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UCC STEM students represent Ireland at Enactus World Cup

20 Dec 2022

Congratulations to Timothy McGrath, 3rd Year Computer Science, Elvis Seporaitis, 5th Year Electrical & Electronic Engineering, and Sam Spillane, 2nd Year Civil & Environmental Engineering, who were part of the Enactus UCC team that represented Ireland at the Enactus World Cup 2022 in Puerto Rico.
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Congratulations to the UCC, School of Computer Science winners 2021 and 2022 - Huawei’s ‘TECH4HER’ scholarship awardees

02 Dec 2022

Huawei Ireland has announced details of the third year of its ‘TECH4HER’ Scholarship Programme which offers a total of €90,000 annually in financial awards broken down across three universities to eligible female students studying STEM subjects.

Congratulations to the UCC, School of Computer Science winners 2021 and 2022 - Huawei’s ‘TECH4HER’ scholarship awardees

Shaza Aldawamneh, BSc Computer Science

Sharon Coffee Henning, BSc Computer Science

Emma Rainsford, BSc Computer Science

Chen Yu Lin, BSc Computer Science

Aine Ginty, BSc Data Science and Analytics

Sarah Corbett, BSc Data Science and Analytics
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Insight at UCC to coordinate a €9 million project to develop Europe’s AI-on-demand Platform

06 Sep 2022

A University College Cork-led research consortium has secured €9 million from the European Union to develop the next phase of Europe’s strategically important artificial intelligence infrastructure known as the AI-on-demand (AIOD) platform.

The project, which runs until the end of 2025, is led from UCC by Professor Barry O’Sullivan, Dr. Gabriel Castane-Gonzalez, Shaun Gavigan, and Tanvir Badwal, of the Insight SFI Research Centre for Data Analytics and School of Computer Science and Information Technology. With UCC, the consortium comprises an additional 23 partners across 14 other European countries: Belgium, France, Finland, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden. The project kickoff meeting takes place in UCC on the 6th and 7th of September.

The objective of the AI-on-demand platform is to bring together Europe’s AI community while promoting European values. The platform serves as a catalyst to aid AI-based innovation, resulting in new products, services, and solutions to benefit European industry, commerce, and society. By bringing people together, the community resource seeks to address the fragmentation of the European AI landscape and facilitate technology transfer from research to business. Initiated in 2019 with the support of the European Commission, the platform will continue to develop over the coming years through further investment that will see the platform add additional services and tools.
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Ireland’s first Computer Science graduates reunite at University College Cork

26 Aug 2022
Ireland’s first Computer Science graduates reunite at University College Cork
- Class of 1982 were the first in students in Ireland to graduate with a degree in Computer Science
- The alumni returned to UCC for a reunion on 26 August
- Notable graduates include Professor Anne Condon a world-renowned academic leader in the field of DNA computing
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School of Computer Science and Information Technology Research Review Day

17 May 2022

School of Computer Science and Information Technology Research Review Day
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School of Computer Science Best Paper Award and Student Prizes 2022

26 Apr 2022

On Tuesday April 26th 2022 The School of Computer Science & Information Technology, UCC hosted its annual Best Paper Award and Student Prizes Ceremony
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PhD students climbing their way to success

29 Mar 2022

Dr Andrea Visentin, lecturer in the School of Computer Science and Information Technology organised a social event for our PhD students at the climbing wall in the Mardyke.
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Mervyn Ó Luing of the Insight Centre for Data Analytics, CSIT, successfully defended his PhD thesis.

24 Feb 2022

The School of Computer Science and Information Technology at University College Cork would like to congratulate Mervyn on successfully defending his
PhD research thesis.

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Congratulations to Tyndall Head of Wireless Communications Laboratory

02 Dec 2021

Professor Claussen is a research professor in the School of Computer Science and Information Technology, University College Cork
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Congratulations to our newest PhD graduates

21 Nov 2021

The School of Computer Science and Information Technology would like to congratulate Insight Centre for Data Analytics students Dr Yves Sohege and Dr Sebastian Scheurer on their PhD conferring on November 21st, 2021.
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Prof Barry O'Sullivan wins Science Award

08 Nov 2021

A University College Cork (UCC) academic has been awarded by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) in recognition of his international engagement and leadership in the the area of trustworthy artificial intelligence, and especially his work with the European Commission and other international organisations in developing Europe’s approach to human-centric AI.

Barry O’Sullivan, Professor at the UCC School of Computer Science & IT was one of eight winners at the SFI Awards, announced today the the annual Science Summit which was held virtually.

