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Who we are
ICDSS is an opportunity for students to engage with and learn about data science, which spans computer science and mathematics, specifically machine learning, AI, statistics and their applications across many domains.
01 / About
About ICDSS
A free, student-run community bridging the gap between what Imperial students learn in lectures and how data science is done in industry. Since 2015.
Our mission
Empower the next generation of innovators to use data science on real-world challenges.
Our vision
A dynamic community that actively shapes the future of data science and technology.
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Building a community
With reach across all departments, we bring together Imperial's diverse data science community.
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Bridging the gap
Our goal is to equip students from all disciplines with key data science skills and bridge the gap between industry and academia, through industry insights, skill-development workshops, hackathons and projects.
02 / Values
Our values
Equality, Diversity & Inclusivity
Transparency
Data-Driven Decision Making
03 / History
Since 2015
2015
Society founded
ICDSS launches to bring data science to students across Imperial.
2016
Data science at LinkedIn
An early headline talk from LinkedIn at the Business School.
2018
IC Data Challenge
Co-run with the Graduate Students’ Union, 70 students working on live industry data from Deliveroo, GSK, TfL, Dstl and more.
2020
AIHack third edition
24 hours in the Queen’s Tower Room for our flagship hackathon, billed as the UK’s largest student-led AI hackathon.
2021
AIHack 2021
A virtual 24-hour edition with over GBP 2,000 in prizes, backed by Shopee, Microsoft, Jane Street and Kaiko.
2022
AIHack 2022
Supported by Imperial’s Data Science Institute with judges from Roche, ASOS, Twitter and Limejump.
Dec 2022
The first Imperial AI Summit
Co-organised with Google Developer Student Club and I-X, a datathon then keynotes from Google, Cisco and I-X.
2025
Back to the board
Weekly Machine Learning 101 lectures, a panel and an alumni night with speakers from NVIDIA, Appian and HotelMap.
2026
Going European
Partner society of HackEurope 2026 with 1,000+ students hacking for 30 hours across Dublin, Stockholm and Paris.
04 / Mascot
Our mascot
The phoenix, our mascot for 2026/27, rising again with a renewed society. Its wings trace a network of data points, the same nodes as in our logo.
Open to everyone
Open to undergraduates, Masters and PhD students from every department.
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