newsletter
2016/17 SCHOOL OF
Computer Science and Statistics
WELCOME Welcome to our latest Newsletter, highlighting some of the School’s achievements and activities throughout 2016-17.
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Professor Jeremy Jones
Finally, I’m stepping down as Head of School after six years and I wish Professor Carol O’Sullivan every success as the new Head of School.
Head of School (2012 – 2017)
The School’s new four-stranded M.Sc. in Computer Science was launched in September 2017. The four strands, which map directly onto the research strengths of the School, are Graphics and Vision Technologies, Data Science, Intelligent Systems and Future Networked Systems. The strands are attracting many international students and it appears that we will reach above and beyond our targets for this year. The Data Science strand is particularly popular. The new M.Sc. programme will be located in refurbished facilities in South Leinster Street. The School is a key player in Trinity’s plans to build a technology-focused campus at Grand Canal Dock as part of a €1 billion investment to develop the area as an ‘innovation district’. The first phase will be an E3 (Engineering, Energy and Environment) teaching building on the old Biochemistry/IT Huts site. The second phase will be the development of a new ‘E3 Research Institute’ on the Trinity Technology and Enterprise Centre site in the Grand Canal Dock. E3 is a joint initiative between the Schools of Computer Science and Statistics, Engineering and Natural Sciences. Professor Jane Grimson has been asked to deliver the 2018 Trinity Monday Memorial Discourse on Professor John Bryne whose impact lives on here at the School. I would also like to draw your attention to the article by Dan McCarthy on Richardson’s Weather Forecasting factory.
The Class of 1986