Data Science Institute at Imperial College London

🌟🎉 Thank You to all who joined and contributed to the success of our #dataforpolicy2024 conference!🌟🎉 We are delighted to have hosted the 8th International Data for Policy Conference at Imperial College London. This year's event, themed "Data for Policy 2024 – Decoding the Future: Trustworthy Governance with AI?", brought together distinguished experts from around the world to discuss the future of data-driven policymaking. The conference was filled with insightful discussions, groundbreaking research, and meaningful networking opportunities. 🎉 We extend our heartfelt thanks to all speakers, participants, and volunteers who contributed to the tremendous success of this event. We are also grateful to all our partners that we will cite all in a separate post. 📸 A special highlight was the warm and collaborative atmosphere, captured perfectly in our family photo. Here’s to many more conferences where we can continue to drive innovation and impact through data. We'd be delighted to share the family photo in high resolution for a closer look at the participants. If you're interested, please email us at communications@dataforpolicy.org Stay tuned for more photos and videos! #DataforPolicy2024 #ImperialCollegeLondon #DataScience #PolicyMaking #AI #Conference Data Science Institute at Imperial College London Zeynep Engin, PhD; Emily Gardner; Jon Crowcroft; Stefaan Verhulst, PhD; Andrew Hyde; Mark Kennedy; Peter Ford; Rossella Arcucci; Joel Martin; Barbara Ubaldi; Jennifer Hansen; Keegan McBride; Lord Holmes; A. Aldo Faisal; Friederike Schüür; Russell Wald; Ayse Giz Gulnerman; Merve Hickok; Roger Scott-Douglas; Francesco Mureddu; Rachel Adams; Samuel Segun, PhD; Ben Snaith; Rachel Franklin   

📣 Data, climate and AI experts from Imperial College London - don't forget to sign up to our Research Idea & Funding Workshop next week in partnership with Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment! 🧠 Responding to two opportunities for research funding in the area of AI and climate, we would like to invite interested AI and climate researchers to this research idea and proposal workshop. The aim of the workshop is to provide a space for AI and climate researchers to meet and start developing research ideas. 💰 The workshop will launch have an internal funding competition for: a fully funded PhD studentship or 1-year PDRA position, 🌎 and also supports and encourages participants with larger ideas to consider submitting a proposal to the Bezos Earth Fund AI for Climate and Nature Initiative. Secure your place today! 👇 👇 https://lnkd.in/eiXcKZPd Rossella Arcucci Joeri Rogelj Mark Kennedy #AIforgood

🎉 That's a wrap on the Data for Policy CIC Conference 2024! 🎫 #dataforpolicy2024 💡Our DSI Directors Mark Kennedy and Rossella Arcucci helped to conclude the conference through the Plenary Session on Transforming AI into a Force for Good, and some insightful comments on the Data for Policy Conference overall. Mark and Rosella were joined by Jon Crowcroft from the University of Cambridge and The Alan Turing Institute and Zeynep Engin, PhD. They concluded the day with reflections on the conference - the breadth of topics, diversity of speakers and attendees and the future applications of AI both bad and good. 💭 🙏🏼 Big thank you to Zeynep Engin, PhD and the Data For Policy team for a successful conference! 🎊 If you attended, drop a comment below! 👇🏼

🚀 Final Day of #dataforpolicy2024 at Imperial College London! 🚀 Today marks the final day of the #dataforpolicy2024 conference, and we have an exciting lineup of sessions ahead. Kicking off the day, we had a session on “Delivering AI Assurance as a Service, Key Stakeholder Responsibilities,” organised in collaboration with Validate AI CIC and Data Science Institute at Imperial College London 🎤 Speakers: Charles Kerrigan, Partner at CMS Legal Tirath Virdee, Data and AI Professional Zeynep Engin, PhD Chair&Director of Data for Policy CIC 👨🔬 Chair: Ed Humpherson, Director General, Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR), UK The session was a great success with excellent presentations and high engagement from the audience. Mark Kennedy, Peter Ford, Rossella Arcucci Masaru YARIME #DataForPolicy #AI #BigData #Conference

📢 Keynote Lecture at #dataforpolicy2024: “Expanding Academia’s Role in Public Sector AI” 📢 We were honored to have Russell Wald, Deputy Director at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI), deliver a thought-provoking keynote on the vital role of academia in shaping AI for the public sector. His insights on how academic research and collaboration can drive innovation and ethical AI implementation were truly inspiring. 🗣️ Speaker: Russell Wald, Deputy Director, Stanford Institute For Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) 👩🏫 Chair: Rossella Arcucci, Imperial College London, Data Science Institute at Imperial College London The lecture drew a lot of attention, sparking numerous questions and comments from the audience. The session highlighted the importance of bridging academic expertise with public sector needs to foster responsible and impactful AI solutions. We're excited to see how these discussions will influence the future of AI in the public sector. We extend our heartfelt thanks to our speaker, Russell Wald, our chair, Rossella Arcucci, and all the participants who made this session a tremendous success. #DataForPolicy #AI #BigData #Conference #ImperialCollegeLondon #Innovation #Technology #PublicSectorAI #Academia Mark Kennedy Peter Ford Zeynep Engin, PhD

