects, such as: 5G implementation, 'Alexa, book my berth' project, 'Drax App' project, Resource Planning project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | University of Newcastle upon Tyne, specifically the department of the National Innovation Centre for Data will provide consultancy services in the form of data science services to Port of Tyne, supporting on projects, seminars, workshops and hackathons against a number of different initiatives. As part of the data science services, University of Newcastle upon Tyne will also look to upskill Port of Tyne employees with methods of data science. Each of the projects will be led by Port of Tyne, with the National Innovation Centre for Data's core technical team supporting the project programme, actively advising on technical skills, relevant tools and technologies, whilst transferring the discussed and learnt knowledge to Port of Tyne. University of Newcastle upon Tyne will work on a series of collaborative initiatives, which will be supported by a flexible funding arrangement, enabling Port of Tyne to work dynamically with the University of Newcastle upon Tyne to draw on their data science expertise. Initiatives worked on may include data projects aimed at upskilling Port of Tyne employees whilst delivering outcomes on funded projects, such as: ? 5G implementation ? 'Alexa, book my berth' project ? 'Drax App' project ? Resource Planning project It will also include collaboration on joint activities including data related seminars, workshops and hackathons. For the avoidance of doubt, the projects mentioned above are examples only and should not be considered as guaranteed streams of work / projects that will be completed. Any projects / initiatives requested to be worked on under this Agreement will be fully scoped and the required input agreed between both parties, utilising data from Port of Tyne's business platforms. |
| Impact | No outputs yet - Project still active |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Proctor & Gamble Cloud Based Platform |
| Organisation | Procter & Gamble |
| Department | Newcastle Innovation Centre |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The NICD Core Technical team assisted Procter & Gamble in the development of a Rating and Review Analyzer through cloud and web interface. They provided data capture, data integration, data activation, development support and direct upskilling of the P&G team. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Procter & Gamble provided 2 members of staff to contribute their time and effort to deliver the project and to receive the upskilling. P&G also provided data and end user expertise. |
| Impact | - The P&G team gained insights on how to transform data quality across the company. - The P&G team encouraged management to invest in a dedicated data analytics unit. - The P&G team identified "substantial" potential savings and sources of additional revenue. - The project shifted company ethos towards a more data-led mindset. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Sage Collaborative Project |
| Organisation | Sage UK Limited |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | NICD Core Technical Team will work with the Client on a time and materials basis to address the problem of the Sage Churn Modelling. The project will be led by Sage and NICD will support the project programme actively advising on technical skills, relevant tools and technologies and transferring this knowledge to the Client team as appropriate. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Staff from Sage to collaborate with NICD core technical team; data from Sage; platforms, tools, technologies used by Sage; permission from the Client to access data and platforms, tools, technologies as applicable to the project. |
| Impact | The transfer of data science skills to support delivery of the project + case study in the process of being written and further outcomes will be identified. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Siemens MEDA Collaborative Project |
| Organisation | Siemens AG |
| Department | Siemens plc |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The NICD Core Technical Team provided Data Engineering consultancy support within the MEDA/YODA project and the initial design of a common energy data platform. NICD's tasks focused on enabling both the interpretation of user requirements which will be secured during the (user requirement sessions) whilst also supporting the lead solution architect with the data schema and platform design itself. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of domain expertise, data and staff resource. |
| Impact | The output of this project resulted in the creation of a second phase project in order to progress the project in order to secure funding. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Soil Machine Dynamics Collaborative Project |
| Organisation | Soil Machine Dynamics Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The NICD Core Technical Team will work with Soil Machine Dynamics on a time and materials basis to address the problem of the SMD Data Lifecycle. The project will be led by Soil Machine Dynamics and NICD will support the project programme actively advising on technical skills, relevant tools and technologies and transferring this knowledge to the Soil Machine Dynamics team as appropriate. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Staff from Soil Machine Dynamics to collaborate with NICD Core Technical team; data from Soil Machine Dynamics; platforms, tools, technologies used by Soil Machine Dynamics; permission from Soil Machine Dynamics to access data and platforms, tools, technologies. Agreement to write a case study at the end of the project and publicise the work. Agreement for NICD to discuss/publicise the fact that there is an ongoing collaborative project with Soil Machine Dynamics over the duration of the project. |
| Impact | Andrew from SMD, responsible for managing the overall project, worked closely with the National Innovation Centre for Data (NICD) to ensure seamless communication and collaboration. Alongside this, a group of software and electronic engineers from SMD were involved in diverse segments of the project, enriching their technical expertise. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Thirteen Group Collaborative Project |
