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The eagerly awaited Technology Ireland Industry Awards took place on Friday 22nd November in the Mansion House, Dublin. Considered the most coveted awards ceremony…
Nikita Jalodia, a PhD Researcher with the Emerging Networks Lab research unit in TSSG at Waterford Institute of Technology, recently had her work published…
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…
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…
Enterprise Ireland welcomed a group of leading retailers to Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) and the greater South East region this week as part…
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…
The second Amplitude conference, hosted by the Technology Transfer offices and Research Centres from Waterford Institute of Technology and Institute of Technology Carlow, welcomed…
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…
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, …
Distributed energy resources (DER) are becoming ubiquitous in deregulated electricity markets. Renewables sources take a significant share of the total DER installed capacity. The…
Pictured at the launch from left are: Dr Mary Reidy (WIT); Dr Carme Rosell Moreno and Dr Ester Mateo Aguilar (Tecnocampus University, Barcelona); Prof…
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…
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…
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…
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…
In the second of the series, Jerry Horgan, TSSG Infrastructure Manager, WIT, discusses the case for national research data centres. Most HEIs have been…
Pictured DEMETER project coordinator, Kevin Doolin, Director of Innovation, TSSG The international push for the digitisation of agriculture coupled with the emergence of the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
AGRICULTURAL technology experts from across the globe will be in Waterford and the south east for three days from September 10 for the launch…
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…
TSSG is one of three Enterprise Ireland Technology Gateway Centres in Waterford Institute of Technology to have been awarded a share of the €6m…
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…
Alberto Huertas Celdrán, a Postdoctoral Researcher in TSSG, recently attended the JNIC 19 conference, and came home with not one but two awards! The…
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,…
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…
With the exponential growth rate of technology, the future of all activities involves an omnipresence of widely connected devices, or as we better know…
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…
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…
AR (Augmented Reality) and VR (Virtual Reality) are still emerging technologies as we move into a new age of computing. As TSSG have been…
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…
We have great news! The Creative Design team are a Finalist in the prestigious UX Awards in the category ‘UX Achievement in Financial Services’…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Irish tech experts are helping to harness the power of super powered computers to help vineyards across the globe improve grape quality and yields…
Dr. Alan Davy of the Telecommunication Software & Systems Group, WIT has just returned from a very successful second Towards TeraHertz Communications Workshop hosted…
Dr. Zeta Dooly successfully defended her thesis at her VIVA on 11th Oct 2018 with external examiners Dr. Ann Torres (NUIG) and Prof. Philip…
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…
The visit was part of the Embassy's mission to keep Australian businesses informed about opportunities developing in Ireland around AgriTech The Australian Ambassador to…
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…
UPMC Whitfield and WIT staff will partner on research activities across healthcare, ICT and the life sciences, with students to benefit from placement UPMC…
Within the TransSec project the experience of the consortium for the first year consisted of what can be considered normal in all projects of…
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…
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…
We previously introduced you to the MEPS (Mobile Ecosystem and Pervasive Sensing) research team, now we delve deeper into the thematic areas the team…
The Mobile Ecosystem and Pervasive Sensing Research Group (MEPS) in TSSG, Waterford Institute of Technology, led by Research Unit Manager Frances Cleary, is a…
As they say, “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.”, but because this was an amazing experience, I have to tell you about it!…
A nerve can be visualised as a communications path transporting information via neurons from the body to the brain and vice versa. Individual neurons…
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…
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…
