Mr. J. P. Rangaswami has been an Independent Non-Executive Director of Daily Mail and General Trust plc since February 7, 2018 with extensive knowledge and experience in the fields of Data and Computer Science.
He served as Chief Data Officer of Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft since January 1, 2015 until September 2018 and Head of Innovation until September 2018.
He is an Adjunct Professor in Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton and a Charter Member of TiE, the early-stage networking and mentoring group and an Advisory Board Member of CAL-IT.
He is a Fellow of the British Computer Society and of the Royal Society for the Encouragements of the Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. Mr. Rangaswami holds a Degree in Economics and Statistics from St. Xavier's College, University of Calcutta.
'There are some problems that we are not good at solving, such as climate change, energy, water, nutrition, health, disease control - issues which are multicultural, require negotiation, and involve large amounts of emotion and polarization. These problems can’t be solved by our existing tools and disciplines. They need a new multidisciplinary approach. Web Science must be about the ability to collaborate at a meta-layer,’ he said, ‘beyond disciplines, rather than to augment and increase the science in a single discipline.'
His talk "The promise, perils and pitfalls of data science in industry, and how web science can help” will cover a brief history of what’s been happening in the workplace in this context, where it came from and where it’s going. He will also discuss the cultural challenges that manifest themselves in the current environment and why, the problems that can be encountered and the role that Web Science could play.