| Organisation | Thirteen Housing Group |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | NICD Core Technical Team will work with Thirteen Housing Group on a time and materials basis to address the problem of the Voids & Shared Ownership data. The project will be led by Thirteen Housing Group and NICD will support the project programme actively advising on technical skills, relevant tools and technologies and transferring this knowledge to the Thirteen Housing Group team as appropriate. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Staff from Thirteen Housing Group to collaborate with NICD core technical team; data from Thirteen; platforms, tools, technologies used by Thirteen; permission from Thirteen to access data and platforms, tools, technologies. Agreement to write a case study at the end of the project and publicise the work. Agreement for NICD to discuss/publicise the fact that there is an ongoing collaborative project with Thirteen Housing Group over the duration of the project. Agreement to publicise project highlights (e.g. through social media), subject to client agreement, over the duration of the project. |
| Impact | The transfer of data science skills to support delivery of the project. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | True Potential Collaborative Project |
| Organisation | True Potential LLP |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | NICD Core Technical Team will work with True Potential on a time and materials basis to address the problem of the Direct Debit Initiative. The project will be led by True Potential and NICD will support the project programme actively advising on technical skills, relevant tools and technologies and transferring this knowledge to the True Potential team as appropriate. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Staff from True Potential to collaborate with NICD core technical team; data from True Potential; platforms, tools, technologies used by True Potential; permission from True Potential to access data and platforms, tools, technologies. |
| Impact | The transfer of data science skills to support delivery of the project. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | West End Food Bank Collaborative Project |
| Organisation | Newcastle West End Foodbank |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The NICD Core Technical Team assisted the West End Food Bank in understanding how their clients interact with their food parcel service. The NICD team provided insight into uptake in food bank use due to the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown. The NICD Team helped WEFB to understand the demographics of their clients, how food bank vouchers are redeemed and the workload of the distribution centres in order to review their operations. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Newcastle West End Food Bank provided domain expertise and data for the NICD team to carry out this data analysis. |
| Impact | NICD delivered a presentation to the West End Food Bank board of trustees focusing on the insight into user demographics within a city context, the drivers of foodbank usage and characteristics of high-frequency users. WEFB received insight from data analysis output and hope to carry forward this analysis through the engagement of a student from the Newcastle University Data Science MSc programme. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | AI Summit London 2023 Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | - |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | AI Tech North Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Steve Caughey led a workshop at the conference which focused on "Better analytics today, ai tomorrow". Outcomes were awareness raising of the NICD offer. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | ANNE - Analyst Network North East |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Analyst Network NE is a half day conference. Presenters are analysts & researchers from across the academic, public and private sectors in the NE. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | ANNE Autumn Conference 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | • Analyst Network North East Autumn Conference, we sponsored, co-hosted and delivered a talk to the Analyst Network community, the event featured a series of keynotes and breakout discussion sessions, and was attended by 50 people |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | ANNE Seminar Spring 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A presentation was delivered to regional analysts which focused on NICD collaborative projects, this resulted in an invitation to sit on the ANNE board. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | ANNE Spring Conference 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | - |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Altair Northern UK Seminar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Digital technologies are enabling a revolution in the development of innovative, and often electrified products. Simulation and data analytics solutions are combining to create intelligent digital twins, while high performance computing (HPC) advancements are facilitating rapid exploration of designs. Understanding the latest advancements in digital technologies and implementing them effectively is key to stay ahead in an increasingly competitive marketplace. This free to attend seminar and networking event, taking place in collaboration with the National Innovation Centre for Data, will showcase innovative applications of digital design, data analytics and HPC technologies across product development and manufacturing processes. From practical applications of data science to improve operational efficiency, to advancements in digital twin solutions to enhance performance of electrified products, the agenda covers today's most high value applications of digital technologies; all delivered through presentations, live demonstrations and interactive panel discussions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://web.altair.com/altair-northern-uk-seminar-2022 |
