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Celebrating Academic Excellence at the CSIT Best Paper Award & Student Prizes 2025

On Tuesday April 22, the School of Computer Science & Information Technology (CSIT) held it's annual Best Paper Award and Student Prizes Ceremony. This event celebrated the academic achievements of our students, and we delighted to recognise their hard work and academic achievements. Congratulations to all of the winners!

The Best Paper Award was awarded in absentia.

Below is a list of prize sponsors and recipients:

Prize Title	Supported by	Winning Student	Supervisor
Best Paper Award	School	Andrea Rossi	Ken Brown, Steve Prestwich, Andrea Visentin, and Diego Carraro
axisBIC Entrepreneurship Awards, First Place	axisBIC	Daniel Cagney	Ken Brown
axisBIC Entrepreneurship Awards, Second Place	axisBIC	Amy Marie Craven	Cormac Sreenan
axisBIC Entrepreneurship Awards, Third Place	axisBIC	Peter Hyland	Sabin Tabirca
Huawei TECH4Her Scholarship Programme Supporting Women in STEM	Huawei	Emily Sheehan, Chrysanthi Mouzakitis (no particular order)	-
CK401 First Year Joseph Manning Excellence Award	Manning Family	Alexander Wright	-
CK401 Second Year Academic Achievement Awards in Computer Science, supported by the Buckley Family	Buckley Family	Radek Zajicek	-
CK401 Third Year Academic Achievement Awards in Computer Science, supported by the Buckley Family	Buckley Family	David Brett	-
CK401 Fourth Year Academic Achievement Awards in Computer Science, supported by the Buckley Family	Buckley Family	TBA June
CK401 First Year Academic Achievement Awards in Computer Science, supported by NetApp	NetApp	Alexander Wright
CK401 Second Year Academic Achievement Awards in Computer Science, supported by NetApp	NetApp	Radek Zajicek
CK401 Third Year Academic Achievement Awards in Computer Science, supported by NetApp	NetApp	David Brett
CK401 Fourth Year Academic Achievement Awards in Computer Science, supported by NetApp	NetApp	TBA June
KPMG Award for Excellence in Data Science and Analytics	KPMG	Brendan Murphy
CK411 Second Year Academic Achievement Awards in Data Science & Analytics, supported by Accenture	Accenture	Fionn Carmody
CK411 Third Year Academic Achievement Awards in Data Science & Analytics, supported by Accenture	Accenture	Naoise Daly
CK411 Fourth Year Academic Achievement Awards in Data Science & Analytics, supported by Accenture	Accenture	TBA June
SIG Award for Best Software Project	SIG	Ailbhe Hickey, Dearbhla Smith, Rebecca Jones, Chrysanthi Mouzakitis
Central Statistics Office Excellence in Data Science & Analytics Final Year Project Prize	Central Statistics Office	Philip Betts	Gregory Provan
Eli Lilly Excellence in Data Science & Analytics Final Year Project Prize	Eli Lilly	Mahad Ahmed	Harry Nguyen
Fidelity Investments Final Year Project Prize	Fidelity Investments	Joseph Crowley	Ahmed Zahran
Intelligent Transport Systems Ireland Excellence in Computer Science & Smart Transport Final Year Project Prize	Intelligent Transport Systems Ireland	Yasmin Murphy	Aisling O'Driscoll
SkillsBase Final Year Project Prize	SkillsBase	Peter Hyland	Sabin Tabirca
yieldHUB Excellence in Data Science & Analytics Final Year Project Prize	yieldHUB	Sam Dunning	Gregory Provan

From top l-r: Alex Wright; HoS Dirk Pesch Peter Hyland; Georgie Browne, AxisBIC; Dan Murphy, AxisBIC; Amy Craven; Declan Fox, AxisBIC; Daniel Cagney From bottom l-r: Chrysanthi Mouzakitis; HoS Dirk Pesch Emily Sheehan; HoS Dirk Pesch Top l: Third Year Academic Achievement Awards in Computer Science, supported by the Buckley Family. Pictured: David Brett (award recipient) with Jill Ahern and Prof Cormac Sreenan Bottom r: KPMG Award for Excellence in Data Science and Analytics. Pictured: Brendan Murphy (award recipient) with Carol Cregan (KPMG) Top l - bottom r: Third Year Academic Achievement Awards in Data Science & Analytics, supported by Accenture. Pictured: Naoise Daly (award recipient) and Adrian O'Flaherty (Accenture) SIG Award for Best Software Project Group Prize. Pictured (l-r): Dearbhla Smith, Chrysanthi Mouzakitis, Ailbhe Hickey, Rebecca Jones, Dirk Pesch (HoS) Pictured top: SkillsBase Final Year Project Prize. Pictured (l-r): Sabin Tabirca (project supervisor), Peter Hyland (award winner), HoS Dirk Pesch Pictured bottom: yieldHUB Excellence in Data Science & Analytics Final Year Project Prize. Pictured: Sam Dunning (award winner), Gregory Provan (project supervisor), and representatives from yieldHUB: John O'Donnell, Padraig O’Brien, Gillian O'Donnell Pictured top: Central Statistics Office Excellence in Data Science & Analytics Final Year Project Prize. Pictured (l-r): Gregory Provan (project supervisor), Philip Betts (award winner), HoS Dirk Pesch Pictured bottom: Eli Lilly Excellence in Data Science & Analytics Final Year Project Prize. Pictured: Mahad Ahmed (award winner), Harry Nguyen (project supervisor), and representative from Eli Lilly

CSIT Awards Reception Photos.

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