DCU teams up with AIB to appoint Ireland's first chair in data analytics

Dublin City University has teamed up with AIB to appoint the Ireland's first chair in data analytics, with Professor Tomas Ward taking up the role. Based in DCU's School of Computing, Prof Ward's research will focus on how data analytics can support decision making in business, and give insight into customer behaviour. "One area I will be exploring is how consumer attitudes to risk taking inform financial decision making," Prof Ward said. "I am also interested in investigating how we can improve decision making in industries from banking to healthcare by making the results of advanced machine learning algorithms and artificial intelligence more understandable to the employees who make decisions based on these insights." Prof Ward is joining DCU from Maynooth University.