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Driven by Data: The Podcast

Ep 18 | Bias in Data Science - Data or Science? with Annie Hou, SVP of Data Science at GroupM

Broadcast on:
19 Jan 2021

In Episode 18 of Driven by Data: The Podcast, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Annie Hou, SVP of Data Science at GroupM, where they discuss bias in data science; which includes:

  • Why data isn't a commodity
  • Where bias comes from and how to mitigate it
  • Why we need a call to arms of critical modelling
  • How data is not the sole answer to all our questions, nor can it ever be
  • The importance of human judgement & critical thinking
  • The need for better design of data collection
  • Real-life use cases of bias
  • The commercial impact of bias within an organisation
  • The importance of understanding the context by which the data exists
  • Why ML/DS degrees aren't helping
  • How we are starting to understanding the impacts of Data Ethics
  • Why we shouldn't automate everything