The Data Science & AI Section of the Royal Statistical Society is the membership group representing data & AI scientists in the UK. It was established in 2017 to ensure the long-term success of data science as a profession.
Our organising committee includes Data Science and AI leaders from organisations like Unilever, the Alan Turing Institute, AstraZeneca, the Office for National Statistics, Microsoft and The Economist. We have over 3000 members.
We aim to:
- Support the career development of data scientists and AI specialists
- Foster good practice for professional data scientists
- Provide the voice of the practitioner to policy-makers
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Our committee
Chair: Dr Martin Goodson
CEO & Chief Scientist, Evolution AI
Vice Chair: Giles Pavey
Global Director, Data Science, Unilever
Secretary: Trevor Duguid Farrant
Senior Principal Statistician, Mondeléz International
Meetings Secretary: William Browne
Associate Partner – Data Science & Analytics at CF Healthcare Consulting
Dr Janet Bastiman
Chief Data Scientist, Napier AI
Dr Adam Davison
Head of Data Science at Advertising Standards Authority
Dr Anjali Mazumder
AI and Justice & Human Rights Theme Lead, Alan Turing Institute
Dr Louisa Nolan
Head of Public Health Data Science, Public Health Wales
Dr Florian Ostmann
Policy Theme Lead, Alan Turing Institute
Rich Pugh
Chief Data Scientist, Mango Solutions (an Ascent Company)
Piers Stobbs
Chief Data Officer, Cazoo
James Weatherall
Vice President, Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, R&D at AstraZeneca
Dr Danielle Belgrave
Principal Research, Microsoft Research
Let’s build something together.
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