On January 28th 2021, TSSG hosted an Enterprise Ireland Technology Gateway Insights Webinar based on Augmented and Virtual Reality. The webinar was presented by Stephen Barnes,…
Miguel Ponce de Leon26th February 2021
The Machine is a computer science education podcast discussing technology and related issues from Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT). Hosted by lecturer Rob O'Connor,…
Deirdre Mackey25th February 2021
How did you get to this point in your life? I am an Electronics and Communication Engineer and had a flexible curriculum in my…
Deirdre Mackey19th February 2021
Life-altering brain implant will sense and treat impending seizures A group of Waterford-based researchers are leading a ground-breaking new project that has been awarded…
Deirdre Mackey18th February 2021
Outline the paper Our world relies on communication. The capability to communicate and, more importantly, to be correctly understood, is an intrinsic need of…
Deirdre Mackey13th February 2021
Outline the paper In the natural world, or in other words, the animal world, there are dynamical systems which involve interactions between animals of…
Deirdre Mackey13th February 2021
The University Hospital Waterford 7th Annual Research Meeting was held virtually on the 29th of January of 2021 and showcased a wide variety of…
Deirdre Mackey11th February 2021
piSCES, one of TSSG's leading smart energy projects, is funded under the EU Interreg Ireland-Wales Programme 2014-2020. The team have developed a Smart Cluster Energy…
Deirdre Mackey8th February 2021
How did you get to this point in your life? I always had a clear answer to the question ‘What do you want to…
Deirdre Mackey5th February 2021
After what can only be described as the most unconventional year due to the Covid-19 pandemic which wreaked global havoc, the EU funded TransSec…
Deirdre Mackey30th January 2021
Outline the paper With the vast development in emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, medical field advancements and IoT, more data has been available…
Deirdre Mackey7th January 2021
Mohit Taneja recently completed his PhD as a part of the Science Foundation Ireland funded CONNECT Research Centre for Future Networks and Communications; working at…
Deirdre Mackey7th January 2021
AgriDISCRETE is a two-year research project funded by the Irish Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine. It is exploring various aspects related to…
Deirdre Mackey7th January 2021
Pictured is Liam Dunne CEO of Klearcom with Aisling O'Neill, Manager of Arclabs WIT. Picture: Patrick Browne - Based in ArcLabs, founder Liam Dunne…
Deirdre Mackey10th December 2020
Samitha Somathilaka, a PhD student in TSSG and the VistaMilk SFI Centre, presented at the SFI Summit 2020. Abstract: Bacterial populations reside in the…
Deirdre Mackey8th December 2020
Daniel Martins, a postdoctoral researcher working with the VistaMilk SFI Research Centre at TSSG, presented at the SFI Summit 2020. Abstract: The fast and…
Deirdre Mackey8th December 2020
Companies and individuals who need to run simulations or test prototypes now have access to a state-of-the-art, €160,000 mixed reality testbed lab and research…
Deirdre Mackey8th December 2020
As the reach of Artificial Intelligence (AI) grows in transforming industries such as medicine, transport and defence, we find ourselves entrusting our health, safety…
Deirdre Mackey2nd December 2020
Pictured L-R: Dr. James O'Sullivan, TTO Manager in WIT, Ryan McCloskey, Experienced Research Developer in TSSG The innovative CoronaVRus project won the People’s Choice…
Deirdre Mackey27th November 2020
Virtual Reality (VR) is an interactive immersive software and hardware-based experience that allows users to enjoy a simulated three-dimensional world using a head mounted…
Deirdre Mackey25th November 2020
In Internet of Things (IoT) development, relying on the availability of field devices can pose different challenges, particularly in the smart energy space. These…
Deirdre Mackey6th November 2020
Dr. Hamdan Awan, postdoctoral research fellow in TSSG, has co-authored a paper outlining the significance of visual object tracking with many societal and industry…
Deirdre Mackey2nd November 2020
Award acknowledges WIT’s contribution to date as an institute of technology and is a vote of confidence in its ambitious plans for the future…
