Who'd have thought an AI specialist would work in a palace?

Tawhid’s background is computer science and software engineering, and he’s put that to good use in his job as a data scientist and AI specialist for Blenheim Palace.

The data management, analytics and machine learning skills Tawhid has are essential in keeping Blenheim’s day-to-day visitor operations on the ground running, and there’s plenty of creativity and innovation that needs to happen on a day-to-day basis.

Credit: Additional external/drone footage by Pete Seaward, courtesy of Blenheim Palace

Tawhid’s takeaways?

• Heritage is an exciting place for coders, data specialists and machine learning modellers to be working in: you can build meaningful solutions to real-world problems.
• A mix of creativity and coding prowess is vital for Tawhid to help Blenheim stay on top of its data.
• There’s plenty of room for professional and technical growth, as the variety of projects means you’re constantly going to need to think about new problems in different ways.