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What is DSSGx?

What is Data Science for Social Good (DSSG)?

DSSG helps not-for-profit organisations and government bodies to achieve more with their data by enhancing their services, interventions and outreach, helping fulfil their mission of improving the world and people’s lives.

The programme gives not-for-profit organisations and government bodies unprecedented access to inspiring, top-tier data science talent. This helps build their capacity to use cutting-edge quantitative methods to address societal challenges in areas such as education, health, energy, public safety, transportation and economic development.

At the same time, it provides intensive case-based training to students to create industry-standard data science products in collaboration with government agencies and NGOs, to deliver positive social impact. And it builds a world-wide community of data scientists who care about the social good.

The DSSG Foundation’s core summer Fellowship was set up in 2013 by Rayid Ghani, former Chief Scientist for President Obama. The US Fellowship is based at Carnegie Mellon University.

In 2019, the University of Warwick together with the Alan Turing Institute brought DSSG to the UK. The University of Warwick has run it each year since and now preparation is well underway for DSSGx UK 2023, which will be held at the University of Warwick, UK, from 5 June to 25 August.

In 2023, the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany will also be hosting a DSSGx and we will be combining the recruitment process with them.

DSSGx in the UK

In 2019, the University of Warwick collaborated with The Alan Turing Institute to bring DSSG to the UK as an affiliate programme of the DSSG Foundation’s core summer Fellowship at Carnegie Mellon University. In 2020, it has been running online due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

In 2021, Warwick delivered the DSSGx UK Summer Projects in collaboration with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, once again online due to the pandemic. For a fellows perspective on the 2021 experience, see here: University of Warwick and LMU.

In 2022, DSSGx UK was held in person at the University of Warwick, which enhanced the experience for the fellows, by providing the opportunity to work closely alongside their team members, mentors and the wider DSSGx team, as well as benefiting from the great campus life the university can offer.

In 2023, DSSGx will be held in person at the University of Warwick again.

Organisers

University of Warwick

  • Marya Bazzi, Mathematics
  • Juergen Branke, Warwick Business School
  • Colm Connaughton, Mathematics
  • Martyn Plummer, Statistics

  • Christian Robert, Statistics

  • Clare Roberts, Warwick Business School
  • Long Tran-Thanh, Computer Science