The TSSG group of WIT organised a successful networking session entitled EU & India Clustering on IoT technologies for Smart Agriculture at ICT 2018.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Pictured are Dr. Eyal Misha, John Byabazaire and Mohit Taneja. Picture: Patrick Browne IEEE ComSoc Student competition is an annual competition organized by IEEE…
TSSG is a partner in the Horizon 2020 AEGIS project, which stands for Accelerating EU – US Dialogue for Research and Innovation in Cybersecurity…
The TSSG team were delighted to participate in the Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) event hosted by Sanofi in Waterford. Our team of AR &VR…
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…
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…
In October 2018, a delegation led by President Willie Donnelly, from Waterford Institute of Technology visited HEBUT Langfang & Tianjin Campus, China. During the…
The latest meeting for the H2020 SOGNO (Service Orientated Grid) project took place in September of this year. The gathering brought together a number…
SmartAgriHubs: 140 Digital Innovation Hubs, 9 regional cluster & 28 flagship innovation experiments The SmartAgriHubs project enables a broad digital transformation of the European…
The TransSec team at TSSG is comprised of four members within the Mobile Ecosystem and Pervasive Sensing (MEPS) Research Unit, starting with Technical Lead,…
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…
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…
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…
A team of researchers from TSSG attended the European Transport Conference in Dublin Castle on 12th October 2018. Software Developer, Nithin Padmaprabhu, presented a…
Dr. Alan Davy was invited to a US Army Research workshop on THz Wireless Communication at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island (October 2018). The…
The Telecommunications Software & Systems Group (TSSG) of Waterford Institute of Technology, as part of their role in the SpeakNGI.eu project, was involved in…
Antimicrobial resistance has become a global concern in recent years, and new techniques are continually being sought to treat bacterial infections without enhancing its…
Dr. Sasitharan Balasubramaniam, Director of Research at the TSSG, recently visited the Australian National University to give a seminar talk. The seminar was part…
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…
Mr. James Clarke (far right in photo) of the TSSG group of Waterford Institute of Technology was recently in India for a number of…
Are you an Irish SME looking for help with research and innovation? Have you a product or service that requires expertise currently outside of…
Disruptive Innovation is the theme of a new conference aimed at businesses and innovators which will demonstrate how availing of Government funding to collaborate…
Telecommunications, Software & Systems Group (TSSG) at Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) secure major role in €3 million secure truck navigation project - TransSec…
Industry keynote speakers will be joined by internationally recognised speaker and Waterford native, Keith Barry at the Amplitude conference which runs in Waterford’s WIT…
Mr James Clarke retains position on steering board of New European Media Technology Platform, working towards convergence of telecoms and consumer electronics On 30th…
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…
Recently, TSSG has made three key senior appointments in its organisation that also emphasise how TSSG recognises the importance and value of the role…
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…
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This summer TSSG welcomes six intern students from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. The visiting students are Pannika Prathjutha, Suprat Promittikul, Karn Piriyapanya, Thitipol Sinkruasuan, Jiranont…
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…
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…
Currently, Ebola virus outbreak is affecting the Republic Democratic of Congo. While the vaccines developed during the last outbreak in 2014 are still being…
Wireless radio spectrum is a scarce resource and a few chunks of the bandwidth…
The current electricity grid is transforming into a smarter grid a.k.a, Smart Grid (SG).…
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…
The Irish Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAV) Research Showcase took place in Killarney on the 2nd May 2018. The CAV seminar included speakers from…
Job Title: Experienced UX Designer/Developer Department: Creative Development Unit (CDU), TSSG (www.tssg.org) Commencement Date: Immediately Location: TSSG, Carriganore Salary: €31,310 - €51,510 per annum Closing Date: 16.00…
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…
Job Title: Senior Software Developer (Ref. No. 020259) Department: TSSG (www.tssg.org) Location: Waterford Salary: €46K - €61K PA Commencement Date: Immediately Minimum Qualification Required:…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
The TERAPOD team have launched a new video giving an overview on the project and the implications this research will have on future networks.…
