Ben Warner
Ben Warner is a British data scientist.
Early life
Warner earned a PhD from University College London with a thesis on single molecule spintronics that was awarded the Marshall Stoneham prize.[1][2]
Career
Warner was a post-doctoral research fellow in quantum physics at the Centre for Nanotechnology, University College London. Warner left to join Faculty (previously ASI Data Science), a company founded by his brother Marc Warner in 2014, where he is now a commercial principal.[1][3]
Warner was a "key figure" in the computer model used by Vote Leave's successful 2016 referendum campaign.[4] He was brought in by Dominic Cummings to run the UK Conservative Party's private 2019 general election computer model, which predicted that the Tories would win 364 seats (they won 365).[4][5]
Warner is one of the 23 attendees of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage).[6]
References
- ^ a b "Dr Ben Warner, Commercial Principal, ASI Data Science". Taylor Vinters. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ "Hirjibehedin What's New". London Centre for Nanotechnology Research Groups. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ Carrell, Severin (24 April 2020). "Revealed: Cummings is on secret scientific advisory group for Covid-19". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Leave campaign's data geek joins No 10". The Sunday Times. No. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ Gallardo, Cristina (15 December 2019). "POLITICO Sunday Crunch, presented by BP: Whitehall shake-up — No to EU alignment — Labour war". Politico. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ Sample, Ian (24 April 2020). "Who's who on secret scientific group advising UK government?". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 April 2020.