The following presentation describes the potential use of the vagus nerve to transmit modulated data pulses to an embedded drug-delivery system in the brain. Energy harvesting is used…
Deirdre Mackey16th January 2020
Nikita Jalodia, a PhD Researcher with the Emerging Networks Lab research unit in TSSG at Waterford Institute of Technology, recently had her work published…
Deirdre Mackey22nd November 2019
Distributed energy resources (DER) are becoming ubiquitous in deregulated electricity markets. Renewables sources take a significant share of the total DER installed capacity. The…
Deirdre Mackey31st October 2019
Biological systems that are able to detect cancer cells and treat systemic diseases, e.g. Inflammatory Bowel Disease, have recently been synthetically designed using principles…
Deirdre Mackey18th October 2019
Mohit Taneja, an Experienced Software Research Engineer and Ph.D. Researcher at the Emerging Networks Lab at TSSG, Waterford Institute of Technology, has had a…
Deirdre Mackey17th October 2019
E-learning is a general term traditionally related to learning processes in which electronic communication technologies are used, specifically the Internet and its services, such…
Deirdre Mackey16th October 2019
In the second of the series, Jerry Horgan, TSSG Infrastructure Manager, WIT, discusses the case for national research data centres. Most HEIs have been…
Deirdre Mackey11th October 2019
Pictured is TSSG staff at ACM NanoCom in the Science Gallery with Prof. Ian F. Akyildiz. The TSSG recently co-organized the 6th Association for…
Deirdre Mackey9th October 2019
Figure 1: TransSec Vehicle to pedestrian (V2P) Mobile Application TSSG is developing a mobile application to keep the pedestrians safe during intentional truck attacks. In…
Deirdre Mackey27th September 2019
AGRICULTURAL technology experts from across the globe will be in Waterford and the south east for three days from September 10 for the launch…
Deirdre Mackey5th September 2019
Researchers at the TSSG of Waterford Institute of Technology have received $50,000 funding from CISCO Research Centre to investigate how the internet connected devices…
Deirdre Mackey6th July 2019
Photo left to right Niall Grant, TSSG, Sean McGuinness, EPRI, Fiona Williams, Ericsson and RE-SERVE Project Manager, Ronan Murphy, ESBN, Brian Carroll, ESB eCars,…
Deirdre Mackey13th June 2019
With the exponential growth rate of technology, the future of all activities involves an omnipresence of widely connected devices, or as we better know…
Deirdre Mackey13th June 2019
On 28th May, 2019, the TSSG led SpeakNGI.eu project held their final review in Brussels. SpeakNGI.eu, which ran from 1 October, 2017 until 31…
Deirdre Mackey13th June 2019
Light carries spin angular momentum (SAM) in its left- or right-handed circular polarization, and orbital angular momentum (OAM) in spiralling wavefronts that form a…
Deirdre Mackey3rd June 2019
AR (Augmented Reality) and VR (Virtual Reality) are still emerging technologies as we move into a new age of computing. As TSSG have been…
Deirdre Mackey23rd May 2019
Software Research Engineer, Ehsan Elahi, recently won €75,000 funding in the 5GINFIRE Open Call for Experiments. The project is to experiment a graph neural…
Deirdre Mackey23rd May 2019
TECHNOLOGY experts in Waterford are bidding to tackle one of the most aggressive forms of brain cancer using miniature, implantable devices. TSSG is Ireland’s…
Deirdre Mackey8th May 2019
Ryan McCloskey is a Junior Software Developer working in the AR/VR thematic area within the MEPS group at TSSG. Ryan is currently working in…
Deirdre Mackey1st May 2019
The Smart Energy team are working with industrial users with large 24/7 loads who have a degree of flexibility in the timing of that…
Deirdre Mackey1st May 2019
To-Euro-5G (Supporting the European 5G PPP) has a prime objective to support the activities of the European 5G Initiative during the second phase of…
Deirdre Mackey1st May 2019
Social Network Analysis Based Metric for Characterizing Behavioral Dynamics of Human-Managed Animals
The generation of vast quantities of data from sensor technologies necessitates the investigation of novel strategies to transform such data into useful metrics, which…
Deirdre Mackey1st May 2019
Irish tech experts are helping to harness the power of super powered computers to help vineyards across the globe improve grape quality and yields…
Deirdre Mackey25th March 2019