Job Title: Senior UX Designer/Developer Department: Creative Design Unit (CDU), TSSG (www.tssg.org) Commencement Date: Immediately Location: TSSG, Carriganore Campus, Waterford Institute of Technology Salary Range: €46,460 - €61,610 p.a. Closing Date…
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…
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…
Research Data Sharing without barriers is a key important topic and a necessity as an enabler to actively encourage and facilitate progressive and impactful…
On 8th February, 2018, James Clarke of the TSSG at Waterford Institute of Technology attended the final review of the Horizon 2020 project DISCOVERY,…
Morgan McKinley - Global Professional Staffing and Talent Management Business. Meeting Clients and Candidates Recruitment needs in 10 Countries, from Toronto to Sydney Interestingly…
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…
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…
Research Data sharing without barriers is a key important topic and a necessity as an enabler to actively encourage and facilitate progressive and impactful…
Storing data in DNA is a lot easier than getting it back out. But a method bacteria use to swap genetic information could offer…
Job Title: Junior Software Developer x 2 (Ref. No. 019979) Department: TSSG (www.tssg.org) , PAS Location: Waterford Commencement Date:Immediately Minimum Qualification Required: Degree Description…
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…
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…
Suir Valley is led by businessman Barry Downes, who sold Feedhenry, the mobile software developer that he founded, to US multinational Redhat for more…
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…
Job Title: Postdoctoral Researcher (Ref. No. 019821) Department: TSSG (www.tssg.org) Commencement Date: Immediately Minimum Qualification Required:PhD Major Duties: Possess research expertise in the areas of Virtualised Networks…
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…
Job Title: Research Unit Manager (x 2) (Ref. No. 019819) Department: TSSG (www.tssg.org) Location: Waterford Commencement Date: Immediately Closing Date of Advert: 16.00 on…
Waterford Institute of Technology’s TSSG co-ordinators of €700,000 SpeakNGI.eu project Mr. Jim Clarke, Coordinator of SpeakNGI IRISH technology and research experts have been awarded…
Professor Willie Donnelly, President of Waterford Institute of Technology, "The institute has been at the forefront in the development of a High Potential Start-up…
Job Title: Marketing Assistant (Ref. No. 019679) Department: TSSG Location: Carriganore, Waterford Commencement Date: As soon as possible Duration: 1 year Closing Date of Advert: 16.00 on Monday, 11th…
Dave Feenan (ISA, left) Dr Brendan O'Flynn (centre) accepting the Technology Ireland Outstanding Academic Achievement of the Year award. Absent from image Ian Mills,…
Daniel Lynch from St Kieran’s College, Kilkenny, with Anna Cintulova, Bluefin WIT-TSSG hosted event attracts 2,000 visitors Bluefin Payment Systems, Sun Life Financial, Routematch,…
TSSG is seeking a number of postdoctoral research fellows to join the centre and encourages potential candidates to apply through competitive funding schemes, which…
Job Title: Experienced Software Test Engineer Department: V&V, TSSG (www.tssg.org) …
Job Title: Postdoctoral Researcher – Artificial Intelligence/Risk Communication Department: PAS, TSSG…
Job Title: Senior Software Developer (x2) Department: PAS, TSSG (www.tssg.org) Location: Waterford Salary: €46K - €61K p.a.…
Job Title: Senior Software Test Engineer Department: V&V, TSSG (www.tssg.org) …
Job Title: Software Research Engineer (Experienced) Department: ENL, TSSG (www.tssg.org) Location: Waterford Commencement Date: Immediate Salary: €31,000 - 51,000…
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.…
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…
Mohit Taneja (MSc Student) and John Byabazaire (Masters Student) The National Ploughing Championship is one of Europe’s largest outdoor agricultural trade exhibitions. Held in…
TECHNOLOGY experts from academia and industry across Europe are pooling their knowledge and expertise in a ground-breaking, industry-focused and EU-funded project to plot, plan…
Job Title: Experienced UX Designer/Developer (Ref. No. 019359) Department: Creative Development Unit (CDU), TSSG (www.tssg.org Commencement Date: Immediately Location: TSSG, Carriganore Minimum Requirement: BSc. in Multimedia Applications Development…
Job Title: Senior UX Designer/Developer (Ref. No. 019379) Department: Creative Development Unit (CDU), TSSG (www.tssg.org) Commencement Date: Immediately Location: TSSG, Carriganore Minimum Requirement: BSc.…
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:…
Dr. Michael Taynnan BarrosPost Doc Researcher The emergence of 5G offers new opportunities and challenges for network management. Eurescom message editor-in-chief Milon Gupta asked…
Bernard Butler, Postdoctoral Researcher, TSSG. For data centres to work to the best of their abilities, a great amount of research has to go…
Dell Inc., provider of the industry's broadest Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructure portfolio from edge to core to cloud, is helping new customers across…
