February 21, 2024
Director of Enterprise Data Science and Insights, Bank of Canada
Maryam Haghighi
Click the following links to download the slides from the talk: Leveraging alternative data and AI deck , BOS Application Deck
TABE and CABE are pleased to announce the second speaker in our webinar series: New Tools of the Economists’ Trade. Our speaker was Maryam Haghighi who described how alternative and granular data, and non-traditional techniques such as machine learning can complement traditional macroeconomic analyses. Maryam shared some of the latest developments in these domains and how to address some of the challenges faced in practice when trying to build teams that use non-traditional data and techniques.
This webinar has been organized and was moderated by Danielle Goldfarb with technical assistance from Alex Kraas and Erik Johnson – all members of TABE’s Board of Directors.
About the series: The digitization of our economies has led to an explosion of more granular, real-time data. Combined with rapid growth in new technologies, techniques, compute power, and generative AI tools, the tools of the economists’ trade have the potential to change dramatically. This series is an opportunity to learn more about how economists and others are experimenting with these new datasets, techniques, and approaches.
Director of Enterprise Data Science and Insights, Bank of Canada
Maryam Haghighi
Maryam Haghighi is the Director of Enterprise Data Science and Insights at the Bank of Canada. In this role, she is responsible for the vision, development, and execution of strategies related to data, advanced analytics, and artificial intelligence, as well as frontier technologies applicable to macroeconomics and central banking. Over the past 15+ years, Maryam has led all aspects of a modern data and analytics practice with extensive experience in interdisciplinary leadership and strategic innovation. She successfully built the entire division of Data Science at the nation’s central bank, from the ground up.
Before joining the Bank, she pioneered the space-based data analytics systems of a new satellite constellation. She was the first woman appointed as Canada’s delegate to international advisory groups for risk management of commercial aviation under the United Nations. In her role, she oversaw the international operational standards for global air transportation and its related worldwide infrastructure. She has been applauded for successfully co-leading the largest analytics Memorandum to Cabinet that set the foundations of a multi-billion-dollar national deployment program.
Maryam holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Ottawa. She has published influential research, organized successful conferences to connect policymakers, industry leaders, and academics, and is a frequent speaker in Canadian and global settings. In 2022, she was honoured to receive the Alumni of the Year Award from the Faculty of Science of the University of Ottawa. She cares deeply about community and governance and currently serves as a board member for not-for-profit organizations.
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