School of Computer Science, University of Galway, Ireland

Congratulations to Dr Malika Bendechache, in the School of Computer Science at the University of Galway, who is one of 10 outstanding researchers across Ireland to have been presented with the inaugural Lero Research Awards.


Malika’s award includes a grant of €133,792 to support a two-year postdoc under her supervision on in the School of CS. This project will address challenges in using a sophisticated AI-based computer model on brain MRIs to enhance prediction and localisation of brain tumours.


Further information here:

https://lero.ie/news-and-events/news/10-outstanding-researchers-presented-inaugural-lero-research-awards

We still have a few places left for the September 2024 intake of the PgCert in for Professionals at University of Galway. Applications will remain open until the end of June.

Social gathering after the School of Computer Science PhD Research Student's Public Presentations 2024.
With:
- Iias Faiud, Hossein Khaleghy, Jonaid Shianifar
- Iqra Nosheen, Kulsoom Umay
-Mohaiad El Basheer (Visiting PhD Student from University of Calabria, Italy), Jiaolin Luo, Iqra Nosheen, Allassan Tchangmena A Nken, Dr Frank Galvin, Dr Effirul Ramlan, Dr Jawaad Manzoor, Prof Michael Madden, Dr Enda Howley.
-Timothy Hanely, Michael Gian Gonzales, Kouider Chadli, Gearóid Reilly, Kavach Dheer, Dr James McDermott, Ethan Padden, Louise McCormack, Seán Caulfield Curley, Evan O'Riordan.
- Nawazish Ali, Muhammad Adeel Hafeez, Muhammad Asad, Aaron Flanagan, Malaika Mushtaq, Ayman Abaid, Mian Ibad Ali Shah.

Staff and PhD researchers at the School of Computer Science PhD Research Student's Public Presentations 2024.
Front Row (left to right): Dr Frank Glavin, Aaron Flanagan, Ethan Padden, Professor Michael Madden (Head of Computer Science), Nawazish Ali, Hazrat Bilal, Adam Callaghan, Iqra Nosheen, Malaika Mushtaq, Kulsoom Umay, Ayman Abaid, Jiaolin Luo, Kevin O'Brien.
2nd Row (left to right): Louise McCormack, Evan O'Riordan, Kavach Dheer, Muhammad Asad, Muhammad Adeel Hafeez, Seán Caulfield Curley.
3rd Row (left to right): Dr Nazre Batool, Michael Gian Gonzales, Gearóid Reilly, Dost Muhammad, Hossein Khaleghy, Mian Ibad Ali Shah, Iias Faiud, Jonaid Shianifar.
Back row (left to right): Deirdre King, Dr Effirul Ramlan, Dr Waqar Shahid Qureshi, Kouider Chadli, Dr Takfarinas Saber, Timothy Hanley, Allassan Tchangmena A Nken, Dr James McDermott, Talha Iqbal, Irish Senthilkumar.

Call for Papers - International Workshop on Security and Privacy Enhancing Technologies for Visual Data (SPETViD):
https://www.ares-conference.eu/spedtvid

Thanks to all the wonderful TY students who attended the CS Taster Days at University of Galway this week.
Some photos of our lab with lecturers and tutors all ready for some great CS sessions! Dr Mamoona Asghar (Cybersecurity session); Dr Enda Barrett (AI style tool); Evan O'Riordan and Dr Frank Glavin (SketchUp session)

🌙 Eid Mubarak to our Muslim community!

Congratulations to Mark Campbell on successfully defending his PhD thesis today.

Mark’s PhD topic was “Cardiac rehabilitation: patient experience design – addressing challenges, opportunities, and digital interventions in the patient journey”, supervised by Dr Sam Redfern.

Pictured LtoR: Prof. Michael Madden (chair), Mark Campbell, Dr Sam Redfern, the external examiner, Prof. Raymond Bond (Professor of Human Computer Systems, Ulster University), and the internal examiner, Prof. Tony Hall (School of Education, University of Galway).

Congratulations to PhD students:
* Evan O’Riordan (supervised by Dr Colm O’Riordan and Dr Frank Glavin)
* Mian Ibad Ali Shah (supervised by Dr Karl Mason and Dr Enda Barrett)
* Gearóid Reilly (supervised by Dr Sam Redfern and Dr Attracta Brennan)
joint winners of the School of CS Threesis competition for AY 2023-2024.

Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona daoibh 🇮🇪 ☘️

Well done to our four teams who competed in the recent Irish Collegiate Programming Competition in UCC. Pictured are some of our students from 2 teams at the event: Jeziel Ayala, Yixing Lei, Hemanth Harikrishnan, Anamika Valappil and Shelton Cyril.
More information at: https://acm.ucc.ie/

The Business Analytics and AI Society are organising the following event next week:

✨ Unlock the secrets of Generative AI with insights from an industry expert in our upcoming event! 🌐! 🚀 Exploring the possibilities of artificial intelligence 🤖. You don't even have to go anywhere - you can explore this amazing event from the comfort of your home or anywhere else you like 💻.

Reserve your seat and mark your calendar now!! Here's the link: https://forms.gle/D2ahFYgVociJLsrC7 20th March 2024 📍 6-7 P.M ⏰

Interested in a 5-week Summer Research Scholarship in Computer Science?

University of Galway's School of Computer Science has 2 scholarships available for undergraduate students, starting on 27th May, each with a bursary of €2,000.

Application deadline: Sunday, 28th April 2024

Further details, including how to apply, are available on our website, please see:

https://www.universityofgalway.ie/science-engineering/school-of-computer-science/research/opportunities/

Ramadan Mubarak!

Computer Science stands at the University of Galway's Open Day today! With Aaleen Khalid, Dr Jawad Manzoor, Kavach Dheer, Dr Josephine Griffith and Alesya Young.

Join us on Saturday (9th March) for the University of Galway's Undergraduate ! Come talk to us about Computer Science at our stands in the Purple and Orange Zones. You can also attend talks at 11:30, 12:15 & 1:45

Congratulations to Annanda Sousa on her recent successful PhD viva on the topic of "Ethically-driven Multimodal Emotion Detection for Children with Autism". Annanda is pictured with her supervisors Karen Young and Dr Manel Zarrouk (online), her examiners Dr Denis Newman-Griffis and Dr Josephine Griffith and the chair of the viva Prof. Edward Curry. Annanda was also supervised by Prof. Mathieu d’Aquin and Dr Jennifer Holloway.

The School of Computer Science is delighted to announce that 'Horizon EU' project 'AI4Debunk' has commenced with Dr. Jamal Nasir the P.I. for University of Galway.
https://www.universityofgalway.ie/our-research/people/computer-science/jamalnasir/

Dr Malika Bendechache Secures a Horizon Europe MSCA-2024 Award as a PI to fund a postdoctoral researcher to work under Malika’s mentorship, on a project entitled “Deep Learning Based Interpretable Paediatric Brain Tumours Segmentation and Classification”
https://www.universityofgalway.ie/our-research/people/computer-science/malikabendechache/

Dr Waqar Shahid Qureshi gave a very interesting talk on using deep learning to evaluate the condition of road surfaces, as part of the
School of Computer Science Research Seminar Series

Thanks to Assoc. Prof. Rónán Kennedy from the School of Law, University of Galway for delivering an excellent talk on "Generative AI: Legal & Ethical Issues", as part of the School of Computer Science Research Seminar Series at the University of Galway

Congratulations to Jair Andrade who successfully defended his PhD thesis on the topic of “Advances in the estimation of the reproduction number from compartmental models using contemporary Monte Carlo methods”. Jair is pictured with his supervised, Prof. Jim Duggan, the (online) external examiner, Prof. Ben Bolker (Departments of Mathematics and Statistics and Biology at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario), the viva chair Prof. Michael Madden and the internal examiner Dr. James Mc Dermott
(Lecturer in Computer Science).

Irish Collegiate Programming Competition!

Very thought provoking talk by Dr James McDermott yesterday afternoon on the risks posed by future development of , as part of our School of Computer Science Research Seminar Series at

1st and 3rd Year BCT students: Interested in becoming a CÉIM 2024/2025 Leader? Apply now at:
https://ceim.su.universityofgalway.ie/about/become-a-student-leader/

Dr Patrick Mannion is back organising the Research Seminar Series this year. The first talk of the year was given by Dr Abdul Wahid (pictured) on his work on the applications of AI to detection, and to

Nollaig Shona daoibh go léir.
Photo: Prof Chaosheng Zhang

"Google’s Gemini: is the new AI model really better than ChatGPT?"
Article on "The Conversation" by Professor Michael Madden, Established Professor and Head of School of Computer Science at University of Galway.
https://theconversation.com/googles-gemini-is-the-new-ai-model-really-better-than-chatgpt-219526?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=bylinefacebookbutton&fbclid=IwAR0-PbqwJxCmv5pbYZskxgij1h7H9GpUDuefIXwPopxk2MYg6vTwzXnfVEU