Deirdre Mackey30th October 2020
Geoflly Adonias has been a researcher in the area of Computational Neuroscience under TSSG's Brain Initiative and recently published a paper in Frontiers in…
Deirdre Mackey30th October 2020
Big Bertha at the Blackrock Castle Observatory Society, Economy and Environment (SEE) Space network bids to forge links with European Space Agency TWO world-renowned…
Deirdre Mackey30th October 2020
Smart garments and intelligent textiles are a result of an innovative convergence between fabrics and electronics. Merging these two creates a new level of…
Deirdre Mackey28th October 2020
SOGNO consortium visiting Kilkenny Castle, 2018 The distribution grid faces several growing challenges that will continue to adversely affect the stable and reliable supply…
Deirdre Mackey28th October 2020
Virtual Reality (VR) provides an virtual immersive environment detached from the real world around them. This allows objects in this environment to be simulated…
Deirdre Mackey20th October 2020
Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) are finalists in two of the three categories at the annual Knowledge Transfer Ireland (KTI) Impact Awards 2020. This…
Deirdre Mackey15th October 2020
Bruna Fonseca and Dr. Dixon Vimalajeewa, both from the Telecommunications Software and Systems Group (TSSG) in Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) have been awarded…
Deirdre Mackey14th October 2020
eTextiles and Smart Materials Innovation Lab (eTex) People are in contact with textiles for up to 98 percent of their lives and such textiles…
Deirdre Mackey12th October 2020
Pictured L-R: Kevin Doolin, TSSG, Prof. John Nolan, NRCI, Niall O’Reilly, PMBRC, Dr. James O’Sullivan, WIT, Prof. Willie Donnelly, WIT, John Windle, WIT Arena,…
Deirdre Mackey25th September 2020
The Irish led European Horizon 2020 project, DEMETER, has announced the launch of its first open funding calls, DEVELOP, with a total budget of…
Deirdre Mackey21st September 2020
TSSG is the ICT research wing of Waterford Institute of Technology. IFACʼs Lorcan Bannon sat down with Carol Faughnan, Business Development Executive, to discuss…
Deirdre Mackey17th September 2020
Pictured: Dr. Alberto Huertas Celdran, Postdoctoral researcher in TSSG. How long have you been working in TSSG? I have worked in TSSG for…
Deirdre Mackey17th September 2020
Introduction Since March 2020 we have all been faced with an unprecedented level of challenges and obstacles, we must, and will overcome. This article…
Deirdre Mackey17th September 2020
Jim Clarke of Telecommunications Software and Systems Group (TSSG) group at Waterford Institute of Technology had a successful proposal accepted in the recent 2020…
Deirdre Mackey9th September 2020
Pictured: L-R Miguel Ponce de Leon, TSSG Technology Gateway Manager, Carol Faughnan, Business Development Executive and Jim Prendergast, Business Development Executive. An internationally-renowned technology…
Deirdre Mackey25th August 2020
Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) offer a direct link between the grey matter of our human brains and silicon and circuitry of computers. New technologies always…
Deirdre Mackey5th August 2020
Authors: Christine O’Meara (TSSG), Dave Hearne (TSSG) Ursula Kenny (TEAGASC) New IACS Vision In Action (NIVA) a H2020 funded project, aims to develop and…
Deirdre Mackey24th July 2020
In September 2016, as part of a consortium of partners from across Europe led by Ericsson, the TSSG attended the kick off meeting for…
Deirdre Mackey24th July 2020
World-leading SFI research centre expands to include WIT and TSSG researchers Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, has announced that it…
Deirdre Mackey16th July 2020
SmartAgriHubs is a €20 M EU project under the Horizon 2020 instrument, that brings together a consortium of over 164 partners in the European agri-food sector. The…
Deirdre Mackey15th July 2020
Saoirse Hartley, a fourth year Applied Health Care student in Waterford Institute of Technology, has been awarded a coveted summer student internship funded by…
Deirdre Mackey10th July 2020
The morning of 9th June, 2020 saw the beginning of the week-long Copernicus Hackathon Cork, an innovative and exciting collaboration organised by the National…
Deirdre Mackey10th July 2020