| Description | Amazon Web Services talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Representatives from Amazon Web Services talk about Big Data, Machine Learning and Data Analytics at AWS. An interactive informative discussion to find out more about the AWS solutions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | BBC Workshop Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | BBC Workshop ran by BBC/NICD for Data Insights. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | BEIS - UK Industrial Strategy: Progressing Rural Contributions |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A presentation was delivered that focused on data opportunities for rural economy researchers, this resulted in engagement with the National Innovation Centre for Rural Economy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Cisco Discovery Workshop Day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Provide an overview of Current activities, outline ambition, opportunities and limitations. The event was attended by Newcastle City Council policy makers, University and Thinking Digital. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Cisco Public Sector Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A presentation was delivered to the business community that focused on the value of public sector data. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Cityfibre Company Presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A presentation was delivered to CityFibre that focused on the NICD offer with reference to the new city fibre network. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Community Engagement Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | NICD & NICA invited local residents, businesses and neighbours to the Helix Site to promote community engagement. Public were given an opportunity to look at architectural plans for the NICD building, discuss impact on the surrounding area and reveal how it will look upon completion. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017,2018 |
| Description | Creative Space Management - The Science of Data |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A presentation was delivered to the public on the importance of data for social and economic good. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | DCMS National Data Strategy Roundtable |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Facilitation of a roundtable co-hosted with the North of Tyne Combined Authority to discuss the DCMS National Data Strategy from a regional perspective. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | DWP Analytics Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A presentation was delivered to the DWP CTO and Data Leads which focused on improving utilisation of data within DWP. This resulted in further engagement with DWP on multiple projects including DataJam. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Dame Allan's School Visit (Sept 2022) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Dame Allans School had students attend the Catalyst where NICD ran demo sessions for the students involved, this was for students who are looking to progress after Alevels towards Computer Science and Data Science. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Data Insights Event with Accenture & BT |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The event featured a keynote from Accenture, a keynote from BT and a panel Q&A - it provided an overview of the core elements of a successful data strategy with the opportunity to hear from industry experts in business and academia. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Data Insights Event with Altair |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The event featured a keynote and technical workshop from Altair followed by a panel Q&A - it provided an overview of the core elements of choosing technology for your business needs. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Data Insights Event with Bulien and Data Robot |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The event featured a keynote and technical workshop from Bulien and Data Robot followed by a panel Q&A - it provided an overview of the core elements of choosing technology for your business needs. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Data Insights Event with Microsoft |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The event featured a keynote from Microsoft, a keynote from Wisdom Works Group and a panel Q&A - it provided an overview of the core elements of a successful data strategy with the opportunity to hear from industry experts in business and academia. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Data Insights Event with Microsoft - Data First Culture |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The event featured a keynote and fireside chat from Microsoft and Wisdom Works Group - it provided an overview of the core elements of a successful data strategy with focus on building a data first culture. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Data Insights Event with Professor Lilian Edwards - EU AI Regulations |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The event featured a keynote and panel Q&A with Professor Lilian Edwards - it provided an overview of the proposed EU AI Regulations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Data Insights Event with PwC & Talk Talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | An event which included a keynote from PwC, a keynote from Talk Talk, a workshop and a panel. PwC discussed the impact that COVID-19 has had on business' data strategy, recognising that the way businesses utilise their technology and data has been significantly impacted by the change in working patterns, the need to reprioritise analytics and have insight at the ready, and a change in technology infrastructure needs going forward. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Data Insights Event with Thoughtworks |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The event featured a keynote and technical workshop from Thoughtworks followed by a panel Q&A - it provided an overview of building a value driven data strategy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Data Strategy Roundtable Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A? data strategy is essential to any modern organisation. B?ut what is a data strategy? How is it developed, and who implements it? I?n a recent poll of data and digital professionals, we found that: T?here is little consensus as to what tools should be used to create and maintain a data strategy, with 26 different tools logged from over 60 people polled. T?here is little consensus at to who should build a data strategy, with 30 different roles logged from over 60 people polled. A?nd there is little consensus as to who should own a data strategy, with 27 different roles logged from over 60 people polled. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/data-strategy-roundtable-tickets-414154054927 |
