Lecture by the Engineering and Computer Science Speaker 2016-2017, Dr Brian MacNamee, University College Dublin The aim of the series is to promote topical issues relating to these disciplines to a wide audience. This year the topic was 'Show me your data, and I'll tell you who you are: an exploration of data-driven prediction. Dr Brian MacNamee delivered the lecture in Dublin, Galway, Derry and Cork. Over 300 people attended the lectures. The lecture focused on the ways in which we generate data through our interactions with Wi-Fi enabled devices, and how this data can be utilised by third parties to predict our behaviours and preferences. Brian is a lecturer in the School of Computer Science in UCD, a principal researcher at the Insight Centre for Data Analytics, and a funded researcher at the Centre for Applied Data Analytics Research.

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