DatSci Awards 2018
7th September 2018
The awards, hosted by Next Generation and title sponsor Deloitte, in association with CeADAR, have seen a huge uplift in interest and applications have had steep competition. Due to demand, a new category Data Science Technology Innovation of the Year, was announced and for the first time, the DatSci Awards were open to European entries.
The DatSci Awards were created in an effort to celebrate the very best of Data Science talent in Ireland as well as to bring the Irish and International Data Science Community closer together.
The finalists have been announced as follows:
DATA SCIENTIST OF THE YEAR sponsored by Deloitte Ireland
- Brendan Doherty | Pramerica
- Humberto Corona | Zalando Ireland Ltd
- John Doyle | Deutsche Bank
- Michael Phelan | DePuy Synthes
- Mohammad Karzand | Optum
BEST USE OF DATA SCIENCE IN A LARGE COMPANY
- Accenture The Dock
- AIB
- Genesys
- Pramerica Systems
BEST USE OF DATA SCIENCE IN AN SME sponsored by Enterprise Ireland
- Core Data
- Genomics Medicine Ireland
- com
- Scully Analytics
BEST OF USE OF DATA SCIENCE IN A STARTUP sponsored by AIB
- EdgeTier
- Popertee Ltd
- TVadSync
BEST USE OF DATA SCIENCE IN A PUBLIC SECTOR BODY
- Central Bank of Ireland
- Chorus Intelligence
- Pobal
BEST USE OF DATA TO ACHIEVE SOCIAL IMPACT sponsored by Deutsche Bank
- Accenture
- DataKind UK
- Deloitte UK
- National Biodiversity Data Centre
- Transparent Referendum Initiative
BEST CONTRIBUTION TO DATA SCIENCE – ACADEMIC RESEARCH BODY sponsored by First Data
- ADAPT Centre, Dublin City University
- ADAPT Centre,Trinity College Dublin
- CeADAR, University College Dublin
- Lero | Irish Software Research Centre, NUI Galway
- Prolego Scientific, University College Dublin
AWARD FOR BEST DATA SCIENCE STUDENT OF THE YEAR sponsored by Pramerica
- Gary White |Trinity College Dublin
- Dixon Vimalajeewa | Waterford Institute of Technology
- Luke Kelly | NUI Galway
- Santhosh Parampottupadam | National College of Ireland
DATA SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION OF THE YEAR sponsored by Three Ireland
- Accenture
- Accenture The Dock
- AIB Analytics Factory
- Kitman Labs
- Nokia Bell Labs
The finalists will now present to a panel of 24 judges on July 26th. One winner will be chosen per category and will be announced during the ceremony on September 7th to be held in Croke Park, Dublin.
