CIPA welcomes Research Officer Dr. Tarik A. Chowdhury

Welcome to Tarik A. Chowdhury, who has recently been appointed as Research Officer for the Centre for Image Processing & Analysis (CIPA), RINCE.

Tarik received his B.Eng. degree from Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh in 1998 and his M.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees from Dublin City University (DCU), in 2003 and 2006, respectively. He comes to DCU from a position as an Assistant Professor in BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. His main research interests are in the area of image processing and medical imaging.

Invention Disclosure Awards 2007

DCU has made 35 Invention Disclosure Awards to recognise researchers who work with Invent, the Innovation and Enterprise Centre of DCU, in the commercialisation of their research.

Particularly interesting to this faculty is that Dr. Kevin Robinson, Prof Paul Whelan & Dr. Nicholas Sezille from the Centre for Image Processing and Analysis (CIPA - RINCE) and the School of Electronic Engineering won the best overall invention disclosure in the category of ICT/Engineering.

Other researchers whose invention disclosures were recognised include:

• Prof. Alan Smeaton & Peter Kehoe - School of Computing
• Prof. Liam Barry & Dr. Aleksandra Kaszubowsk - School of Electronic Engineering
• Francis Olbanji Lucas & Prof. Paddy McNally - School of Electronic Engineering
• Dr. Stephen Daniels & Prof. Paddy McNally - School of Electronic Engineering
• Dr. Kevin Robinson, Prof Paul Whelan & Dr. Nicholas Sezille - School of Electronic Engineering
• Dr. Victor Law & Dr. Stephen Daniels - School of Physical Sciences & School of Electronic Engineering
• Dr. Harry Esmonde - School of School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering
• Nigel Kent, Prof. Antonio Ricco, Prof. Brian MacCraith & Dr. Brian Corcoran - BDI & School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering

Presenting the awards, Professor Eugene Kennedy, Vice-President for Research, thanked all of the researchers for contributing to another very successful year for DCU. He also emphasised the fact that the protection of intellectual property need not interfere with publication of research results, as long as they are both handled in the correct way. Best advice is always to consult with Invent if you think you have a discovery which has commercial potential.

DCU receives €23m Research Funding under PRTLI 4

The Minister for Education and Science, Mary Hanafin, TD formally announced the outcome of PRTLI Cycle 4 at 11.00 am today. Under this scheme, DCU will receive €23m in research funding. This funding is based on 5 inter-institutional proposals:

- Nanoscience and Nanoscale technologies for Ireland (NANOTEIRE)
- National Biophotonics & Imaging Platform [NBIP]
- National Programme on (Bio)pharmaceutical & Pharmacological Sciences
- Humanities Serving Irish Society (HSIS)
- National Programme of Research on Knowledge, Innovation, Society and Space (KISS)

Significantly, the funding includes projects from across DCU, including science/engineering and humanities/social sciences.

Of particular interest to the Faculty of Engineering and Computing are the Nanoteire and NBIP programmes.

Nanoteire
Nanoteire (Nanoscience and Nano scale technologies for Ireland ) will create a shared national infrastructural capability by significantly upgrading and enhancing the laboratories and capital equipment holdings needed to establish top tier graduate education opportunities in nanoscience and nanoscale technologies for Ireland.

The DCU team, which comprises Professor Liam Barry, Dr. Pascal Landais and Professor Patrick McNally of the Research Institute for Networks and Communications Engineering (RINCE), and members of the National Centre for Plasma Science and Technology (NCPST), will focus on the theme, Ultrafast Photonic Processes and Interactions. To this end DCU will add very significantly to its high speed optical communications laboratories, nanomaterials growth and characterization facilities and high power laser facilities.

NBIP
Professor Paul F. Whelan of the Centre for Image Processing & Analysis (CIPA-RINCE), in conjunction with the Biomedical Diagnostics Institute at DCU has been awarded funding as part of the National Biophotonics & Imaging Platform (NBIP). The mission of the NBIP is to provide an integrated national access and training infrastructure in research, education, technology development and industry collaboration for the State’s investment in Biophotonics and Imaging.