Ireland

Dublin City University (DCU),
School of Computing

Short Description of the Organisation

DCU houses Ireland’s leading computer science department. The School of Computing at Dublin City University was established in 1980, has approx. 1200 students and has earned a strong reputation for excellence in research and teaching. With close industry links, the School offers a range of innovative taught programmes aimed at producing graduates with the personal and professional skills most valued by employers in Ireland and abroad.

The School boasts a lively, supportive research environment, with its staff and numerous research students producing work of significance at both national and international level.

The School of Computing enjoys a vibrant research community. It currently has over 80 research students, and a wide range of funded projects at national and international level. The School houses part of the Centre for Digital Video Processing, the National Centre for Language Technology, and the Biocomputation arm of the National Institute for Cellular Biotechnology.

Research within the School is divided into four main groupings:

• Dependable Systems,
• Information Management,
• Language and Intelligence, and
• Modelling and Scientific Computing.

Contact Details

'web_access' project staff

Dr. Dónal Fitzpatrick

Lauren O'Donovan