Tagged: NUI Galway & News
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Ireland Under Siege app to interact with battle sites News
01.05.2012 Want to virtually immerse yourself in the Siege of Drogheda in 1649? Well, a new educational app is aiming to open up key Irish siege and battle sites during the 17th century to...Categories: Social Media, Mobile, Education, Digital Media, Apps Zone, Apps, Application Design and Development -
NUIG researcher wins EU award for road safety tech News
26.04.2012 New technology to improve pedestrian safety that’s being developed by Anthony Winterlich, a researcher at NUI Galway, has won a gold medal in the European Commission’s Young... -
US government deploys open data standards created in Ireland News
26.04.2012 The open data movement is in full swing and tools and standards created in Ireland are to prove pivotal to open data employed by the US government. It emerged today that...Categories: Data Management, Database, Deals Done, Digital Media, Government, Internet, R&D, Research, Social Media, Software & Web Development, Web, Web 2.0 -
Galway student scoops €10K for his smart conferencing tech News
12.04.2012 NUI Galway student Niall O’Connor has won the NUI Galway Student Enterprise Awards for his innovation called SonorPlex, which draws on cloud computing to make conferences more... -
Students win summer university placements at science bootcamp News
29.03.2012 A team of five secondary school students who developed a project called 'Smart pipe: an automated water circulation anti-freezing system' have won the 2012 BT Young Scientist...Categories: Energy, Education, Engineer, Engineering, Graduate, Green, Green Tech, Internet, Life Sciences, Science, Social Media, Software & Web Development, Software Development -
NUIG and HP launch MSc in Cloud Computing Research News
27.02.2012 NUI Galway and HP have launched a new Master of Science degree in Cloud Computing Research which offers a programme of advanced research on the business-focused aspects of cloud... -
DERI teams up with Belgium’s UCB on open-source software News
24.02.2012 The Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI) at NUI Galway is starting a collaboration with the Belgian pharmaceutical company UCB to ramp up its D2RQ open-source software... -
UL and NUIG in research alliance with Silicon Valley start-up News
17.02.2012 Silicon Valley start-up Compact Imaging has just signed a two-year research collaboration with University of Limerick (UL) and National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG). The... -
'Science could save Europe’s economy' – Geoghegan-Quinn News
09.02.2012 Science "forms and informs our path to economic recovery”. That’s according to EU Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, who was in Ireland...Categories: Sustainability, R&D, Intellectual Property, Government, Education, Economy, Investments, Life Sciences, Science -
First-ever Galway CoderDojo sees ‘huge number’ of attendees News
08.02.2012 NUI Galway said it experienced “huge numbers” attending the first-ever Galway CoderDojo held on campus recently which aims to teach young people how to code. -
Free basic computer training on offer at NUI Galway News
30.01.2012 Place are still available for a computer training initiative at NUI Galway aimed at teaching people with little or no technological experience basic computer skills. -
Ireland’s IERC gets €1m energy research funding boost News
30.01.2012 Ireland’s International Energy Research Centre (IERC) has been given a €1m cash injection from the Government, via Enterprise Ireland, to ramp up its energy research projects....Categories: Energy, Economy, CIO, Engineer, Engineering, Government, Green, Green Tech, Intellectual Property, Jobs, Networking, Private Irish Business, R&D, Renewable Energy, Research, Science, Sustainability -
NUI Galway’s ‘Click & Connect’ computer training seeks to close digital divide News
10.01.2012 Anyone who believes they have been ‘digitally excluded’ now have a chance to brush up on their skills, courtesy of a new computer training initiative from NUI Galway, Limerick... -
GMIT and NUI Galway launch Code Ninja app contest News
16.12.2011 The Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) and NUI Galway have launched a new competition called Code Ninja designed to encourage students to build their own apps. -
Masters fellowship to study economic impact of HP in Galway News
22.12.2011 Hewlett-Packard (HP) and NUI Galway have launched a Masters Fellowship in Commerce to mark the 40th anniversary celebrations of HP Galway. The fellowship will examine the impact...Categories: Software & Web Development, Research, R&D, Investments, Computers, Economy, Education, Financial, Hardware -
Research centres in Ireland and their people News
21.11.2011 Elena Irina Pascu takes a look at the scientific landscape in Ireland in terms of the various research centres around the country and the people directing them.Categories: Bio Tech, Development, Education, Engineer, Engineering, Leadership & Management, Life Sciences, R&D, Research, Science, Telecommunications -
Science research in Ireland: the present and the future News
11.11.2011 Elena Irina Pascu takes a look at the scientific landscape in Ireland as it corresponds to the various universities across the land, underpinned by significant State investment... -
Flog your stuff on teens’ new website News
27.11.2011 Our Irish tech start-up of the week is Flog.ie, a zany new buy-and-sell website created by Irish 16-year-olds Andrew Forde and Jack Collins, two fifth-year students at Coláiste...Categories: Apps, Careers and Employment, Digital Business, eCommerce, Education, Internet, Multimedia, Social Media, Web, Web 2.0, Web Design, Web Development -
BioInnovate Ireland recruiting for eight fellows News
24.11.2011 BioInnovate Ireland is now recruiting for its next medical device innovation fellowship programme. This programme is modelled on the prestigious and internationally recognised... -
Ireland’s R&I Minister sets record on university rankings News
22.11.2011 Ireland’s Minister for Research and Innovation Séan Sherlock, TD, has reacted strongly to recent rankings of Irish universities from Times Higher Education and QS World...