Operational Research Society News

A new initiative has been launched by EPSRC to provide mathematical scientists and researchers with small amounts of funding to support the discovery of ground-breaking and transformative new ideas.

In this instance, professionalisation isn’t a smart suit or a slick presentation. It covers the knowledge, skills and behaviours that might be expected of a data scientist. The OR Society is a key player in a group of bodies interested in what such professionalisation might look like.