
Alan Smeaton
Dublin City University
Alan Smeaton is Professor of Computing at Dublin City University and one of the Founding Directors of the Insight Centre for Data Analytics at DCU, the largest non-capital investment in research in Ireland. He is a former member of the Board of the Irish Research Council and a member of the inaugural Scientific Committee of COST | Cooperation in Science and Technology. Alan is a member of the Royal Irish Academy and winner of the Academy’s Gold Medal in Engineering Sciences, an award given once every three years.