Ireland’s Centre For AI

Who We Are

About CeADAR

We are Ireland’s Centre for AI – a not-for-profit centre of innovation and applied R&D in AI, Machine Learning and Data Analytics. We work with a range of organisations, including startups and scaleups, established businesses, government and public sector, research and academia to enable them adopt and leverage the value of AI and machine learning.

The centre sits as the bridge between the worlds of applied research in AI and its commercial deployment. CeADAR was established in 2013 and is based within University College Dublin but with national and international reach. We are funded by Enterprise Ireland and the IDA.

Our Expertise

CeADAR’s technical staff includes a blend of both AI and data scientists with academic and industry backgrounds. Our team has the unique combination of strong academic credentials, research experience, deep knowledge of their specialities, along with the experience of developing applied solutions.

Industry Experience

AI is applicable and incredibly valuable across all industry sectors and we are fortunate to work across multiple industry verticals including manufacturing, financial services, energy, agriculture, legal, health, logistics, the arts and media. We have an extensive ecosystem and network of companies, technology centres and academic bodies across Ireland and Europe that we work with and support.

Our Board

CeADAR is led by a Industry Steering Board, whose role is to support the Centre Directors in determining the overall vision and strategic direction for the organisation. The executive management team comprises the Centre Directors, senior staff members and PIs, who are responsible for the operation of the centre and it’s suite of active projects.

Bronagh Riordan

Bronagh Riordan

Chair, Head of Data & Analytics, Primark

Aidan Connolly

Aidan Connolly

CEO, Idiro Analytics

Anne Marie Tierney Le-Roux

Anne Marie Tierney Le-Roux

Head of Department, Technology & Emerging Business, IDA Ireland

John Byrne

John Byrne

CEO of Corlytics

Noelle Doody

Noelle Doody

Managing Director at Accenture

Jean Carberry

Jean Carberry

Assistant Secretary, Dept Enterprise Trade & Employment

Simon Faulkner

Simon Faulkner

Senior Programme Manager, Enterprise Ireland

Gurchand Singh

Gurchand Singh

Chief Information Officer for the Department of Justice

Declan McEvoy

Declan McEvoy

CEO at Nazaré Point

John O'Gorman

John O'Gorman

Principal Technology Officer with S3 Connected Health

Declan McGee

Declan McGee

Technology Centres Programme Manager with Enterprise Ireland

Tom Flanagan

Tom Flanagan

Director of Enterprise and Commercialisation, NovaUCD

Directors

Dr John Lonsdale

Dr John Lonsdale

CEO

Dr Ricardo Simon Carbajo

Dr Ricardo Simon Carbajo

Director of Innovation and Development

Principal Investigators

Ricardo Simon Carbajo

Ricardo Simon Carbajo

Head of Innovation and Development Group

Arsalan Shahid

Arsalan Shahid

Head of CeADAR Connect Group

Quan Le

Quan Le

Applied Research Group

Alireza Dehghani

Alireza Dehghani

Applied Research Group & Lighthouse Project Lead

Corrado Grappiolo

Corrado Grappiolo

Applied Research Group

Adrian Byrne

Adrian Byrne

Senior Research Data Scientist Trustworthy AI

Data Scientists

Aditya Grover

Aditya Grover

Senior Data Scientist

Andres Suarez-Cetrulo

Andres Suarez-Cetrulo

Data Science Architect

Saad Shahid

Saad Shahid

Senior Data Scientist

Pankaj Badatia

Pankaj Badatia

Data Scientist

Rajnish Rakholia

Rajnish Rakholia

Data Scientist

Cristian Bosch Serrano

Cristian Bosch Serrano

Senior Data Scientist

Manokamna Singh

Manokamna Singh

Data Scientist

Hossam Zawbaa

Hossam Zawbaa

Marie Curie Research Fellow

Romila Ghosh

Romila Ghosh

Data Scientist

Krithika Sharon

Krithika Sharon

Data Scientist

Julia Palma

Julia Palma

Research Programme Manager

Sebastian Cajas

Sebastian Cajas

Data Scientist

Vikas Ojha

Vikas Ojha

Data Scientist

Fatma Hachani

Fatma Hachani

Research Project Co-Ordinator

Polat Goktas

Polat Goktas

Marie Curie Research Fellow

Hristo Stoev

Hristo Stoev

Data Scientist

Aafaq Khan

Aafaq Khan

Data Scientist

Venkatesh B. Parthasarathy

Venkatesh B. Parthasarathy

Data Scientist

Bhawna Singh

Bhawna Singh

Data Scientist

Yilin Li

Yilin Li

Data Scientist

Saman Cooray

Saman Cooray

Senior Data Scientist

Hanene Jemoui

Hanene Jemoui

Software Engineer

Jaydeep Samanta

Jaydeep Samanta

Data Scientist

Athsham Zafar

Athsham Zafar

Data Scientist

Anwesha Mohanty

Anwesha Mohanty

Data Science Coach

Duong Cao Phan

Duong Cao Phan

Research Scientist

Omid Memarian Sorkhabi

Omid Memarian Sorkhabi

Post Doc Research Fellow

Abiodun Abdullahi Solanke

Abiodun Abdullahi Solanke

Data Scientist

Junke Xu

Junke Xu

Data Scientist

Veeresh Gurusiddappa

Veeresh Gurusiddappa

Data Scientist

Eric Arazo

Eric Arazo

Data Scientist

Yibrah Gebreyesus

Yibrah Gebreyesus

Data Scientist

Roopesh Bharatwaj Keetavarampaliam Ramesh

Roopesh Bharatwaj Keetavarampaliam Ramesh

EDIH Senior Data Scientist

Alperen Yilmaz

Alperen Yilmaz

EDIH Data Scientist

Harshith Shankar TR

Harshith Shankar TR

EDIH Data Scientist

Manoj Kumar

Manoj Kumar

EDIH Data Scientist

Rishabh Arora

Rishabh Arora

EDIH Data Scientist

Divya Ramakrishnan

Divya Ramakrishnan

EDIH Data Scientist

Operations Team

Erin Finnerty

Erin Finnerty

Centre Operations Manager

Laura Plunkett

Laura Plunkett

EDIH Programme Manager

Sara Stevenson

Sara Stevenson

Engagement Lead

Nathalie Norton

Nathalie Norton

Marketing Lead

Yvonne Dillon

Yvonne Dillon

Work Ready Graduate Programme Manager

Tricia Logan

Tricia Logan

Research Accounts