| Description | DataJam NE Conference 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A 2 day conference that brought together data and digital individuals across public and private sector organisations to focus on addressing key themes and problems for the North East region. Partnership event with NICD, DWP, Newcastle City Council and NELEP. This resulted in a variety of collaborations and follow up enquiries from businesses looking to engage in NICD services. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | DataJam North East Event Series - Environment |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | We delivered the second event in the DataJam North East Event Series which focused on Environment: 'Improved use of data to address Environmental Issues'. The event organised in partnership with DataJam NE and ANNE(Analyst Network North East), was attended by 50 people across 24 organisations made up of both public and private sectors. It included speed talks from the Urban Observatory, Newcastle City Council, Newcastle University's Sustainability Team, Capability North East, Voluntary Organisations Network North East (VONNE) and CGI. A follow up discussion group was organised as an outcome to explore how the DataJam community can support VONNE's Climate Coalition project 'Becoming England's greenest region'. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | DataJam North East Event Series - Health |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Event focused on discussing 'Improved use of Health data in a COVID and post-COVID world'. Included 11 talks from individuals involved in covid-19 projects followed by a panel to discuss Health related topics. 141 people across 38 organisations mix of public and private sectors. Biggest outcome was the breaking off of a sub working group to support the Newcastle City Council with their Track and Trace project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | DataJam North East Event Series - Health - Track and Trace Project |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A workshop to share best practice, insights and identify data sources that could support the Newcastle City Council's Track and Trace project to support tracking of covid cases in the region. Outcome was identification of data sources, insights from data experts across the region, which eventually developed into the creation of an app for measuring how busy the city centre is. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | DataJam North East Event Series - Inclusivity |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The fourth event in the DataJam North East Event Series focused on Inclusivity. The event included 7 speed talks and a panel. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | DataJam North East Event Series - Mobility |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The third event in the DataJam North East Event Series focused on Mobility. The event included 11 speed talks and a panel Q&A discussing the data challenges with Mobility as a focus. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | DataJam North East Event Series - Smart Living |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | We held the 5th and final event in the DataJam NE Virtual Event Series focusing on the theme of Smart Living. The event was attended by 30 attendees from 18 organisations and featured 6 interesting speed talks from ARUP, Urban Foresight, Hull City Council, Newcastle University, Future Homes Alliance and ADL Smartcare. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | DataJam Regional Coordination Group Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A workshop which brought together data experts from across the region to explore possible data sources to enable the Regional Coordination Group to make better informed decisions about the regional recovery from covid-19. Outcomes were identification of additional data sources to support the RCG project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | DataJam Visualisation Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A presentation was delivered to regional public and private sector organisations, demonstrations and talks were also delivered to showcase visualisation software. This resulted in engagement with visualisation vendors which have lead to partnership events. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Databricks NE Meet Up |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | • North East Databricks Meet Up (16th Feb 23), we sponsored and co-hosted the first meet up session in partnership with Waterstons and Databricks. The session featured a keynote talk exploring the use of Databricks and the problems it can solve, followed by networking. With 125 people registering for the meet up and 80 people attending in person, the meet ups are proving incredibly popular and will take place bi-monthly over the next year to build up a community. