About nasc research
nasc research at University College Cork is a research group that is advancing technology for connecting people and systems. We are making future networked systems secure, dependable and autonomous, enhancing the digital fabric on which modern society relies.
In the Irish language Gaelic, "nasc" means to connect or link, which is the ultimate goal in computer networking. For us, the individual letters in nasc also correspond to Networking, Autonomous Systems, and Cybersecurity, thereby also capturing the essence of our research.
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Recent News
09 Dec 2025
Vacancy: 2 X PhD Studentship positions - Research Ireland - SHIELD Project, nasc Research, School of Computer Science & Information Technology, UCC
2 X PhD by Research Positions: Research Ireland Project Project Title: SHIELD: Intelligent Reflecting Surface for Enhanced Integrated Sensing and Communication to Protect Vulnerable Road Users Applications are invited for two fully-funded PhD Studentships to join our research team at the nasc Research Centre, with an anticipated start date of March 2026. Each position is for 48 months, fully-funded PhD (Tax-free stipend of €25,000 p.a. and tuition fees covered at the EU rate,) which will be based at the School of Computer Science and Information Technology in University College Cork in the nasc research centre.
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01 Dec 2025
AWS “Breaking Barriers for Agentic Networks” event
Congratulations to Qamar Usman, an Advance CRT PhD student (co-supervised by Aisling O’ Driscoll and Cormac Sreenan) and Ahmed Abdelreheem, a postdoctoral researcher (under Ahmed Zahran and Cormac Sreenan) who took part in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) “Breaking Barriers for Agentic Networks” event in conjunction with the Telecom Infra project.
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21 Nov 2025
Congratulations to Asfa Khalid on her MSc Graduation
Congratulations to Asfa Khalid who graduated with a MSc (Computer Science) on Tuesday, 13th November. Thesis title: Techniques for Improving the Efficiency and Security of Data Confidence Fabrics Supervisor: Prof. Cormac Sreenan Co-Supervisor: Prof. Utz Roedig Funded by: EI/EU BRAINE & CLEVER
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06 Nov 2025
Student Travel grant awarded to Tengfei Lyu from the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (VTS)
Congratulations to Tengfei Lyu who was the recipient of a Student Travel grant award from the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (VTS) when he recently attended the 102nd IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Fall) in Chengdu, China. The award was granted based on the merits of the application and the quality of the accepted paper.
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