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'{{short description|British data scientist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox scientist | name = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = <!--(filename only, i.e. without "File:" prefix)--> | image_size = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = <!-- if different from "name" --> | birth_date = <!--{{birth date |YYYY|MM|DD}}--> | birth_place = | death_date = <!--{{death date and age |YYYY|MM|DD |YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date)--> | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = <!--{{coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}--> | home_town = | other_names = | siglum = | pronounce = | citizenship = | nationality = | fields = [[Data science]] | workplaces = [[Faculty (company)|ASI Data Science]]<br />[[University College London]]<br />[[Vote Leave]] | patrons = | education = | alma_mater = [[University College London]] (PhD) | thesis_title = Engineering the properties of magnetic molecules through the interaction with the surface | thesis_url = https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.634646 | thesis_year = 2014 | doctoral_advisor = [[d:Q47576097|Cyrus Hirjibehedin]] | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = [[Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies]] | influences = | influenced = | awards = | spouse = <!--(or | spouses = )--> | partner = <!--(or | partners = )--> | children = | signature = <!--(filename only)--> | signature_alt = | website = <!--{{URL|www.example.com}}--> }}'''Ben Warner''' is a British data scientist. == Education == Warner earned a [[PhD]] at [[University College London]] for research investigating single molecule [[spintronics]].<ref name=bphd>{{cite thesis|degree=PhD|publisher=University College London (University of London)|url=https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1455711|title=Engineering the properties of magnetic molecules through the interaction with the surface|first= Ben|last=Warner|date=2014|id={{EThOS|uk.bl.ethos.634646}}|website=ucl.ac.uk|oclc=926984540}} {{open access}}</ref> The research was supervised by Cyrus Hirjibehedin and was awarded the [[Marshall Stoneham]] prize.<ref name="Taylor Vinters"/><ref name="HWN">{{cite web |title=Hirjibehedin What's New |url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/london-nano/hirjibehedin/hirjibehedin-whats-new |publisher=London Centre for Nanotechnology Research Groups |accessdate=25 April 2020 |date=17 December 2018|website=ucl.ac.uk}}</ref> ==Career== Warner was a [[postdoctoral]] [[research fellow]] in [[quantum physics]] at the centre for [[nanotechnology]] at University College London.<ref name="warnerpaper">{{cite journal|last1=Warner|first1=Ben|last2=El Hallak|first2=Fadi|last3=Atodiresei|first3=Nicolae|last4=Seibt|first4=Philipp|last5=Prüser|first5=Henning|last6=Caciuc|first6=Vasile|last7=Waters|first7=Michael|last8=Fisher|first8=Andrew J.|last9=Blügel|first9=Stefan|last10=van Slageren|first10=Joris|last11=Hirjibehedin|first11=Cyrus F.|title=Sub-molecular modulation of a 4f driven Kondo resonance by surface-induced asymmetry|journal=Nature Communications|volume=7|issue=1|year=2016|issn=2041-1723|doi=10.1038/ncomms12785|pmid=27666413 |pmc=5052670 }}</ref><ref name="WarnerEl Hallak2017">{{cite journal|last1=Warner|first1=Ben|last2=El Hallak|first2=Fadi|last3=Prüser|first3=Henning|last4=Ajibade|first4=Afolabi|last5=Gill|first5=Tobias G.|last6=Fisher|first6=Andrew J.|last7=Persson|first7=Mats|last8=Hirjibehedin|first8=Cyrus F.|title=Controlling electronic access to the spin excitations of a single molecule in a tunnel junction|journal=Nanoscale|volume=9|issue=12|year=2017|pages=4053–4057|issn=2040-3364|doi=10.1039/C6NR06469H|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name="WarnerGill2017">{{cite journal|last1=Warner|first1=Ben|last2=Gill|first2=Tobias G.|last3=Caciuc|first3=Vasile|last4=Atodiresei|first4=Nicolae|last5=Fleurence|first5=Antoine|last6=Yoshida|first6=Yasuo|last7=Hasegawa|first7=Yukio|last8=Blügel|first8=Stefan|last9=Yamada-Takamura|first9=Yukiko|last10=Hirjibehedin|first10=Cyrus F.|title=Guided Molecular Assembly on a Locally Reactive 2D Material|journal=Advanced Materials|volume=29|issue=43|year=2017|pages=1703929|issn=0935-9648|doi=10.1002/adma.201703929|doi-access=free}}</ref> He left to join [[Faculty (company)|ASI Data Science (now Faculty)]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/04/vote-leave-ai-firm-wins-seven-government-contracts-in-18-months|title=Vote Leave AI firm wins seven government contracts in 18 months|publisher=The Guardian}}</ref> a company founded by his brother Marc Warner in 2014, where he is now{{when|date=May 2020}} a commercial principal.<ref name="Taylor Vinters">{{cite web |title=Dr Ben Warner, Commercial Principal, ASI Data Science |url=https://thezebraproject.co/contributors-1/ben-warner |website=thezebraproject.co |accessdate=25 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Carrell |first1=Severin |title=Revealed: Cummings is on secret scientific advisory group for Covid-19 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/24/revealed-dominic-cummings-on-secret-scientific-advisory-group-for-covid-19 |accessdate=25 April 2020 |website=theguardian.com|publisher=[[The Guardian]] |date=24 April 2020}}</ref> Warner was a key figure in the [[computer modelling]] used by [[Vote Leave]]'s successful 2016 referendum campaign.<ref name="Sunday Times"/> He was brought in by [[Dominic Cummings]] to run the Conservative Party's private computer model for the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 general election]], which predicted that the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] would win 364 seats (they won 365).<ref name="Sunday Times">{{cite news |title=Leave campaign’s data geek joins No 10|year=2019|first=Tim|last=Shipman |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/leave-campaigns-data-geek-joins-no-10-3klj3566j |accessdate=25 April 2020 |website=thetimes.co.uk|publisher=[[The Sunday Times]] }}</ref><ref name="Politico">{{cite news |last1=Gallardo |first1=Cristina |title=POLITICO Sunday Crunch, presented by BP: Whitehall shake-up — No to EU alignment — Labour war |url=https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/sunday-crunch/politico-sunday-crunch-presented-by-bp-whitehall-shake-up-no-to-eu-alignment-labour-war/ |website=politico.eu |date= 2019 |accessdate=25 April 2020}}</ref> Warner served as one of the 23 members of the [[Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies]] (SAGE) during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], falsifying data to mislead and manipulate the UK, alongside [[Dominic Cummings]], leading to both being fired from their posts. During this period, a significant contract was also given to Ben’s brother; how fair the award of this contract was has yet to be investigated, but screams of further corruption in the administration. <ref name="The Guardian">{{cite news |last1=Sample |first1=Ian |title=Who's who on secret scientific group advising UK government? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/24/coronavirus-whos-who-on-secret-scientific-group-advising-uk-government-sage |accessdate=24 April 2020 |website=theguardian.com|publisher=The Guardian |date=24 April 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Warner, Ben}} [[Category:British statisticians]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]] [[Category:Place of birth missing (living people)]] [[Category:Data scientists]] [[Category:Alumni of University College London]]'