AINI 15 @Derry: Sentiment, Synthetic Data & Blueprint Based AI Development

Big Data Belfast. Digital DNA. Beltech. It is safe to say that in-person tech events are back with a bang!

The AINI team think it is time that we get back into the action, with our second event since our collaboration with the NI Developer Conference in Belfast at the close of 2021.

This time, we are back in Derry~Londonderry! Our event will hold true to our pre-pandemic staples:

• Great speakers.
• A smorgasbord of food and drink options.
• Good craic.

If you are based in the north West or find yourself tantalised by our line up, we would love to see you!

PRESENTERS

Gary Doherty (host) & Kathryn Harkin Allstate (sponsor) - Opening Remarks

Jordan McDonald (Bazaarvoice) - Making Sense of the MADness
The AI technology landscape is a space riddled with dynamic change, with new frameworks, concepts and principles emerging ad infinitum. In this talk Jordan will explore the full spectrum of challenge this creates for those working within the domain, then he will (try) to offer an antidote to this problem, through introducing "blueprints" to support AI driven business problems.

Austin Tanney (SIB)

Bio:
Austin has a BSc in Biotechnology and a PhD in Biomedical science and has spent the last 20 years working in the commercial sector in a range of companies from start-ups to multinational corporations with a focus on Life Science, Healthcare and Technology. He held a number of roles in the Almac Group ranging from bioinformatics through product development to marketing and commercialisation of cutting edge technologies and services. He was head of Life Science and Healthcare for Analytics Engines, the facilitator of the NI Artificial Intelligence collaborative network and the head of AI at Kainos. Austin is currently Head of Digital and Data Strategy in SIB and the Head of Clinical information in Digital Health and Care NI.

Shane Reid (Allstate NI) - Sentiment Analysis: Teaching our Software how to be more Understanding.

Bio:
Shane is a Senior Machine learning engineer and joined the ML Team at the AI Center of excellence in March 2021. Prior to joining the AICOE Shane did his PhD as a member of Cognitive robotics group at the School of Computing, Engineering, and Intelligent systems at Ulster University’s Magee campus in Derry/Londonderry. As a member of the AICOE he has been a key driver on several AI products, particularly in the domain of sentiment extraction using both NLP and DSP techniques.

Jason Bell (Synthetica Data) - Augmenting Synthetic Data for AI Model Improvement.

Bio:
Jason Bell is the founder of Synthetica Data, a service for data creation, cleaning, anonymisation and augmentation. He is an ambassador for Open UK, who advocate the use of open source software, hardware and data across business in the UK. Jason has written two books on machine learning for Wiley and sits on numerous conference programme committees. Well known in the Northern Ireland startup community, Jason advises a number of startups on their use of data, machine learning and collective intelligence.

Mairead O' Doherty (Deutsche Bank) - The Role of Transparency in AI and Banking.

Bio:
Mairead is a data scientist at Deutsche Bank, working with advanced technologies and tools to develop a range of innovative data solutions involving Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning. She has 4+ years of experience in delivering analytics, visualisations and models that support the adoption and integration of data driven solutions across the business.
She has a specific interest in using data storytelling, visualisations and interpretability techniques to make data science techniques more accessible to stakeholders and end users, integrating machine learning and analytics into everyday workflows.

LOGISTICS
The venue has some on site parking you can avail of if required.