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Databricks NE Meet Up - April 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | • Databricks NE Meet Up (20th April 23), we sponsored and co-hosted the bi-monthly meet up session in partnership with Waterstons and Databricks. . |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Databricks Splink MoJ Code-Along |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | T?his event will provide participants with the opportunity to get to grips with Databricks and the MoJ's Splink package. Databricks is a unified set of tools for building, deploying, sharing, and maintaining enterprise-grade data solutions at scale, while Splink is a PySpark package that allows you to link millions of distinct records that refer to an individual entity but lack a consistent identifier. T?he first mission of the National Data Strategy, devised by the UK Government, is to unlock the value of data across the economy, where it is noted that there is much untapped potential in linking datasets from different organisations. H?owever, many organisations struggle to link their own datasets, never mind being able to link with datasets from a completely different organisation. When analysts and other data professionals spend huge amounts of time retrieving, merging, cleaning and verifying their data, it's time not spent doing the valuable work of understanding and synthesising their analysis into actionable information. I?n this Code-Along workshop, you will join us live at The Catalyst in Newcastle upon Tyne as we address this challenge by focussing on real-world examples of linking data, through looking at corporate officers - using publicly available data sourced from Companies House - in conjunction with a dataset of payment practices from large organisations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/public-sector-code-along-with-azure-databricks-and-mojs-splink-ticket... |
| Description | Department for International Trade - Canadian Delegation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | NICD supported an inward investment visit from the Department of International Trade who brought a Canadian delegation to the Newcastle Helix site, a presentation about the NICD offer was delivered. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Department of Work & Pensions DataJam |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | DWP Digital, Newcastle University, North East Local Enterprise Partnership and local authorities two-day event bringing data, digital and service design teams together to make a real difference to real issues affecting the North East. It is One Team Government in action. The start of an ongoing collaboration between public sector, academia and beyond guided by these principles. Concentrating on three key themes of Health, Skills and Child attainment, DataJam NorthEast will demonstrate the potential for improving life in the region when data, collaboration and actionable outcomes are the focus. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Digital Leaders North East Panel - Digital Skills |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The event was a panel discussion about digital upskilling in the region, this influenced regional outlook about the need for upskilling within the digital space. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Digital Skills Taskforce Presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A presentation was delivered to government digital skills taskforce about the NICD offer, this resulted in further engagement activities with a variety of different organisations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Digital Union/Dynamo/NICD Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A presentation was delivered to the Digital Union group that focused on the NICD and Catalyst offers. A panel discussion also took place that focused on digital skills. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Dynamo Conference 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A presentation was delivered to the Dynamo Group that focused on NICD funding opportunities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | EY European Team Visit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A presentation was delivered to the EY European Management team which focused on the Newcastle Helix site and the NICD offer. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Engie Innovation Week |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A presentation was delivered that focused on the value of data utilisation to Engie, this resulted in follow up discussions about collaborative projects. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | FinTech North Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A presentation was delivered to the financial services community that focused on the NICD and The Catalyst offer. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Fujifilm Data Driven Decision Making for Bioprocessing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A presentation was delivered to Pharma organisations that focused on NICD services. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Helen McArdle Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A public lecture was delivered that focused on the opportunities and threats that are presented by data utilisation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Helix Open Day presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Providing information about the Helix site and its occupiers to citizens, businesses and partners, providing an overview of the buildings and the research and activity. Attracted approx. 120 people. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | IWD Masterclasses |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | I?nternational Women's Day is fast approaching, and we at the National Innovation Centre for Data are proud and excited to launch our International Women's Day Data Science Masterclasses, which are taking place here at The Catalyst on Wednesday 8th March from 1.00 p.m. - 4.00 p.m. T?he masterclasses - which are completely free to attend - will provide you with hands-on, practical skills and knowledge around data science that you can readily take back to your own organisation and teams. T?hree of our expert data scientists, Louise Braithwaite MSc, Dr Hollie Johnson, and Dr Antonia Kontaratou, will each lead a 90-minute data science masterclass based on a specific area of interest. We've provided details of each below to help you decide which to attend, but please feel free to contact us any time (either via Eventbrite or at nicd@newcastle.ac.uk) if you have any questions. T?he International Women's Day Data Science Masterclasses are open to anyone who identifies as a woman. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/international-womens-day-data-science-masterclasses-tickets-529368283... |
