Note that the webinar is held as a side event of the High-Level Group on Modernisation of Official Statistics (HLG-MOS) 2021 Workshop
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Many National Statistical Offices (NSOs) are exploring how machine learning (ML) can be used to increase the relevance and quality of official statistics in an environment of growing demands for trusted information, rapidly developing and accessible technologies, and numerous competitors. While the specific business environments may vary depending on the country, NSOs face similar types of challenges which can benefit from sharing knowledge, experiences and collaborating on developing common solutions within the broad official statistical community. Building on the work of the UNECE HLG-MOS Machine Learning Project (2019-2020), the UK Office for National Statistics Data Science Campus, in partnership with the UNECE HLG-MOS, launched a new international initiative, the Machine Learning Group 2021, in January this year. The Group aims to:
As machine learning revolutionises the work of national statistical organisations (NSOs), the Machine Learning Group 2021 webinar will offer insight and ideas for new research into how machine learning can be deployed in NSOs. The webinar will provide an opportunity to learn about the progress that the Group has made this year in its different work areas, from coding and classification and satellite imagery to operationalisation and data ethics. Bringing together colleagues from across the global official statistics community, it will include contributions from senior figures in the data science divisions of various NSOs as well as discussion on the priorities for advancing the use of machine learning in official statistics in 2022. If you have any questions about the event, please contact sarah.phelps at ons.gov.uk or ML2021 at ons.gov.uk |