AIB - Driving Change through Education and Innovation

Video descriptions and transcript

• Brief video description

  This video hightlights Innovate for Ireland's new programme Decard-AI, which will give iScholars innovation and entreprenurial support.

• Extended video description

  This video highlights Innovate for Ireland's goal of positioning Ireland on the global stage over the next decade, with the ambition of attracting thousands of the world's leading researchers.

  The video gives details on innovate for Ireland's new programme, Decarb-AI. This programme will take three intakes of iScholars, having 30 students in total, who will have oppertunities to get innovational and entreprenurial support.

  The video shows PhD students at the Decarb-AI national centre talking about what they want to get out of the programme.

• Video transcript

  [Music playing]

  [Visual: An aerial view of dublin cirty is shown in the background. The Debcarb-AI, AIB and Research Ireland logos appear to the left of the screen. On the right side of the screen the Innovate for Ireland logo appears with text beside it reading: "Innovate for Ireland"]

  [Visual: The camera shows people walking along the street, before transitioning to an aerial view of building and the river Liffey in Dublin. Cut to Dr. Simon Boucher speaking to the camera.]

  [Dr Simon Boucher, CEO, Global InnovatorsIreland (delivering Innovate for Ireland)]
  “Innovate for Ireland will position Ireland on the global stage over the next decade, with the ambition of attracting more than 1,000 of the world's leading researchers.”

  “These are world-class minds, innovators with strong entrepreneurial intent, working across an extraordinary range of disciplines.”

  [Visual: A group of students speaking with each other and working together.]

  “Innovate for Ireland is the only global scholarship program dedicated to the twin themes of innovation and sustainability."

  [Visual: Text appears on screen: "Innovation and Sustainability". The scene changes to show buildings in the background and text appears on screen: "Decarb AI. Supported by AIB and Research Ireland: An Innovate for Ireland Centre]

  “A major milestone in this journey is the launch of Decarb AI, Innovate for Ireland's first national center."

  [Visual: The camera shows Professor Andrew Parnell speaking to the camera. Camera cuts to students walking across the Centre, and aerial views of the Centre.]

  [Professor Andrew Parnell, Principal invesitgator, Decarb-AI National Centre, University College Dublin, Ireland]

  “The Decarb AI program will take three intakes of iScholars, each of which will have 10 students, so 30 students in total.”

  “It's across seven different institutions, with over 60 different academics, and every single project will involve an AI expert, a domain expert who might be in finance or hydrology or another academic area, and we hope all of these projects will involve some kind of commercial output from these students as well.”

  [Visual: The camera shows Professor Andrew Parnell speaking to the camera again, before cutting to multiple shots of students working and spending time around campus, and aerial views of different buildings.]

  “I think the opportunities presented by the Innovate for Ireland program for these iScholars are incredible.”

  “They get innovation and entrepreneurial support. They get this network.”

  “When these iScholars finish their PhDs, they'll be in exactly the right position where they can come together, they can form companies, they can accelerate these startups with really excellent ideas.”

  [Visual: The camera shows PhD student Lainey Ward speaking to the camera.]

  [Lainey Ward, PhD student at Decarb-AI National Centre]

  “At the end of my PhD journey, I hope to help develop a spin-out company in clean energy technologies.”

  [Visual: The scene transitions to an aerial view of windmills across fields, before transitioning to the interior of University College Dublin. The camera then shows PhD student Asrit Ganti speakign to the camera.]

  [Asrit Ganti, PhD student at Decarb-AI National Centre]

  “I wanna just, grow as a researcher, but also I wanna be able to apply what I learn as a researcher to larger population.”

  “Like, and I wanna tackle cutting-edge problems using cutting-edge technology, but also make sure that I don't alienate the people that I wanna solve the problem for.”

  [Visual: The scene then transitions to students learning in a classroom, and then shows a close up of a student working on laptop. The camera then shows PhD student Purity Biwott speaking to the camera.]

  [Purity Biwott, PhD student at Decarb-AI National Centre]

  “Involving AI in decarbonization is a great thing because we get to come up with robust models that can accurately predict the amount of carbon being produced so that we can see ways on how to mitigate its emission.”

  [Visual: The video transitions to several scenes, showing an aerial view of a forest, an industrial compound emitting smoke, a car exhaust emitting smoke, a road showing a time-lapse of traffic.]

  [Narrator]

  “AI is the defining technology of our time. The biggest problem we have in the world right now is we're emitting way too much carbon, and we're causing this anthropogenic climate change."

  “We need to stop that. Why not use this era-defining tool to try and solve that problem?"

  [Visual: The camera then shows Dr. Yvonne McCarthy speaking to the camera. Cut to windmills in a field, solar panels and an electric vehicle at a charging station.]

  [Dr. Yvonne McCarthy, Head of Sustainability Research, AIB]

  “AIB is proud to be a founding partner of Innovate for Ireland. Sustainability is core to our strategy. We're working to accelerate Ireland's transition to a low-carbon economy, not only through our own business operations and through our support for our customers on their own transition journeys, but also by supporting groundbreaking research that can shape the climate solutions of the future.”

  [Visual: The scene shows a computer screen with programming code, a computer chip with the letters "AI" above it, and then transitions to students working on their laptops]

  “That's why Decarb AI is so important. Their work will be central to building Ireland's next generation of climate leaders.”

  [Visual: The camera shows Dr Noel Faherty speaking to the camera. The scene cuts to an industrial area in Dublin]

  [Dr Noel Faherty, Scientific Programme Manager, Research Ireland]

  “As the national research and innovation funding agency, Research Ireland is delighted to be supporting Decarb AI.”

  “Climate change is a critical problem for us all, but it's an area in which AI can potentially make a transformational difference.”

  [Visual: The camera shows Dr. Simon Boucher speaking to the camera. Cut to a student using a desktop computer.]

  [Dr Simon Boucher]

  “Over the next decade, this program will inject entrepreneurial energy into Ireland's innovation and research ecosystem, accelerating impact, collaboration, and real-world outcomes.”

  [Visual: The Innovate for Ireland, Decarb AI, AIB and Research Ireland logos appear on screen.]

  [Text: Innovate for Ireland]

  [Text: Decarb AI. Supported by AIB and Research Ireland. An Innovate for Ireland Centre.]

  [Text: www.innovateforireland.com]

  [Text: Taighde Eireann. Research Ireland]

  [Music fades out]
  [End of video]