Linda Waters | ARC Hub for ICT

Commercial and transformation leader with expertise in workforce transformation, HR technology, enterprise SaaS, business development.

Currently Senior Solutions Manager at CIPD, leading HR technology and workforce transformation initiatives, and previously spent over six years at Learnovate in Trinity College Dublin and more than two years at KONE Corporation driving commercial growth, strategic partnerships, and revenue transformation programmes.

Combines deep expertise in enterprise growth, stakeholder engagement, and organisational capability development

Last updated: 21 August 2026

Research Themes: Digital Education & Online Communication

Research Programmes

ACROSS

A multi-agent AI platform that applies each company's own terminology and style rules to machine translation, cutting costly human post-editing.

Cipher AI

A game-based AI language learning platform combining speech, text and image generation to improve vocabulary, literacy and learner motivation.

Happy Maths

A game-based platform helping primary pupils practise maths while reducing maths anxiety, with adaptive gameplay and progress tools for teachers.

ISL Translate

A machine translation system rendering English into Irish Sign Language through an avatar, extending language technology to a long-excluded community.

LEAP-LA

An AI co-pilot for educators that turns multimodal learning data into conversational feedback, revealing learning gaps across whole cohorts.

Meta Expressions

Meta Expressions

A platform merging motion capture with motion synthesis, letting technical and non-technical users create expressive, believable animated characters.

MyNameIs

Verified, context-aware name pronunciation infrastructure, combining owner-recorded audio with linguistic validation for enterprise-scale use.

PromptMe

A copilot for product definition, helping product managers turn scattered, ambiguous inputs into clear, consistent requirements before development starts.

Proxnote

Verifies authentic student authorship by capturing the writing process itself, rather than analysing finished text for AI-generated content.

ScholarAI

An ethical AI research learning platform that makes the student research process visible, supporting academic integrity rather than policing outcomes.

Sign2me

A mobile app that interprets sign language into English in real time, adapting to the signer's fluency and dialect across everyday interactions.