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    • Work With Us
    • Senior Leadership
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Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

At Insight, we have over 450 members with a diversity of skills, abilities, ethnicities, genders, sexualities, responsibilities and resources. Our strength lies in our diversity.

We know, however, that the tech sector globally has a diversity problem and there are still too many structural constraints, both obvious and hidden, that result in uneven representation in our sector and in our Centre.  These constraints lock out skills and perspectives and limit our potential to realise our research mission.

With this in mind we have established an EDI committee within Insight to examine how we can identify and eliminate structural constraints in our sector and in our Centre through research, dialogue and targeted action. We have developed an EDI Action Plan to guide activities.

EDI Action Plan

Insight EDI Committee

 

The Insight EDI Committee is in place to promote and bring awareness and guidance to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion within our Centre.

Our members are committed to four priority areas;

  1. Recruitment and Retention
  2. Inclusive Research
  3. Training and Development
  4. Community and Culture

1. Recruitment and Retention Team

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Diego Garaialde

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Carmen Martin

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Dr. Luciana Herda

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2. Inclusive Research Team

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Dr. Bharathi Raja Chakravarthi

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Prof Suzanne Little

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Dr. Julia Dietlmeier

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Dr. Ali Intizar

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Thompson Gyedu Kwarkye

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3. Training and Development Team

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Ms. Siobhán O’Neill

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Dr. Jaime Fernandez

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Megan Griffin

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Dr. Naadiya Carrim

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Dr Kata Szita

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4. Community and Culture Team

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Cheryl Nolan

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Long Pham

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Louise Holden

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Dr. Chrys Ngwa

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Targeted EDI Action at Insight

Across the four Insight partner sites of DCU, UCC, UCD and NUI Galway, there is a wide range of activities targeted at diversifying our campuses and fostering inclusion and equality at all levels. Programmes such as Athena Swan accreditation provide Insight members with the opportunity to contribute to EDI development on the ground in our partner universities.

At the level of our Centre, we are increasingly providing platforms for the development of EDI measures to support our members and examine our recruitment processes. The work of EDI Committee will see more opportunities for Insight members to examine and tackle obstacles to equality, diversity and inclusion in AI research. Here are some examples of Insight EDI activities at the Centre:

Insight Diversity Communications Campaign: International Women’s Day 2023

Feminist AI and Data Feminism – Event

Neurodiversity and Postgraduate Employment – Event

EDI Research at Insight

The AI research community has a responsibility to ensure that we do not contribute to AI systems that reinforce inequality and exclusion. At Insight we are concerned with how data science research serves communities beyond our Centre and our sector. See below for some examples of Insight research that is focused on producing more inclusive AI systems.

Cardamom – Comparative Deep Models for Minority and Historical Languages

Crowd4Access – Mapping the Accessibility of our Cities and Towns

Moving Well Being Well – A nationwide AI-supported physical literacy programme for primary schools

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