Innovation UnderCover had an invigorating chat with Dr.Donnacha Daly, Head of AI & Machine Learning Studies at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences & Arts. His program is a trailblazer for Europe, where the students finish their Bachelor's degree after a project with an assigned industry partner. In HSLU, there is a keen focus on nurturing and educating Switzerland´s young talents in the six central Swiss cantons in an applied and practical set up.
Throw spaghetti at the wall and see what sticks! Dr.Donnacha Daly, Head of AI & Machine Learning Studies at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences & Arts, talks to Renu & Michael about his motto around driving innovation.
Dr. Daly, in this episode, details his experiences in Artificial Intelligence as he spent his early years in Ireland studying the topic. He then moves onto discussing his various roles in corporate Switzerland, his hiring mantras, intense focus on teams as central to innovation. He offers a deep perspective on the two different learning systems in Switzerland and how they matter for driving a culture of change.
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