AI Ireland with Mark Kelly

In today’s show, we speak with Data Scientist Jane Delaney. At time of recording, Jane was a Data Scientist at Johnson Controls and has since moved into a new role with Laya Healthcare. From optimizing building performance to improving safety and enhancing comfort, Johnson Controls drive the outcomes that matter most. During her time with Johnson Controls, Jane worked on the development of machine...

In today’s show, we speak with Ruadhan Barry, Director of Product & Analytics at Sitecore , who acquired Irish data analytics company Boxever in March 2021. Sitecore delivers a digital experience platform that empowers the world’s smartest brands to build lifelong relationships with their customers. A highly decorated industry leader, Sitecore is the only company bringing together content, com...

In today's show, we speak with Mark Little, Co-Founder and CEO at Kinzen . Kinzen empowers the people who protect our online communities from harmful misinformation and hateful speech. They work with technology platforms that need the skills of human editors, and human editors who need to scale engagement through technology. Their data and technology enable policymakers, trust and safety teams and...

In today's show, we speak with Giovanni Tummarello, Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder of Siren . Siren provides the leading Investigative Intelligence platform to some of the world’s largest and most complex organizations for Investigative Intelligence on their data. Rooted in academic R&D in information retrieval, distributed computing and knowledge representation, the Siren platform provi...

In today’s interview, we speak with Stephen Oman, Director of Data Analytics at Travelport. Travelport is a worldwide travel retail platform with their next-generation marketplace connecting buyers and sellers that share a passion for delivering exceptional travel experiences. Unconflicted and independent, Travelport are reinventing a simpler future for travel’s complex ecosystem. Topics include:...

In today’s show, we are joined by David Anderson, Technical Fellow at Bazaarvoice. David is passionate about driving technical strategy and helping others along the transformation journey. He has extensive experience in driving technical leadership, organizational strategy and Cloud adoption. David has previously led transformation, technical excellence, cloud adoption, fintech/insurtech strategie...

In today’s show, we are joined by David Moloney, Chief Scientist at Ubotica Technologies . Ubotica Technologies develops and deploys AI solutions for industrial and commercial edge computing applications using the Myriad family of Vision Processing Units. In addition to custom Neural Network development, the company specialises in combining AI with Computer Vision pipelines in hardware-targeted ap...

In today’s show, we are joined by Barry Lunn, CEO and Founder of Provizio – Accident Prevention Technology™. Founded in 2019, Provizio perceives, predicts and prevents automotive accidents in real-time using proprietary long-range imaging sensors & AI at the edge. Topics include: Barry's journey to now Why accidents rates and fatalities are increasing Overview of Provizio mission to build an a...

In today's episode, we are joined by Alessandra Mileo Associate Professor and FSI Funded Investigator at the INSIGHT Centre for Data Analytics at DCU and John Ward Head of Digital & Emerging Technologies at EY Ireland . In today’s show, we will be discussing Artificial Intelligence in production, explainable (XAI) and the recent EU proposed regulation of AI. Topics include: Alessandra’s Explai...

In today’s podcast, we are joined by Liam Cronin, Chief Executive Officer at the  RDI Hub , which is a world-class centre for design-led, digital innovation located in Ireland’s South West. A first of its kind, RDI Hub focuses on digitisation, ideation and commercialisation of innovation and research in the Digital, AI, Data and related technology sectors. In the podcast Liam talks about: How...

In today’s podcast, we are joined by Lara Kelly, Head of Data Analytics at HealthBeacon . Founded in 2014 by Jim Joyce (CEO) and Kieran Daly (CTO),  HealthBeacon are an Irish Digital Health Company who develop smart tools for managing medication. In the podcast Lara talks about: How HealthBeacon is using digital technologies to improve patient’s lives across the globe. The challenge to tackli...

In today's podcast, we are joined by Tiago de Melo Malaquias, R&D Data Scientist at STATSports and Peter Lougheed Small, Medium and Corporate Sales Director at Microsoft. In today’s show, we will be discussing how STATSports is leveraging data to improve performance with sporting teams around the world and how they have effectively utilised the cloud to provide additional services to WOW their...

