Speaker - Dr Jess Moore

Jess is a data scientist and software engineer, with a PhD in astronomy and astrophysics from ANU, and over 15 years’ post PhD experience in applied data science in university, government, defence, and for purpose sectors. She brings skills across data analytics, privacy first software engineering, and engagement to the development of impactful data science software for public good. After over a decade working in government, she returned to ANU in 2019 as Chief Operating Officer of the Software Innovation Institute to translate tech and teach the practice of open source software engineering. She is currently Honorary Senior Fellow in the Software Innovation Institute where her research interests are in mechanisms for consented data sharing, and engineering linked data systems for self-sovereignty and collaboration for a better society. She is a member of the W3C Data Privacy Vocabularies and Controls Community Group, Australian Government Linked Data Working Group, the Australian Institute of Physics, and formerly served on the board of the YWCA of Canberra. When not contributing to the development of open source for personal control of data, she enjoys cycling, reading, and tutoring for the Canberra Girls Programming Network.