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
Senior Research Co-Ordinator (Commercialisation Lead) nasc Research Centre, School of Computer Science & I.T.
Fixed Term post -14 months (Part-time 0.5 FTE) or 7 months (Full-time, 1 FTE) Project Title: Automatic Video Commercial Generation Service (gVID) gVID is a 2-year project funded by Enterprise Ireland's Commercialisation Fund that commenced at University College Cork in August 2025 and is progressing on schedule towards a minimum viable product (MVP). The technology we have developed in gVID offers a comprehensive end-to-end solution for producing video ads using Generative AI. The current focus of the project is developing a MVP and define the pathway to commercialisation based on allowing customers to significantly grow their return-from-investment from digital marketing. We now seek a committed Senior Research Co-Ordinator (Commercialisation Lead) to join the team and guide the project towards a spin-out.
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30 Mar 2026
AI for Ireland Quest 2026
Congratulations to Kouros Zanbouri!
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09 Dec 2025
Positions Filled: 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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