We are an interdisciplinary team of researchers motivated by Artificial Intelligence and Complex Adaptive Systems, who are based in the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, operating at the intersections of disciplines including Business, Analytics, Computer Science, Statistics & Mathematics, and Biology.
Today the UCD NCRA celebrates it’s 20th anniversary. It was founded on 1st January 2006 by Prof Anthony Brabazon and Prof Michael O’Neill when Michael joined the faculty at UCD. There will be a number of activities to mark this anniversary over the course of 2026. First up will be Prof Franz Rothlauf who will …
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Our group was well represented at GECCO in Malaga this July. Miguel organised the Summer School, and we had two papers published (double-blind peer review) by our PhD students Jiajun and Zhiang both reporting on research undertaken as part of the Research Ireland funded RegFrAIMs project. Jiajun presented “On the use of Hinge Loss as …
Dr Mark Connor organised and Chaired the inaugural UCD Smurfit Sports Analytics Conference, which was held in the UCD Smurfit School on 9th July 2025. An exciting programme included two keynotes, two panels (AI in Sport, and Digital Transformation in Sport), and set of lightening research talks. The keynote speakers were Dr Kevin de Keizer, …
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