Verification and validation unit focuses on quality at TSSG. TSSG’s Catherine Cunniffe says that verification and validation (V&V) are key to deriving quality software…
Wia chief executive Conall Laverty, Mike Brennan of Enterprise Ireland and Suir Valley Ventures managing partner Barry Downes. ‘Stripe for Internet of Things’ to…
Job Title: Mobile Services Technology Gateway (MSTG) Manager (Ref. No. 019259) Department: TSSG Location: Waterford Commencement Date: Immediately Duration: Specified Purpose (approx. 2 years in…
Included in the photo are Senator Paudie Coffey, Tim James - Energy Director MHPA, Marie Harnett - Senior First Level Controller, Southern Regional Assembly,…
Included in the photo are Senator Paudie Coffey, Tim James - Energy Director MHPA, Marie Harnett - Senior First Level Controller, Southern Regional Assembly,…
Reflecting upon Ireland’s recent success in Horizon 2020, Minister John Halligan recognised the efforts of 4 WIT/TSSG researchers at the EU Research Forum Researchers…
Left to right: Camille Sailer, European American Chamber of Commerce - New Jersey, Prof. Rebecca Wright, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Yolanda…
Image: Tanachot Srijam/Shutterstock Getting research out of the lab and into the real world is a difficult task, though NDRC’s recent programme could help…
Job Title: Senior Software Developer (Ref. No.19158) Department: Mobile Services Unit (MSU), TSSG (www.tssg.org) Commencement Date: Immediately Location: TSSG, Carriganore Minimum Requirement: MSc. in Computer Science (or equivalent)…
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James Maloney, Enterprise Ireland; Rita Guinan, head of enterprise, local enterprise office Tipperary; and Donal Mullane, regional manager, Teagasc. A conference aiming to highlight…
L-R- Eoin O’Driscoll, Tyndall, Frank Smith, Connect, Philip O'Brien, Lantern, Kevin Burke, Enterprise Ireland and Gary Leyden, NDRC NDRC’s Pre–Commercialisation Programme for researchers concluded…
Third year BSc (Hons) Applied Computing student Chris found work placement at TSSG thanks to the varied modules he is studying in his chosen…
The Transatlantic ICT Forum of the Horizon 2020 DISCOVERY project is recognised as an important bridge for EU – North American researchers and innovators. Waterford…
Waterford Institute of Technology is a partner in the DISCOVERY Project, a consortium composed of five partners from the EU, two partners from the…
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,…
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…
Dr. Davy recently organised the 2nd Workshop on Molecular Communications which took place at the Dublin Science Gallery, Dublin, Ireland on the 9th -…
TSSG researcher and LiquidEdge founder Steve Davy. Image: Connor McKenna Minority Report-style marketing is just a few kilobytes away. “John Anderton, you could use…
Chess fans watch progress of the first game between World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov and the IBM Deep Blue computer Twenty years ago today…
The phrase was spoken by a panel member and the audience nodded sagely. We’ve come a long way from Microsoft’s attempt to animate a…
TSSG’s attends first Electronomous Conference in Ireland on 27th of April 2017. This event was hosted by cartel.ie and chaired by former Top Gear…
On April 27th the annual meeting was hosted at ARUP in Dublin. The conference had speakers from both Ireland and the UK in the…
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…
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…
When is it on? Thursday, May 4, 2017 How many years has it been going? First ever ConverCon What was the inspiration to start…
Collaborative expertise in IoT for businesses of all sizes The A-IoT (applied Internet of Things) Technology Gateway Cluster has reams of expertise in all…
In the 21st century, it will be the innovators that generate the jobs and wealth. They need to be encouraged, writes John Kennedy. The…
TSSG’s DURGA PRASAD KAKOLLU attends first European conference on "Connected and Automated Driving – Together, shaping the future". This event was hosted by the…
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…
ConverCon uncovers the next generation of the internet in a post-mobile app world Apple’s Siri, Microsoft’s Cortana and Amazon Echo’s Alexa are changing how…
DESCRIPTION This role allows the graduate to engage in cutting edge research for commercial partners of TSSG sponsored by Enterprise Ireland and the European…
Talk is cheap, but security is king in the AI future of conversational commerce. Eric Robson, research unit manager of data mining and social…
PhD by Research Position Telecommunications Software & Systems Group Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland Applications are invited for PhD by Research positions with the…
Husband and wife team’s VR start-up aims for the stars. From left: Orla Rimmington, partner, Kernel Capital; Niall McEvoy, senior development adviser, HPSU department…
From Left: Orla Rimmington, Partner, Kernel Capital; Niall McEvoy, Senior Development Advisor, HPSU Dept. Enterprise Ireland; David Whelan, CEO, Immersive VR Education; Pamela Pim,…
