The Urban Big Data Centre in partnership with the Open Knowledge Foundation Scotland, will host its 7th Open Data Meetup in Glasgow in 2015.

This event is part of the Urban Studies Lunchtime Workshop Series. Director of the Urban Big Data Centre, Professor Piyushimita (Vonu) Thakuriah, will be presenting at the 16th November session of the Urban Studies Lunchtime Workshops. Her presentation will focus on the Urban Big Data Centre's data services. 

This workshop aims to increase local authorities’ understanding of how best to interrogate complex urban data to inform the development of effective programmes and policies. The workshop will explore: Why big data is important for urban planning and city management The data services, research support and training opportunities the UBDC prov...

The Urban Big Data Centre, in partnership with the Scottish Government and the Administrative Data Research Centre (ADRC) Scotland, is pleased to host a workshop on 'Exploring the application of predictive analytics to improve policy outcomes in Scotland'. The workshop, which will include speakers from the public and private sector, as well as...