Personal Profile

• Each member has a personal profile page, helping to build the reputation of the individual in the wider data science community by listing experience, education and interests

Discussion Forum

• Members can freely contribute to the forum by opening a topic or commenting on current threads
• The forum is divided into areas of interest such as machine learning, artificial intelligence, analytics, data security and others allowing quick access to points of interest
• Use the forum to ask other members for technical information and assistance

Community

• Opportunity to become an active and high-profile member of the data science community
• Collaborate on data science projects and research
• Find out about new placement and employment opportunities
• Publish a CV, and gain access to the jobs board
• Offer services as an expert speaker on data science topics

Dashboard

• Each member manages their own data and published work via a secure dashboard, which has the benefit of keeping the member in control of type and extent of personal information seen by others

Interaction

• Communication is further encouraged through the screened ‘Contact a Member’ function, whereby email addresses remain hidden and secure

Published by

• Each member now has a ‘Published By’ page showcasing their peer reviewed work and how it has been rated by other members.
• This is a useful tool which can be used by members to substantiate their professional standing in the data science sector.

Publish Work

• Publish articles and papers and have others rate the work
• Publish thoughts on specific topics and generate review and feedback
• Compete in the Contributors League; all published items receive contributor points
• Articles and papers highly rated by the community are published on social media

Additional Benefits Unique to Universities

• Listed as a university providing Data Science degree courses with a link back to the university's admissions page
• A page on the site to promote the university and generate interest in the university’s courses in order to gain admissions from new students
• Functionality via dashboard to add courses to the Course Listing pages

Additional Benefits for Supplier and Corporate Members

• Branding opportunity
• Being listed on the site as a data science supplier or user of data science services. This helps to build profile in the sector as a potential supplier of services or as a prospective employer
• Ability to advertise jobs on the site and to download CVs of potential employees (These are paid for services)
• A page on the site to promote the firm with a link back to the company website
• Participation in the new data science project DataLink programme, an initiative aimed at introducing companies to data science and matching them with data science consultancies
• Networking and collaboration opportunities
• Inclusion in PR messages and promotion on social media
• Use of ‘Additional Logins’ for staff members. This type of membership has the same functionality as Individual Members, but the individual is ‘hidden’ behind the organisation’s membership

Under Development

The community is growing on a week by week basis and the functionality of the site and services offered are being improved each month. The following services will be added to the site during 2018:

• Private Rooms in the DSF Discussion Forum
• Global Data Science Events Board

Planned for 2019

• A listing and booking service for data science consultants
• Approved contractor status