About nasc research
nasc research at University College Cork is a research group that is advancing technology for connecting people and systems. We are making future networked systems secure, dependable and autonomous, enhancing the digital fabric on which modern society relies.
In the Irish language Gaelic, "nasc" means to connect or link, which is the ultimate goal in computer networking. For us, the individual letters in nasc also correspond to Networking, Autonomous Systems, and Cybersecurity, thereby also capturing the essence of our research.
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Recent News
26 Jun 2024
Cork Smart Gateway - Sean Lotty launches smart street data pilot project
THE Cork Smart Gateway is an initiative which seeks to promote and develop Cork as a smart and innovative region. They joined forces with Cork City Council and two of Cork’s leading representative groups - the Cork Business Association and the Victorian Quarter (VQ) - to launch a pilot project which will help deliver insights into the use of key streets in Cork city.
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06 Jun 2024
Mohamed Seliem of the Confirm Centre, CSIT, successfully defends his PhD thesis
Congratulations to Mohamed Seliem on successfully defending his PhD research thesis. Mohamed has completed his BSc and MSc at Cairo University.
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13 May 2024
Best Computer Scientists in Ireland
Professor Cormac Sreenan has been recognised as being amongst the best computer scientists in Ireland.
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22 Apr 2024
CSIT Best Paper awarded to Mohamed Seliem
Congratulations to Mohamed Seliem who received the award of Best Paper of 2023 at a ceremony in the School of Computer Science & Information Technology, UCC on 22nd April 2024. Title of Paper: Delay analysis of TSN based industrial networks with pre-emptive traffic using network calculus Supervisors: Professor Dirk Pesch and Dr Ahmed Zahran The paper was published in the 2023 IFIP Networking Conference (IFIP Networking), in Barcelona, Spain, June 2023.
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