The defence and security (D&S) community – represented by the Ministry of Defence (Defence Science and Technology Laboratory [Dstl] and Joint Forces Command), GCHQ and MI5 – are collaborating with The Alan Turing Institute to deliver an ambitious programme of data science and artificial intelligence (AI) research to deliver impact in real world scenarios.
Following the signing of a collaboration agreement and a year of knowledge exchange the D&S programme was launched in 2017. Since then, programme personnel has grown across research, leadership, and support.
The programme’s vision is to undertake multidisciplinary data science and AI research to ensure a safe, secure, and prosperous society:
- Safe – supporting defence and national security agencies to keep societies and citizens safe
- Secure – protecting the privacy and security of citizens, institutions and industry
- Prosperous – contributing to global good by enabling societies around the world to derive benefit from strategy technological advances
The programme carries out this vision through traditional academic research, capability development and policy analysis.