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
17 Aug 2026
Vacancy: Post-Doctoral Researcher/Senior Post-Doctoral Researcher (SHIELD), School of Computer Science & Information Technology, UCC
Project Title: SHIELD: Intelligent Reflecting Surface for Enhanced Integrated Sensing and Communication to Protect Vulnerable Road Users 24 Months Specific Purpose, Whole Time Post Please note that this position can be filled at Post-Doctoral or Senior Post-Doctoral level, depending on qualification and experience of the successful candidate. We are now looking for a Post-Doctoral Researcher to join the nasc research centre team and participate in our vibrant research community here at CSIT. The appointee will work on a project focused on next-generation communication and sensing technologies for enhancing safety and performance in intelligent networked systems. Candidates should apply, in confidence, before 12 noon (Irish Local Time) on September 4th, 2026.
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22 Jun 2026
Dr Mohamed Seliem receives Best Paper Award at the IoTIME workshop
Congratulations to Mohamed Seliem, Utz Roedig, Cormac Sreenan and Dirk Pesch’s paper entitled "Towards Diagnosable TSN: Preliminary Fault Localization Using Timing and Replication Observables" which received the Best Paper Award at the IoTIME workshop, co-located with IEEE WoWMoM, held in June 2026, Bologna, Italy.
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22 Jun 2026
Paper Presentations at IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference (VNC) in Montreal, June 9th
Tengfei Lyu presented his paper “Quality over Quantity: Value-Driven Distributed Congestion Control for the Collective Perception Service” at the IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference (VNC) in Montreal, Monday June 8th. Tengfei is supervised by Dr Aisling O’ Driscoll, Prof Dirk Pesch and Dr Md. Noor-a-Rahim. Nasrin Shamaeian presented her paper “Machine Learning Based Hybrid Trust Framework for Misbehaviour Detection in Vehicular Communication Networks” at the IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference (VNC) in Montreal, Tuesday June 9th. Nasrin is supervised by Prof Dirk Pesch. Both Tengfei and Nasrin are Advance CRT students associated under the nasc research centre.
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19 Jun 2026
Summer Conferring - MSc and PhD students under nasc research centre who recently graduated.
Congratulations to the following MSc and PhD students under nasc research centre who graduated at UCCs summer conferring ceremony on Friday, 19th June 2026. MSc (Science) Farhan Khan (in absentia), ADVANCE, Profs. Dirk Pesch and Cormac Sreenan (supervisors). Yuliya Verbishchuk (in absentia), Dr. Fatima Gunning (Tyndall) and Prof. Cormac Sreenan (supervisors). PhD (Science) Leila Sedghi, Profs. Dirk Pesch & Ken Brown (supervisors) Julie Raulin Dr. Fatima Gunning (Tyndall) and Prof. Cormac Sreenan (supervisors)
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