The sensitivities around agricultural data sharing is the focus of new research being undertaken by smart-agri specialists at Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) and…
Deirdre Mackey8th July 2020
Photo L-R: Kevin Doolin, Director of Innovation, TSSG and Dr. Sasitharan Balasubramaniam, Director of Research, TSSG. Photo Credit: Patrick Browne Recent EU…
Deirdre Mackey3rd July 2020
Researchers at TSSG combined their expertise in Cybersecurity and Molecular Communications to investigate a scenario where the behaviour of bacteria populations was maliciously affected…
Deirdre Mackey30th June 2020
TSSG had a big win in the Horizon 2020 call entitled FOOD 2030 - Empowering cities as agents of food system transformation (ID: CE-FNR-07-2020),…
Deirdre Mackey25th June 2020
Pictured: Jim Clarke and the other Webinar Panellists Due to his previous work in international collaboration with Brazil, TSSG group’s Jim Clarke was an invited…
Deirdre Mackey25th June 2020
Pictured - Carol Faughnan, Business Development Executive at TSSG Tell us a bit about the TSSG Technology Gateway The Telecommunications Software and Systems Group…
Deirdre Mackey16th June 2020
There is no specific unit that is used in bars to sanitise the beer bottles before serving the beer to the customers. Health and…
Deirdre Mackey16th June 2020
A global communications conference with over 2,000 virtual delegates and 1,100 academic papers is being coordinated and run from a kitchen table in Tramore.…
Deirdre Mackey11th June 2020
The Capital Funding Programme provides industry with access to critical, leading-edge equipment and infrastructure which will help them to build resilience. Industry in the…
Deirdre Mackey11th June 2020
COVID-19 has led to a global acceleration in the adoption of telecommunication and telepresence technologies. The ‘new normal’ which has been established in the…
Deirdre Mackey10th June 2020
An online conference ‘Fostering STI twinning activities between EU and Brazil’ took place on Friday 22nd May. The aim of this conference was…
Deirdre Mackey9th June 2020
Authors: Christine O’Meara (TSSG), Dave Hearne (TSSG) New IACS Vision In Action (NIVA) a H2020 funded project, aims to develop and implement technologies that…
Deirdre Mackey28th May 2020
On the 20th of May, 2020, Jim Clarke of the Telecommunications Software and Systems Group of WIT participated in a webinar organised by the NGI…
Deirdre Mackey26th May 2020
Author: Dr Ruisong Han Across the world, health authorities, governments, companies, and academia are working together tightly and tirelessly to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.…
Deirdre Mackey20th May 2020
Wearable electronic device to monitor social distancing. Researchers are working towards an inconspicuous wearable solution to track and assess the social distancing measures by…
Deirdre Mackey13th May 2020
Block-chain Safe-to-Work certification for people returning to work. While the current stay-at-home policy helps to suppress the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the impact…
Deirdre Mackey13th May 2020
Technology has played a critical role in the society of today as many people transition to remote working, remote schooling, remote shopping and remote…
Deirdre Mackey13th May 2020
Overall workflow of the Machine Learning (ML) system in CDaaS The global problem of antibiotic resistance is fast becoming one of the major scientific…
Deirdre Mackey13th May 2020
When the COVID-19 virus enters the respiratory system, it uses the Angiotensin Converting Enzyme 2 (ACE2), found in the respiratory system, to bind and enter cells. Once COVID-19 has…
Deirdre Mackey13th May 2020
The COVID-19 virus knows no boundaries. Breathing difficulties and shortness of breath are a key indicator of the illness and fatality rates are high…
Deirdre Mackey13th May 2020
The Technology Gateway in the Telecommunications and Software Systems Group (TSSG) is a partnership between Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) and Enterprise Ireland which…
Deirdre Mackey11th May 2020
On the 28th of April, 2020, Jim Clarke from the Telecommunications Software and Systems Group at Waterford Institute of Technology participated as a panellist…
Deirdre Mackey5th May 2020
Read about the 4 different research projects aimed at supporting sustainable and competitive agricultural production practices and policies. The Minister for Agriculture, Food and…
