Toronto Data Workshop (TDW) with Vik Pant: Integrating science & policy through DS & AI (Apr 1, 2021)

The Toronto Data Workshop (TDW) is a weekly hour-long discussion where academia and industry come together to share best practices for the initial data-centric steps in any applied statistics project.

Join us at the next TDW with Vik Pant from Natural Resources Canada.

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Talk Title

Integrating science & policy through DS & AI

Speaker Profile

Dr. Vik Pant is the Chief Scientist and Chief Science Advisor of Natural Resources Canada (NRCan). He leads the Office of the Chief Scientist at NRCan and reports directly to the Deputy Minister. His office oversees the development and implementation of evidence-based science policy across NRCan sectors and agencies. His office also manages NRCan’s enterprise-wide technology strategy and portfolio of science products. He also runs the Digital Accelerator, which is an innovation platform for designing and launching AI-driven software products in NRCan. Vik is also the Founder of Synthetic Intelligence Forum, which is a leading community of practice focused on the industrial application of Artificial Intelligence (AI). He earned a doctorate from the Faculty of Information (iSchool) in the University of Toronto, a master’s degree in business administration with distinction from the University of London, a master’s degree in information technology from Harvard University, where he received the Dean’s List Academic Achievement Award, and an undergraduate degree in business administration from Villanova University. Vik serves as an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Information (iSchool) at the University of Toronto.