In today’s podcast, we are joined by Edmond Harty, Professor at UCD and former CEO of Dairymaster, and Brian Mullan, Principal Data Scientist and Analytics Manager at Microsoft Ireland. In today’s discussion, we will hear how AI and cloud technology are being used as an enabler within the Agriculture sector to provide improved customer service and sustainability. In the episode, you will hear abou...

In today’s show, we are joined by Elaine Robinson, Analytics Manager at the ESB and Kieran McCorry, National Technology Officer at Microsoft Ireland. In today’s discussion, we will hear how AI and cloud technology are being used to help with the rollout of the National SMART meters across Ireland. Topics include: An overview of the goals and objectives of the SMART project How the ESB Ne...

In the final part of our two-part series with VRAI, we are joined by Dr. Brian McNamee from the UCD School of Computer Science, Niall Campion Director and Founder of VRAI and Kelvin Keane, WE Startup & Partner Manager at Microsoft Startups Ireland. We will be going under the hood of the technical innovations at VRAI, how VRAI are using technology as an enabler for their customer's success and...

Today’s guests are Pat O’Connor, Managing Director and Co-Founder of VRAI , and Bibhas Bhattacharya, Business Group Leader of Microsoft Azure in Ireland. VRAI are creating data-driven VR simulation training for high hazard environments. They have created HEAT, which combines authentic virtual training environments with cutting-edge data capture and analytics capability. HEAT allows organizations w...

Today's guest is Wynton Moore, Senior Data Scientist at Three Ireland . Launched in 2005, Three is now one of Ireland’s largest mobile operators. Three strives to provide their customers with a better-connected life through meaningful products, best-in-class service and a connected network experience. In the episode, Wynton shares: An overview of his New Zealand background & how a passion for...

In today's episode, our guests are Dr. Jamie McGann and Dr. Johann Issartel, who are the co-founders of MoveAhead , a university spin-out company from DCU and the ADAPT Centre. Their mission is to transform the way children interact with technology by powering third-party EdTech, digital games and movement learning experiences that get young people moving the ‘right’ way. MoveAhead is motivated by...

In today’s episode, we discuss the University of Limerick’s part-time and online Masters in Artificial Intelligence, Ireland’s largest masters programme in AI, with the course director Dr. Pepijn (Pep) van de Ven. UL started this Masters programme in the autumn of 2018 in close collaboration with ICT Skillnet, ICHEC and a large number of Irish industries with an interest in Artificial Intelligence...

In this special episode, host & founder of AI Ireland Mark Kelly is joined by Ken Finnegan CEO at Tangent - Trinity College Dublin’s Ideas Workspace as well as Allan Beechinor & Niamh Parker, co-founders at Altada Technology Solutions as they discuss the launch of the Alsessor AI Accelerator. Tangent and Altada have formed a partnership to create an accelerator program supporting early-sta...

Tom Halton,  CEO and Executive Director at HMHmmmmm Ltd. joins Mark Kelly on the AI Ireland podcast to discuss the current state of AI and Data Science in modern society, what excites him the most in the future of AI, the role of regulation and ethics & what he loves about AI Ireland

Kieran McCorry, National Technology Officer at Microsoft Ireland discusses interesting initiatives around education & inclusivity, helping businesses deliver a better customer experience, successful examples of AI and cloud services in the industry & what to expect at the AI Awards

Liam McKenna, Partner at Mazars Ireland joins Mark Kelly on the AI Ireland podcast to discuss interesting innovations he is seeing in the digital world, helping clients adhere to the data privacy regulations and why they got involved in the AI Awards

Graham Baitson, Global Lead of Innovation Labs at McKesson Cork discusses their impact in the healthcare sector, how they are applying AI, protecting patient data, AI ethics and more

Owen Conlan, Associate Professor at TCD and Team Lead of Personalisation in the ADAPT Centre discusses the challenge of using AI to enhance the user experience, the role of Explainable AI and ethics, business problems they help solve, such as their work within Digital Media & more