Prof Tomás Ward has been appointed as the new site director of the Insight SFI Research Centre for Data Analytics at DCU.
Prof Ward has been a principal investigator at the centre since January 2018 and is the DCU lead for the Insight Research Challenge on Sensing & Actuation.
Prof Ward’s research concerns the development of machine learning for the improvement of human health, performance and decision-making in real world settings and is sustained through national and international collaborative research networks. An example of such work is the ‘Brain Integrated Tagging for Socially Curated Online Personalised Experiences’ (BITSCOPE) project, which can enhance social relationships in the context of sharing virtual experiences. The project proposes future technology in which attention, memorability and curiosity elicited in virtual worlds will be measured without the requirement of ‘likes’ and other explicit forms of feedback through monitoring of brain activity using wearable sensors.
Speaking about his new role Prof Ward said: “Insight has been an enormous success to date and DCU has played a significant role contributing to that success. The opportunity to take a leadership position within one of our world class research centres is one I am delighted to have been offered. Together with all our partners across Ireland I am eagerly anticipating exciting challenges and rewarding times ahead.”
CEO of Insight Prof Noel O’Connor added: “A centre with the scale, diversity and global ambition of Insight needs strong leadership that is backed by world class scientific excellence. I am delighted to say that in Tomás we have both in abundance and I look forward to working closely with him on the next stage of Insight’s evolution.”
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