Prof. Michael Madden is the Established Professor and Head of School of Computer Science in University of Galway. He leads the Machine Learning Research Group there, and he lectures on Machine Learning and Deep Learning topics. His research focuses on new theoretical advances in machine learning, including deep learning, motivated by addressing important data-driven applications in medicine, engineering, and the physical sciences. This has led to over 100 publications, 4 patents and a spin-out company. He has also been a Visiting Research Scientist in University of Helsinki, University of California Irvine, and UC Berkeley.