| Description | Ignite 100 Presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A presentation was delivered to the Ignite 100 Incubator businesses which focused on the NICD offer, this resulted in stronger regional awareness of the NICD services. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Ignite/Arrow Presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A presentation was delivered to the Ignite 100 Incubator businesses that focused on the Arrow and NICD offerings. This resulted in further engagement with the Arrow programme. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Innovation Supernetwork Intro to The Catalyst |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A presentation was delivered to the North East community that focused on the NICD offer, this resulted in increased awareness about The Catalyst building and the NICD services. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Insights Public Lecture: Prof Paul Watson - AI and data science: Opportunities and Threats |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | • Newcastle University Insights Public Lecture (4th May 23), our Director Paul Watson delivered a lecture focused on AI and Data Science: threats and opportunities, which was attended by 152 people. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | IoT Interest Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | To discuss the potential to coordinate the interest in research, development, and deployment of IoT in the North-East by: 1. Mapping out the regional research and industry practitioners 2. Connecting together those individuals and organisations 3. Delivering events to increase the awareness of, and interest in, IoT regionally. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
| Description | Jumping Rivers North East Data Scientist Meet Up (November 2022) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | -• Jumping Rivers North East Data Scientist Meet Up (November), we sponsored the regular meet up session which provides a space for like-minded people to discuss all things R, network and hear talks from data science experts across the region. Attended by about 40 people. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Jumping Rivers Shiny in Production Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | • Jumping Rivers: Shiny in Production Conference, we sponsored, showcased an exhibition stand and delivered a talk at the conference, which was delivered at The Catalyst and attended by 120 people. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | KTN AI for Services on Tour Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | We participated in a virtual road trip around the UK with AI for Services Tour to discover the innovation taking place in the professional and financial services sector. Steve Caughey represented the North East - an outcome was awareness raising for the NICD offer and new business generation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | LV Digital Innovation Student Social |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | The National Innovation Centre for Data and Allianz Personal are teaming up to celebrate and nurture digital innovation in the North East of England. To that end, we're reaching out to students with new and innovative digital business ideas - or a desire to be involved in such business ideas - to see if we can help. We know it's tough to kick start a new idea and we'd like to create a space to help those ideas grow - whether that's through helping you make new contacts, exchanging knowledge, or developing skills. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pizza-drinks-and-digital-innovation-social-with-allianz-personal-tick... |
| Description | LegalGeek Presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A presentation was delivered which focused on the NICD services and vision at the UK Conference, this resulted in enhanced conversations with the legal sector to encourage a move to Newcastle upon Tyne. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Liverpool AI Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A presentation was delivered to the North West community that focused on the NICD vision and services, this increased the NICD awareness on a more national scale. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Lockheed Martin National Space Academy School Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Lockheed Martin Space Academy was set up for students from a mix of schools to attend a week long school half term event. They ran workshops and ran demos with the children. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | MI Garage Event - Digital Catapult |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Networking and TED style talks about demonstrating interesting use-cases of ML/neural networks techniques. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Microsoft Roundtable for Public Sector |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Attended a roundtable hosted by Microsoft to discuss the role of data within the public sector. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | NELEP Data Delivery Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A presentation was delivered on Steve Caughey's research findings on a joint research project with the NELEP concerning data capabilities in the North East. This has resulted in influencing the NELEP local industrial strategy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | NICD Conference: Data Innovation Showcase 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | T?he National Innovation Centre for Data is proud to present its first ever conference - the Data Innovation Showcase. If you'd like to Learn how data holds the power to unlock the potential of your business Discover how to deploy data-driven innovation and who can support you with this Develop your data skills through interactive, hands-on workshops led by experts at the top of their field Gain access to the latest tools and techniques, as well as networking opportunities Understand the impact of data-driven strategies then the Data Innovation Showcase is for you, no matter where you or your organisation are in your journey. W?ith expert insights from the National Innovation Centre for Data team, as well as from a range of guest speakers from organisations like the BBC, NHS England and Sunderland City Council, this exciting two-day conference will introduce you to everything you need to know about data science and business innovation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/data-innovation-showcase-tickets-621777201347 |
