Staff and students at the School of Computing are involved in a range of research activites across a number of research groups. The details of these groups are given below along with links to further information. School publications can also be accessed from the link to the left.
UCRG (Ubiquitous Computing Research Group) at Dublin Institute of Technology
UbiComp consists of people from various faculties under the Dublin Institute of Technology who are working in the area of Ubiquitous or Pervasive computing. The group is currently engaged in a number of on-going projects across a range a disciplines.
Ubiquitous or Pervasive computing is an exciting and booming research field which encompasses a wide range of research topics, including distributed computing, mobile computing, sensor networks, human-computer interaction, and artificial intelligence.
Ubiquitous computing names the third wave in computing, the successor the personal computer era. In the UbiComp era, computers recede into the background of everyday life, and become indistinguishable from day to day objects. Harnessing and networking the ubiquity of this power presents many challenges and opportunities, which is the essence of UbiComp Group at the Dublin Institute of Technology.
Group Website: www.comp.dit.ie/ubicomp/index.php?title=Main_Page
K-Camp
The K-Camp Research Group within the Department of Computer Science at the Dublin Institute of Technology focuses on research in information and knowledge management, advanced database concepts and mechanisms, data mining and knowledge discovery, image processing, XML databases and distributed service-oriented technologies with focus on applications mainly in Bio-Informatics and Healthcare Informatics. Some of the Group's application areas include: supporting computerised clinical practice guidelines, electronic healthcare records, clinical workflow, sports vision and proteomics. The Group's founder and leader is Dr Bing Wu.
Group Website: www.comp.dit.ie/kcamp/
Experimental Gaming Group (EGG)
EGG is a cross faculty research group for digital games in the DIT. EGG has members from the School of Computing, Digital Media Centre and the Learning Technology Group. Our aim is to develop courses and research on digital games, serious games, robots and toys. Some of our recent activities include the hosting of the 9th International Conference on Computer Games: AI, Animation, Mobile, Educational & Serious Games. We have received funding from Microsoft Ireland, the Irish Computer Society and Enterprise Ireland.
Group Website: www.seriousgames.ie
Artificial Intelligence Group (AIG)
The AIG brings together the diverse research interests of its members which cover areas such as machine learning, robotics, computational linguistics, data mining, and text mining. The AIG have projects funded by SFI, Enterprise Ireland and various internal DIT funding schemes, and have an active postgraduate student body.
Group Website: www.comp.dit.ie/bmacnamee/aig
DIT Robotics Group
The DIT robotics group is a cross-faculty research group with members from the School of Computing, the School of Control Systems and Electrical Engineering, and the School of Manufacturing and Design Engineering. The group's research activities focus on human-robot interaction, audio and vision based perception, cognitive-systems and architectures, and the integration of robotics and assistive technology.
Group Website: www.comp.dit.ie/robotics/