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 provides integrated investigative intelligence combining previously disconnected capability of search, business intelligence, link analysis and big data operational logging and alerting. Topics include: Origins of Siren The problems they are solving within Investigative Intelligence Benefits their platform brings to customers How the Cybersecurity market has evolved The threat of bad actors within CyberSecurity Interesting AI applications that are making a difference within Society 

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E70 Giovanni Tummarello, Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder of Siren

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: Overview of Travelport and the primary customers being served The Data Analytics projects being worked on within Travelport Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative data together Examples of value-added benefits to the end user by applying data science The Future of Travel 

E69 Stephen Oman, Director of Data Analytics at Travelport

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 strategies, technical community activity and both participated and led several enterprise/organizational transformation efforts. In the podcast, David discusses: How to build AI in your business Developing a data strategy using Wardley Mapping Digital Transformation in the Fintech sector Using the North Star Framework Advice for embarking on your AI journey His passion for serverless architectures Being involved with Open source groups and research A big thank you to David for being this week’s guest on the AI Ireland Podcast. If you would like to learn more David and his work, check out his personal blog www.theserverlessedge.com

E68 David Anderson, Technical Fellow at Bazaarvoice

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 applications. Ubotica is actively engaged in the Space, IoT and Industry 4.0 sectors. In the episode, David discusses: An overview of his background Founding Movidius and his previous work in Intel His current work with Ubotica Technologies Fascinating problems they are solving via Machine Learning Challenges they face working on Space-related projects His passion for Space innovation Exciting applications of AI that can impact society 

E67 David Moloney, Chief Scientist at Ubotica Technologies

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 augmented driving platform to make us all safer and better drivers How technology is being used as an enabler to solve it The benefits from Provizio to the end user The impact of COVID and the future of automotive 

E66 Barry Lunn, Founder and CEO at Provizio

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 Explainable AI research at the INSIGHT Centre for Data Analytics The importance of building trust in AI models What you need to know about the production and maintenance of AI models Thoughts on the recent proposed EU regulation of AI 

E65 Alessandra Mileo, Associate Professor at the INSIGHT Centre for Data Analytics at DCU & John Ward, Head of Digital & Emerging Technologies at EY Ireland

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 Covid-19 has affected the way we work The mission of the RDI Hub Success stories of innovation in Co. Kerry The AI Summer School 

E64 Liam Cronin, CEO at RDI Hub

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 tackling one key area of patient health The SMART tools HealthBeacon has developed to manage medication. The AI applications that the HB Data Labs team is working on The future of the Healthcare industry 

E63 Lara Kelly, Head of Data Analytics at HealthBeacon

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 customers. Topics covered: Overview of STATSports and some of the high profile Clubs around the world utilising their services Working on Data Science Projects that can have a big impact on and off the field The three key insights that enabled Sporting Clube de Portugal in winning the Portuguese League How STATSports continue to scale and grow by utilising the cloud to provide a platform for growth 

E62 Tiago de Melo Malaquias, R&D Data Scientist at STATSports

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 about: Overview of TerrainAI, a Microsoft and SFI co-funded €5m climate change project The journey to utilizing technology as an enabler within the agriculture industry Recent Agritech case studies on the island of Ireland 

E61 Edmond Harty, UCD Adjunct Full Professor & former CEO at Dairymaster

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 Networks have used AI technology and Azure Cloud Platform as an enabler to increase the rollout success of SMART Metering The benefits of evidence-based decision making, agility, and examples of other AI applications across the Public Sector The Future of the Smart Grid 

E60 Elaine Robinson, Analytics Manager at ESB

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 the partnership with academia and industry to provide an innovative service to their customers. Topics include: How VRAI are using technology as an enabler for their customer’s success. The partnership with Academia and Industry to provide an innovative service. The benefits from working with Microsoft for startups and how to reach out. 

E59 VRAI Co-Founder Niall Campion, UCD Associate Professor Dr Brian Mac Namee & Microsoft's Kelvin Keane

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 whose activities are Risky, Remote or Rare to train in a more authentic, memorable and measurable way. In the podcast, we cover: How VRAI started. What business problems are they addressing through data and VR Simulation to provide authentic and memorable training experiences for employees. How important is Security and Trust while choosing a Hyper-Scale cloud partner (Microsoft – Azure). Why a Build vs Buy decision is so important for start-ups to consider. How Microsoft for Startups has helped VRAI through this journey. 

E58 Pat O’Connor, MD & Co-Founder of VRAI and Bibhas Bhattacharya, Business Group Leader of Azure in Microsoft Ireland

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 traditional music brought him to Ireland Overview of the data science team and projects at Three Ireland Arranmore Island - IOT Proof of Concept Project Why Data Science is the Future of the Telecommunications industry 

E57 Wynton Moore, Senior Data Scientist at Three Ireland

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 the results of their widely published studies which found that modern children are increasingly sedentary and have poorly developed movement skills. This has serious consequences for both health and cognitive outcomes. MoveAhead tackles this issue by marrying a deep understanding of how children move, with state-of-the-art computer vision, machine learning and AI techniques. In this episode, Johann and Jamie discuss: How MoveAhead came about The importance of movement development in childhood The factors impacting skill acquisition for the current generation The affordances that their tech has to offer Future goals for the company 

E56 Dr. Jamie McGann and Dr. Johann Issartel, Co-Founders at MoveAhead

The AI Ireland podcast, breaks down the hype and explores the impact that Data Science, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence are making on our everyday lives. Our goal is to share with you the insights of technologists and data science enthusiasts to showcase the excellent work that is been done within AI in Ireland and abroad.