Mr Bill Emerson

Biography

I am a lecturer/researcher with the Business Information Systems department. My areas of interest include data science, analytics, augmented reality and AI. I have significant industry expertise in financial services and education. My areas of technical expertise include software development with Java, Python and C, mobile development with Android, Ontologies and Semantic Web Technologies. I also work extensively with data science tools including R, Juypter notebooks, the Python/R data science tools available.

After working for many years as a computer programmer and software architect in London and Cork, I initially joined a small team in UCC working on a software project for the United Nations Population Fund and then worked on  larger  project for the Department of Marine and Natural Resources, developing a complex knowledge management system.

After joining UCC as a lecturer, I have worked on a number of different projects, in the areas of Compliance and Regulation in FInancial Markets and the application of AI to data-based problems.

I am currently engaged with a research group looking at 'Fake News' and the rise of citizen jounalism