February 2022

January 2022

UKRI to fund further Turing AI World-Leading Researcher Fellows

2022-01-26T13:34:20+00:00January 26th, 2022|AI|

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) will shortly announce funding opportunities for new Turing Artificial Intelligence (AI) World-Leading Researcher Fellows. This further investment to double the number of Turing AI World-Leading Researcher Fellows was announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak following the success of the first five fellows announced last year. These prestigious [...]

December 2021

First UU ISRC Autumn School supported by local industry and global academia

2021-12-15T09:46:34+00:00December 15th, 2021|AI|

As the region works towards the Derry & Strabane City Deal which will see Derry - Londonderry becoming a Hub for AI and Data Analytics, academic and industry researchers gathered (virtually and in person) at the Intelligent Systems Research Centre (ISRC) at Ulster University’s Magee campus this Autumn for the first ever ‘ISRC-CN3 Autumn School’. [...]

November 2021

Matrix to partner AICon 2021

2021-12-02T11:07:28+00:00November 23rd, 2021|AI, MATRIX partner|

Matrix, the Northern Ireland Science Industry Panel is to partner AICon 2021, the ground-breaking artificial intelligence conference which is returning to Belfast for a hybrid event on Friday 3 December. Taking place at Titanic Belfast, the conference has been curated by Matrix Panel member and Kainos’ Director of Innovation Tom [...]

September 2021

EPSRC Open Call for Fintech NetworkPlus

2021-09-15T17:25:34+01:00September 15th, 2021|AI, Innovation|

EPSRC is funding the creation of a high quality NetworkPlus to underpin new academic and business partnerships within the financial services sector. A total fund of £2.5m is available. Read the full competition announcement The following financial services sectors will be eligible: FinTech regulatory technology (RegTech) insurance regulation accounting business [...]

February 2021

New Matrix report suggests AI could help boost NI recovery

2021-02-02T09:12:22+00:00February 2nd, 2021|AI|

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” [...]

November 2020

AI CON 2020 is open for registration

2020-11-13T13:31:47+00:00November 13th, 2020|AI|

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 [...]

August 2020

Belfast AI company Liopa receives Innovate UK funding

2020-08-11T14:39:53+01:00August 11th, 2020|AI|

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 [...]

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