The death has been announced of Dr Annalina Caputo, Academic Collaborator at ADAPT and Assistant Professor in the School of Computing at Dublin City University.
Dr Caputo’s research explored natural language processing, information access and retrieval, and machine learning. She was also a funded investigator at the Research Ireland I-Form centre.
Professor John Kelleher, Director of ADAPT at Trinity College Dublin: “Annalina was a valued member of our ADAPT family from her days as a postdoctoral researcher. She was a gifted scholar, a dedicated colleague, and a positive presence. In the coming months we will find ways to honour her legacy, her contribution to ADAPT and the wider research community.”
Speaking about Dr Caputo, Professor Daire Keogh, President of DCU said: “The DCU community is deeply saddened by the death of Dr Annalina Caputo. She will be greatly missed by staff and students in the School of Computing and the wider Faculty of Engineering, and by colleagues in ADAPT and I-Form. Dr Caputo was a very valued member of DCU community.”
Paying tribute to Dr Caputo, Dr Jennifer Bruton, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Computing, said: “Annalina was a young, very talented, and ambitious academic who made a fantastic contribution to DCU during her short time here. She was a passionate advocate for more awareness around Cholangiocarcinoma (via the Global Cholangiocarcinoma Alliance) and Pancreatic Cancer (via World Pancreatic Cancer Coalition), particularly as these cancers are difficult to detect and treatments may not be as effective due to the delay in detecting them.
She bore her illness with great dignity, courage, optimism, and good humour and will be deeply missed. I extend my sympathies to her husband, her family and friends, her colleagues in the School of Computing, and all those in the Faculty with whom she collaborated and interacted.”
