Advisory Board of the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation
Updated 25 April 2022
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Neil Lawrence (interim Chair)
Neil Lawrence is the inaugural DeepMind Professor of Machine Learning at the University of Cambridge. He has been working on machine learning models for over 20 years. He recently returned to academia after three years as Director of Machine Learning at Amazon. His main interest is the interaction of machine learning with the physical world. This interest was triggered by deploying machine learning in the African context, where ‘end-to-end’ solutions are normally required. This has inspired new research directions at the interface of machine learning and systems research, this work is funded by a Senior AI Fellowship from the Alan Turing Institute. Neil is also visiting Professor at the University of Sheffield and the co-host of Talking Machines.
Dr Rumman Chowdhury
Dr Rumman Chowdhury’s passion lies at the intersection of AI and humanity. She is a pioneer in the field of applied algorithmic ethics, creating cutting-edge enterprise technical solutions for ethical, explainable and transparent AI since 2017. She’s currently the Director of the META (Machine Learning Ethics, Transparency, and Accountability) team at Twitter, as well as General Partner of a venture capital fund, Parity Responsible Innovation Fund, that invests in early-stage responsible technology start-ups. She was previously CEO and founder of Parity AI, an enterprise algorithmic audit platform company and formerly served as Global Lead for Responsible AI at Accenture Applied Intelligence. Rumman has been featured in international media and recognized as one of BBC’s 100 Women, Bay Area’s top 40 under 40, and honoured to be inducted to the British Royal Society of the Arts. She has also been named by Forbes as one of Five Who are Shaping AI. As service to the field and the larger community, she serves on the board of Oxford University’s Commission on AI and Governance, the University of Virginia’s Data Science Program, and Patterns, a data science journal by the publishers of Cell. Rumman holds two undergraduate degrees from MIT, a master’s degree in Quantitative Methods of the Social Sciences from Columbia University, and a doctorate in political science from the University of California, San Diego.
Jack Clark
Jack Clark is a co-founder of Anthropic, an AI safety and research company. He is also the co-chair of the AI Index at Stanford University, an expert member on behalf of the US at the Global Partnership on AI, and a co-chair of the OECD working group on the classification and definition of AI systems. Prior to Anthropic, Jack was the Policy Director of OpenAI, an AI research company. Before his career in AI, Jack worked as a technical journalist for publications ranging from the UK’s The Register to the magazine Bloomberg Businessweek.
Eddie Copeland
Eddie Copeland is Director of the London Office of Technology and Innovation, an organisation that helps boroughs work together, bringing the best of digital, data and innovation to improve public services for Londoners. Previously he was Director of Government Innovation at Nesta, The Innovation Foundation. He is the author of seven reports on government use of technology and data. He is also a member of the Smart London Board, a group that advises the Mayor of London on how to harness digital technology and data for the benefit of those who live and work in the capital.
Martin Hosken
Martin Hosken is VMware’s Chief Technologist for Cloud Services, and helps drive VMware’s technology vision, and cross company technology strategy. His primary focus is on cutting edge solutions in today’s complex cloud market and helping customers and partners prepare to make the most of the opportunities presented by emerging technology. Martin is a recognised leader within the Hybrid Cloud and Multi-Cloud communities, and within the industry, and is a regular speaker at industry events. He is the author of four books, dozens of papers, blogs, and articles based on VMware and other technologies.
Dr Marion Oswald MBE
Dr Marion Oswald MBE is a legal academic based at Northumbria Law School with a particular research interest in the use of information and innovative technology by criminal justice bodies and the wider public sector. Marion is currently Specialist Adviser to the House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee’s inquiry into technologies and the application of law. She is PI and Director of the AHRC-funded “Observatory for the Monitoring of Data-Driven Approaches to Covid-19”. Marion chairs the West Midlands Police & Crime Commissioner and West Midlands Police Data Ethics Committee and is a member of the New Zealand Police independent advisory panel on emerging technologies. She is an Associate Fellow of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).
James Plunkett
James Plunkett is an Executive Director leading digital technology, data science, public policy at Citizens Advice. He is a published author, writing and speaking regularly on the challenge of governing a digital economy. His book “End State” was published by Orion in 2021. He worked previously at Downing Street, the Cabinet Office, and the Resolution Foundation and studied at Harvard, Cambridge, and Bristol.
Dr Mimi Zou
Dr Mimi Zou has extensive global experience in research, policy and entrepreneurship related to the application of data-driven technologies in the legal sector. She co-founded the Deep Tech Dispute Resolution Lab at the University of Oxford and advises numerous international organisations, governments, businesses, nonprofits and think tanks on law and technology issues. With a team of computer scientists from Oxford, Mimi also co-founded Deriskly Limited, a company that provides an AI-powered solution for businesses to detect and avoid risks of legal disputes well before they escalate.