Deirdre Mackey30th April 2020
With the global pandemic reaching what many hope to be is its peak around the world, the number of issues and the scale of…
Deirdre Mackey29th April 2020
The global pandemic (Covid-19 or SARS-COV-2) has so far killed thousands of people and continues to threaten many more in the very near future.…
Deirdre Mackey29th April 2020
Dr. Genaro Longoria successfully defended his PhD thesis at his Viva Voce on 6th April 2020, which took place remotly with Dr. Stepan Ivanov as…
Deirdre Mackey28th April 2020
Ursula Kenny (Teagasc), Christine O’Meara (TSSG), Dave Hearne (TSSG) This second blog post in our NIVA mini-series provides an overview of the first step…
Deirdre Mackey28th April 2020
Pictured: Dr. Donohoe, with his supervisors and PhD thesis Examiners after his successful Viva Voce on Monday the 20th of January 2020 at the TSSG Boardroom.…
Deirdre Mackey23rd April 2020
Pictured L-R: Kathryn Kiely, Dr. James O’Sullivan, Eimear Fitzpatrick, Dr. Mark White, Philomena Treacy, Susie Cullinane, Josephine Holohan, Celine Corcoran, Jonathan Brazil, Carol Kennedy,…
Deirdre Mackey22nd April 2020
Darren Leniston and David Ryan are part of the Team of Researchers and Engineers in TSSG working on the EdgeFLEX Project Building on work…
Deirdre Mackey20th April 2020
Inventors, innovators and developers from across Ireland are being urged to join forces with some of the world’s top mentors, industry experts and partners…
Deirdre Mackey15th April 2020
Authors, Christine O'Meara and Dave Hearne Welcome to our new mini blog series which outlines how Design Thinking and a Multi Actor Approach has…
Deirdre Mackey8th April 2020
In these times of uncertainty, it is important to highlight some of the funding and supports available to researchers and businesses during the Covid-19…
Deirdre Mackey3rd April 2020
Enterprise Week (March 2nd - 6th) was an opportunity to recognise the fine work carried out by local businesses across Ireland, it was also…
Miguel Ponce de Leon1st April 2020
We are delighted to announce that Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) have joined FutureNeuro as an academic partner. FutureNeuro is the SFI Research Centre…
Deirdre Mackey1st April 2020
Pictured: Niall Grant a Software Developer in the area of Renewable Energy Research How long you’re working in TSSG? I’ve been working for…
Deirdre Mackey27th March 2020
Pictured is Ian Mills, TSSG; Frances Cleary, TSSG; Prof. John Nolan, NRCI; Emmanuel Ankamah, NRCI and Paul Hickey, TSSG EXPERTS in tech and nutrition…
Deirdre Mackey27th March 2020
TSSG global coordinator in €5 million FAITH project The FAITH team at TSSG in WIT. From left: Yahya Almardeny, Junior Software Systems & Machine…
Deirdre Mackey26th March 2020
This webinar is the first of a series to be organised around the NGIatlantic.eu Open Calls. It will introduce the NGIatlantic.eu project and opportunities…
Deirdre Mackey24th March 2020
Among the major elements of TransSec is the support for pan-European emergency call (eCall) standard. The European Commission eSafety initiative aims to enhance the…
Deirdre Mackey20th March 2020
Shagufta Henna, a Postdoctoral Researcher/Connect Research Fellow in the area of machine learning for future generation networks, recently had a paper titled "Distributed and…
Deirdre Mackey20th March 2020
Molecular communication is an emerging field which focuses on realising communication between nano-scale devices and especially the internet of bio-nano things. A key characteristic…
Deirdre Mackey19th March 2020
Lameness is a condition that affects the locomotion patterns of livestock. Timely lameness detection is one of the major and costliest health problems in…
Deirdre Mackey16th March 2020
Pictured is the research support unit team The research support unit team deliver information sessions on the various funding programmes, facilitate training opportunities on every…
Deirdre Mackey11th March 2020
agROBOfood is offering 2.65 M€ to SMEs through its’ 1st Open Call for Innovation Experiments. agROBOfood is a Horizon 2020 project aiming to build a…
Deirdre Mackey9th March 2020
Epilepsy is a neurodegenerative disease identified by its characteristic synchronized high-frequency neuronal activity, also known as seizures, in specific parts of the brain and,…
