AI Ireland with Mark Kelly

Today’s guest is Pawel Lee, Principal Data Scientist at North American Bancard. North American Bancard and its subsidiaries are committed to making it as easy as possible for you to grow your business through innovations in credit card processing, ecommerce, mobile payments, back-end business solutions, and more. Throughout their growth, the company have stayed agile in order to remain at the forefront of the ever-changing payments landscape. While we are large enough to offer customized solutions to enterprise-level clients, they are still nimble enough to take an award-winning, hands-on approach to personal service you just won't find anyplace else. Topics include: His background in astronomy and moving into Data Science Previous skills he transferred into his current work An overview of North American Bancard Day-to-day work of the team including Consumer fraud monitoring Defining the right problems to solve Projects they are working on within financial fraud on the Dark Web

Today’s guest is John Burke, Manager - Research and Development Tax Consultant (CTA) at Mazars Ireland. Sponsoring the AI Awards for the fifth consecutive year, Mazars is a leading international audit, tax, advisory and consulting firm. Operating as a united partnership, Mazars works as one integrated team, leveraging expertise, scale and cultural understanding to deliver exceptional and tailored services in audit, assurance, tax, consulting, financial advisory, corporate finance and financial outsourcing. Topics include: His background and current work with Mazars An insight into the world of R&D Tax Credits Five conditions for qualifying for R&D Tax credits Recent trends he is seeing in the market How companies are leaving money on the table by not claiming R&D tax credits The importance of organizations documenting their activities How to take action on claiming R&D tax credits

Today’s guests are Neil Brady, Co-Founder/CEO and Paul Watson, CTO at CaliberAI. CaliberAI is a unique team of editors, developers, lawyers, linguists and computer scientists, dedicated to building technologies that make digital publishing a safer, more accountable process for all. They aim to reduce risks to publishers and others by helping to counter potentially defamatory and harmful content, through the use of Artificial Intelligence systems built to the highest ethical standards. Topics include: - The work they do with CaliberAI - Behind the scenes on the technology that brings their platform to life - The impact of GenerativeAI on their business - Use cases of how AI can track defamation and hateful speech - How they're utilizing NLP and Large Language Models - The impact of the AI Act on organizations - How AI and GenerativeAI will continue to evolve in the future

Today’s guest is Kieran McCorry, National Technology Officer at Microsoft Ireland. Kieran has over 31 years' experience in the technology industry and is currently the National Technology Officer for Microsoft Ireland, where his role is to help Public Sector customers address their challenges, fully realize their opportunities, and pursue their national priorities. He is responsible for positioning Microsoft as the partner technology company of choice and engendering trust, technology vision, strategic alignment, business model, business practices, and policy approaches to Microsoft customers.  Topics include: How Generative AI fits into Microsoft's AI Strategy Examples of how they are using Generative AI at Microsoft Other exciting copilots such as GitHub Utilizing Generative AI from a business perspective Advice for businesses on embracing this technology The role of data privacy and regulation Where he sees AI evolving to in the near future

Today’s guests are Dave Lewis, Associate Director at ADAPT Centre and Brian McElligott, Partner and Head of AI at Mason Hayes & Curran who will discuss The AI Act. Dave is an associate professor in the school of computer science and statistics and Trinity College Dublin. He is the director of the SFI-funded ADAPT Centre for Digital Content Technology, and coordinates the EU-funded PROTECT multidisciplinary doctoral training network. He investigates open models for trustworthy AI and data governance and collaborate with the National Standards Authority of Ireland in developing international standards in these areas. Brian is an experienced Intellectual Property and Artificial Intelligence lawyer who is focused on delivering understandable and actionable solutions for clients, particularly in the AI regulatory space. He's had the benefit of a great mix of private practice and in-house experience in the AI and IP spaces, including operationalising and commercialising AI platforms and solutions. Topics include: What is the AI Act Why companies need to figure out AI regulation How organizations can prepare for The AI Act Immediate measures that companies can put in place Challenges in introducing The AI Act Considerations to take from a national perspective To find out more about the AI Act, check out the website www.artificialintelligenceact.eu.

Today’s guest is Ignacio Colis Vidal, which is the Co-Founder at Automated Regulatory Monitoring. Previously a finalist at the 2021 AI Awards, ARM help firms identify customers displaying early signs of vulnerability and monitoring every key step of their customer journey to prevent any harm to the final consumer. Topics include: The work they do at ARM His motivation for setting up the company How their technology helps customers The vulnerability passport The benefits this product brings to customers How they are using Machine Learning

Today’s guest is Aurobinda De, Co-Founder and Director at Empeal. Founded in 2018, Empeal is an AI Driven Multisided Digital Health SaaS Solution for prevention and management of chronic health conditions. Their measurable metrics based on medical, nutrition, lifestyle, behaviour and individual goals data, help users and organisations understand their health footprint and act on it. Topics include: His background and journey to Empeal Problems they are solving within health & well-being Challenges of working with Healthcare Data How they are using AI to solve these challenges What the future holds for Empeal

In today’s episode, our guest is Dr. David Brown, Archival Discovery lead for Beyond 2022 and Research Fellow with the ADAPT Centre at Trinity Collge Dublin. David was part of the team at the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland who were nominated for the 2022 AI Awards. The Treasury re-imagines and reconstructs through digital technologies the Public Record Office of Ireland, a magnificent archive destroyed on June 30th, 1922, in the opening engagement of the Civil War. Together with partners across Ireland and around the world, they are democratizing access to invaluable records and illuminating seven centuries of Irish history. Topics include: The goal of the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland An insight into the types of data they work with Challenges they faced & using ML to overcome them Other applications they are focusing on Insights from the VRTI that interested him

Today’s guest is James Garza, who studied the Higher Diploma in Science in AI Applications at CCT College Dublin. He is also now working towards the MSc in Data Analytics at CCT. CCT offers a range of part-time and online programmes (many of which are government funded via Springboard+ or the Human Capital Initiative) in the areas of Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics, Software Development and Cybersecurity from level 7 Diploma to level 9 Masters Degree. They are now enrolling for a new intake starting in February 2023. James is a diligent professional with over 20 years of financial services and customer facing work experience. He is a detailed oriented with a proven knowledge of Python, Data Analysis and Visualization. Topics include: His unique journey to studying a Masters in Data Analytics Why he enjoys the project-based degree Applying his new coding skills to his company Trillium Why he loves learning His advice on expanding into further education

Today's guest is Mark Horgan, Founder at SkillsBase. Through module-based content, Skillsbase aim to impact real behavioural change across various business sectors. They aim to provide a platform where companies can balance function with form by creating unique content that trainees will want to consume at the core of our content development process. Skillsbase provides award-winning module-based learning for global businesses. Through Skillsbase, creativity, learning science, and a human-centred approach are melded in a way that inspires, motivates, and promotes effectiveness. They aim to impact real behavioural change across various business sectors through module-based content. In today's episode, Mark discusses: His background & how SkillsBase came about Problems they are solving applying AI Challenges they need to overcome such as stakeholder buy-in What the near future looks like for SkillsBase