Ashwaq Salim

Ashwaq is a Data Scientist specialising in building recommendation engines that help people discover what they need (or didn’t know they needed!). She builds and maintains large-scale recommender systems while bringing cutting-edge research into the commercial world, bridging the gap between novel ideas and real-world impact. Recently, Ashwaq was proud to receive the Early Career Tech Champion award, a milestone that fuels her drive to keep pushing boundaries, innovating and making tech more impactful. She has shared her insights at events including AWS Cloud Women, Her + Data and the BCS The Chartered Institute of IT and recently presented her research at the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML). Ashwaq also loves sharing her unique journey into tech, but most importantly, how excited she is to continue building her career and identity in the data industry and as a Data Scientist.