Posted: 10 October 2006
Enterprise Ireland Award for UCD Professor
For his leadership in commercialising university research, Prof Barry Smyth, Head of the UCD School of Computer Science and Informatics, has been awarded the “Enterprise Ireland Informatics Commercialisation Award 2006.”
The annual award is presented to a researcher, research group or institution that exhibits commitment, innovation and success in relation to the commercialisation of university research. Through this award Enterprise Ireland hopes to encourage commercialisation across the informatics research arena.
“Prof Smyth has achieved a harmonious balance between academic and commercial success. He has maintained a strong track record of research excellence while managing to commercialise his work through the company Changing Worlds” said Fergal O’Morain, Director of Applied Research Commercialisation at Enterprise Ireland.
Prof Barry Smyth, Head of the UCD School of Computer Science and Informatics receiving the “Enterprise Ireland Informatics Commercialisation Award 2006” from Fergal O’Morain, Director of Applied Research Commercialisation at Enterprise Ireland
“While engaged in a significant academic role as Head of the UCD School of Computer Science and Informatics, Prof Smyth continued to produce excellent research and technology for commercialisation” he concluded.
The award was presented at the recent Enterprise Ireland, Informatics Technology Commercialisation Showcase 2006 which featured nine Irish informatics research projects with commercialisation opportunities including:
- Serendipity
Technology: ‘E-commerce Recommender Systems’
University College Dublin
- Virtual Colonoscopy
Technology: ‘Digital Image Analysis’
Dublin City University
- Turn Your PC into a Supercomputer
Technology: ‘Finite Element Accelerator’
- Higher Return on IPTV & VoD Networks
Technology: ‘Quality Oriented Adaptive Scheme’
University College Dublin
- Zinadoo
Technology: ‘Mobile Web’
Waterford Institute of Technology
- We Make You Smile
Technology: ‘Facial Expression Engine’
NUI Maynooth
- Hazard IQ
Technology: ‘Machine Learning’
NUI Galway
- DITCall
Technology: ‘Voice Slow Down’
Dublin Institute of Technology
- D-Systems Wireless Motes
Technology: ‘Sensor Systems.