Dumbing Up

TriPod Trinity Research & Innovation Podcast: EPISODE 5: Professor Iris Moeller (Geography Department, Trinity College Dublin) “From the River Elbe to Bull Island” How a chance fishing trip on a German river led to lifetime of research in changing coastal dynamics, flood risks and climate change. The interaction between human society and the dynamic environment. For further details on Professor Moeller’s research,at: www.tcd.ie/Geography/people/staff/irismoeller/

Dr. Kevin Koidl (School of Computer Science & Statistics, Trinity College Dublin) “From Philosophy to Democratising Social Media Systems.” Creating balance and trust. Giving the individual more control over their own social media data. Trinity is one of the key partners working on the EU funded HELIOS project aimed at creating a decentralised social media framework, see: http://helios-social.eu/blog/

EPISODE 3: Kieran Fraser, PhD candidate (The ADAPT Centre, Computer Science, Trinity College Dublin) “The Racoon and the White Hat Hackers!” Pinged once too often today? The start-up Empushy aims to add a layer of empathy to push-notifications to help maximise engagement while protecting the end user. For more information see: www.empushy.com

EPISODE 2: Dr. Nicola Baker (Computer Science, Trinity College Dublin) “Making Clinical Drugs Safer through use of AI”. Protecting the patient through linking Pharmacovigilance with Computer Science. Using artificial intelligence to search medical literature, practice, and real world data around the safety of clinical drug use. See: www.biologit.com