Data Science

Data Science: rewiring the UK’s biggest government department

Posted by: Phil Chapman and Ed Guccione, Posted on: 13 April 2018 - Categories: Data Science, DWP Digital, Leeds Digital Festival

Hi, I’m Phil Chapman, a Data Scientist at DWP Digital. And I’m Ed Guccione, a Senior Performance Analyst.

Taking an agile approach to data science

Posted by: Pablo Suau, Posted on: 22 February 2018 - Categories: Agile development, Data Science

Hi, my name’s Pablo, and I‘ve been working as a data scientist at DWP Digital since October last year.

60 seconds with… Shruti Kohli, Data Scientist, DWP Digital

Posted by: Shruti Kohli, data scientist, DWP Digital, Posted on: 19 February 2018 - Categories: Data Science, DWP Digital, Women in Technology

Meet Shruti, a data scientist at DWP Digital.

Not just for analysts

Posted by: Adam Pearce, Posted on: 16 February 2018 - Categories: Data Science

I’m Adam Pearce and I work in Data and Analytics. I’m also part of the DWP data visualisation community.

60 seconds with… Emma Presley, Data Scientist, DWP Digital

Posted by: Emma Presley, Data Scientist, DWP Digital, Posted on: 9 February 2018 - Categories: Data, Data Science, DWP Digital, Women in Technology

Meet Emma, one of our data scientists at DWP Digital.

Why data is so important in DWP Digital

Posted by: Paul Lodge, Charlie Boundy, Stephen Southern, Catherine Hope and Corinne Richardson, Posted on: 8 February 2018 - Categories: Data, Data Engineering, Data Science, Digital performance analytics, DWP Digital, Women in Technology

Data is at the heart of every digital service in DWP, and the newly formed DWP Digital Data Practice aims to use cutting-edge data science, data engineering, data management and data analysis to focus on making services better for users. …

Discussing Data Science

Posted by: Hasini Janapriya, Data Scientist, DWP Digital, Posted on: 20 November 2017 - Categories: Data, Data Science, DWP Digital, Women in Technology

My name is Hasini and I’m a DWP Digital Data Scientist, where I’ve been working for about a year. I help extract insights from data to improve our users’ experience of our services, and inform senior leaders’ decision-making.

Helping citizens choose how their data can work for them

Posted by: Adrian Atley, Posted on: 19 September 2017 - Categories: Architecture, Data, Data Engineering, Data Science, Digital Technology, Digital transformation, DWP Digital

I’m Adrian Atley, an Enterprise Service Architect in DWP Digital. Across government large amounts of data are created, securely stored and processed. However there is currently a lot of duplication across services and organisations, even where those services share the …

Why I’m celebrating the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Posted by: Kevin Tan, DWP Digital Data Science, Posted on: 17 March 2017 - Categories: Data Science, Diversity, DWP Digital

I’m Kevin Tan, and I’ve been a Data Scientist in DWP Digital since April 2016. As a Londoner from an immigrant family with Chinese, Malaysian and Portuguese ancestry, I believe it’s important to raise awareness of the International Day for …

Data for people who don’t like data

Posted by: Ryan Dunn, DWP Digital Data Scientist, Posted on: 24 February 2017 - Categories: Data Science

I’m Ryan Dunn, Head of Data Science at DWP Digital’s Newcastle hub. We’re really excited about a new application we’ve developed that’s set to revolutionise the way policy makers access and use information.