TNC26

Session

Hear From Our Partners: Microsoft, Software One and Sparkle

10 Jun 2026, 11:00

TNC Exchange

345. From Pilots to Platforms: Accelerating Scientific Discovery through HPC, AI and Quantum

Deepa Shinde (Microsoft)

10/06/2026, 11:05

Deepa Shinde, Senior Director of Research & Innovation at Microsoft EMEA, explores how the convergence of high‑performance computing, artificial intelligence, and emerging quantum techniques is redefining the pace, scale, and nature of scientific discovery. The keynote sets out a new operating model for research - AI‑native rather than marginally assisted, platform‑based rather than...

346. Removing Friction from Modern Research

Mark Fitzsimons (Microsoft)

10/06/2026, 11:35

As AI becomes embedded in research, the real challenge is not access to models but building them properly: reproducible, auditable, and sovereign by design.
This session explores how research teams are developing AI end to end using Microsoft Fabric, Microsoft Foundry and HPC within trusted, policy‑controlled cloud environments, from governed data and shared semantics through...

347. From Research to Real-Time Intelligence: building the Next Generation of Sports AI

Paolo Perulli (Sparkle)

10/06/2026, 12:05

A research team from an Irish university, collaborating with Sparkle through the OCRE2024 program, set out to develop a PhD-level AI assistant in the form of a conversational chatbot for sports analytics. Designed to serve coaches, scouts, and players alike, this intelligent system can answer complex questions - from identifying fatigued players in real time, to scouting high-performing young...