🌐 Technologies & Analytics at #dataforpolicy2024! 🌐 We had an incredible session on Technologies & Analytics today at the #dataforpolicy2024 conference, featuring groundbreaking research and insightful presentations. 💡 Session Highlights: 🔍 “Honest Computing: achieving demonstrable data lineage and provenance for driving data and process sensitive policies” by Florian Guitton, Axel Oehmichen (Data Science Institute at Imperial College London, and Secretarium Ltd, London), Etienne Bossé (Secretarium Ltd, London), and Yike Guo (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong). 🌆 “Assessing Human Wellbeing in a Trustworthy AI World: The Complexity of Urban Data” by Ayse Giz Gulnerman (Land Registry and Cadastre Department, Ankara HBV University, Ankara) and Florian Koch (Department of Law and Economics, University of Applied Sciences HTW Berlin, Berlin). 📈 “Predicting the Entry, Success and Exit of Mobile Money Retail Agents in Ghana using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning” by Daniel Osarfo, Peter Quartey, Agyapomaa Gyeke-Dako, and Elikplimi Komla Agbloyor (University of Ghana Business School | UGBS). 👨🏫 Chair: Anil Bharath, Imperial College London The session was a great success with excellent presentations and active engagement from the audience. We are thrilled to see such impactful research driving the future of data and policy. #DataForPolicy #AI #BigData #Conference #Innovation #Technology #Analytics

🌐 Piercing the Veil: Technology’s Role in Detecting Illegal Content at #dataforpolicy2024! 🌐 Our session today at #dataforpolicy2024 tackled the critical issue of detecting illegal content online. The presentations provided deep insights into how technology can play a pivotal role in ensuring online safety and privacy. 🎤 Speakers: 🔍 Shubham Jain, PhD - Imperial College London, specializing in online safety technologies and privacy 🔒 Andreas Gutmann, PhD- Senior Technologist Online Safety & Security at Ofcom 📈 Tom F. - QPM - Independant Technology, Online Safety, Law Enforcement and Safeguarding Consultant 👨🏫  Chair: Yves-Alexandre de Montjoye, Computational Privacy Group, Imperial College London Andreas Gutmann, PhD emphasized, “…and, our work will be challenged. Ultimately we welcome that because we are public servants. But we of course prefer these challenges to be evidence-based.” The session was highly engaging, with expert insights and lively discussions on the intersection of technology, online safety, and law enforcement. We're excited to see how these advancements will shape the future of digital safety. #DataForPolicy #AI #BigData #Conference #ImperialCollegeLondon #Innovation #Technology #OnlineSafety #Privacy #LawEnforcement

⚠️Technology's Role in Detecting Illegal Content ⚠️ Our Computational Privacy Group helped to shape session 8A of the Data for Policy CIC Conference 2024 discussing how technologies can be helpful in detecting illegal content but that some existing methods of detection such as client side scanning aren't without challenges. 🚨 🗣️Speakers included Imperial College London researcher Shubham Jain, Andreas Gutmann, PhD from Ofcom and Barrister and former NCA investigator Rachel Warner. The session was chaired by Leader of the CPG group at Imperial Yves-Alexandre de Montjoye. The panel emphasized the importance of a multifaceted approach: "A collaborative approach is always the best way" said Rachel. Shubham agreed: "CSS is looked at as a technical problem. But sharing of illegal content is a social problem too." Andreas Gutmann spoke from a regulatory perspective and added: "…and, our work will be challenged. Ultimately we welcome that because we are public servants. But we of course prefer these challenges to be evidence-based.”

🌟 Plenary Session: “Responsible AI for Decision-Making” 🌟 We're excited to share highlights from Plenary Session, “Responsible AI for Decision-Making,” at the #DataForPolicy2024 conference, held at Imperial College London. This session brought together an impressive lineup of speakers: Oliver Ilott, Director of the UK AI Safety Institute; Merve Hickok, President at the Centre for AI and Digital Policy (CAIDP), Washington DC; Andrea Renda, Director of Research at the CEPS (Centre for European Policy Studies); Maura R. Grossman, Research Professor at the University of Waterloo, Canada (joining remotely); and Masaru YARIME, Associate Professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). Chaired by Roger Scott-Douglas, former Acting President/former Secretary General of the National Research Council Canada / Conseil national de recherches Canada, and Mark Kennedy, Director of the Data Science Institute at Imperial College London, the session delved into the critical role of AI in decision-making and the importance of responsible AI practices. Merve Hickok raised human rights concerns, and told that ensuring government compliance with human rights and transparency in AI decisions is challenging due to the opaque nature of algorithms. As to the accountability and validation, she stated that governments often lack independent testing and validation of AI capabilities, making it difficult to challenge vendor claims. Andrea Renda told that the EU has struggled to translate ethical principles into practical regulations, resulting in a prolonged process. We were extremely pleased with the participants’ engagement and excellent discussions. #DataForPolicy2024 #ResponsibleAI #DecisionMaking #Innovation #AI #Policy

🌟 Policy Keynote: “Legislating for Ethical AI: the AI (Regulation) Bill" 🌟 We are honoured to have had Lord Holmes of Richmond from the UK House of Lords, as the keynote speaker for "Legislating for Ethical AI: the AI (Regulation) Bill," at the #DataForPolicy2024 conference, taking place at Imperial College London. Heartfelt thanks to Lord Holmes, Jon Crowcroft from the University of Cambridge and The Alan Turing Institute for his excellent moderation, and to all participants for contributing to such an engaging discussion. It is important to pave the way for a future where AI serves humanity ethically and responsibly. Stay tuned for insights from the keynote speech. #DataForPolicy2024 #EthicalAI #AIRegulation #Innovation #AI #Policy Zeynep Engin, PhD Data Science Institute at Imperial College London, Peter Ford