Alistair Lawson's Projects (48)

A Critical Evaluation of the efficiency and potential of Artificial Intelligence in personalising Exercise Prescription for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation in Cardiovascular Disease Patients Mar 1, 2025 - Oct 31, 2026
Artificial intelligence (AI) driven digital solutions can support the shift of exercise-based cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation (CVPR) from clinical services to patients’ home by enabling individualised exercise prescriptions. Tailored aer... Read More about A Critical Evaluation of the efficiency and potential of Artificial Intelligence in personalising Exercise Prescription for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation in Cardiovascular Disease Patients.

A New Generation of Peer Advice Systems– Prototyping and Testing the Freelance Advisor App Jun 1, 2025 - May 31, 2026
Research shows a big knowledge gap in the freelance community, with 56.5% of freelancers not feeling well informed of their rights, 68.5% having issues with late or non-payment, and 57.1% relying on peer advice to solve issues relating to contract ne... Read More about A New Generation of Peer Advice Systems– Prototyping and Testing the Freelance Advisor App.

FLYSWX AI Feasibility Study Nov 1, 2023 - Apr 30, 2024
Small World Aviation wants to develop an AI-powered Airline Optimisation Modelto enhance and optimise its flight planning and analysis.This project focuses on utilising AI-driven data analysis for prediction, planning,and optimisation of its proposed... Read More about FLYSWX AI Feasibility Study.

FlySWX Route Enablement Analysis Jul 1, 2023 - Sep 30, 2023
Small World Aviation is a new aviation company based at Inverness Airport that will initially serve the Highlands and Islands, with plans for global expansion. The company is focused on becoming "implementation ready" for new aircraft and electric ve... Read More about FlySWX Route Enablement Analysis.

Recovery from Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection Jan 1, 2023 - Apr 1, 2025
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is increasingly recognised as an important cause of myocardial infarction (MI). Despite this, there are no recovery programmes tailored for SCAD survivors, who are mainly female, and typically younger tha... Read More about Recovery from Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection.

Link Forty2 Feb 1, 2022 - Aug 31, 2022
The aim of the project is to design a recruitment service for jobseekers and employers in the form of a software system, e.g., a web service or mobile app. The system is intended to re-define and speed up the recruitment process and lower the recruit... Read More about Link Forty2.

Scoping an AI Powered Peer Advice System for Creative Freelancers Nov 1, 2021 - Sep 30, 2022
The aim of this project is to conduct an enhanced scoping exercise to establish the feasibility and parameters of creating an AI powered system (such as a ‘chatbot’) to offer advice to creative freelancers on common contracting questions, such as pri... Read More about Scoping an AI Powered Peer Advice System for Creative Freelancers.

Care Home Digital Foundations Landscape Assessment in South East Scotland Jul 12, 2021 - Mar 31, 2023
To conduct a Regional landscape assessment of the current digital foundations of care homes in the area.
This work would identify for all care homes in the region details of (1) digital connectivity; (2) digital data collection and care planning an... Read More about Care Home Digital Foundations Landscape Assessment in South East Scotland.

Care Home Data - Governance, Ethics, Access Demonstration Project Feb 1, 2021 - Jul 31, 2021
A scoping and exemplar project on routes to accessing care home individual resident data for use in research and innovation

Design a smart system for pathogens detection in bathing waters Apr 1, 2019 - Sep 30, 2025
Monitoring the quality of recreational waters such as beaches and rivers is becoming a global concern to protect human health (e.g. the EU Bathing Water Directive (BWD) in Europe). In Scotland, water quality at 86 designated bathing water sites is as... Read More about Design a smart system for pathogens detection in bathing waters.

Next Generation Connectivity with Health and Well-being Oct 1, 2018 - Jul 2, 2021
This project will investigate existing consumer tech, IOT and connectivity capabilities for simulation activities.

Napier and DHI will explore a range of technologies that can connect to DHI’s simulation infrastructure by collaboratively approach... Read More about Next Generation Connectivity with Health and Well-being.

Next Generation Trust Architecture Mar 1, 2018 - Feb 29, 2020
This work will provide proof-of-concept infrastructures and which will be used to create an ecosystem for strong use cases, and thus attract new funding for the building of new health and social care infrastructures, with a focus a cyber resilient tr... Read More about Next Generation Trust Architecture.

e-Frail - Phase 2 Aug 1, 2017 - Feb 28, 2018
This project aims to extend the existing work with the e-Frail project, and integrate a range of NHS-sourced assessors with care giver and open source gathered assessors, in order to define a weighted risk-based score that outlines the risks around f... Read More about e-Frail - Phase 2.

