You may be used to seeing Dr Fiona Browne (Head of AI) across our social channels, so we thought we would sit down with her and discuss, how she got into AI; what motivates her and her passion for technology. Let’s dive straight in… Fiona, just to begin with, tell us a bit about your background… I started my career by studying a BSc (Hons) degree in Computing
Trying 10 different cultural breakfast cuisines right from the office! At Datactics we are proud to have 13 different nationalities across the workforce and, we fully embrace learning and exploring different cultures. Due to the variety of cultures in the company, a team borne initiative flourished and took the form of ‘International Food Days’. The initiative encouraged team members to proudly share
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Daiva Vencevičiūtė is a Data Engineer within the Client Services Team who lives in Lithuania. Upon completing her Belfast-based 6-month placement, Daiva returned to Lithuania to complete her degree. Since returning, she works with us on a part-time basis. We thought we would grab her for a chat to find out all about her placement, her involvement with the
Matt Neill is working within the AI team and is now on Week 10 of his internship. He has been actively using his Data Science education background to put his stamp on the AI team. We thought we would grab him for a chat to unpack what he has been working on; how he got involved
Mary Clare is working within the AI Team, she joined us in July and already has been contributing to projects and making her stamp within the AI Team. We thought we would grab her for a chat to find out how she has found her working in the team so far; what she has been
In late June, our very own Marcus Lamb, a Senior Software Developer, took it upon himself to launch the first-ever Datactics ‘Runners and Riders’ club, for cyclists, runners, and walkers of all abilities, on popular activity monitoring app Strava. Jamie Gordon sat down with him to find out all about it… The club is only new but with an
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Last week, as part of the Datactics Focus on Awards week, I posted that we had won the Best Company for Diversity and Inclusion at the Women in Technology and Data Awards 2020. I thought I’d take a little time to go into a bit more detail behind what made us stand out, and how
Diversity and inclusion award for Datactics! Read More »
I’m finally getting around to doing another blog and here we are, just past the end of week 18 and midway through week 19 since the start of lockdown and the “new normal” can you believe it? In some ways, it seems so long ago since those early days in March but in others, it
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At the start of June, Marketing & Partnerships Manager, Matt Flenley was a panellist on an A-Team webinar on overcoming barriers to RegTech adoption alongside Sophia Bantanidis of Citi, Kayvan Alikhani of Compliance.ai, and Patrick Boscher of Pabora.io. With questions posed by Sarah Underwood, the webinar delved deep into views from different sides of the fence – buyers, sellers and investors – seeking to provide
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In early June, our Head of Sales, Kieran Seaward, presented a session on ‘Data Quality Management’ at the Goodacre’s conference: ‘Future-Proof Operating Models‘ Missed it? Watch the recording below: More information on our self-service data quality software that powers the future-proof operating models described in the webinar can be found here. Much of what was
Earlier this month, our Head of AI, Dr. Fiona Browne took part in the IRMAC webinar ‘Detective Data Work’ and explored the AML and emergent AI practices. Missed it? Watch the recording below: In this webinar, the expert panellists questioned what anti-money laundering (AML) efforts look like, and the complexities in sifting through vast data
IRMAC Detective Data Work: AML and Emergent AI practices | 12/07/20 Read More »
DaveOps is back again after a 3-week break to give a quick round-up on what’s been going on at Datactics through weeks 11-13. We continue to plan for a return to the office getting things ready and in my team, we are taking the opportunity to do some tidy up on the network and cabling.
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In this blog with Datactics’ Head of Sales, Kieran Seaward, we dive into market insights and the sometimes-thorny issue of where to start. Data Governance or Data Quality is a problem data managers and users will fully understand, and Kieran’s approach to this is influenced by thousands of hours of conversation with people at all
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In this AI whitepaper, authored by our Head of AI Fiona Browne, we provide an overview of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) and their application to Data Quality. We highlight how tools in the Datactics platform can be used for key data preparation tasks including cleansing, feature engineering and dataset labelling for
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In late 2019 our Head of AI, Dr Fiona Browne, delivered a series of talks to the Enterprise Data Management Council on AI-Enabled Data Quality in the context of AML operations, specifically for resolving differences in dataset labelling for legal entity data. In this blog post, Fiona goes under the hood to explain some of
Dataset Labelling For Entity Resolution & Beyond with Dr Fiona Browne Read More »
Retail Banking Part 1 – Marathons present a titanic challenge that has long dominated the human psyche: the will to finish, to get over the line, to win. Whether in-person or virtual, the London Marathon is no different! In previous years, the official app has contained a feature to help friends, family and supporters locate
What is driving the need for Data Quality Metrics in Retail Banking? Read More »
Well, here we are at the end of week #10! Can you believe it? 10 weeks since all this (madness) started. There has been a lot of adjusting, new learning, new ways of working and now as the talk starts of a return to normal you have to wonder how much will simply go back
The great office escape! Read More »
The AI team at Datactics is building explainability from the ground up and demonstrating the ‘why and how’ behind predictive models for client projects. Matt Flenley prepared to open his brains to a rapid education session from Dr Fiona Browne and Kaixi Yang. One of the most hotly debated tech topics of 2020 concerns model
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