| Description | NICD North East Response to COVID-19 Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A virtual event delivered via the Zoom platform which included 13 presentations from individuals across the North East region who shared details of the COVID-19 related projects that they are delivering in order to generate support and gain insight from data experts across the region. The outcomes included creation of connections between individuals across the region to allow a better response to the COVID-19 crisis. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | NU SAgE HASS Summer Bootcamp 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | - |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | NU SAgE HaSS Data Insights Summer Bootcamp |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Summer Bootcamp Data Insights Events at Newcastle University for members of the SAGE and HASS faculty. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | NU SAgE HaSS Professional Skills Bootcamp |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Professional Skills bootcamp held at Newcastle University supporting all students withing the SAGE and HASS faculty. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Newcastle Start-Up Week Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A presentation was delivered to the start up community which focused on the NICD offer, this resulted in follow up enquiries from businesses wishing to engage with NICD's services. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Newcastle University Guest Lecture - Computing Science |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | A presentation was delivered to Computing Science students that focused on the NICD story and offer. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Newcastle University Institute of Coding Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A presentation was delivered that focused on upskilling in data skills for both public and private sector organisations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Newcastle University Professors' Induction Talks |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A presentation was delivered to new professors at Newcastle University which focused on the NICD offer. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Newcastle University RISE Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A presentation was delivered to early stage businesses about the opportunities to exploit data, this resulted in follow up enquiries from businesses to engage with the NICD services. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | North East Chamber of Commerce Presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A presentation was delivered to the NECC board which focused on the NICD offer and this resulted in engagement with a variety of businesses, one specific example is a successful collaborative project with Newcastle Building Society. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | North of Tyne Devolution Launch |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A panel took place to support the North of Tyne launch which resulted in a stronger regional reputation for NICD. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Northern Design Centre Rise and Design |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A presentation was delivered to creative businesses about the NICD offer which resulted in follow up enquiries from businesses who wanted to engage with NICD services. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Northumbrian Water Group Innovation Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A presentation was delivered to NWG executives about the opportunities of utilisation of data. The outcome resulted in engagement with NWG on innovation projects. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | OR Society Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A presentation was delivered at the OR Society Conference at the IET in London which focused on the NICD offer. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | P&G Management Team Presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A presentation was delivered to the P&G Management team which focused on the NICD offer, this resulted in a stronger relationship and collaborative projects. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Perspectives on Generative AI |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | • Perspectives on Generative AI: An Interactive Panel Discussion (8th June 23), we hosted an event at The Catalyst on this hot topic, which featured an informative keynote talk followed by an interactive panel discussion - which was attended by 85 people. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/perspectives-on-generative-ai-an-interactive-panel-discussion-tickets... |
| Description | Port of Tyne Maritime Innovation Week Hackathon |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The Maritime Innovation Week 2022 Hackathon, brought to you in partnership between the 2050 Maritime Innovation Hub at Port of Tyne and the National Innovation Centre for Data, consists of two x two-day, in-person hackathons (spread over four days) aimed at bringing together the most creative, forward-thinking teams of hackers from across the North East in order to explore innovative solutions to some of the port and maritime industry's most pressing problems. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/maritime-innovation-week-2022-hackathon-tickets-342693795367 |