Companies or individuals across the south east who have a product or idea they want to advance or bring to market are being offered…
On Wednesday March 29 TSSG hosted a free 2-hour morning workshop in Kilkenny on “What it takes to Digitize your business” Over the past…
TSSG's Sean Maher attends ERTRAC Annual Conference 'Digitalisation and decarbonisation towards the future European transport system', Brussels March 8th 2017. This event was hosted…
Mapping Ireland’s vast internet of things network reveals a web of collaboration and innovation. Limerick emerges as just one of the key locations in…
Job Title: Mobile Services Technology Gateway (MSTG) Manager (Ref. No. 018938) Department: TSSG Location: Waterford Commencement Date: May/June 2017 Duration: Specified Purpose (approx. 2 years in line…
Waterford Institute of Technology excels at bridging the transatlantic divide in research and innovation in Cloud Computing, including security aspects, between EU and Brazil.…
Pic. Dr. Peter McLoughlin, Vice President for Research, Innovation and Graduate Studies at WIT Industry and academia are working closer than ever and that…
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Applications are invited for MSc by Research and PhD by Research positions with the Telecommunications Software & Systems Group (TSSG) (http://www.tssg.org) at Waterford Institute of…
More than €7m of EU funds will be invested in science and technology projects to help protect and develop the marine life and the…
Free eDIGIREGION 'Sustaining Regional Innovation and Growth Through Partnership' conference at WIT Arena March 8 and 9 Pic. Prof. Bill O Gorman, W.I.T INDUSTRY…
Daniel Martins, PhD student from TSSG, WIT, was on the organising committee of IEEE Young Professional Entrepreneurs Open Day Dublin 2017. This event was the first in Ireland,…
Free eDIGIREGION 'Sustaining Regional Innovation and Growth Through Partnership' conference at WIT Arena March 8 and 9 Pic. Prof. Bill O'Gorman, W.I.T INDUSTRY leaders,…
(l-r): Prof. MP Gupta, IIT Delhi, James Clarke, Waterford Institute of Technology - TSSG, Coordinator of EU-India FI-MEDIA project, Mr. Giles O’Neill, Enterprise…
Kevin Walsh’s research carried at Waterford Institute of Technology has led to engineering consultancy Aphex developing revolutionary software for safe disposal of chemical waste…
“The seductive lure of achieving super-fast wireless speeds distracts from the broader vision originally envisaged for 5G.” Photograph: Reuters/Eric Gaillard The perceived need for…
The TSSG is proud to announce the successful conclusion to the PRISTINE project. The European Commission fully endorsed the review findings for the project and…
TSSG researcher and chief architect Miguel Ponce de Leon said the internet as we know it is not fit for purpose and he wants…
Arclabs, the research and innovation centre at Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) is behind this exciting event for WIT students. The Arclabs Student Entrepreneurship…
Business owners and leaders, and anyone with an interest in networking with delegates from Spain, Romania and Hungary examine how partnerships between industry, academic…
Barry Downes, Chairman of TSSG Barry Downes has the Midas touch when it comes to tech start-ups and is now heading a new venture…
Pic. Kriti Bhargava, TSSG TSSG attends International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communication (ICNC), held in Silicon Valley, USA, from January 26–29, 2017. The…
Pic. Donnchadh Cullinan, Enterprise Ireland, Toby Raincock, Shard Capital, Minister O Connor, Barry Downes, Suir Valley Ventures, Gareth Burchell, Shard Capital Shard Capital Partners…
Pictured in 2014: Cathal McGloin, CEO of Feedhenry and Craig Muzilla, senior vice president, Application Platform Business, Red Hat Decision by global software leader…
“RRI can be understood as a shift in responsibility: the shift from thinking in terms of individualist and consequentialist notions of responsibility to thinking…
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…
James Clarke of the TSSG group of Waterford Institute of Technology played a key role in the organisation of a panel session on global…
Education and business sectors to benefit from new approaches to digital learning The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD and the…
Nikita Jalodia, a PhD Researcher with the Emerging Networks Lab research unit in TSSG at Waterford Institute of Technology, recently had her work published…
Distributed energy resources (DER) are becoming ubiquitous in deregulated electricity markets. Renewables sources take a significant share of the total DER installed capacity. The…
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…
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…
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…
In the second of the series, Jerry Horgan, TSSG Infrastructure Manager, WIT, discusses the case for national research data centres. Most HEIs have been…
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…
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…
AGRICULTURAL technology experts from across the globe will be in Waterford and the south east for three days from September 10 for the launch…
