Dr. Barry Sheehan

Dr. Barry Sheehan lectures in risk management and insurance in the Kemmy Business School at the University of Limerick.  He has a professional background in actuarial science and his research exploits machine-learning techniques to estimate the changing risk profile produced by emerging technologies. He is a contributing member of Emerging Risk Group (ERG) at the University of Limerick which has a long established expertise in insurance and risk management and has a continued success within large research consortia including a number of EU H2020 and FP7 research projects.  The team members are based across Europe and cover a wide array of research including machine learning, actuarial, insurance strategy, legal and ethical considerations of emerging technologies. Barry is a member of two EU H2020 research projects related to semi-autonomous vehicles: VI-DAS (http://vi-das.eu/) and Cloud-LSVA (http://cloud-lsva.eu/). These consortia are predominately driven by technical objectives and Barry’s role is one of assessing the legal, ethical, and actuarial impact of ADAS technology.