More than 200 industry leaders and specialists gathered at the Aviva Stadium yesterday for the inaugural DatSci Awards 2016. The event which was spearheaded by Next Generation Recruitment in association with CeADAR (the National Centre for Applied Data Analytics Research), celebrated the wealth of talent in the data science sector in Ireland.
Twenty-one finalists were recognised for their contributions to the field of Data Science and technology. Many of those celebrated are the emerging talent within the data science community, along with progressively thinking organisations and Data Scientists within Ireland.
Co-founder of the DatSci Awards and Director of CeADAR Edward McDonnell explained: “So many companies are centering their global analytics centres of excellence here because of this wealth of talent and expertise and this event celebrates this bright future for the industry.”
Head of Data Science Recruitment at Next Generation Laura Kennedy said: “Until recently the value of data has not been recognised. However, businesses big and small are now moving into a digital age by harvesting this data and incorporating it into their decision making throughout their business. The DatSci Awards, we believe, will be one of the building blocks for Ireland to become the European Data Science Hub.”
Full list of winners:
Data scientist of the year (Sponsored by Optum): Dave Sheehan, AIB
Student of the year (Sponsored by Deutsche Bank): Kevin Brosnan, University of Limerick
Team of the year for academic research (Sponsored by Dun & Bradstreet): CeADAR
Multinational company of the year (Sponsored by Accenture Digital): Pramerica
Indigenous Irish company of the year (Sponsored by Pegasus): Corvil
Best start-up of the year (Sponsored by CarTrawler): Kinesis Health Technologies
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