Insight SFI Centre For Data Analytics

Insight Centre for Data Analytics is the largest of the 12 Science Foundation Ireland research centres. With over 400 researchers, 40 partners in industry and in excess of €88 million of funding, Insight is one of the biggest centres for data analytics in Europe We live in a data rich world, where almost everything we do results in a data record being created and stored somewhere. Our vision is to create a healthier, safer, more productive world by empowering a data-driven society to enable better decisions by individuals, communities, business and governments. The Insight Centre for Data Analytics was created to realise this vision. At Insight we combine the skills of leading researchers with cutting-edge technologies from diverse research areas. We work closely with industry partners to develop next-generation data acquisition and analytics solutions for important and diverse application areas. Our key areas of priority research include: The Semantic Web, Sensors and the Sensor Web, Social network analysis, Decision Support and Optimization Connected Health. Insight has a critical mass of research competence and is an international beacon for the science and application of Big Data Analytics. The Insight Centre is designed to provide a national ICT research platform for Ireland based on world-class targeted research programmes. The centre opened on July 1st 2013 and has received funding in excess of €88m, from SFI and Industry sources, for research programmes spanning the next six years.