A presentation for WIDS (women in data science) 2018

1. A VALUE-BASED APPROACH TO
DATA SCIENCE
Thorhildur Jetzek, PhD. Director of Research

2. THE PROMISE OF DATA SCIENCE
“The increasing ability to take proliferating pools of digital data
and turn them into useful intelligence (AI)—carries the promise
of a sea change in business productivity, as well as potential
solutions to a host of difficult social problems.” (TIME, Feb. 2018)

3. SOCIETAL CHALLENGES & SOLUTIONS
Education –
trial-and-error
learning
Health – Faster
medical
imaging
Traffic –
Intelligent
traffic lights
Livable cities
- More efficient
water
consumption Global warming
- Increasing
energy efficiency
Public safety
– intelligent
street lighting

4. WOMEN AND VALUES
“The capacity for self-sustaining collective action increased with
women’s presence and was significantly higher in the women’s
groups.” (Westermann et al., 2005)
IPU (Inter-Parliament Union) studies show that women in
government give greater emphasis than men to social welfare
and ecological issues

5. Human Social
Environ-
mental
Economic
BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
Build Social Capital.
Social capital lowers the cost of
working together and facilitates
cooperation: trust lowers
transaction costs.
Values: Reciprocity, tolerance,
cohesion, fellowship
Build Human Capital.
Health, education, skills, knowledge,
leadership and access to services
constitute human capital.
Values: Equality, respect,
opportunity, justice
Build Economic Capital.
Economic capital is the amount of
monetary capital needed for a
business/economy to remain solvent.
Values: Honesty, freedom,
competition, transparency
Build Environmental Capital.
Environmental capital consists of
resources and benefits provided
by the ecosystem.
Values: Sustainability, responsibility,
preservation, perseverance

6. THANK YOU!