External Advisory Committee

The Committee is composed of international and national leaders from academic and private-sector organizations and advises the Data Sciences Institute on opportunities, current trends, and future directions in data science in academia and industry. The Committee also supports the development of national and international collaboration and opportunities to advance the DSI’s mission and sustainability.

Members

Lisa Strug (Chair), Data Sciences Institute Director, Professor, Departments of Statistical Sciences, Computer Science and the Division of Biostatistics; Director, University of Toronto, CANSSI Ontario

Sherif Barrad, Partner/Principal* | Technology Consulting | AI & Data

Data Science, AI, GenAI & Quantitative Modeling Leader
Ernst & Young (EY)

Martin Booth, Head of Analytics & Data Excellence, AstraZeneca

Colm-cille P. Caulfield, Co-chair, Executive Committee, Cambridge Centre for Data Driven Discovery (C2D3), Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge

Carter Cousineau, Vice-President, Responsible AI & Data, Thomson Reuters

Shana Crumley, Director, Impact Data Science, Mastercard Centre for Inclusive Growth

Munther Dahleh, Founding Director, Institute for Data, Systems and Society (IDSS) and William A. Coolidge Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Charmaine Dean, Vice-President of Research and Professor, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo

Gary Glasser, Managing Director, Head of Data Science & Strategy, Birch Hill Equity Partners

Anna Hannem, Vice President, Data & AI Risk, Scotiabank

Dan Nicolae, Professor, Department of Statistics, Human Genetics, Medicine, and the College Section of Genetic Medicine and Faculty Co-Director, Data Sciences Institute, University of Chicago