AI Ireland with Mark Kelly

In this episode, Mark Kelly dives into the exciting world of AI, highlighting some of the groundbreaking applications submitted for this year's AI Awards covering applications in categories for social good, startups, large enterprise and in academic research. With over 500 applications since 2018, this year promises to be the best yet, showcasing innovations that impact health, society and business.

Today’s guest is Aditya Mohan, Senior Scientific Officer (AI, Distributed Ledger/Blockchain) at the National Standards Authority of Ireland. As Ireland’s official standards body, the NSAI aims to inspire consumer confidence and create the infrastructure for products and services to be recognised and relied on, all over the world. The NSAI is the state agency is responsible for standardisation, conformity assessment and measurement, and was established under the National Standards Authority of Ireland Act 1996. The NSAI recently published the AI Standards and Assurance Roadmap which is a key deliverable of Ireland’s National AI Strategy to develop and utilise Artificial Intelligence for the benefit of Irish society and our economy. The roadmap is firmly rooted in supporting Ireland’s implementation of the EU AI Act, which is fundamental to the future of AI within Ireland, across the EU and indeed globally. The roadmap was developed as a result of the Top Team on Standards in AI engagement process. Download the report here. Topics include: How NSAI promotes global compatibility through ISO and European standards Creating standards cooperation for efficiency and consistency Balancing AI's potential with caution and governance concern Challenges in AI regulation and EU AI Act EU AI Act's evolving regulation for changing technology Ireland's influential role in global AI standards development

Today’s guest is Jean Murray de Villiers, Head of Analytics at SAS Ireland.  Jean's role revolves around ensuring that their clients not only maximise the value of SAS software but that they also achieve their specific business objectives while fostering trust in AI. He plays a pivotal role in understanding each client's unique needs and challenges, collaborating with cross-functional teams to provide tailored solutions. This involves conducting in-depth consultations, analyzing data and leveraging SAS's cutting-edge analytics tools to develop actionable insights. Jean forges strong relationships with clients, acting as a trusted advisor and advocate for their success. He works closely with them to align SAS software capabilities with their strategic goals, providing ongoing support, training, and guidance to drive adoption and ROI. Additionally, he actively contributes to SAS's commitment to innovation and customer-centricity by providing feedback and insights gathered from customer interactions, which play a vital role in shaping future product enhancements and service improvements, especially those related to promoting trustworthy and human-centered AI. Topics include: His background and how he got into the world of Data Differences working within Data in South Africa to Ireland An overview of his role with SAS The importance of certificates and upskilling Case studies of the problems they're solving for customers Improving the customer experience Use cases of AI for Good such as wildlife tracking

Today’s guest is Alastair McKinley, Chief  Technology Officer at Analytics Engines. Founded in 2008, Analytics Engines work at the forefront of AI-enhanced search and discovery, offering a custom-created approach, built collaboratively to fulfil specific needs. That often includes natural language processing, pattern identification and mapping relationships across multiple unstructured sources. The company's unique accelerator IP allows them to build and deploy solutions much faster, reducing time to value for clients, ensuring their work gets done, sooner and better. Their solutions uncover decision-critical insights; address complex institutional problems; and solve your most pressing problems meaning you get the most value, in the least time. Topics include: His background and current role with Analytics Engines Services in data engineering, data visualisation and data science Challenges in AI adoption and governance Incorporating OpenAI, ChatGPT and Large Language Models The current possibilities of LLMs to improve customer satisfaction Challenges to be aware of with these current technologies How the AI landscape will continue to evolve

Today’s guest is Paul Hunter, Head of Advanced Analytics at AIB. Paul leads a team of Data Scientists and ML Engineers to deliver high value machine learning use cases at scale at enterprise level, as well as developing an MLOps framework on the cloud for Advanced Analytics to enhance scalability, standardisation and governance in Machine Learning. Paul is also responsible for enhancing the value of Analytics products across AIB through the establishment of a value framework, and developing a Customer Lifetime Value proposition, deepening customer engagements through data and analytics, and driving the Personalisation strategy for AIB. Topics include: His background and journey to AIB An insight into the Advanced Analytics team at AIB Understanding the key business problems Examples of the benefits they're bringing across the business The importance of keeping your team engaged The power of influence and storytelling

Today’s guest is Liam Cronin, Chief Executive Officer at RDI Hub. In this episode, Liam discusses the upcoming 4th International John McCarthy AI Summer School which takes place at the RDI Hub in Killorglin, Co Kerry, on the 7th and 8th of September. This 2 day event will include plenary lectures and roundtable discussions, on selected topics presented by leading experts in the field of Artificial Intelligence for Sustainability. Topics include: An overview of the RDI Hub and AI Summer School The partners that help support the AI Summer School What to expect across the two-day event Speakers taking part this year How to get involved with this year's AI Summer School

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