Mr. Edward Watson
BSc (hons) Psychology and AI; PGdip Technology enhanced learning, innovation and change
Work Address
Innrain 15, 6020 Innsbruck
Office hours: any time by appointment.
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Mail: Edward.watson@uibk.ac.at
Telephone: +43 512 507 23582
Background
Ed has been working in the area of DevOps since 2021 and more recently taken responsibility for ML operations for the department. He maintains small experimental GPU clusters for the department. Those clusters are used in various research projects; either as large dataset processors (Modin + Ray), data science workbook environments (JupyterLab, Code-server), or local AI runners (Ollama, Llama-server, LM studio).
Ed also works as a Devops engineer and media developer in the department of Digital media and technology (DMLT) for the central IT service of the university. There, he leads the team responsible for the development and operations of the university media portal (Opencast, Tobira) and it's related services. He also engages in external projects on topics to better integrate modern technology developments into teaching.
In addition, Ed is an appointed external lecturer on AI Media and AI agentics for the UIBK Digital Science Center course.
Research publications
- Spagl. KT., Watson EW, Weidmann AE. Evaluating a Customised Large Language Model (DELSTAR) and its Ability to Address Medication-Related Questions Associated with Delirium. International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, 2024 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11096-025-01900-8
- Weidmann AE, Watson EW. Novel opportunities for clinical pharmacy research: Development of a machine learning model to identify medication related causes of delirium in different patient groups. International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy. 2024. 46:992-995. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11096-024-01707-z
- McFadyen, M.C.E.; Watson, E.W. Exploring Just-in-Time Teaching 3D Development as a Tool for Enhancing Knowledge and Understanding. Pharmacy 2013, 1, 269-281. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy1020269