Deirdre Mackey9th March 2020
Pictured is Grainne Dilleen (Right) and her PhD Supervisor Dr. Ethel Claffey. WIT School of Business (Left) How long have you been working…
Deirdre Mackey6th March 2020
Mr. James Clarke, a researcher in the Telecommunications Systems Software Group (TSSG) at Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) has been awarded funding of €3.5…
Deirdre Mackey3rd March 2020
TSSG H2020 project TO-EURO-5G finishes with top marks The H2020 5G PPP’s TO-EURO-5G project ran for the period June, 2017 until August, 2019, with…
Deirdre Mackey28th February 2020
From the 9th to the 11th of March in Bucharest, Romania, the SmartAgriHubs Stakeholder Conference will celebrate the achievement of one of the largest…
Deirdre Mackey24th February 2020
Dr Daniel Martins successfully defended his PhD thesis at his Viva Voce on 25th November 2019, with Dr Chun Tung Chou (University of New…
Deirdre Mackey31st January 2020
About 200 hundred kilometres north of Sydney, we find Newcastle, the largest coal exporting harbour in the world and a quiet city of the…
Deirdre Mackey27th January 2020
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
Below is a presentation given by Dr. Sasitharan Balasubramaniam, Director of Research at TSSG, in which he presented his current research in developing miniature…
Deirdre Mackey16th January 2020
LIR HEAnet User Group for Libraries provides a forum for discussion on the use of electronic resources and networks by HEI libraries and assists…
Deirdre Mackey20th December 2019
Waterford Tech Meetup celebrated its third birthday recently, providing an opportunity for the tech community in Waterford and surrounding areas to meet in a…
Deirdre Mackey20th December 2019
As part of the research communication competition researchers explain why what they are doing matters to Irish society or in a global context Mohit…
Deirdre Mackey12th December 2019
The eagerly awaited Technology Ireland Industry Awards took place on Friday 22nd November in the Mansion House, Dublin. Considered the most coveted awards ceremony…
Deirdre Mackey25th November 2019
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
ENTERPRISE IRELAND ARCLABS INVESTMENT TO NURTURE AND GROW SOUTH EAST START-UPS Partnership with ArcLabs continues to be an essential element of Enterprise Ireland’s overarching…
Deirdre Mackey18th November 2019
Kevin Doolin, Director of Innovation at TSSG and project co-ordinator of the €17m Horizon 2020 funded project, DEMETER, was invited to participate as a…
Deirdre Mackey18th November 2019
Enterprise Ireland welcomed a group of leading retailers to Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) and the greater South East region this week as part…
Deirdre Mackey18th November 2019
The Conference CNSM (Conference on network and Service Management) is jointly organised and hosted by IEEE Comsoc and IFIP TC6/WG6.6. This year it was…
Deirdre Mackey15th November 2019
The second Amplitude conference, hosted by the Technology Transfer offices and Research Centres from Waterford Institute of Technology and Institute of Technology Carlow, welcomed…
Deirdre Mackey14th November 2019
On behalf of the WIT International Office, Dr Sheila O’Donohoe from the WIT School of Business and James Clarke of the Telecommunications Software and…
Deirdre Mackey4th November 2019
A new digital innovation hub which will drive the digital transformation of Europe's Agri-Food sector is reaching out to SME’s, Start Ups, colleges, research organisations, …
Deirdre Mackey4th 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
Pictured at the launch from left are: Dr Mary Reidy (WIT); Dr Carme Rosell Moreno and Dr Ester Mateo Aguilar (Tecnocampus University, Barcelona); Prof…
Deirdre Mackey23rd October 2019
OpenSky, Ireland’s leading GovTech transformation specialist which provides automated solutions to public sector bodies, today announces that it has launched its new Research Projects…
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
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 DEMETER project coordinator, Kevin Doolin, Director of Innovation, TSSG The international push for the digitisation of agriculture coupled with the emergence of the…
Deirdre Mackey11th October 2019