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Computer Science Graduations for 2020/21 Students

02 Nov 2021

UCC held conferring ceremonies for its students graduating from the 2020/21 Academic Year on Saturday 30th October 2021. Many students from the School of Computer Science and Information Technology, both undergraduate and postgraduate, were in attendance.
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Inaugural lecture of Professor Utz Roedig, School of Computer Science & IT

19 Oct 2021

Please join us for the inaugural lecture of Prof. Utz Roedig, School of Computer Science & IT, entitled Authentication in the Digital World.
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Inaugural lecture of Professor Dirk Pesch, School of Computer Science & IT

20 Sep 2021

Please join us for the inaugural lecture of Prof. Dirk Pesch, School of Computer Science & IT, entitled The Internet of Things and Sustainability, via this link https://zoom.us/j/91742320376 at 5pm on Thursday 30 Sept. Further information about Prof. Pesch and his research is below, and also on our website https://www.ucc.ie/en/sefs/inaugurallectures/.
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UCC’s School of Computer Science & IT's work on Trustworthy AI acknowledged in Ireland’s new National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence

12 Jul 2021

The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment has published AI: Here for Good, A National Artificial Intelligence Strategy for Ireland.

Launched yesterday by Taoiseach, Micheál Martin TD, and Minister of State for Trade Promotion, Digital and Company Regulation, Robert Troy TD, the National AI Strategy will serve as a roadmap for how Ireland can leverage the potential of AI for unlocking productivity, for addressing societal challenges, and for delivering public services. It envisions a future for Ireland as an international leader in using AI to the benefit of business, public services, and – most importantly – for people, through a people-centered, ethical approach to AI development, adoption and use.
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Irish competitors win medals in international Programming Olympics

09 Jul 2021
- Cork and Sligo-based students win medals at the International Olympiad in Informatic (IOI)
- Winning team trained and mentored by University College Cork academic
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Student wins Entrepreneurship Award for Carbon Footprint Tracking App

07 Jul 2021
- Former UCC Students’ Union President wins €1,000 UCC Computer Science Entrepreneurship Award for Carbon Footprint Tracking App
- Ben Dunlea’s innovative thinking has led to the creation of an app which enables users to calculate their own carbon footprint arising from their daily routines and habits, suggest ways to live a more sustainable life, and save money.
- Sponsored by CorkBIC, the competition was created to encourage entrepreneurial activity amongst final year Computer Science students at UCC.
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Dr Paolo Palmieri was interviewed by BreakingNews.ie on the HSE cyber attack

31 May 2021

Dr Paolo Palmieri, a cyber security lecturer, in the School of Computer Science & Information Technology, University College Cork, told breakingnews.ie that it may be days or weeks before individuals are targeted, warning that fraudulent schemes and identity theft could occur if the information is sold on the dark web. “It’s always hard to predict what cyber criminals or gangs are doing and there are several things they could be doing with the data,” said Dr Palmieri.
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ELEVATE UCC wins prestigious DELTA Award

27 May 2021

ELEVATE, an interdisciplinary team of academics, staff and students received the prestigious DELTA Award (Disciplinary Excellence in Learning, Teaching and Assessment) from the National Forum for designing, developing and integrating new modalities of teaching for understanding, guided by digitised immersive learning approaches.

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Sebastian Scheurer of the Insight Centre for Data Analytics, CSIT, successfully defended his PhD thesis

24 May 2021

The School of Computer Science and Information Technology at University College Cork would like to congratulate Sebastian on successfully defending his PhD research thesis.

Thesis title: Improving Human Sensing with Micro Models and Domain Knowledge
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Congratulations to our staff who were awarded National Teaching Hero awards in 2021

13 May 2021

Congratulations to Dr Aisling O’Driscoll, Dr Derek Bridge and Professor John Morrison who received a National Forum/USI Teaching Hero Award 2021.
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Research Series in Emerging Digital Technologies 2021

06 May 2021

As organised by Dr Paolo Palmieri and which brings international research leaders in Computer Science and beyond to UCC.
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Best Paper Prize awarded to Dr. Darijo Raca

15 Apr 2021

Dr. Darijo Raca, a recent PhD graduate, receives the award of Best Paper of 2020 at a virtual ceremony in the School of Computer Science & Information Technology, UCC on 15th April 2021.

Title of Paper: On Leveraging Machine and Deep Learning for Throughput Prediction in Cellular Networks: Design, Performance, and Challenges.

Supervisors: Professor Cormac Sreenan and Dr Ahmed Zahran

The paper was published in the IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 58, no. 3, pp. 11-17 in March 2020.

