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Donnacha Daly - Head of Bachelor Program in Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning | Member of Algorithmic Business (ABIZ) Research Team Donnacha Daly - Head of Bachelor Program in Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning | Member of Algorithmic Business (ABIZ) Research Team

Head of the Bachelor's Program in Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

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Head of the Bachelor's Program in Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

Education

2021: Certificate in Didactics for Higher Education, HSLU
2003: Ph.D. in Signal Processing at University College Dublin, National University of Ireland (with Prof. Tony Fagan and Prof. Conor Heneghan)
2001: Socrates Program for Postgraduate Studies at ÉPFL Switzerland (with Prof. Martin Vetterli)
1999: Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering, University College Dublin, National University of Ireland

Professional Background

2020 to date: Lecturing and Research at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, School of Information Technology, Switzerland
2015-2019: Vice President of Business Innovation (Global) at Landis+Gyr in Zug, Switzerland
2013-2015: Senior Researcher at the Chair of Entrepreneurial Risks, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
2010-2013: Head of the Energy & Commodities Practice at swissQuant Group AG in Zurich, Switzerland
2009-2010: Head of Research and Development at Sebastian Müller AG in Rickenbach (LU), Switzerland
2006-2009: Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Xerenet Ltd. in Cork, Ireland
2003-2006: Lead System Architect at Advanced Communications Networks SA in Neuchâtel, Switzerland
1998-2001: R&D Consultant at Massana Ltd. in Dublin, Ireland

Professional Competencies

Technology: signal processing, algorithms, data-science, machine learning, optimization, statistics, analytics, silicon chip design, high-speed digital communications, complex systems, modelling and simulation, Linux, Matlab
Business: entrepreneurship, innovation management, competitive strategy, business development, corporate development, M&A, partnering, joint ventures, start-ups, portfolio management, product management, market research, business intelligence, project management, capital markets, recruiting and talent management, R&D programs
Industry: financial services, utilities and power grids, commodities, semi-conductors, telecommunications, logistics, management consulting, education

Professional Affiliations

IEEE Senior Member: Active in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers since 2001. IEEE is the world's largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity.

Publications

Article, review; peer reviewed (1)
- Wullschleger, Pascal; Lionetti, Simone; Daly, Donnacha; Volpe, Francesca & Caro, Grégoire (2022). Auto-Regressive Self-Attention Models for Diagnosis Prediction on Electronic Health Records. Proceedings of the 2022 IEEE International Conference on Big Data, 1.

Wullschleger, Pascal; Lionetti, Simone; Daly, Donnacha; Volpe, Francesca & Caro, Grégoire (2022). Auto-Regressive Self-Attention Models for Diagnosis Prediction on Electronic Health Records. Proceedings of the 2022 IEEE International Conference on Big Data, 1.

Arnold, Ruedi; Bürli, Andrin; Birbaumer, Mirko; Bravin, Marc; Daly, Donnacha; Kakooee, Reza; Koller, Thomas; Lionetti, Simone; Mazumder, Sita; Mérinat, Tobias; Pfäffli, Daniel; Pouly, Marc; Salzmann, Joel & Wullschleger, Pascal. Member of the Team that crafted the first Beer along an AI generated Recipe. 6. Hochschule Luzern - Informatik.