About RMDS Lab

RMDS Lab helps people and organizations move from AI use to AI maturity through methods, data, evaluation, Holistic Computation, and responsible AI transformation.

Our Story

RMDS began as an online community in 2009, when data science was still emerging and artificial intelligence was in an early stage of development. With support from experts in research methods, statistics, analytics, and machine learning, RMDS grew into a global community for training, collaboration, and solution development.

RMDS Lab was formally established in 2019 to advance a more holistic and scientifically grounded approach to data and AI practice. Today, RMDS Lab works at the intersection of methods, data, evaluation, and AI implementation to help customers build reliable, responsible, and high-impact AI capabilities.

What We Stand For

We believe AI transformation should be rigorous, responsible, value-aligned, and practical. Our work integrates data science, causality, systems thinking, governance, and responsible AI so organizations can move from fragmented experimentation to scalable and trustworthy transformation.

Through ResearchMethods.org and GrmdsAI, RMDS Lab connects Holistic Computation, Artificial Spiritual Intelligence, and the AI Maturity Ladder into a coherent approach for helping people and organizations progress from data to decisions, and from decisions to impact.

What We Do

RMDS Lab supports advisory, lab enablement, education, certification, solution development, and community convening. We help organizations clarify goals, define decision points, test value and safety, deploy with guardrails, and scale what works through playbooks, registries, and governance.

RMDS at a Glance

  • 2000: RM Institute began consultation and training in research methods, data science, machine learning, and AI.
  • 2009: RMDS began as an online community for data science and AI collaboration.
  • 2016: GrmdsAI was formally established in California as a non-profit stewarding the ecosystem and intellectual property behind Holistic Computation.
  • 2019: RMDS Lab was formally established to develop methods, data, evaluation, and AI solutions.
From AI use to AI maturity. From intelligence to wisdom. From fragmented experiments to responsible, scalable, and high-impact transformation.

AI Maturity

A progression path from assistive AI to operational, strategic, systemic, and institutional AI capability.

Data & AI

Data science, machine learning, responsible AI, and practical implementation for organizations and individuals.

Our Mission

We advance rigorous, responsible, and value-aligned research and AI practice so organizations can turn evidence into reliable, equitable decisions and measurable impact.

Founder Leadership

RMDS Lab was founded and is led by Dr. Alex Liu, whose background spans data science leadership, research methods, AI education, and advisory work. His experience includes serving as IBM's Chief Data Scientist for Analytics Services and advising the Harvard Data Science Review.