Pictured is the Agri Sprint Participants hard at work TSSG Agri-Sprint Jonathan is a dairy farmer with more that 300 cows, a situation that is…
Deirdre Mackey10th 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
Building momentum towards Amplitude 2019 at Lyrath Estate Hotel on Wednesday, November 6. Early bird tickets for the long-awaited event remain on sale at…
Deirdre Mackey20th 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
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89g1S9aVTRg Kevin Doolin, Director of Innovation at TSSG, talks about enterprise, innovation and the importance of the Enterprise Ireland Technology Gateway Network to the…
Deirdre Mackey16th August 2019
TSSG is one of three Enterprise Ireland Technology Gateway Centres in Waterford Institute of Technology to have been awarded a share of the €6m…
Deirdre Mackey7th August 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
Alberto Huertas Celdrán, a Postdoctoral Researcher in TSSG, recently attended the JNIC 19 conference, and came home with not one but two awards! The…
Deirdre Mackey13th June 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
SmarterAquaculture is an Enterprise Ireland funded Commercialisation Fund project which seeks to leverage TSSGs knowledge and expertise in smart aquaculture technologies. The one-year project…
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
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
We have great news! The Creative Design team are a Finalist in the prestigious UX Awards in the category ‘UX Achievement in Financial Services’…
Deirdre Mackey21st May 2019
A new digital innovation hub in Kilkenny City can drive the digital transformation of Europe's Agri-Food sector, boosting innovation and growth in the region,…
Deirdre Mackey20th 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
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
The SmartAgriHubs project is delighted to announce that it will host the SmartAgriHubs kick-off Conference 2019 in Prague. The kick-off conference marks the first…
Deirdre Mackey28th February 2019
UPMC Whitfield and WIT staff will partner on research activities across healthcare, ICT and the life sciences, with students to benefit from placement UPMC…
Deirdre Mackey26th 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
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
As they say, “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.”, but because this was an amazing experience, I have to tell you about it!…
Deirdre Mackey22nd 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
Participants of all ages are required for the Global Citizens’ Debate on the future of Internet that will consist of hundreds of non-expert citizens…
Deirdre Mackey2nd January 2019
Be at the forefront of innovation and work on cutting-edge research by joining the team at TSSG. We focus on a number of areas…
Deirdre Mackey14th December 2018
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
Are you an Irish SME looking for help with research and innovation? Have you a product or service that requires expertise currently outside of your…
Deirdre Mackey11th December 2018
Niall Grant shares his experience of travelling to Bucharest earlier this year for the RE-SERVE Exploitation Seminar and Project Meeting. Bucharest, a busy city…
Deirdre Mackey11th 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
TSSG’s Technology Gateway featured in THEA’s "Full STEAM ahead" supplement included in the Irish Independent this week, featured articles on technology across the Institute…
Hazel Williams19th November 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
In October 2018, a delegation led by President Willie Donnelly, from Waterford Institute of Technology visited HEBUT Langfang & Tianjin Campus, China. During the…
Hazel Williams14th November 2018
The latest meeting for the H2020 SOGNO (Service Orientated Grid) project took place in September of this year. The gathering brought together a number…
Deirdre Mackey2nd November 2018
SmartAgriHubs: 140 Digital Innovation Hubs, 9 regional cluster & 28 flagship innovation experiments The SmartAgriHubs project enables a broad digital transformation of the European…
Deirdre Mackey1st 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
A team of researchers from TSSG attended the European Transport Conference in Dublin Castle on 12th October 2018. Software Developer, Nithin Padmaprabhu, presented a…
