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Institute of Technology Carlow

Research, Development and Innovation Institute of Technology Carlow offers postgraduate research supervision for both research masters and doctoral degree candidates (NFQ levels 9...

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Research, Development and Innovation Institute of Technology Carlow offers postgraduate research supervision for both research masters and doctoral degree candidates (NFQ levels 9 and 10). Research supervision is closely tied to the priorities and expertise of staff attached to specialist research centres at Institute of Technology Carlow. Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) is an integral part of Institute of Technology Carlow’s activities and is a vital aspect of its interaction with industry and other research centres both nationally and internationally. RDI activity is driven and delivered through the Research Centres of designCORE, engCORE, enviroCORE, healthCORE, gameCORE, socialCORE, eduCORE and the Business and Humanities Research Centre.

To keep up-to-date with our current research activities and opportunities, log on to the Research section of our website.

Facilities The Dargan Centre for Research and Innovation provides an integrated, high quality physical research environment for academic staff researchers, postgraduate research students, postdoctoral researchers and the administrative and management staff associated with the development and delivery of high priority areas for research companies. The centre is also home to the Enterprise Ireland’s Design+ Applied Design Technology Gateway.

The Dargan Centre represents Institute of Technology Carlow’s commitment to research, development and innovation in the region through the development of collaborations with industry, other research institutions and funding organisations.

For further information, contact Head of Postgraduate Studies:

Dr Brian Jackson
E: brian.jackson@itcarlow.ie

President’s Research Fellowship Programme
Institute of Technology Carlow encourages academic excellence with a range of Postgraduate Research Fellowships which are offered annually to recent, appropriately qualified graduates. The Fellowship Programme attracts new researchers to a range of exciting and challenging research projects in dynamic environments under the supervision of successful and established principal investigators. All of the Research COREs (Centres of Research and Enterprise) and Research Centres that offer opportunities under the programme have demonstrated the real potential of these Fellowships to contribute to research excellence through challenging and original Masters research projects supported by excellent supervision.

Fellowship opportunities span the academic disciplines and include research opportunities within each of the listed research groups. Candidates with a first or upper second class honours degree are eligible to apply for project funding under this scheme.

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gameCORE conducts both pure and applied research in three main areas:

• Games and Learning
Gamification, Game Based Learning, Game Design and Development, Technology Enhanced Learning.

• Dat...

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gameCORE conducts both pure and applied research in three main areas:

• Games and Learning
Gamification, Game Based Learning, Game Design and Development, Technology Enhanced Learning.

• Data Science
AI and Machine Learning, Data Analysis and Visualization.

• Networks and Security
Cybersecurity, Blockchains, and Network Design and Management, and Internet of Things (IoT), and Ambient Assisted Living (AAL).

gameCORE also has strong links with industry, and has been involved with numerous collaborations, largely funded by Enterprise Ireland and the Irish Research Council.

For further information, such as exploring the possibility of doing an MSc or PhD in these or related areas, visit https://gamecore.ie.

Some current research projects include:
• Teaching Interdisciplinary Human Centred Design to Improve Patient Quality of Life.

• Gaming in Corporate Learning Environments.

• Use of Game Elements to Aid in the Development of Student Employability Skills.

• The Effect of Gamification on Internalising Coding Standards.

• Using Game Elements to Guide the Journey of the Postgraduate Research Students.

• The Tracking, Modeling, and Predictive Analysis of Learner Behaviour Towards MoreEffective Learner Behaviours and Online Courses.

• Blockchains and Decentralised Exchanges: The Implications for User Privacy.

• An Investigation of Dynamic Temperature Monitoring and Control in Modular Data Centres – Initially Using Infrared Thermography (IRT) and a Novel Machinelearning Framework to Improve Efficiency.

• Market-Oriented Resource Management for Embedding Network Slices.