Professor Kate Robson Brown
UCD Vice-President for Research, Innovation and Impact
Doctor John Lonsdale
CEO of CeADAR, Ireland’s Centre for AI, based at UCD
Experts across many disciplines are applying data and AI to tackle significant global challenges in every sector from agriculture to health.
University College Dublin (UCD) is a unique ecosystem of research and innovation, learning and development, with centres such as CeADAR, Ireland’s Centre for AI and flagship programmes such as the CeADAR European Digital Innovation Hub (EDIH), to empower society and industry to benefit from data and AI.
Cross-sectoral Collaboration
UCD has a legacy in advancing data sciences and artificial intelligence (AI), having some of Ireland’s pioneers within Mathematics and Statistics and Computer Science on faculty, alongside some of the most promising rising talent at the frontiers of fundamental and applied research. The university’s unique ecosystem brings together experts from diverse disciplines and backgrounds who together are harnessing the power of data and AI to make breakthroughs across sectors from precision medicine, genetics and cancer research to fintech, quantum computing, climate services, healthcare and housing and even creative industries.
As this exciting area continues to evolve, UCD is supporting the research that will maximise its benefits for all society, working to develop responsible, sustainable, trustworthy AI. We will continue to foster inter- and cross-disciplinary research and develop new talent to grow our capabilities further and push the boundaries of this science and technology.
Empowering Industry and Society
As Ireland’s national centre for AI, CeADAR is a not-for-profit centre of innovation and applied R&D in AI, machine learning (ML) and data analytics based at UCD, which supports businesses and organisations in Ireland to leverage the benefits of AI and ML. We work with a range of organisations — startups and scaleups, established businesses, government and public sector, research and academia — and try to bridge the worlds of applied research in AI and its commercial deployment.
We will continue to foster inter- and cross-disciplinary research and develop new talent to grow our capabilities further and push the boundaries of this science and technology.
We offer independent, unbiased advice and solutions that are not aligned with any technology stack. We’re a designated European Digital Innovation Hub (EDIH) with deep technical expertise across all areas of AI and ML, that can build partnerships and consortiums using our EU-wide network.
CeADAR has AI and data scientists with a unique combination of strong academic credentials, research experience, deep knowledge of their specialities and experience in developing applied solutions. With this talent and experience, we can offer a range of expert services including strategy development.
We are also engaged in active research projects with academic and industry partners across Ireland and Europe, working at the cutting edge of applied AI and data science in a diverse range of fields including medtech, Earth observation, food manufacturing, media and marketing.
Find out more at ceadar.ie and ucd.ie/research/spotlights/
