Member profile
Louise McCormack
Founder of the Irish Alliance for Trustworthy AI, Ethical AI Researcher and PhD Researcher in Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence
University of Galway and ADAPT Research Centre.
About Louise McCormack
Louise McCormack is the founder of the Irish Alliance for Trustworthy AI, an ethical AI researcher and PhD researcher in trustworthy artificial intelligence, affiliated with the University of Galway and the ADAPT Research Centre. She is an Expert Representative on AI Standards through ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 JWG 7 and WG 1 with the National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI). Her work focuses on the evaluation, scoring and governance of trustworthy artificial intelligence, including responsible AI, data governance, AI training and the European Union Artificial Intelligence Act.
Research interests
- Trustworthy artificial intelligence
- Artificial intelligence ethics
- Responsible artificial intelligence
- Artificial intelligence governance
- Artificial intelligence evaluation and scoring
- Data governance
- AI training and operationalisation
- European Union Artificial Intelligence Act
Awards and notable achievements
- TEDx Speaker on AI and humanity, Dublin, 2025
- TEDx Speaker on Trustworthy AI Evaluation, Galway, 2024
- Overall Winner, University of Groningen Data Science in Health 2024 Hackathon (team project)
- Overall Winner, University of Galway PhD Threesis Competition 2024
- Recipient of Cadence Ireland's Women in Technology Scholarship 2023
- ENLIGHT Scholarship Recipient (Beyond XAI, University Medicine Gottingen) 2023
- New Frontiers (Enterprise Ireland) One to Watch Award 2022
- Featured in industry publications, winner of An Post Smart Tech Awards, and Chatbot Summit Berlin speaker for successful chatbot projects: Insurance Times, Computing article via ServisBOT, Chatbot Summit profile
AI training
Louise develops and delivers AI training on trustworthy AI, governance and practical implementation. She created the Irish Alliance for Trustworthy AI course Operationalising Trustworthy AI | IATAI | Course 1, available free on Udemy.
Civic context
Civic activism and community work
Louise's public-interest work also includes community organising and civic activism outside her technical AI research. Public coverage documents her participation in pro-Palestine flotilla activism, LGBTQ+ advocacy connected to Limerick Pride, and the Donegal Christmas Toy Appeal with Lifestart Services.
Research outputs
Academic publications
The Risk of Ethical Hollowing: Standardisation, AI Evaluation, and the Loss of Human Judgement in Law
A legal and governance-focused article examining how AI evaluation and standardisation can weaken substantive human judgement when ethical assessment becomes procedural compliance.
The Trustworthy AI Maturity Model (TAIMM): Integrating Ethics and Regulation Across the AI Lifecycle
Introduces TAIMM as a lifecycle-based evaluation framework connecting the EU AI Act and trustworthy AI principles to practical assessment across AI system design, development and operation.
Trust and transparency in AI: industry voices on data, ethics, and compliance
An industry-focused study combining structured interviews with professionals and targeted literature review to examine practical challenges in trustworthy AI, including governance, accountability, data quality and human oversight.
ADAPT Centre Contribution on the Implementation of the EU AI Act and Fundamental Rights Protection
A co-authored research submission on Ireland's implementation of the EU AI Act, focusing on governance, public-sector obligations and fundamental-rights protection.
Ethical AI Governance: Methods for Evaluating Trustworthy AI
A conference paper classifying methods for evaluating trustworthy AI, with particular attention to self-assessment approaches for ethical governance.
A comprehensive survey and classification of evaluation criteria for trustworthy artificial intelligence
A systematic review mapping trustworthy AI evaluation criteria to the seven EU principles, proposing a classification of criteria and identifying barriers to standardisation.
Research and professional profiles
Coverage and interviews
- Exploring Trustworthy AI: Louise McCormack on the VistaTalks Podcast
- Exploring Trustworthy AI with Louise McCormack
- AI and the hollowing of humanity | Louise McCormack | TEDxDublin Salon
- Ethical and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence Evaluation | Louise McCormack | TEDxGalway
- AA Ireland reduce missed webchats by 81% via new chatbots
- Computing article on AA Ireland's chatbot project
- ADAPT PhD Researcher Louise McCormack Wins First Place at University of Galway's Threesis Grand Finale