Glimpse Interactive Wellness Gestures (Factory in the lab) Jul 1, 2016 - Nov 30, 2016
The focus of the project is to use the new breed of motion sensors which can fully capture the movement of hands and fingers, and use this to create an early stage product to demonstrate how precise hand and finger movements can promote a healthy lif... Read More about Glimpse Interactive Wellness Gestures (Factory in the lab).

e-FRAIL - Early detection of FRAilty and Illness Oct 1, 2015 - Dec 31, 2016
Scottish Frailty Framework with Mobile Device Capture and Big Data Integration. The proposed innovation will develop and extend the current work into Frailty, with the long term focus on encompassing not only clinical factors, but economic, environme... Read More about e-FRAIL - Early detection of FRAilty and Illness.

Glimpse Interactive Wellness Gestures - Prototype Software Jan 10, 2015 - Sep 30, 2015
This project lead by Alistair Lawson aims to create a proof-of-concept demonstrator to show how very specific hand and finger movements can improve a person’s health and address certain problems associated with sedentary behaviours. 

Spellakit Feasibility Study Mar 1, 2015 - Oct 31, 2015
The overall vision of the Spellakit project is to significantly enhance learner experience and outcomes in English language spelling through an innovative ICT based approach focused on a kinesthetic modelling of strategic spelling skills. Due to its... Read More about Spellakit Feasibility Study.

CommonLearn Mar 1, 2015 - Oct 31, 2015
The aim of this project led by Alistair Lawson of IIDI is to develop a design for the underlying architecture of a novel virtual learning platform

Scotland's Music eCommerce Site May 10, 2007 - Jan 10, 2008
Taigh na Teud is the largest sheet music publishers of traditional Scottish music in Scotland, with books widely used for educational purposes in schools, colleges and workshops. The company operates a successful international mail order business fro... Read More about Scotland's Music eCommerce Site.

To develop an on-line learning course for refresher courses in the Licensed Trade Jan 10, 2015 - Sep 30, 2015
The aim of the  project led by Alistair Lawson of IIDI is  is to investigate the development of a visually stimulating, high quality interactive on-line learning package for refresher courses for the Licensed Trade 

Pro-talk Aug 14, 2013 - Jun 30, 2014
This IIDI project led by Alistair Lawson,  Pro-talk, is investigating the development of an online analysis software API to enable feedback to be given aimed at helping learners of English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) to improve their pronu... Read More about Pro-talk.

Infrastructure and Software Prototypes for Collabrorative Arts Projects Apr 1, 2009 - Jul 31, 2009
The Air Iomlaid (On Exchange) project was conceived by artist Julie Brook and Johnny Gailey, Programme Manager for Children and Young People for The Fruitmarket Gallery.  

Alistair Lawson  from Centre for Distributed Computing, Networking and Secu... Read More about Infrastructure and Software Prototypes for Collabrorative Arts Projects.

PEPS-C software for Prosody May 1, 2009 - Sep 30, 2009
This IIDI project led by Alistair Lawson investigates the feasibility of developing a prototype Flash-based version of PEPS-C (Profiling Elements of Prosody in Speech-Communication).  This is a test which examines receptive and expressive prosodic ab... Read More about PEPS-C software for Prosody.

Feasibility Study with Deiseal Ltd;Software for Language Learning Materials Development Apr 7, 2008 - Jun 6, 2008
This IIDI project led by Alistair Lawson is a requirements analysis for a system to assist with the creation, management, and delivery (via pdf, web, etc.) of Gaelic Language Learning materials

TweetSport Ltd - Development and evaluation of a generic API Nov 1, 2011 - Jan 31, 2012
IIDI has been successful in obtaining funding for a new collaborative project with Tweetsport Ltd supported by Sporting Chance Initiative.  Tweetsport uses data from official player and pundit accounts on Twitter and feeds from the top news outlets t... Read More about TweetSport Ltd - Development and evaluation of a generic API.

Eyegroup Digital Platform Jul 1, 2012 - Oct 31, 2012
IIDI and TFI Enterprises Ltd are proud and excited to be working on a project funded by the SFC Innovation Voucher scheme. 




The aim of this project is to develop a global video- interpreting service using an everyday video platform whi... Read More about Eyegroup Digital Platform.

K2L Ltd FeasibilityStudy Nov 7, 2012 - Feb 28, 2013
IIDI and K2L are working together on a project supported under the SFC innovation Voucher scheme.  This project is led by Alistair Lawson of CDCS, and builds on his language learning related research and knowledge transfer activity.

K2L Ltd provid... Read More about K2L Ltd FeasibilityStudy.

Digital_Connextion May 22, 2013 - Dec 31, 2013
This IIDI project, led by Alistair Lawson, relates to Digital Connextions' educational e-portfolio platform, and academic resources that will connect, inspire, educate and entertain young people, families and local communities Regionally, Nationally... Read More about Digital_Connextion.

Mallzee Feasibility Study Oct 26, 2012 - Jan 10, 2013
We carried out prototype development support by research to demonstrate the potential of use of social network data on customers, their interests and relationships to provide an enhanced service.

Flummix May 13, 2013 - Dec 31, 2013
This IIDI project, led by Alistair Lawson, relates to Flummix's use of magic as the vehicle to pioneer new learning experiences that are in line with the curriculum for excellence, relevant, have real purpose, and address the skills required for the... Read More about Flummix.