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…
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,…
With the exponential growth rate of technology, the future of all activities involves an omnipresence of widely connected devices, or as we better know…
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…
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…
AR (Augmented Reality) and VR (Virtual Reality) are still emerging technologies as we move into a new age of computing. As TSSG have been…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Irish tech experts are helping to harness the power of super powered computers to help vineyards across the globe improve grape quality and yields…
Dr. Alan Davy of the Telecommunication Software & Systems Group, WIT has just returned from a very successful second Towards TeraHertz Communications Workshop hosted…
Dr. Zeta Dooly successfully defended her thesis at her VIVA on 11th Oct 2018 with external examiners Dr. Ann Torres (NUIG) and Prof. Philip…
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…
Within the TransSec project the experience of the consortium for the first year consisted of what can be considered normal in all projects of…
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…
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…
We previously introduced you to the MEPS (Mobile Ecosystem and Pervasive Sensing) research team, now we delve deeper into the thematic areas the team…
The Mobile Ecosystem and Pervasive Sensing Research Group (MEPS) in TSSG, Waterford Institute of Technology, led by Research Unit Manager Frances Cleary, is a…
A nerve can be visualised as a communications path transporting information via neurons from the body to the brain and vice versa. Individual neurons…
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…
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…
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…
Pictured are Dr. Eyal Misha, John Byabazaire and Mohit Taneja. Picture: Patrick Browne IEEE ComSoc Student competition is an annual competition organized by IEEE…
TSSG is a partner in the Horizon 2020 AEGIS project, which stands for Accelerating EU – US Dialogue for Research and Innovation in Cybersecurity…
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…
The TransSec team at TSSG is comprised of four members within the Mobile Ecosystem and Pervasive Sensing (MEPS) Research Unit, starting with Technical Lead,…
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…
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…
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…
The Telecommunications Software & Systems Group (TSSG) of Waterford Institute of Technology, as part of their role in the SpeakNGI.eu project, was involved in…
Antimicrobial resistance has become a global concern in recent years, and new techniques are continually being sought to treat bacterial infections without enhancing its…
Telecommunications, Software & Systems Group (TSSG) at Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) secure major role in €3 million secure truck navigation project - TransSec…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Currently, Ebola virus outbreak is affecting the Republic Democratic of Congo. While the vaccines developed during the last outbreak in 2014 are still being…
Wireless radio spectrum is a scarce resource and a few chunks of the bandwidth…
The current electricity grid is transforming into a smarter grid a.k.a, Smart Grid (SG).…
The Irish Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAV) Research Showcase took place in Killarney on the 2nd May 2018. The CAV seminar included speakers from…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
The TERAPOD team have launched a new video giving an overview on the project and the implications this research will have on future networks.…
On 8th February, 2018, James Clarke of the TSSG at Waterford Institute of Technology attended the final review of the Horizon 2020 project DISCOVERY,…
Storing data in DNA is a lot easier than getting it back out. But a method bacteria use to swap genetic information could offer…
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…
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.…
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…
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:…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
“RRI can be understood as a shift in responsibility: the shift from thinking in terms of individualist and consequentialist notions of responsibility to thinking…
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…
The eagerly awaited Technology Ireland Industry Awards took place on Friday 22nd November in the Mansion House, Dublin. Considered the most coveted awards ceremony…
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…
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…
Enterprise Ireland welcomed a group of leading retailers to Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) and the greater South East region this week as part…
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…
