Data Science for Social Good

Key Skills

Business Process Management (BPM), Data science techniques, Management, Mathematical modeling, Project management, Statistics

Job Description

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 including DSSGx UK 2023, which was held at the University of Warwick, UK, from 5 June to 25 August.

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 was held in person at the University of Warwick again.

Applications for 2023 are now closed.

• Technical Mentors typically have a strong technical background, often a PhD in data science, computer science, statistics, social science or public policy, plus several years of industry experience.
• Project Managers typically have a background in delivering technical projects, with strong relationship management skills.

In either role you'll work with top international data science talent on projects that really matter. To find out more, visit Job Opportunities

We are looking for socially-minded volunteers with data science experience to lend their time and expertise to help deliver DSSGx 2021. For more information and to put yourself forward please contact dssg@wbs.ac.uk

Organisers

University of Warwick

• Marya Bazzi, Mathematics
• Juergen Branke, Warwick Business School
• Colm Connaughton, London Mathematical Laboratory
• Martyn Plummer, Statistics
• Christian Robert, Statistics
• Clare Roberts, Warwick Business School
• Long Tran-Thanh, Computer Science