Trinity College Dublin

KDEG is currently recruiting two postgraduates positions in two projects.  Details of the advertisements and descriptions of the posts can be found at http://kdeg.cs.tcd.ie/vacancies, with the closing date for applications occurring on the 17th of July 2009.

On the 25th of Febuary 2009 Mary Coughlan TD, Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade & Employment announced funding for a new Science Foundation Ireland Strategic Research Cluster, FAME (Federated, Autonomic Management of End-to-end Communication Services).  read more »

A slightly different kind of award has recently been received by Melanie Späth, postgraduate student in the Centre for Health Informatics: In recognition of her past performance and future potential as an athlete, Melanie, among 24 other Trinity students, has been awarded the Trinity Sports Scholarship.read more »

Mr. Conor Gaffney, a doctoral student in KDEG, has been awarded the Irish Software Association Student Medal for 'the most innovative and commercially viable software product or service'. The competition was of a very high standard with applicants from across the Irish university and higher education sector.read more »

SOLAS received a commendation at the Irish Healthcare Awards 2008 in the category of Best Patient Education Project – Non-Pharmaceutical. A virtual community for children with chronic illness, Solas works to decrease the psycho-social effects of hospitalisation through providing a facility for communication, entertainment and creativity. read more »

Eleanor O'Neill, research assistant on KDEG's Pudecas project, was invited last month to be a member of the Very Successful Young Entrepreneurs panel session at the REE Entrepreneurship Conference in Belfast. Along with two Belfast based entrepreneurs, Eleanor was invited to speak about her experiences working on a university based commercialisation project. read more »

Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Jimmy Devins, today presented the inaugaral "One to Watch" award at the first Enterprise Ireland Applied Research Forum at the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin.

Over 200 researchers who are currently developing commercial possibilities from their research attended today's forum to discuss how they can bring more ideas from the bench to the boardroom.

To recognise their work, Enterprise Ireland commissioned the 'One to Watch' award for the researcher whose commercialisation efforts are deemed to have the most business potential.read more »

KDEG is currently recruiting seven postgraduates and five postdoctorates to fill positions in a number of new projects starting in 2008. Details of the advertisements and descriptions of the posts can be found at http://kdeg.cs.tcd.ie/vacancies, with the closing date for applications occurring on the 15th of January 2008.