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UCC Futures


An ambitious programme of research prioritisation coupled with an innovative academic recruitment strategy across ten indicative areas of strategic importance


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Institutional collaborations in 179 countries/regions

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Top ranked Irish university for highly cited researchers

Research News

Photo (L-R): Dr Emanuele Pelucchi, Dr Gediminas Juska and Martin O’Connell.
27 Mar 2025

IPIC Leading €3M EIC Grant for Advancements in Quantum Technologies

IPIC, the Research Ireland Centre for Photonics, based at Tyndall National Institute (a research flagship of University College Cork) is pleased to announce that a pan-European consortium, led by Dr Gediminas Juska, has been awarded a European Innovation Council (EIC) grant through its Pathfinder Open instrument.
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18 Mar 2025

The Future of Sustainable Food Production

Dr Gaurav Rajauria is Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Food Fermentation in the School of Microbiology and the School of Food and Nutritional Sciences.
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18 Mar 2025

Research to secure and protect devices from malware attacks receives funding

The creation of first-generation malware detection models that are practical and effective for ‘internet of things (IoT)’ devices is to be investigated in a project led by University College Cork (UCC) researchers.
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Photo (L-R): Professor Sarah Culloty (Head of the College of Science, Engineering and Food Science at UCC), Professor Barry O'Sullivan (Director of the Insight Research Ireland Centre for Data Analytics and UCC’s Futures in AI and Data Analytics), Professor V.S. Subrahmanian (Buffett Institute Faculty Fellow and the Head of Northwestern Security & AI Lab), Professor John O'Halloran (UCC President), Professor Ursula Kilkelly (Vice President for Global Engagement at UCC).
13 Mar 2025

Northwestern University and University College Cork establish key partnership on Geopolitics, Artificial Intelligence, and National Security

The Northwestern Security and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (NSAIL), under the leadership of Professor V.S. Subrahmanian, and the Insight Research Ireland Centre for Data Analytics and UCC Futures on AI and Data Analytics at University College Cork, under the leadership of Professor Barry O’Sullivan, have entered into a partnership to support collaboration in the area of Geopolitics, Artificial Intelligence, National Security.
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UCC Futures

We are looking for talented individuals who mine the frontiers of curiosity and inquiry at the intersection of disciplines. Consolidating talent and potential, UCC Futures supports the delivery of superior quality in research, scholarship, and the translation of research to tangible impact on the world. 

Research by College

Our institutional research strategy focuses on creating and supporting world-leading clusters of researchers, and building on the research strengths of the University.

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