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Formation3 February 2014
FounderMarc Warner

Faculty Science Ltd (formerly ASI Data Science and Advanced Skills Initiative Ltd) is a British technology company based in London, founded in 2014, by Marc Warner, a research fellow at Harvard and researcher at the London Centre for Nanotechnology at University College London.

Faculty has worked on more than 200 artificial intelligence projects that included partners such as Amnesty International, NHS, World Bank and the BBC.[1]

In February 2019, ASI Data Science and Advanced Skills Initiative Ltd rebranded as Faculty Science Ltd.[2][3]

Own words

"Artificial intelligence is the most important technology of our age, but it is valuable only when it is applied in the real world – enhancing products, improving services and saving lives. To make AI real we help organisations work out what they could do with AI, and then help to do it. This requires three things: the right strategy, the right skills and the right software. We help with all three."[4]

SherlockML

SherlockML, is a python-based AI software tool, which was unveiled during an event at the Python Conference in October 2017. In February 2018, Home Office and ASI developed a "terrorist" content blocking tool that identifies 94% of Daesh propaganda that prevents it from being uploaded to the Internet.[5]

 

Employees on Wikispooks

EmployeeJobAppointed
Ben WarnerCommercial Principal2016
Marc WarnerCEO3 February 2014

 

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