| Description | Procter and Gamble Presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A presentation was delivered to research staff at P&G to describe major trends in computing science, this resulted in an improved relationship with P&G and also transformed into a collaborative project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Proctor & Gamble |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | NICD presentation to senior management team from Proctor & Gamble. This initial contact resulted in a Discovery Workshop and subsequently a project is currently being developed. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Scott Logic Data Insights Event: 'Why you can't buy a good data strategy off the shelf' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Conversations around data and data strategy can often be quite technical, and they can rapidly get bogged down in questions about systems architecture, which cloud service is best, and so on. However, when it comes to shaping a successful data strategy, it has become apparent that the most important aspects often do not involve technology at all. Whether you wish to improve operational efficiency, understand your customers better, or foster greater collaboration between your colleagues, a good strategy provides the supporting framework you need to achieve your goal. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/why-you-cant-buy-a-good-data-strategy-off-the-shelf-with-scott-logic-... |
| Description | Smart Cities Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The event included a panel discussion and presentation of the Newcastle Helix and NICD offer, this resulted in multiple discussions involving businesses wishing to move to Newcastle. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Success with Data Science Workshop - June |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | • Success with Data Science Workshop (1st June 23), we hosted the first paid for workshop session for this series which involved the delivery of our training on how to properly scope a project to ensure it is successful for your business, to a small group. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/success-with-data-science-workshop-june-tickets-626954908007 |
| Description | Sunderland Software City Digital Skills Summit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A presentation was delivered that focused on the NICD upskilling offer and a workshop followed, this had an impact on the regional outlook and thinking about digital upskilling. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Tech Nation Report Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The Tech Nation event publicised the results of the annual report and engaged in a panel to discuss the issues raised. The event allowed NICD to influence the information that goes into further annual reports. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Tech on the Tyne |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Hollie Johnson (Senior Data Scientist) will be running an event, where you can identify themes using sentiment analysis, to get a real insight into review data. We'll be using Twitter and Elon Musk as an example on the night, and you will be able to find your own conclusions!A full repository will be provided prior to the night. Please bring your laptops along, to take part in this task!As well as leading the technical task, Hollie will be providing an overview of what NICD (National Innovation Centre for Data) actually do, along with exploring how to transition from a reflective data approach to a predictive data environment! |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7034469526058500097 |
| Description | Thinking Digital Workshop: 'Winning with Data Science' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Thinking Digital: ChatGPT & Beyond: A Beginner's Guide to Language Models |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | • Thinking Digital Workshop: ChatGPT & Beyond: A Beginner's Guide to Language Models (5th July 23), we hosted and delivered a workshop as part of the Thinking Digital annual conference, the workshop which was sold out in record time, focused on the hot top of large language models and Chat GPT, and was attended by 64 people. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Turing Data Debate #5 'Gaming the System' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | • Alan Turing Data Debates #5 'Gaming the System', which featured a panellist discussion that explored the topic of data science usage in the field of sports and how this can lead to innovation, attended by about 70 people. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Turing Data Debates #3 'We've had Enough of Experts' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | during this event our panellists address fundamental and timely questions around public trust, the nature of "expertise", and the potential perils-and vital importance-of science and public engagement. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Turing Data Debates #4 'A Healthy Trust in Data' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | • Alan Turing Data Debates #4 'A Healthy Trust in Data', which featured a panellist discussion which unpacked the latest developments and challenges that surround innovations in healthcare and data |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Unlocking the power of AI - NICD & Scott Logic |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | - |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Waterstons Data Insights Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | • 'Is the data warehouse data?' Data Insights Event with Waterstons (16th Feb 23), we planned and delivered the event which consisted of a keynote talk, an interactive demo session and networking to explore the use of data warehouses, the event held in The Catalyst was attended by ~50 people. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/data-insights-is-the-data-warehouse-dead-with-waterstons-tickets-4936... |
| Description | Womble Bond Dickinson Presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A presentation was delivered which focused on the NICD offer and opportunities to collaborate with WBD. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Wyoming Interactive Data Insights |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Extracting insight from data analysis can be hard, especially if you are new to an operation, lack data expertise, are short on time, or have multiple objectives to consider. The promise of improved yields, reduced waste, higher basket values, or whatever metric you need to track for your business, can often be more difficult to deliver than you'd hoped. But the ability to bring the right information to the right user in the right format is crucial for engagement. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/data-insights-design-thinking-for-complex-data-with-wyoming-interacti... |