Ismael Kherroubi Garcia

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Education

MSc Philosophy of the Social Sciences

London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) – Sep 2019 - Aug 2022

Distinctions attained in Organisational Ethics and Philosophy of Race and Gender
Dissertation title: On the Ontology of Multidisciplinary Epistemic Groups (see the work-in-progress here)

BA Business Management & Administration

University of Alicante – Sep 2011 - Aug 2015

Distinctions attained in World Economics, Marketing, and Economic Analysis & Outlook
Dissertation title: Professors’ Leadership Styles and their Influence on Students – due to resourcing constraints, I only got to propose a theoretical framework and questionnaire (I did not gather responses)

Organisational Leadership

LSE Summer School – Jul-Aug 2013

An intensive, three-week, 6-credit course “designed to provide students with the knowledge, skills and analytical capabilities needed to practice leadership in modern organisations.”
Transformational leadership and Leader-Member Exchange theory continue to shape how I reflect on leadership.

Bachillerato (Spanish A-Levels equivalent) in Social Sciences

IES Marcos Zaragoza – Sep 2009 - Jun 2011

Graduated with first-class honours

Publications

Supporting AI Research Ethics Committees (in collaboration with the Ada Lovelace Institute, the Alan Turing Institute and the University of Exeter, to be published early 2022)
Non-technical Intro to Digital Twins (Kherroubi Garcia, 2022) Towards Data Science, available online
Data Science, Meaning and Diversity (Kherroubi Garcia, 2021) Towards Data Science , available online
Introduction to Research Ethics (The Turing Way Community, 2020) The Turing Way , available online (originally a post on Medium)
Challenging Power in Data Science (Kherroubi Garcia, 2020) The Alan Turing Institute Blog , available online

Research Experience

Ethos of Open Science Subject Matter Expert

NASA – Jun 2022-Jun 2023

Delevoping training materials for the module Ethos of Open Science for the NASA mission Transform to Open Science (TOPS.
Ensuring congruence of the module's content with the other four modules: Open Data, Open Software, Open Results, and Tools & Resources.
Researched the history and emerging trends within open science practices.
Summarised numerous initiatives (e.g.: COPE, , FAIR, CARE) to convey the diverse applications of open science practices.

Ethics Research Assistant

The Alan Turing Institute – Apr 2020 - Dec 2021

Participated in workshops on the ethics of digital twins, hosted by Sopra Steria in collaboration with the Centre for Digital Built Britain, providing feedback on the Gemini Principles – Sopra Steria produced this report
Provided an in-depth analysis of the ICO's draft AI and Data Protection Risk Toolkit with Dr. Adrian Weller in response to their consultation
Supported the Public Policy programme in creating training materials for civil servants to engage with the guidance Understanding artificial intelligence ethics and safety (Leslie, 2019)
Designed a new research ethics committee process alongside the General Counsel, as well as a new questionnaire for researchers drawing on Leslie (ibid.) and The Turing Way (The Turing Way Community 2019)
Formed part of the “[enrichment student](https://www.turing.ac.uk/work-turing/studentships/enrichment)” recruitment panel in 2020
Developed research ethics training sessions that I delivered to principle investigators and early career researchers through the Data Study Groups programme
Worked closely with the principal investigators of many cutting-edge data science projects to ensure they were conducted thoughtfully and responsibly; amongst others, there were various AI for Science and Government workpackages, the inception of the online harms observatory, the trustworthy identity systems project, and the NHSx COVID app.

Change Maker: Why are so few Disabled Students Studying At LSE?

LSE – Jan-Jul 2020

Designed research framework together with two fellow students to investigate LSE’s below-average attendance from disabled students
Worked closely with Admissions, Wipdening Participation, and Disability & Wellbeing departments to ensure our analyses were useful to them.
Conducted statistical analysis of admissions data for the previous eight years using Excel, as well as a benchmarking exercise versus other Russell Group universities.
Surveyed 150 disabled students to gather insight into their shared experiences as LSE alumni.
Advised on helpful policies, including a proposal for improved feedback collection, and the establishment of a Disabled Student Council; our recommendations were picked by LSE’s disability service starting 2020/21 and considered in LSE’s data strategy.