Transcribe UK - iVano Apr 28, 2014 - Jul 18, 2014
This IIDI project, led by Alistair Lawson is a review of the Transcribe UK current system documentation, code base, workflow, and manual administration processes, followed by interviews of key staff and stakeholders, with a view to compiling a report... Read More about Transcribe UK - iVano.

Scottish Crofting Federation E-Learning May 12, 2014 - Aug 31, 2014
The aim of the project led by Alistair Lawson of IIDI is to create a prototype  for a single module of a Crofting Entry Level Course developed by the Scottish Crofting Federation.  



This project delivered and evaluated a web-based prototype on... Read More about Scottish Crofting Federation E-Learning.

IIDI & SourceRail Ltd Jun 1, 2011 - Jun 1, 2011
IIDI has been successful in obtaining funding for a new collaborative project with Sourcerail Ltd supported by the SFC Innovation Voucher Scheme.
https://www.sourcerail.com/

An On-Line Part-of-Speech (POS) Tagger and Gold-Standard corpus of Scottish Gaelic Feb 26, 2015 - Feb 26, 2015

QikServe smart phone application Nov 1, 2011 - Mar 30, 2012
IIDI collaborative project with QikServe Ltd supported by the SFC Innovation Voucher Scheme.  This project led by Alistair Lawson will investigate smart phone application development

Make it Social: Social Network Recommender Systems Review Jan 28, 2014 - Oct 13, 2014
The aim of the project led by Alistair Lawson of IIDI is to carry out a review exploring the potential of a recommendations model integrated with a social network that will allow for real and trustworthy recommendations of ‘experiences’ to enjoy with... Read More about Make it Social: Social Network Recommender Systems Review.

TWIST Training Nov 20, 2013 - Mar 26, 2014
The aim of the project led by Alistair Lawson of IIDI is to create a prototype assessment and reporting platform using an existing multiple choice backend from Edinburgh Napier University such that assessment modules can be accessed via a mobile phon... Read More about TWIST Training.

Youth School: Donor and Beneficiary Interactions "Funding Lab" Nov 28, 2014 - Apr 13, 2015
User Experience report detailing system technology, persona's, scenarios, wire-frame and recommendations for future work. Partial on-line prototype developed utilising HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript.Partner is keen to develop partnership with Edinburgh N... Read More about Youth School: Donor and Beneficiary Interactions "Funding Lab".

International Cross Cultural Awareness Training Apr 1, 2015 - Jan 31, 2016
This project will develop a design and “architecture” for a system to deliver the objectives for 1-3 countries. A prototype wireframe will be built to demonstrate the system.

DataLab_LarderLoad Jan 1, 2016 - Jul 31, 2016
Analysis of transactional data provided by real time cloud based ordering systems linked within the food supply chain which targets Foodservice sector

SkillStep Dec 1, 2015 - Jun 30, 2016
Through this project Skillstep hope to successfully create an app for banks and other corporates in the financial services market to help them grow the leadership skills of graduates and millennial staff. This innovative product will provide employee... Read More about SkillStep.

Canan Jan 1, 2005 - Jul 31, 2005
This Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) between Cànan Ltd and Napier University aimed to establish a multimedia department and to develop an online platform for the delivery of British minority language e-learning materials.

Cànan, based in the... Read More about Canan.

RATTRAP (Guardian Toolkit) Nov 1, 2011 - Feb 10, 2013
The Office of Cyber Security & Information Assurance (OCSIA) estimates that the cost of cybercrime to businesses, in the UK alone, is over £21 billion per annum. This project focuses on the real-time assessment of the risks associated with affiliate... Read More about RATTRAP (Guardian Toolkit).

sa.Fire Mar 5, 2012 - Oct 31, 2013
This project has resulted in a spin-out company which was incorporated on 17 January 2014. It has also generated a patent related to BDDs (Binary decision Diagrams).

Social Media Analysis Reporting Tool (SMART) Jun 1, 2012 - Mar 31, 2013
To develop a commercially viable tool to enable organisations to monitor and understand their organisation’s life on social media beyond those accounts they have created. This project is focused on developing the data analysis and reporting abilit... Read More about Social Media Analysis Reporting Tool (SMART).

HighlandBirchwoods Jan 21, 2013 - Aug 31, 2013
The main outcome is a novel bird observation and tracking system with integrated maps, and which runs on mobile devices.

Development of e-commerce capability of Solution Management Jun 1, 2008 - Feb 28, 2009
The Aim of this IIDI project led by Alistair Lawson is to develop a prototype software for data gathering at geographical locations that feeds into an online directory of shops and services for towns and cities.  A particular focus is on the sustaina... Read More about Development of e-commerce capability of Solution Management.

Information Sharing between the Police and their Community Partners Sep 1, 2008 - Oct 30, 2011
This is a three year PhD award from the SIPR (Scottish Institute for Policing Research) and focuses on creating new models for information sharing between the police and their community partners.