The award was made after a competitive process overseen by a panel of academic experts.

Darijo Raca’s research was funded by Science Foundation Ireland.

On behalf of us all in the school, we wish Darijo our congratulations.
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Royal Academy Discourse: AI through the looking glass

03 Mar 2021

Dame Wendy Hall will discuss AI and ethics with Barry O’Sullivan, MRIA in this conversational style Discourse.

WHEN
Thursday, March 4, 2021, 19:00 - 20:30

WHERE
Online

TICKETS

Free but booking essential
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/academy-discourse-ai-through-the-looking-glass-tickets-140057414497

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Cybersecurity, Internet of Things & Autonomous Vehicles: UCC Computer Science leading the way as part of the CONNECT Research Centre for Future Networks and Communications

02 Mar 2021

In February 2021, Minister Simon Harris announced a €193m investment in five world leading SFI Research Centres, including CONNECT - the SFI Research Centre for Future Networks and Communications. Professors from the UCC School of Computer Science & Information Technology play a leading role in the Centre, pushing forward the boundaries for cybersecurity, the Internet of Things and autonomous vehicles.

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UCC is delighted to host this seminar by Greg Tarr, winner of the BT Young Scientist & Technologist of the Year 2021

01 Feb 2021

Seminar: Towards Large-scale Deepfake Detection (Greg Tarr)

The School of Computer Science and Information Technology at University College Cork, the Insight Centre for Data Analytics, and the SFI Centre for Research Training in Artificial Intelligence, is delighted to host this seminar by Greg Tarr, winner of the BT Young Scientist & Technologist of the Year 2021, in which he will give an overview of his award winning project.

Date And Time
Thu, 4 February 2021

15:30 – 17:00 GMT

https://gregtarr-ucc.eventbrite.ie

Abstract: A brief history of the field of AI, followed by a conceptual analysis of deepfake creation methods, and methods of detecting them. The seminar will touch upon some issues that arise when deploying machine learning at scale, as well as methods of solving them.

About the Speaker: Greg is an eighteen year old who attends Bandon Grammar School in Co. Cork. He has won 8 awards at BT Young Scientist: 6 for work in AI/ML including BT Young Scientist & Technologist of the Year 2021 as well as the Stripe, Bell Labs, and Intellectual Ventures special awards. He has worked as a software engineer for a datacenter and as an AI engineer implementing production ready systems.

Host: Barry O’Sullivan, School of Computer Science & Information Technology, Insight Centre for Data Analytics and the SFI Centre for Research Training in Artificial Intelligence.

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Tadhg Fitzgerald of the Insight Centre for Data Analytics, CSIT, successfully defended his PhD thesis

15 Jan 2021

The School of Computer Science and Information Technology at University College Cork would like to congratulate Tadhg on successfully defending his PhD research thesis.
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Diego Carraro of the Insight Centre for Data Analytics, CSIT, successfully defended his PhD thesis

15 Jan 2021

The School of Computer Science and Information Technology at University College Cork would like to congratulate Diego on successfully defending his PhD research thesis.
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UCC’s Professor Eugene C. Freuder Receives AI’s Most Prestigious Research Award

13 Jan 2021

The premier award in the world in the field of artificial intelligence is the IJCAI Research Excellence Award. IJCAI is the International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence. The IJCAI-20 Award for Research Excellence has been awarded by the Board of Trustees of the International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence to Professor Eugene C. Freuder, founding director of the Cork Constraint Computation Centre, which transitioned into part of the Insight Centre for Data Analytics, and Professor Emeritus in the School of Computer Science & Information Technology at University College Cork.

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Quercus University Scholar for SEFS 2020-21 Announced

19 Nov 2020

We are delighted to announce that the Quercus University Scholar 2020-21 for the College of Science, Engineering and Food Science, is Andrew Nash, a student in the School of Computer Science and Information Technology.
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Congratulations to Cheng Qiao who successfully defended his PhD thesis

12 Jan 2021

Congratulations to Cheng Qiao who successfully defended his PhD thesis
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UCC Professor Barry O’Sullivan Wins top CS Nerode Prize

18 Dec 2020

UCC’s Prof Barry O’Sullivan won the 2020 Nerode Prize, one of the top prizes in computer science jointly awarded by the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS) and the International Symposium on Parameterized and Exact Computation (IPEC). Prof. O’Sullivan holds the Chair of Constraint Programming in the School of Computer Science & IT at UCC.

The award was announced at the 31st International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC) and the 15th IPEC which took place in Hong Kong from 14-16 Dec 2020.
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The PVAsec project will allow us to use personal voice assistants securely and in a way that respects our privacy.

