Top Irish innovators have been recognised at the third annual AI Awards, with STATSports, Fire1, ACI Worldwide and Infant Research Centre among this year's winners. The awards are designed to support the development of data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence (AI) in Ireland, recognising how AI can be used ethically to help solve some of the biggest business, academic, environmental and health challenges facing our society today. University College Cork's Infant Centre, which uses deep learning to detect neonatal seizures, won an award for the best application of AI in an academic research body, beating competition from shortlisted entries Maynooth University for Terrain AI, and Tyndall National Institute for Wearable AI.It is the third time the centre has won the award. ACI Worldwide was named best application of AI in a Large Enterprise for its development of a patented technology to transform fraud prevention in the payment solutions sector. Also shortlisted in the category was Bank of Ireland, Zalando and Shutterstock.

Third Annual Awards Celebrate Irish AI Innovation across diverse sectors The 2021 AI Awards winners are: ACI Worldwide for the best application of AI in a Large Enterprise Terrain AI wins for the Best Application of AI to achieve Social Good INFANT Research Centre wins for a third year for Best Application of AI in an Academic Research Body Webio wins the award for Best Use of AI in a Consumer/Customer Service Application EdgeTier snaps the Best Application of AI in a Start-up award FIRE1 wins the Intelligent Automation – Best Use of RPA & Cognitive award STATSports recognised for Best Use of AI in Sector Eoin Kenny, University College Dublin wins the Best Application of AI in a Student Project award Dublin 25th November 2021: STATSports, FIRE1, ACI Worldwide, and INFANT Research Centre are amongst the top Irish AI innovators recognised by AI Ireland at the third annual AI Awards ceremony, sponsored by Microsoft...

Researchers, start-ups and multinationals have been named among the winners of this year's AI Awards. Now in its second year, the AI Awards are run by AI Ireland, a non-profit business with backing from Microsoft Ireland and Alldus International. The organisation runs a number of community websites and monthly meetups supporting the area of data science, machine learning and AI in Ireland. Seven awards were handed out as part of the event today (20 November), with those shortlisted coming from academia, start-ups, SMEs and multinationals. The first of these awards was for the use of AI in a sector, with the winner named as speech recognition start-up SoapBox Labs.

Dublin, 20th November 2019: Mastercard Labs, SAP, SoapBox Labs, INFANT Research were honoured at the AI Awards 2019 ceremony. The awards will also be further supported by the IDA Ireland, Alldus, ISG, McKesson, Mazars, Mason Hayes Curran, the ADAPT Centre and GeoDirectory. Founded in 2018, the AI Awards are part of AI Ireland, a Not for Profit Business which runs a number of community websites and monthly meetups supporting the area of Data Science, Machine learning and Artificial Intelligence in Ireland. SoapBox's plug and play API makes it easy for businesses to voice enable their products. Its near real time assessment capabilities ensure that the products it powers are more engaging, more useful, and more valuable to teachers, parents and the children themselves.

Dublin, 20th November 2019: Mastercard Labs, SAP, SoapBox Labs, INFANT Research were honoured at the AI Awards 2019 ceremony. The awards will also be further supported by the IDA Ireland, Alldus, ISG, McKesson, Mazars, Mason Hayes Curran, the ADAPT Centre and GeoDirectory. Founded in 2018, the AI Awards are part of AI Ireland, a Not for Profit Business which runs a number of community websites and monthly meetups supporting the area of Data Science, Machine learning and Artificial Intelligence in Ireland. SoapBox's plug and play API makes it easy for businesses to voice enable their products. Its near real time assessment capabilities ensure that the products it powers are more engaging, more useful, and more valuable to teachers, parents and the children themselves.

Today, AI Ireland received a record 50% increase in entries in its second year, showcasing innovation in Artificial Intelligence across healthcare, finance, customer service, communications, and academia. The second AI Awards 2019 will be presented at the Gibson Hotel on Wednesday 20th November. These Awards, which are part of the not-for-profit organisation AI Ireland, support the growth and development of Data Science, Machine learning, and Artificial Intelligence in Ireland. This year also saw the introduction of a new category for Intelligent Automation-Best Use of RPA (Robotic Process Automation) to reflect the rapidly growing sector within AI in the Irish market. "The increase in nominations shows the Irish AI sector is innovating with potentially game changing outcomes for organisations and society," said Mark Kelly, Chief Customer Officer at Alldus & Founder of AI Ireland.

WorkFusion, the leading AI-powered process automation provider, was awarded top honors in robotic process automation (RPA) and artificial intelligence (AI) by two independent panels of industry judges. Judges of the third annual AIconics selected WorkFusion as offering the Best Innovation in RPA from a shortlist that included three of the largest RPA providers. TechXLR8 Asia judges recognized WorkFusion for the Best Application of AI in Financial Services for helping 25% of the biggest U.S. banks, three of the top 10 insurance companies, and half of the top 10 global financial data providers to transform operations by integrating AI into a single, cost-effective automation platform for business people. The AIconics Awards preceded the AI Summit in San Francisco, and the TechXLR8 Asia Awards took place during the AI Summit in Singapore, both taking place concurrently September 19 – 20. AIconics judges selected WorkFusion Smart Process Automation (SPA), the company's flagship AI-driven process automation product, for the Best Innovation in RPA award for letting its customers automate complex processes from end-to-end on a single platform with the lowest total cost of ownership of any RPA product.