The AI and ML Competency Centre is now rooted within Oxford e-Research Centre (OeRC), a multidisciplinary data science research and education institute, part of the Department of Engineering Science.
We are delighted to welcome the AI and ML Competency Centre in Engineering. Their focus on embedding capability, collaborating and supporting all parts of the University also sits well with our OeRC mission.
says Prof Susanna-Assunta Sansone, OeRC Director, Data Readiness Group leader, and Academic Lead for Research Culture (Research Practice).
Following the successful embedding of the Cloud Computing for Research Competency Centre in the Nuffield Department of Medicine, the AI and ML Centre sought the opportunity to also be based close to the most relevant research and academic community to maximise their impact, as well as create synergies and foster collaborations. The decision to root the AI and ML Competency Centre to the OeRC is not just because of the strong relevance to Information Engineering, but it is also timely and strategic. Along with Prof. Sansone, OeRC academics Prof. de Roure and Prof. Armour serves in key roles in the new University’s Digital Governance and Delivery structure, and on committees that tackle aspects of AI, such as technologies and research practice, requiring collaboration with AI and ML Competency Centre’s activities.
Alwyn Collinson, Head of the AI and ML Competency Centre, said:
Our team here at the centre are excited to have moved to the OeRC and are looking forward to collaborating more closely with the Department of Engineering Science; not only to discuss AI deployment needs, but also to tap into the wealth of expertise housed within the department. Having a new dedicated space will allow us to expand upon our training activities at a time when AI has become available to the entire University.
