Rachel Thomas

Rachel Thomas

Rachel Thomas

Center for Applied Data Ethics, USF Data Institute

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<p>Rachel Thomas is founding director of the <a href="https://www.fast.ai/2019/08/05/center-applied-data-ethics/">USF Center for Applied Data Ethics</a> and is co-founder of <a href="http://fast.ai/">fast.ai</a>, which created the "<a href="https://course.fast.ai/">Practical Deep Learning for Coders</a>�" course that over 200,000 students have taken. She was selected by Forbes as one of "20 Incredible Women in AI�", was an early engineer at Uber, and earned her math PhD at Duke. Rachel is a <a href="https://www.fast.ai/topics/#ai-in-society">popular writer</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtmWHNX-gukLQlMvtRJ19s7-8MrnRV6h6">keynote speaker</a>, on topics of data ethics, AI accessibility, and bias in machine learning.</p>