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Letter to Chi Onwurah, chair of the Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee Data science (strategy, ethics and skills) Data for democracy 07.10.2024 0.15 mb

Letter to Chi Onwurah, Chair of the Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee, outlining our work around AI, the new AI taskforce and our hopes for more investment in open-source, the development of AI evaluation methodologies and the establishment of a public register of cases where an AI tool is used in the public sector.

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RSS policy briefing on AI evaluation Data science (strategy, ethics and skills) Data ethics 07.08.2024 0.14 mb
RSS policy briefing on AI in the public sector Data science (strategy, ethics and skills) Data ethics 07.08.2024 0.13 mb
RSS policy briefing on data sharing Data science (strategy, ethics and skills) Data strategy 07.08.2024 0.15 mb
RSS policy briefing on open-source investment Data science (strategy, ethics and skills) Data strategy 07.08.2024 0.16 mb
Evidence to Lords Communications and Digital Select Committee on Large Language Models Data science (strategy, ethics and skills) Data strategy 05.09.2023 0.15 mb

Royal Statistical Society’s response to the Communications and Digital Lords Select Committee’s inquiry into Large Language Models (LLMs). 

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RSS Response to Department for Science, Innovation and Technology AI white paper Data science (strategy, ethics and skills) Data ethics 21.06.2023 0.24 mb
Response to the Science and Technology Committee inquiry on the right to privacy: digital data Data science (strategy, ethics and skills) Data ethics 28.01.2022 0.24 mb
Response to consultation on the National Data Strategy Data science (strategy, ethics and skills) Data strategy 09.12.2021 0.16 mb

This is the RSS individual response to the consultation on the National Data Strategy.

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Response to the government’s planned reforms to the UK’s data protection regime Data science (strategy, ethics and skills) Data strategy 24.11.2021 0.14 mb
Guide for Ethical Data Science Data science (strategy, ethics and skills) Data ethics 07.10.2019 1.07 mb

The Royal Statistical Society partnered with the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) to publish a practical guide for data science practitioners regarding the ethical use of data science. The guide was launched at RSS HQ on 7 October 2019.

Data science – the increasing use of large datasets for analysis and decision-making – is becoming of increasing interest with the growth of new data sources and increased computing power. As a result, the ethical significance of data science, and the implications for industries and the wider public, is constantly evolving.

As data science methods become more common practice within statistical and actuarial fields, there are both opportunities and challenges for practitioners. The new guide, for both RSS and IFoA members as well as other data scientists, was developed through engaging with practitioners around the UK and builds upon existing tools and frameworks. This guide focuses on five broad principles of data ethics and ways of considering these within data science work; avoiding harm, supporting the value of data science for society, maintaining professional competence, increasing trustworthiness and maintaining accountability and oversight.

Additional information and resources: ethical data science is also available to download.

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Letter to Secretary of State for DCMS about the National Data Strategy Data science (strategy, ethics and skills) Data strategy 05.07.2019 0.39 mb
Response to call for evidence on online targeting and bias in algorithmic decision making Data science (strategy, ethics and skills) Data ethics 14.06.2019 0.11 mb

The call for evidence was made by the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation.

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RSS Data Manifesto Data science (strategy, ethics and skills) Data strategy 01.06.2019 0.14 mb

Updated for 2019.

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Response to a consultation about priorities for the National Data Guardian for Health and Social Care Data science (strategy, ethics and skills) Data strategy 18.02.2019 0.25 mb
Response to House of Lords Select Committee inquiry on the implications of AI Data science (strategy, ethics and skills) Data strategy 24.09.2017 0.25 mb

On the Implications of Artificial Intelligence.

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Response to the Science and Technology Select Committee inquiry on the use of algorithms in decision making Data science (strategy, ethics and skills) Data ethics 24.04.2017 0.38 mb
Response to BEIS’ ‘Building our Industrial Strategy Green Paper’ Data science (strategy, ethics and skills) Data strategy 11.04.2017 0.47 mb

With focus on the data economy and data ethics.

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Report: Data Analytics - the skills needed in STEM Data science (strategy, ethics and skills) Data skills 13.02.2017 0.67 mb

Data analytics: the skills needed in STEM was a report of a conference held on 16 November 2016 in partnership with the Royal Society. The report highlights the issues around supply and demand for data scientists in the UK, the skills needed, tools available for data analytics and potential solutions to address skills gap in this area. 

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Report: The opportunities and ethics of big data Data science (strategy, ethics and skills) Data ethics 24.02.2016 0.94 mb

This RSS reported on the opportunities and ethics of Big Data, published in February 2016, summarising the programme and discussion of a consultation event convened in partnership with St George’s House in November 2015.

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Report: Model workers: how leading companies are recruiting and managing data talent Data science (strategy, ethics and skills) 09.07.2014 1.49 mb

Published by Nesta, Creative Skillset and the RSS on 9 July 2014. 

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Report: Remarks on the future of academic statistics in the UK Data science (strategy, ethics and skills) Data skills 24.02.2013 1.89 mb

By Kevin McConway for the RSS. 

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