A new report published by Matrix suggests that with the correct investment, Artificial Intelligence (AI) can help Northern Ireland businesses into economic recovery. Read the full report Read the executive summary Chaired by Dr Adrian Johnston MBE, this study builds on the 2019 Matrix report “AI Research in Northern Ireland” [...]
The NHS AI Lab Skunkworks is looking to find, fund and resource the most promising AI experimentation in the health and care ecosystem. Giuseppe Sollazzo, Head of NHS AI Lab’s Skunkworks, urges NHS and HSC colleagues to consider their workplace problems and apply to pitch them in a Dragon’s Den-style [...]
The second annual AI CON is open for registration and the programme is now live and available to view online now. This year’s event will take place virtually on Thursday 3rd & Friday 4th December and will be broadcast live from the AI CON studio in Belfast. We will bring [...]
Liopa has successfully achieved funding from Innovate UK in its “Funding Competition for Business-led Innovation in Response to Global Disruption.” The financial award is part of a £40m package from the UK government to bolster technology and research-focused companies who are working to build resilience during the Covid crisis. Liopa [...]
Tech Nation has announced that, not only are applications open for their Fintech 3.0 and Applied AI 2.0 programmes, but that they are launching a brand new programme for companies that help reduce the emission of greenhouse gases to Net Zero by 2050. With the aim to help scale UK [...]
The inaugural AICON will take place on Thursday 28th November in The Europa Hotel, Belfast. This event will bring together world-leading technology professionals and business leaders to examine how AI is changing our world. Matrix will be there to launch our new report, Artificial Intelligence Research in Northern Ireland, which [...]
The Department of Finance has opened a £30,000 Innovation and Outreach Fund to encourage the use of open data. Awards of between £300 and up to £5,000 are available to fund the development of apps or other interactive visualisations that make innovative use of data on the Open Data NI [...]
Our latest report suggests that the right components are in place to establish an Artificial Intelligence Centre of Excellence in Northern Ireland. Working with The Alan Turing Institute, the UK’s National Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, Matrix commissioned a report in December 2018. Entitled “Artificial Intelligence Research in [...]
The UK Government has published its Innovation Strategy for using new technologies in public services, with an emphasis on building skills, providing the environment for experimentation and better harnessing data. The Government Technology and Innovation Strategy was launched by Minister for Implementation Oliver Dowden and published alongside new guidance on [...]
Belfast AI spin out LIOPA has secured Innovate UK Funding, along with partners Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Queen’s University of Belfast. They will deploy a communications aid for tracheostomy patients, aimed at improving patient engagement and autonomy. Liopa, a spin out of the Centre for Secure Information [...]