08 Dec 2020

Professor Utz Roedig at University College Cork will lead an SFI Frontiers for the Future award to develop methods that let us use Personal Voice Assistants (PVAs) securely, and in a way that respects our privacy concerns. This four year project will fund a research group that will focus on security and privacy aspects of PVAs.

Personal Voice Assistants (PVAs) such as the Amazon Echo, Siri or Google Home are now commonplace and are changing the way we interact with computer systems. We are becoming used to interacting with devices and digitised environments such as smart homes and cars using speech. PVAs are deployed as stand alone devices, are integrated within every phone, tablet and PC, are used in appliances such as TVs and set-top boxes and are incorporated into cars.

Given the usefulness of PVAs, their deployment is rapidly increasing. It is very likely that we are always in range of at least one PVA.

PVAs collect sensitive information such as conversations and sound cues and are used to access important computer systems requiring access control. Thus, people have legitimate concerns regarding their privacy and the security of these systems.
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UCC student bags CorkBIC award for his music fundraising platform

27 Oct 2020

Computer science student Timothy Lehane has developed a platform called Fanfund, which enables musicians to raise funding from fans online.

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University College Cork to host the Elements of AI online course in Ireland

02 Nov 2020

“We want to deliver free AI education to at least 1% of the Irish population”

The free Elements of AI online course will be hosted in Ireland by University College Cork. The Elements of AI is a free massive open online course (MOOC) developed by the University of Helsinki and the technology company Reaktor. The announcement was made at the Future Human conference held in Dublin this week. An Irish language version of the course will also be released in the new year.

Since its establishment, more than 545,000 people from over 170 countries have taken the Elements of AI. Approximately 40% of those have been women, which is more than double the average for computer science courses in general. The objective of Elements of AI was to teach 1% of the population of Finland the basics of artificial intelligence. As part of the recent Finnish Presidency of the Council of the EU, Finland committed to making the course available across the EU to educate at least 1% of the EU population in AI.
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BRAINE Project Consortium will help to position Europe at the forefront of the intelligent edge computing field

27 Oct 2020

Pisa, Italy – May 2020

The consortium is led by Filippo Cugini, CNIT (Italy) with Technical Manager Dr. Thuy Truong from Dell-EMC (Ireland) and comprises 27 partners from 14 European countries including leading vendors, vertical industries, and research institutes and universities: Italy (CNIT, Wind Tre, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italtel), Poland (IS-Wireless), Denmark (Comcores), The Netherlands (HIRO-MicroDatacenters, Eindhoven University of Technology, Helder-ID, Synano), Israel (Mellanox Technologies), Ireland (EMC Information Systems (DELL), University College Cork), Hungary (PCB Design, Budapest University), Germany (NEC Laboratories Europe, Leibniz Universität Hannover, eccenca GmbH, Infineon AG), France (Secure-IC, Sma-rty), Slovakia (IMC- Industrial Management Consult), Bulgaria (VMware Bulgaria), Switzerland (JJcool), Finland (MarshallAI), and Czech Republic (Czech Technical University Prague, Factorio Solutions). UCC is represented by Professor Cormac Sreenan, Professor Barry O’Sullivan, and Professor Utz Roedig, from the School of Computer Science & Information Technology. The project also represents a collaboration between two SFI Research Centres: CONNECT, the SFI for Future Networks and Communications, and the Insight SFI Centre for Data Analytics. The focus of the UCC research will be on scalable and secure edge storage, and the management of ethical aspects.

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Irish AI researchers lead major public-private partnership for digital transformation of Europe

23 Sep 2020

Insight SFI Research Centre is signatory to a transformative agenda for European AI, data and robotics
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International Olympiad in Informatics 2020

18 Sep 2020

Irish competitors compete for the 32nd International Olympiad in Informatics from UCC

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University College Cork hosts the European Commission Tool for the Assessment List on Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence

17 Jul 2020

The European Commission welcomes today the Assessment List for Trustworthy AI (ALTAI), a check list for business and organisations to self-assess the trustworthiness of their artificial intelligence (AI) systems under development. This will further strengthen the benefits that AI yields to the economy and society as a whole.

The Assessment List for Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (ALTAI), is a practical tool that helps business and organisations to self-assess the trustworthiness of their AI systems under development.
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US Patent - System & Method for Throughput Prediction for Cellular Networks

02 Jul 2020

US Patent - System & Method for Throughput Prediction for Cellular Networks
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Congratulations to Imran Khan!