The second Amplitude conference, hosted by the Technology Transfer offices and Research Centres from Waterford Institute of Technology and Institute of Technology Carlow, welcomed…
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…
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, …
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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,…
Dr. Alan Davy of the Telecommunication Software & Systems Group, WIT has just returned from a very successful second Towards TeraHertz Communications Workshop hosted…
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…
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…
As they say, “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.”, but because this was an amazing experience, I have to tell you about it!…
The TSSG group of WIT organised a successful networking session entitled EU & India Clustering on IoT technologies for Smart Agriculture at ICT 2018.…
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…
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…
The TSSG team were delighted to participate in the Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) event hosted by Sanofi in Waterford. Our team of AR &VR…
The latest meeting for the H2020 SOGNO (Service Orientated Grid) project took place in September of this year. The gathering brought together a number…
SmartAgriHubs: 140 Digital Innovation Hubs, 9 regional cluster & 28 flagship innovation experiments The SmartAgriHubs project enables a broad digital transformation of the European…
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…
A team of researchers from TSSG attended the European Transport Conference in Dublin Castle on 12th October 2018. Software Developer, Nithin Padmaprabhu, presented a…
Dr. Alan Davy was invited to a US Army Research workshop on THz Wireless Communication at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island (October 2018). The…
Dr. Sasitharan Balasubramaniam, Director of Research at the TSSG, recently visited the Australian National University to give a seminar talk. The seminar was part…
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…
Mr. James Clarke (far right in photo) of the TSSG group of Waterford Institute of Technology was recently in India for a number of…
Disruptive Innovation is the theme of a new conference aimed at businesses and innovators which will demonstrate how availing of Government funding to collaborate…
Industry keynote speakers will be joined by internationally recognised speaker and Waterford native, Keith Barry at the Amplitude conference which runs in Waterford’s WIT…
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…
The Irish Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAV) Research Showcase took place in Killarney on the 2nd May 2018. The CAV seminar included speakers from…
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…
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…
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…
Research Data Sharing without barriers is a key important topic and a necessity as an enabler to actively encourage and facilitate progressive and impactful…
On 8th February, 2018, James Clarke of the TSSG at Waterford Institute of Technology attended the final review of the Horizon 2020 project DISCOVERY,…
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…
Research Data sharing without barriers is a key important topic and a necessity as an enabler to actively encourage and facilitate progressive and impactful…
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…
Daniel Lynch from St Kieran’s College, Kilkenny, with Anna Cintulova, Bluefin WIT-TSSG hosted event attracts 2,000 visitors Bluefin Payment Systems, Sun Life Financial, Routematch,…
Dr. Davy recently organised the 2nd Workshop on Molecular Communications which took place at the Dublin Science Gallery, Dublin, Ireland on the 9th -…
The phrase was spoken by a panel member and the audience nodded sagely. We’ve come a long way from Microsoft’s attempt to animate a…
On April 27th the annual meeting was hosted at ARUP in Dublin. The conference had speakers from both Ireland and the UK in the…
When is it on? Thursday, May 4, 2017 How many years has it been going? First ever ConverCon What was the inspiration to start…
ConverCon uncovers the next generation of the internet in a post-mobile app world Apple’s Siri, Microsoft’s Cortana and Amazon Echo’s Alexa are changing how…
Companies or individuals across the south east who have a product or idea they want to advance or bring to market are being offered…
TSSG's Sean Maher attends ERTRAC Annual Conference 'Digitalisation and decarbonisation towards the future European transport system', Brussels March 8th 2017. This event was hosted…
Free eDIGIREGION 'Sustaining Regional Innovation and Growth Through Partnership' conference at WIT Arena March 8 and 9 Pic. Prof. Bill O Gorman, W.I.T INDUSTRY…
Free eDIGIREGION 'Sustaining Regional Innovation and Growth Through Partnership' conference at WIT Arena March 8 and 9 Pic. Prof. Bill O'Gorman, W.I.T INDUSTRY leaders,…
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…
James Clarke of the TSSG group of Waterford Institute of Technology played a key role in the organisation of a panel session on global…
