Objectives

DSF International is a non-profit platform, established in 2013 dedicated to the fraternity of data science. It is governed by an Executive Council consisting of senior members from coveted organizations across the globe like Honeywell, NASSCOM, ANZ, Erricson, TCS, IIM A, Cognizant, Viacom 18, DBA, Microsoft and Northern Trust, each of whom have secured pivotal positions in the field of data science.

The platform is unique and sets an overarching vision in the world of analytics in a way that’s not easily achievable by any single entity or a for-profit organization. The objectives are manifold.

• To promote a culture of using data science tools and techniques among students, career aspirants and data scientists. Datathon, which is an online platform for creating models on real world business cases from different fields using ML and AI
• To create a melting pot of the best minds in data science across the world to exchange best practices, share ideas and collaborate among the industry and academia. We have been conducting the biggest Data Science Summit in Asia pacific since 2014 – International Data Science Summit
• To create thought leadership in identifying trends, addressing challenges and leading innovation through publication – Data Astronaut, a Data Science magazine for the erudite readers
• To evangelize and lead world standards in Data Science. DSF has taken the initiative of leading the development of the Analytics Maturity Model under the arm of WG9 (Big data Analytics group) and SC 42 (artificial intelligence sub-committee) under international standards organization (ISO)
• To create a body of knowledge (BoK) on Data Science and set of training modules with existing R, Python and emerging tools of Julia, Kotlin and others.
• To create a one stop b2b platform for organizations offering products and services in Data Science and the ones consuming the services to enable the right fitment and ensure best collaboration
• To create a platform for aspirants of data science to participate in Data Challenges
• To create a product agnostic global web proctored assessment for associate data science curriculum.

We have embarked on a never ending journey of continuous discovery and expansion, and wish to promote a healthy ecosystem for Data Science, its fraternity and the stakeholders. DSF hopes to leave a lasting impact so as to create a better tomorrow with all your support.