Tech Events by Edinburgh Data Science and AI

with Suleman Imdad (Speaker, ) · Jon Minton (Speaker, )

Edinburgh's data science community meetup runs an agentic AI special, hosted and sponsored by FreeAgent at its Fountainbridge office. Two talks. Suleman Imdad on why a model can pass its evaluation and still fail in reality, including an 8B open model that changes behaviour when it senses a safety test, and a checklist for catching a flattering evaluation before production does. Dr Jon Minton on getting agents to know what you know, arguing the durable skill is graph thinking, drawing on months of running a small consultancy with agents. Networking with pizza and drinks from 17:15, talks 18:30 to 19:45, then more networking. Free; a handful of places left. Why go: two research-grounded talks on evaluation and agent context rather than tool demos. Best for data scientists, ML engineers and anyone putting agents into production.

The first Edinburgh Data Science Coffee Club: a late-morning get-together for people working in data science, machine learning and AI, filling the months between Edinburgh Data Science and AI's speaker events. No talks, slides or pitches. Hosted by Emily T., it is coffee and conversation about current projects and problems, the tools and approaches that are working, and where collaborations might start. 11:00 to 13:00, downstairs at Black Medicine Coffee, 2 Nicolson Street, with the option to carry on over lunch nearby. Free. Aimed mainly at practitioners; people in the field who are visiting Edinburgh are welcome too. Why go: a calm weekday-morning alternative to evening meetups, backed by a well-reviewed community. Best for data scientists and ML engineers who want peers to compare notes with.

Edinburgh Data Science and AI returns to CodeBase with two talks — gradient boosting for probability distributions, and a Redis developer advocate on building AI applications on real-time data. Pizza, drinks and one of the city's most consistent technical communities.

An informal morning get-together for people working in Data Science, Machine Learning and AI in Edinburgh. No slides, no pitches — just coffee and conversation about the projects, tools and ideas the community is working on right now, plus a chance to find collaborators. A relaxed networking format run by the Edinburgh Data Science and AI group for the months between its speaker nights. Downstairs at Black Medicine Coffee; carry on over lunch if the conversation keeps flowing.