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AI & Human Creativity
13 January 2022
18
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The Need for Shared Digital Infrastructure
Edward Curry
Put simply, ‘big data’ refers to datasets that are so large, varied, and fast, they are difficult or impossible to process using traditional methods. With access to such complex information, organisations can learn more about their customers and operations, and in turn, develop AI solutions that give them a competitive edge.
Who has the scale and expertise to manage big data systems, and who gets left behind? Established Professor of Data Science, Edward Curry considers a more sustainable data ecosystem, in which the benefits of AI are evenly distributed.
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AI & Human Creativity
05 January 2022
31
MINS
Midnight Mass
Mike McCormack
The work of novelist, short story writer and NUI Galway lecturer, Mike McCormack casts a unique light on technology. In 2016, McCormack’s Solar Bones – “a hymn to engineers” – won the Goldsmiths Prize, and the Irish Book Award Novel of the Year and Book of the Year. In ‘Midnight Mass’, the novelist responds to the Cois Coiribe winter theme of ‘AI and Human Creativity’ with a glimpse into the future – pretty or otherwise.
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AI & Human Creativity
23 December 2021
15
MINS
A Data Love Story
Margaux Smith, Meadhbh McNutt
What does your data shadow look like? How does it intersect with your relationships and everyday life? These are the questions raised by artists
Margaux Smith
and
Meadhbh McNutt
in A Data Love Story. Through visualisation and narration, Margaux and Meadhbh tell the story of a romantic relationship through the lens of linguistic data, based on texts shared between Meadhbh and her boyfriend, Eimhin across two fortnight periods.
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AI & Human Creativity
21 December 2021
16
MINS
The Unintended Consequences of People Analytics
Eoin Whelan
In recent years, we have seen various industries turn to data-driven ‘people analytics’ to gain a competitive edge in management and recruitment. Eoin Whelan encourages us to take note of the unintended consequences of these emerging technologies – reminding us that the metrics we form, form us in turn.
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AI & Human Creativity
16 December 2021
17
MINS
Consumers and AI
Prof Geraint Howells
Geraint Howells
shines a light on the complexity of old consumer
protection paradigms
in
the new world of so
f
tware, AI and data. Encouragingly, he sees
solutions
,
and points to the
healthy approach to the regulation of AI
by the EU
.
articles
AI & Human Creativity
16 December 2021
18
MINS
A Different View: Data Visualisation and Engaging Research
David Kelly
David Kelly explains how data visualisation techniques allow researchers to communicate complex data and ideas to researchers, policy makers and the wider public.
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16 December 2021
21
MINS
In Conversation with Digital Artist, Dr. EL Putnam
Dr. EL Putnam, lecturer in Digital Media, NUI Galway
Dr. EL Putnam is an internationally
recognised
digital artist and a lecturer in Digital Media at NUI Galway. EL’s practice discovers new ways of thinking about the relationship between the body and data; her artworks and performances have travelled to the United States, Europe and beyond. Recent experiments have seen the artist create generative animations using biometric data, such as heart rate and oxygen levels. In this interview, EL shares her thoughts on creativity, education and the materiality of technology.
articles
AI & Human Creativity
16 December 2021
8
MINS
AI Giving New Insights to Microbiologists
Kevin McDonnell
Kevin McDonnell’s Master’s thesis led to a collaboration between Computer Science and Microbiology with immense potential for re-evaluating previous studies and extending the techniques into new areas such as cancer detection.
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