Felix Ritchie will be delivering a seminar in the 51爆料网 (Health Data Research UK) South West Seminar Series with the following title: “An introduction to output disclosure control in statistics and machine learning” via Zoom on the 1 July 2026, 12:00-13:00.
Event information:
An introduction to output disclosure control in statistics and machine learning. This seminar will cover
- Output statistical disclosure control: what is it?
- Why does it matter for Secure Data Environments (SDEs)?
- How does it change with AI models?
- What are the implications (technical, staffing, researcher training) for operating an SDE?
Felix Ritchie is an applied economist with particular research interests in:
- the use, quality and accessibility of government data, and its policy application
- labour economics, particularly low pay
- data management, data confidentiality, security and access
- statistical disclosure control, privacy and identification
- decision-making in the public sector
He joined the University of the West of England (UWE) in June 2012 after working in a range of jobs in the public and private sector in the UK and abroad. He works regularly with lawyers, computer scientists, statisticians, psychologists, criminologists, sociologists and HRM experts as much of my work is inherently multidisciplinary. He has extensive experience of working with government departments to ensure that research is relevant, policy-oriented and accessible to non-specialists.