24 Jul 2020

Successful PhD defence for Imran Khan.
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MISL/CONNECT PhD Conferrings

18 Jun 2020

The MISL/CONNECT Lab extend warmest congratulations to Ahmed Khalid, Darijo Raca and David Tracey on their graduation with their PhDs from University College Cork on 18th June 2020. The conferring cermony was held virtually due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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CONNECT researchers host the IEEE International Conference on Communications

15 Jun 2020

CONNECT researchers host the IEEE ICC, from 7 to 11 June 2020. It’s the world’s largest communications conference and is held virtually.
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Congratulations to Andrea Visentin who successfully defended his PhD thesis

05 Jun 2020

Successful PhD defence for Andrea Visentin
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Congratulations to David Browne who successfully defended his PhD Thesis

19 May 2020

Successful PhD defence for David Browne
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Alumni Spotlight - NIamh Stockil, Software Engineer

15 May 2020

Computer Science graduate and software engineer, Niamh Stockil is fresh from filming RTE's inspirational and innovative series, 'The Big Life Fix'. We catch up with her to talk memories of UCC and the role technology will play in our lives after COVID-19.

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Dr Paolo Palmieri on the privacy implications of contact tracing apps

29 Apr 2020

An important tool in containing the current Covid-19 epidemic is contact tracing. Technology can make contact tracing more effective, and many European countries, including Ireland, are developing contact tracing smartphone apps. However, there are privacy concerns around such massive surveillance and monitoring.
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Where there’s a will, there’s a way!! The AIPO goes ahead.

16 Mar 2020

On Saturday March 14, 2020, Dr Sabin Tabirca, School of Computer Science & Information Technology, UCC and his team ran the #AIPO national final competition online. The competition was supposed to be held in the Western Gateway Building, UCC but due to the challenges posed by COVID-19, the decision was taken to run it online.
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First Year Students Visit Clearstream, Cork

26 Feb 2020

As part of the First Year Roadtrips 2020, our computer science first years got the chance to visit the Cork hub of Clearstream.
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First Year Road Trips 2020

20 Feb 2020

The First Year Road Trips 2020 off to a flying start!
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CONGRATULATIONS

19 Feb 2020

Mohammad Hashimi and Rezvan Pakdel - our newest PhD graduates at February 2020 conferring ceremony, UCC
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Irish Collegiate Programming Competition (IrlCPC)

13 Feb 2020

UCC ACM Student Chapter - Registration Deadline 23rd February
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Cutting Edge: Computer Science and Information Technology (CSIT) at UCC

05 Feb 2020

*From The Irish Examiner, 5 February 2020

It is no surprise that UCC computer science and information technology (CSIT) graduates are also in demand to fill the high-tech skills needs of regional, national and international markets.

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SFI Centres for Research Training in Advanced Networks for Sustainable Societies (ADVANCE) Inaugural Induction Event

10 Jan 2020

The SFI Centres for Research Training in Advanced Networks for Sustainable Societies (ADVANCE) held its inaugural Induction Event on the 8th and 9th of January
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Government invests €49 million in data analytics, machine learning and AI

20 Dec 2019

Minister for Business, Enterprise, and Innovation, Heather Humphreys TD, and Minister for Training, Skills, Innovation, Research and Development, John Halligan TD, recently announced a Government investment of €49 million through Science Foundation Ireland in the Insight SFI Research Centre for Data Analytics.
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CONGRATULATIONS!

09 Dec 2019

Successful PhD defense for Ahmed Khalid
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CONGRATULATIONS

28 Nov 2019

Successful PhD defence for Arpit Rana
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CONGRATULATIONS!

09 Dec 2019

Successful PhD defence for Áine Kearns
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CONGRATULATIONS

22 Nov 2019

Successful PhD defense for Darijo Raca
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CONGRATULATIONS

14 Nov 2019

David Tracey smiles at his recent PhD viva success
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CONGRATULATIONS

25 Oct 2019

Patrick Egan - our newest postgraduate research student has successfully defended his PhD thesis
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Professor Gregory Provan leads an SFI funded Spoke on Blended Autonomous Vehicles worth €4.2m

03 Oct 2019

Congratulations to Professor Gregory Provan, School of Computer Science and Information Technology, who is leading an SFI Spoke focused on Blended Autonomous Vehicles as Principal Investigator in Lero, the Irish Software research Centre.
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CONGRATULATIONS

14 Aug 2019

Successful PhD defense for Rezvan Pakdel (Ziba)
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Some refreshing time-out from work for ice-cream

18 Jul 2019

The best way to spend a little break time is with an ice-cream
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