Dr. Alan Davy of the Telecommunication Software & Systems Group, WIT has just returned from a very successful second Towards TeraHertz Communications Workshop hosted…
Deirdre Mackey11th March 2019
Dr. Zeta Dooly successfully defended her thesis at her VIVA on 11th Oct 2018 with external examiners Dr. Ann Torres (NUIG) and Prof. Philip…
Deirdre Mackey5th March 2019
L-R: James Clarke, Maria Palombini, Felix Barrio, Claudio Caimi On 5th December, 2018, Mr. James Clarke of the Telecommunications Software and Systems Group of…
Deirdre Mackey5th March 2019
Within the TransSec project the experience of the consortium for the first year consisted of what can be considered normal in all projects of…
Deirdre Mackey21st February 2019
TransSec is an intelligent road transport security system project, funded under the Horizon 2020 Programme. TransSec is a consortium of researchers, innovators and businesses from…
Deirdre Mackey21st February 2019
TSSG recently completed AMEND, an industry-targeted research project with Intel Research Lab, Leixlip under the auspices of the CONNECT Research Centre for Future Networks…
Deirdre Mackey19th February 2019
We previously introduced you to the MEPS (Mobile Ecosystem and Pervasive Sensing) research team, now we delve deeper into the thematic areas the team…
Deirdre Mackey12th February 2019
The Mobile Ecosystem and Pervasive Sensing Research Group (MEPS) in TSSG, Waterford Institute of Technology, led by Research Unit Manager Frances Cleary, is a…
Deirdre Mackey28th January 2019
A nerve can be visualised as a communications path transporting information via neurons from the body to the brain and vice versa. Individual neurons…
Deirdre Mackey22nd January 2019
Alzheimer’s is the sixth leading cause of death for all ages and the fifth leading cause of death for those 65 years of age…
Deirdre Mackey18th January 2019
Thank God! Those were the first two words that came to mind when somebody asked me how I felt after Kriti’s Viva. Everybody in…
Deirdre Mackey17th January 2019
Dr. Alan Davy has been listed in Silicon Republic's top 22 'high flying scientists' who are 'making the world a better place' in 2019…
Deirdre Mackey14th December 2018
Pictured are Dr. Eyal Misha, John Byabazaire and Mohit Taneja. Picture: Patrick Browne IEEE ComSoc Student competition is an annual competition organized by IEEE…
Deirdre Mackey10th December 2018
TSSG is a partner in the Horizon 2020 AEGIS project, which stands for Accelerating EU – US Dialogue for Research and Innovation in Cybersecurity…
Deirdre Mackey3rd December 2018
TIDA, from Science Foundation Ireland, supports researchers in Ireland to ensure Ireland maintains its position as a leader in cutting-edge research A research project…
Hazel Williams19th November 2018
The TransSec team at TSSG is comprised of four members within the Mobile Ecosystem and Pervasive Sensing (MEPS) Research Unit, starting with Technical Lead,…
Deirdre Mackey24th October 2018
Mobile Ecosystem and Pervasive Sensing (MEPS) Unit provides expertise and knowledge across three main thematic areas focusing on Bio-Nano Telecommunications, Pervasive Sensing and Embedded…
Deirdre Mackey22nd October 2018
There is a growing worldwide concern over health issues presented by poor air quality, with the World Health Organisation stating that there are 4.2…
Deirdre Mackey22nd October 2018
Dr. Sasitharan Balasubramaniam, Director of Research at TSSG, joins a consortium of MNC’s, SME’s and Research Organisations as Principal Investigator in the new multi-million-euro…
Deirdre Mackey22nd October 2018
The Telecommunications Software & Systems Group (TSSG) of Waterford Institute of Technology, as part of their role in the SpeakNGI.eu project, was involved in…
Deirdre Mackey17th October 2018
Antimicrobial resistance has become a global concern in recent years, and new techniques are continually being sought to treat bacterial infections without enhancing its…
admin26th September 2018
Telecommunications, Software & Systems Group (TSSG) at Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) secure major role in €3 million secure truck navigation project - TransSec…
admin28th August 2018
Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) is to play a central role in the digital transformation of the agri-food sector in Europe. EU Commissioner for…
admin9th July 2018
TSSG's researcher Dr. Mubashir Husain Rehmani has been awarded the award of Outstanding Associate Editor of IEEE Access for the year 2017. IEEE Access…
