Dr Umair ul Hassan is Assistant Professor of Business Analytics & Society in the J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics at the University of Galway. Previously, he has worked as Assistant Professor at the Maynooth University and Research Fellow at the University of Galway. Umair’s research focuses on design, development, and study of information systems, that use tools, techniques and technologies from research areas such as collective computing, artificial intelligence, data management, and semantic web, to solve interesting business problems and to address societal challenges. He has worked on several research and innovation projects funded by the European Commission, Enterprise Ireland, and Science Foundation Ireland, including but not limited to Big Data Value Ecosystem (BDVe), Digital Support Infrastructure for Citizens in the Repair Economy (SHAREPAIR), Transforming Transport (TT), and ICT for Water Resource Management (Waternomics).
Research Focus and Applications
• Assistant Professor of Business Analytics & Society at University of Galway
• Programme Director for MSc (Information Systems Management)
• Research areas: Human-AI Collaboration, Data-centric AI, Data Spaces, Collective Computing, Information Systems, Semantic Web
• Led and contributed to several research and innovation projects funded by European Commission, Science Foundation Ireland, and Enterprise Ireland
• Industry collaborations with Siemens, ATOS, SAP, Schneider Electric, Trilateral Research
• Publications in top-tier journals and conferences in areas of Artificial Intelligence, Knowledge Management, Information Systems, Semantic Web, and Natural Language Processing
