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David Matz
On behalf of Royal Statistical Society, Official Statistics section
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Data Science for official statistics: the story so far,
Thursday 18 October 2018, 06:15pm - 08:00pm
Location St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 4JJ
With the data revolution occurring all around us, official statistics have to work harder to measure what is going on in society and the economy. We have to ensure that decisions are taken with the right evidence at the right time. Whilst there is great potential with more data, statistics producers have to be increasingly efficient and do more with less. ONS is striving to lead the way and be at the forefront of this revolution.
Within ONS, the Big Data Team and Data Science Campus are the core teams exploring the use of new sources of data and data science techniques in the production of official statistics, as well as exploring some of the challenges. This session will showcase some of the innovative projects being undertaken across social and economic statistics, using methods like image processing, machine learning and natural language processing. All talks will show how they fit into the Government Statistical Service (GSS) strategy for Better Statistics: Better Decisions, and will outline the lessons learnt and plans for the future. An experienced data scientist from academia will bring together the themes arising from these talks, and raise some points for discussion.
Introduction
Tom Smith (Managing Director, Data Science Campus, ONS)
Statistics on Jobs, Businesses and People – where data science is adding value
Karen Gask (Big Data Team, ONS)
Data is coming: The Data Science Campus and its projects
Jasmine Latham (Data Science Campus, ONS)
Discussant:
Suzy Moat (Professor of Behavioural Science, Warwick Business School)
There is no charge for attendance but registration is required:
https://events.rss.org.uk/rss/frontend/reg/thome.csp?pageID=85839&eventID=274&CSPCHD=000001000000zZRa6LYnhNQcWYlJ3XzGis5Gi4guD9ii06WsiF
Registration from 6pm. The meeting will be followed by a reception.
Organiser Name Tom Smith
Email Address [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Organising Group(s) RSS Official Statistics Section
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