Deirdre Mackey22nd October 2018
Dr. Alan Davy was invited to a US Army Research workshop on THz Wireless Communication at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island (October 2018). The…
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
Dr. Sasitharan Balasubramaniam, Director of Research at the TSSG, recently visited the Australian National University to give a seminar talk. The seminar was part…
admin16th September 2018
Dr. Michael Barros, Experienced post-doc researcher at TSSG, recently visited Prof. Josep Miguel Jornet for two weeks at he UbNano lab, in the University…
admin16th September 2018
Mr. James Clarke (far right in photo) of the TSSG group of Waterford Institute of Technology was recently in India for a number of…
admin14th 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
Mr James Clarke retains position on steering board of New European Media Technology Platform, working towards convergence of telecoms and consumer electronics On 30th…
admin11th July 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
Recently, TSSG has made three key senior appointments in its organisation that also emphasise how TSSG recognises the importance and value of the role…
admin26th June 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
This summer TSSG welcomes six intern students from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. The visiting students are Pannika Prathjutha, Suprat Promittikul, Karn Piriyapanya, Thitipol Sinkruasuan, Jiranont…
admin20th 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
Since 2013, TSSG has been home to Ireland’s Supercomputer named 'Fionn'. This supercomputer was installed at TSSG's data centre in W.I.T with the Irish Centre…
admin16th 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
Over the past year the TSSG having been collaborating with the Smart Networks team of ESB, on part of a standardised approach to data modelling…
admin27th 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
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
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
L-R Orla Rimmington, Partner, Kernel Capital, Seamus Larrissey – CFO, Immersive VR Education, David Whelan – CEO, Immersive VR Education, Sandra Whelan – COO, Immersive VR Education, Barry…
admin16th March 2018
Paul Malone (right) with members of the NGI community and Pearse O'Donohue, Director for Future Networks in the European Commission (third from right) at…
admin6th March 2018
Research Data Sharing without barriers is a key important topic and a necessity as an enabler to actively encourage and facilitate progressive and impactful…
admin15th February 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
Morgan McKinley - Global Professional Staffing and Talent Management Business. Meeting Clients and Candidates Recruitment needs in 10 Countries, from Toronto to Sydney Interestingly…
admin13th February 2018
AEGIS project participants from INMARK and Waterford Institute of Technology’s TSSG (WIT-TSSG) actively participated to the meeting of ECSO Working group 6, which focused…
admin12th February 2018
Annestown Beach, Waterford. Image: iStock New data from TechIreland shows that Cork is producing the most tech start-ups, but Limerick got the lion’s share…
admin12th February 2018
Research Data sharing without barriers is a key important topic and a necessity as an enabler to actively encourage and facilitate progressive and impactful…
admin31st January 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
TSSG's Peter Scanlon, Martin Tolan & Ryan Stubbs participate in NDRC's Pre-Commercialisation Programme run in partnership with EI & SFI. TSSG's Peter Scanlon, Martin…
admin22nd January 2018
Suir Valley is led by businessman Barry Downes, who sold Feedhenry, the mobile software developer that he founded, to US multinational Redhat for more…
admin19th January 2018
Smart Glove as developed by TSSG, Tyndall and Design Partners, Cork. Aimed at virtual reality/augmented reality (VR/AR) and robotics, the smart glove developed by…
admin10th January 2018
Dr Brendan O'Flynn demonstrating the smart glove Irish VR/AR invention bridges the divide between human and digital world Wednesday January 3rd 2018: The award-winning…
admin4th January 2018
