Strategic relationships for collaborative industry and academic research / development -All things Insight SFI Research Centre for Data Analytics @InsightCentre
We have three (1 Permanent & 2 Contract) vacancies in the School of Computer Science for Lecturers in the following areas. Please visit https://t.co/3EWxHKsV4E for more details. @galwaycs
Many thanks Louise Holden from the Comms team for coming to Insight @uniofgalway today for a Communications workshop with our researchers - giving them the tools & confidence to describe & disseminate their research to a general audience. A very worthwhile morning for all 👏👏
An Tánaiste, Micheál Martin dropped by the @insight_centre tent today at #COS2024 in Fitz. pk. He listened to the enchanted sounds of Saérlaith, the bog princess, amongst other enticing exhibitions. Call round tomorrow to see what it’s all about.
🧑🎓🧑💻 AI expert Associate Professor Brian Mac Namee named as new Director for Insight SFI Research Centre
An associate professor at the UCD School of Computer Science, his appointment was welcomed by the CEO of the Insight SFI Centre, Professor Noel O'Connor.
“Brian has distinguished himself as one of Ireland's leading machine learning and AI scientists,” he said.
“His work has focused on advancing the underlying fundamental theory of AI and the translation of this into practice to benefit both industry and public stakeholders. The future of Insight at UCD is in good hands."
Speaking about his new role Dr Mac Namee said: ‘I welcome the opportunity to continue collaborating with and supporting the amazing group of researchers working with Insight at UCD.
“I also look forward to collaboratively defining the research challenges in Artificial Intelligence and data science that we will address in the coming years.’
With a research focus on interactive machine learning methods that place people and their expertise, at the centre of the model training process, Dr Mac Namee is the co-director of the SFI Centre for Research Training in Machine Learning, Chair of the Artificial Intelligence Association of Ireland, and Director of training at Krisolis Ltd, an Irish data analytics training and consultancy company.
His other areas of academic interest include applications of machine learning in diverse fields such as agriculture, space, medicine and virtual reality.
Before his tenure at UCD, Dr Mac Namee received a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from Trinity College Dublin, and after a period working in industry joined the then Dublin Institute of Technology’s School of Computing where he co-founded the Applied Intelligence Research Centre and a founding co-principal investigator at the Enterprise Ireland CeADAR Ireland Technology Centre for applied data analytics research.
Prof. Edward Curry from Insight @uniofgalway
presented Generative AI for Data Spaces at Data Space Symposium 2024 in Darmstad, Germany from 12th to 14th March https://t.co/OymdKYhbAa
Absolutely delighted for @EdwardACurry on his very very well deserved 2023 SFI Award for International Engagement, recognizing his tireless work in internationally promoting @insight_centre and Irish research in #AI
AI 2023: risks, regulation & an 'existential threat to humanity'. @BarryOSullivan@UCC@insight_centre on AI's quickening pace of development & concern over what might come next - catch Barry on #GameChanger – AI & You tonight @RTEOne#scienceweek2023 https://t.co/iWpYPcqQg0
Great buzz and eclectic mix of speakers at today's @DCU industry event on future of us all really..... in a data driven world. Really enjoyed meeting up with old (some from 20 years ago !) and new colleagues and friends. Let's build on this @scienceirel and @insight_centre.
Thank you to all our speakers, delegates & contributories for making Navigating #DataDrivenFutures such a success. We look forward to working on more cutting edge projects with our current and future industry partners.
@tomasward@NaadiyaCarrim@HeffernanCeline @BrianDoyle83
A leading expert in Artificial Intelligence (AI) has called for greater oversight of social media companies in order to tackle the spread of disinformation. @rtenews https://t.co/hzUZj2Gddz
Through the @OCREproject framework, Rackspace Technology has collaborated with @awscloud to expedite and streamline diagnosis for @insight_centre with the Virtual Aorta initiative at the @uniofgalway. Check out the full story: https://t.co/4oMNUmLf8O. @AWS_Partners#AI#ML
October is #InsightEconomy month!
We start with an exciting partnership - Insight SFI and @Google Ireland 🤝
€1.5m in #AI scholarships to under-served communities.
Our CEO Noel O'Connor @oconnorn explains..
@UCC@uniofgalway@DCU@ucddublin @scienceirel
https://t.co/UfGqZRm6BR
Great for @insight_centre and @uniofgalway to be so well represented at the @HPE_GreenLake and HPE Office of CTO launch in Galway this morning. Congrats to all - looking forward to further collaborations.