An internationally leading researcher in statistical sciences, Mark has had a broad career including 10 years as an engineer at IBM. He brings to the programme significant experience of developing and applying advanced statistical and computational techniques to engineering challenges.
As programme director, Mark will be responsible for leading the research programme, defining core challenges and working with industry to deploy data-centric engineering techniques to real-world problems.
Mark joins the Institute from the Department of Mathematics at Imperial College London where he holds a Chair in Statistics. The programme will be located and run at The Alan Turing Institute headquarters in the British Library, with a portion of the funding allocated to a collaboration with Imperial College London, who will second their researchers to work alongside Turing Fellows to support the delivery of the programme’s core activities.
Additional funding will support an intensive programme of collaboration with researchers both in the UK and internationally, with the first open recruitment for researchers in engineering, computer science, mathematics and statistics and industry partners to collaborate on the programme expected in 2017.
Ruth Boumphrey, director of research at Lloyd’s Register Foundation said: “The future value of big data will only be realised if there is organisational and cultural change, accompanied by appropriate analytical tools, skills and practices. Such change requires leadership, and we look forward to working with Mark Girolami and the Alan Turing Institute in developing the first generation of ‘data-centric engineers’.”
