AI and Data
With the largest concentration of researchers in AI and data science and the most powerful infrastructure for AI compute, UCD is Ireland's leading university for fundamental and applied AI, computational and intelligence-based research and innovation.
Advanced UCD Research in AI
With 50-times the performance capability compared to UCD's existing HPC cluster, the university's AURA project leads tell all about UCD's new AI supercomputer, in an exclusive interview with Silicon Republic.
The new Nvidia supercomputer will accelerate AI-powered research on the campus and allow students from across fields to access the high-end technology. Called Advanced UCD Research in Artificial Intelligence (AURA), the supercomputer project – representing the single biggest investment in AI supercomputing by the university – is funded through the Higher Education Research Equipment Grant.
AI: Powering new discoveries
Major centres and progammes
Every line of data is a person
It's a startling statistic, that every 60 seconds a mother or baby dies as a result of the pregnancy complication known as preeclampsia. Prof Patricia Maguire and her team are working to save those lives through a revolutionary risk stratification tool called AI PREMie, a solution thatassists clinical decision making in real-time, enabling more accurate, earlier diagnosis and personalised treatment that will save lives.
The transdisciplinary team behind AI PREMie, drawsupon cutting-edge biomedical, clinical and machine-learning expertise including consultant haematologist and Full Clinical Professor Fionnuala Ní Áinle, UCD School of Medicine, and consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist Professor Mary Higgins from the National Maternity Hospital, in addition to
biomolecular and biomedical researchers from UCD Conway SPHERE research group and AI experts from UCD School of Computer Science - in partnership with Microsoft and SAS.
AI PREMie is currently being piloted in the three main maternity hospitals in Ireland, capturing 50% of all Irish births (National Maternity Hospital, Rotunda Hospital and Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital). The project was ranked by IRCAI-UNESCO among the Top 100 AI Solutions for Sustainable Development. (opens in a new window)Learn more.
UCD Clinical Research Centre: Vision for a data-driven future
UCD Clinical Research Centre (UCD CRC) has ambitious plans to transform the Irish healthcare landscape through data innovation. Under the direction of Prof Peter Doran, the centre is pioneering an innovative, data-centric strategy focused on building a secure, ethical, and scalable digital infrastructure to accelerate the development and deployment of novel AI solutions.
Under its strategy to 2030 launched this year, this initiative aims to provide a strong data foundation to drive the transformation of clinical practice, advance medical knowledge and enhance patient outcomes, establishing UCD CRC as a trusted partner.