Donnacha Daly

Donnacha Daly is a Professor of Artificial Intelligence at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, leading the Bachelor's Program in Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning. He co-founded The Applied AI Center and industry ventures like Gopf AG and LAC2 AI-Hub Luzern.

His research focuses on AI applications in healthcare, natural language processing, and machine learning. Notable projects include 'Skin-App: Medical Severity Grading of Hand Eczema by Automated Image Analysis' and 'FoodTaxo: Generating Food Taxonomies with Large Language Models.'

Publications highlight advancements in diagnosis prediction using EHR data and generative models for food taxonomy creation. He received the ABIZ Team Achievement award for pioneering an AI-generated beer recipe.

Advisory roles include program leadership and industry collaborations through his co-founded entities. His work bridges academic research with practical industry applications in AI and data science.