UCC professor appointed to board of global group for artificial intelligence

A Cork-based professor has become the first Irishman to be elected to the board of the main global body for artificial intelligence.

Prof Barry O’Sullivan, who is director of the Insight Centre for Data Analytics in University College Cork, has been elected as deputy president of the European Association for Artificial Intelligence.

The organisation has more than 4,500 members across over 30 countries, having been established in 1982.