Talks

Data Science, Meaning & Diversity (June 2021) at CorrelAid, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4903192
Hacking's Human Kinds and the Ethics of Participatory Science (Kherroubi Garcia, Aitkenhead & Fantoni, March 2021) University of Tennessee, Knoxville, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4603091

Conferences & Workshops

Workshops on Data Hazards

Jean Golding Institute – Jun-Jul 2022

Supported the co-leads of the Data Hazard Labels project in the design and delivery of three train-the-trainer workshops.
Identifying the audience for the sessions (i.e.: Potential facilitators of future Data Hazard Labels workshops).
Developing resources for future facilitators (e.g.: a ,a href="https://datahazards.com/contents/materials/workshop/audience.html">stakeholder mapping exercise).
Creating and reviewing content for workshop slides.
Inviting participants to two of the workshops; one in-person during Jean Golding Institute's Data Week and one online.
Facilitating breakout-room and group discussions during workshops.
Designed an agenda for a half-day debrief exercise with the co-leads to strategise about the future of the project.

Workshop on Data Hazards

Jean Golding Institute – Sep 2021

Facilitated a workshop on "Data Hazard labels" along with the project's co-PIs, Dr. Natalie Thurlby and Nina Di Cara (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5513976)
Familiarised myself with the co-PIs' prompts and the labels themselves
Gathered further feedback from the Turing's Ethics Advisory Group to support the refinement of the drafted labels

Workshops on Supporting AI Research Ethics Committees

Ada Lovelace Institute – May 2021 - Jul 2022

Part of a joint effort between the Ada Lovelace Institute, the University of Exeter and the Alan Turing Institute, gathering ideas from both academia and industry to understand the challenges research ethics committees face in data science, and provide recommendations.
Developed a dummy research project to provide an example research ethics application.
Assisted in the design of the two workshops, ensuring that sufficient attention was placed on both the philosophical underpinnings and the operational aspects of research ethics committees.
Facilitated breakout discussions.

Postgraduate Philosophy Conference

LSE – Sep 2020

Co-organised a two-day postgraduate conference with the support of the LSE's Department of Philosophy, Logic & Scientific Method
Invited keynote speakers Dr. Cailin O’Conor (University of California, Irvine) and Dr. Chris Burr (The Alan Turing Institute)
More details available online.

Professional Experience

Recruitment Officer

The Alan Turing Institute – Oct 2019 - Mar 2020

Fast-paced function requiring great organisation skills
Designed job descriptions across multiple academic programmes and business teams
Reported on diversity data of different recruitment campaigns
Interviewed candidates for various positions, from events coordinators to associate-level data scientists

HR Generalist

Royal Opera House – Sep 2018 - Sep 2019

Coordinated high-volume recruitment campaigns
Supported large assessment days (up to 90 candidates)
Ran semi-annual ideation sessions with senior executives to reflect on the organisation’s culture and ways forward

HR Administrator

Art Fund – Feb-Aug 2018

Supported the learning & development strategy by curating reports on performance appraisals
Created an FAQ page on the intranet on HR processes
Wrote contracts and other letters for all stages of the employee lifecycle

Financial Products Sales & Analytics

Bloomberg – Jan 2016 - Aug 2017

Mentored and taught interns during the 2017 Summer Internship
Assisted customers, in Spanish and English, with FX, Fixed Income and Portfolio Analyses
Discovered complex workflow solutions that are relevant to clients’ specific roles to sales leads
Received first-class training in finance and developed a deep understanding of the financial markets

Professional Society Membership

Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)

References

Available upon request (of course!)