admin25th June 2018
A FORMER carpenter, who 10 years ago, didn’t even know how to insert a USB stick into a computer, is now playing a lead…
admin16th June 2018
TECH experts at a top Irish research and innovation hub have teamed up with industry and carefully-selected global partners to catapult the age-old electricity…
admin14th June 2018
Currently, Ebola virus outbreak is affecting the Republic Democratic of Congo. While the vaccines developed during the last outbreak in 2014 are still being…
admin13th June 2018
Wireless radio spectrum is a scarce resource and a few chunks of the bandwidth…
admin11th June 2018
The current electricity grid is transforming into a smarter grid a.k.a, Smart Grid (SG).…
admin25th May 2018
The Irish Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAV) Research Showcase took place in Killarney on the 2nd May 2018. The CAV seminar included speakers from…
admin4th May 2018
Waterford Institute of Technology participate in a two city mission on Brazil Ireland research and education opportunities and EU-Brazil collaboration project final review James…
admin20th April 2018
Waterford Institute of Technology’s Telecommunication Software and Systems Group (TSSG) was awarded SFI funding in conjunction with Teagasc for a project titled “Using precision…
admin17th April 2018
ExerScout Gait Analysis The ExerScout Gait Analysis application is a non-marker based motion tracking system that automatically gathers data of an individual’s gait as…
admin17th April 2018
Post doc Researcher, Michael Taynnan Barros and Director of Research, Sasitharan Balasubramaniam, both of TSSG, are working on an ICT-based approach to Brain Communication,…
admin17th April 2018
IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization (IEEE NetSoft) 2018 has been created as a flagship conference aiming at addressing "Softwarization" of networks and systemic trends concerning…
admin17th April 2018
The TERAPOD team have launched a new video giving an overview on the project and the implications this research will have on future networks.…
admin11th April 2018
On 8th February, 2018, James Clarke of the TSSG at Waterford Institute of Technology attended the final review of the Horizon 2020 project DISCOVERY,…
admin14th February 2018
Storing data in DNA is a lot easier than getting it back out. But a method bacteria use to swap genetic information could offer…
admin27th January 2018
Gary McManus, Project Lead on Carelink at TSSG €2.5 million Carelink project to reduce stress for caregivers and dramatically increase the survival rates of…
admin22nd January 2018
Dr. Alan Davy, TERAPOD Project Co-ordinator and Research Manager at TSSG (Left) and Dr. Sasitharan Balasubramaniam, Acting Director of Research at TSSG, WIT Waterford.…
admin27th October 2017
Researchers at Waterford Institute of Technology’s Telecommunications, Software and Systems Group (TSSG) are leading an EU-funded project to plot and plan the future of…
admin27th October 2017
Nanodevice Arrays for Peripheral Nerve Fascicle Activation Using Ultrasound Energy-harvesting A research paper from TSSG has recently been published by IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology ( Volume: PP, Issue:…
admin22nd August 2017
Image: Ocskay Mark/Shutterstock Researchers at TSSG in Ireland’s south-east are conducting research into rewiring the brain to cure Alzheimer’s disease. Combining nanotechnology and biotechnology,…
admin1st June 2017
When it comes to future industrial uses of AR and VR, Waterford-based TSSG has the perfect calling card. Image: Supamotion/Shutterstock Researchers at TSSG’s augmented…
admin29th May 2017
A Web-Based IoT Solution for Monitoring traffic lights Using MQTT Protocol and Embedded system through GPS zone transition Traffic is a major concern for…
admin25th April 2017
TSSG is changing the game with a VR approach to rewire the brain. Image: Beto Chagas/Shutterstock Researchers at TSSG in Waterford are on the…
admin6th April 2017
“RRI can be understood as a shift in responsibility: the shift from thinking in terms of individualist and consequentialist notions of responsibility to thinking…
admin6th February 2017
An insightful workshop, hosted by the PRISTINE and ARCFIRE projects, on "beyond SDN/NFV" was held in conjunction with the SDN and OpenFlow World Congress…
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