Speaker Mark Durkee

Mark Durkee
Projects & Tech Function Team Lead, Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation

Mark works for the Centre for Data Ethics & Innovation, leading a portfolio of work including the recently published Review into Bias in Algorithmic Decision-Making, our work on AI assurance and our technology team. Prior to joining CDEI in 2019, he worked in a variety of technology strategy, architecture and cyber security roles in the UK government, as a software engineer, and completed a PhD in theoretical physics.
Speaker for following sessions
- Wednesday 12 May 2021
  10:50 - 11:25 PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS: NIRVANA OR NIGHTMARE?
  There’s been a lot of excitement about the possibilities of predictive AI in the public sector, and interest in early intervention approaches in sectors from health to education and policing. But it’s also become clear that this is an area fraught with practical and ethical dangers. With an expectation that the public sector will lead with high standards of algorithmic justice, ethical and evidence-based practice, what should bodies be doing to bring about nirvana, not nightmare?