The Data Science Section of the Royal Statistical Society is the membership group representing data scientists in the UK. It was established in 2017 to address emerging topics that will impact the long-term success of data science as a profession.
Our organising committee includes Data Science leaders from organisations like the Alan Turing Institute, Unilever, AstraZeneca, the Office for National Statistics, Microsoft and The Economist
Our remit is to:
- Promote good practice and clarify the skillset for professional data scientists
- Promote the statistical aspects of data science
- Support the pipeline and career development of data scientists and statisticians
- Push forward the debate around opportunities and challenges posed by data science, artificial intelligence and machine learning
Here you can find our annual activity report for 2019
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Our committee
Chair: Dr Martin Goodson
CEO & Chief Scientist, Evolution AI
Vice Chair: Dr Jim Weatherall
VP, Data Science & AI, AstraZeneca
Secretary: Trevor Duguid Farrant
Senior Principal Statistician, Mondeléz International
Meetings Secretary: Rich Pugh
Chief Data Scientist, Mango Solutions (an Ascent Company)
Dr Janet Bastiman
Head of Analytics, Napier AI. AI Venture Partner
Dr Adam Davison
Head of Insight & Data Science, The Economist
Dr Anjali Mazumder
AI and Justice & Human Rights Theme Lead, Alan Turing Institute
Giles Pavey
Global Director – Data Science, Unilever
Piers Stobbs
Chief Data Officer, Cazoo
Magda Woods
Data Director, New Statesman Media Group
Dr Danielle Belgrave
Principal Research, Microsoft Research
Dr Florian Ostmann
Policy Theme Lead, Alan Turing Institute
Dr Louisa Nolan
Chief Data Scientist, Deputy Director Data Science Campus, Office for National Statistics
