‘I would like modellers to be less ambitious in developing monster models that are impossible to inspect’
Real World Data Science interviews Andrea Saltelli, co-editor of ‘The Politics of Modelling,’ about pandemic models, trust in science, and why we must seek to uncover the assumptions that shape model outputs.
‘Statistics and data science are at the heart of the AI movement – we want to be a strong voice in the debate’
Royal Statistical Society president Andrew Garrett talks AI model evaluation and risk, and why training data and model inputs deserve greater attention in discussions over AI safety.
‘Feelings about sharing data can be context and time dependent – you can’t just do one survey or focus group’
Real World Data Science sits down with Helen Miller-Bakewell of the UK Office for Statistics Regulation to talk data sharing and linkage in government – progress made, hurdles to overcome, the importance of public engagement, and why ‘social licence’ is key.
‘What if we try to bring R to the classroom? That was our wacky idea’
R-Girls is a new project aiming to introduce R into secondary school lessons – just not through computer science classes! Real World Data Science meets with one of the project’s founders, Mohammed Mohammed, to learn more.
The many ‘dialects’ of data visualization: Alberto Cairo and ‘The Art of Insight’
In his upcoming new book, journalist and designer Alberto Cairo explores the idea of ‘data visualization as language’, one with many different dialects – statistical, journalistic, artistic, and so on. These dialects are not mutually exclusive, he says. So, what might they learn from each other?
London Data Week is almost here. What’s it all about?
The first ever London Data Week runs from 3–9 July 2023. Real World Data Science meets with organisers Sam Nutt and Jennifer Ding to hear about their vision and plans for the week, and a selection of activities to look forward to.
‘I’m way more into prevention than cure’: Stephanie Hare on why we need a culture of technology ethics
Stephanie Hare, author of ‘Technology is Not Neutral’, talks to Real World Data Science about the ‘wicked problem’ of technology and AI ethics, and why laws and regulations are ‘necessary but insufficient’ to minimise harms. ‘We’re going to have to inculcate an entire new mindset,’ she argues.
US legislators get their data science act together
A bill introduced in the US Congress wants to make funds available to develop data science and data literacy education across the United States. We sit down with education and policy experts to discuss the challenges and opportunities ahead.
