Full Name: Ray Walshe
Job title: Assistant Professor at DCU, Director of the European Observatory for ICT Standards (EUOS)
Organisation Name: Dublin CIty University (DCU)
Country: Ireland
Short bio
Ray is a Senior Researcher and Lecturer in the Faculty of Engineering and Computing at Dublin City University (DCU), IRELAND. He began his career in the industry as a software engineer, software consultant, and project manager with LM Ericsson, Software and Systems Engineering Limited, and Siemens. Joining the lecturing staff in the School of Computing DCU in 1995 he delivers AI, IoT, and Data Governance modules on Undergraduate, Masters, and Ph.D. Programmes and is Chair of the Graduate Diploma in Web Technologies degree. Ray is Chair of the Big Data Value Association Standards Task Force, Chair of Network Development @ Gender Responsive Standards at the United Nations Economic Committee for Europe, and Chair of the External Advisory Board of Horizon 2020 Project StandICT.eu, Research Partner in StandICT2023.eu and Co-Lead on ELITE-S Fellowship Programme for Emerging Technologies Standardization (Elite-Fellowships.eu). Ray has been a Digital Leader with World Economic Forum since 2016 and was appointed to the IEEE European Public Policy Committee on ICT in 2019 and is currently the AI WG Lead for IEEE EPPC. Ray was also appointed in 2020 to the OECD Network of Experts (ONE AI).