RWDS Big Questions: What Are the Key Challenges Facing Data Scientists Today?
For the first video in our new series, experienced data scientists reflect on the technical, organisational, and personal challenges shaping modern data science.
Welcome to Real World Data Science, a new project from the Royal Statistical Society, in partnership with the American Statistical Association. We bridge the gap between rigorous analysis and real time relevance, meeting the pace and complexity of today’s data driven world with the RSS’s trademark steadying presence.

Jonathan Auerbach, David Kepplinger, and Nicholas Rios ask, ‘What is data science?’

Excerpt from the UK government’s framework for the use of generative AI