
our mission
We are committed to making data science accessible to everyone and every industry through education, civic enterprises, strategic connections, and quality programming that is innovative, festive, and nontraditional.
DSC seeks to build a robust community of thought leaders through the philosophy that group creation is essential for change and innovation. DSC is the largest data science organization in the southeastern United States, and serves as the parent organization to Artificial Intelligence ATL (AIATL) and Data Science ATL (DSATL).
our roots
Data Science Connect, or DSC, was founded in 2012 as Data Science ATL—a community of practitioners, thought leaders, academics, and students looking for high quality, highly technical content and connection. Since then, we've grown to become the largest data science organization in the southeast, regularly hosting some of the most well-attended data science events in the world.
These years have taught us that there is strength in numbers, and that magical things can happen when we are connected. We believe that the impact of data science is multiplied when the right people, networks and resources are connected.
our tribe
EXECUTIVE TEAM

amelia martin
founder + ceo

emma vautrot
director of operations
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP

lisa su
workshops

sarah palay sutherland
media + pr
ADVISORY BOARD
Brian Mink, Esq. | Chairman of DSC Advisory Board; Legal Analytics & Contract Automation, Troutman Sanders
Harold Ball, Ph.D. | Data Consultant + Head of Analytics for China, Dentsu Aegis Network
Raj Bandyopadhyay | Director of Data Science Education, Springboard
Inna Campo, Ph.D. | Sr. Data Scientist, The Weather Company, IBM
Hallie Willis Lukens, MPH | Manager of Revenue Cycle Analytics, Emory Healthcare
Taylor Murphy, Ph.D. | Manager of Data & Analytics, GitLab, Inc
Joseph Sutherland, Ph.D. | Head of Data Science, Search Discovery, Inc.
Travis Turney | Quantitative UX Researcher, Rapid7
Nikolaos Vasiloglou, Ph.D. | VP of Data Science, Relational AI
Yusen Xia, Ph.D. | Director, Institute for Insight and MSA Program, Georgia State University J. Mack Robinson College of Business