Join The Data Lab - supported by Barclays Eagle Labs and Opportunity North East - to discuss how AI is shaping the human experience. There would be keynotes from Dr Pascal Ezenkwu & Professor Eyad Elyan both of Robert Gordon University  and Dr. Yaji Sripada, University of Aberdeen and a live stream of the Data Summit event happening simultaneously in Edinburgh. There would also be opportunities for networking and refreshments.

• Networking: 3:00-3:30
• Introductions (DataLab and Barclays Eagle Labs): 3:30- 3:35pm
• Background/KeyNote (Dr Pascal Ezenkwu, RGU): 3:35- 3:45pm
• Real World Applications of AI (Prof. Eyad Elyan, RGU): 3:45 – 4:00pm
• Livestream of Data Summit – Future of Humanity in Space, Katherine Rahill, NASA: 4:00- 4:30pm
• Panel Discussion- Q&A: 4:30- 4: 50pm
• Round Up (Dr Yaji Sripada):  4:50-5:00pm

Dr Pascal Ezenkwu

Dr Pascal Ezenkwu is a lecturer of Business Analytics at the School of Creative and Cultural Business, Robert Gordon University. He also leads the Online Distance Graduate Certificate in Energy Data Management with Business Analytics Course at RGU. Pascal holds a PhD in Engineering, specialising in autonomous artificial intelligence, from the University of Aberdeen. In 2022, he was recognised as a UK Global Talent in AI by the Royal Academy of Engineering. Over the years, He has gained practical experience through several interdisciplinary and industrial research projects. These projects have been successful in the application of AI in businesses.

Prof. Eyad Elyan

Professor Eyad Elyan is a Professor of Machine Learning and Computer Vision at Robert Gordon University. He specialises in Machine Learning, computer vision and data analytics. His research covering the area of machine learning and machine vision has created novel methods to represent and extract knowledge from unstructured and structured data and applying it to solve industrial problems. Eyad is leading the machine vision research group at the School and has attracted funds to support his research from different public funding bodies including Innovate UK, the Data Lab Innovation Centre and Oil and Gas Innovation Centre (OGIC), Historic Environment Scotland and Others.

Dr Yaji Sripada

Dr Yaji Sripada is a Senior Lecturer in Computing Science at the University of Aberdeen (UoA). He is one of the founders of Arria, a company specializing in natural language-based AI technology. His research focuses on automating data science life cycle tasks such as data engineering, reporting to users about fitted models as well as their fairness, accountability, and transparency. He is an inventor on several US patents related to natural language-based AI technology. He is a member of the EPSRC peer review college and is a reviewer for ERC.”