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Semester 1 2009/2010

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::Previous School of Computing Research Student wins Thesis Award::
::Unique bank loan scheme for computing and engineering graduates - DCU and Bank of Ireland initiative::

 

  • Previous School of Computing Research Student wins Thesis Award
    (25th September '09)

    Hany Hassan, an ex-PhD student of Prof. Andy Way has been selected as the winner of the 2009 LRC Best Thesis Award. The Award was officially announced on Thursday 24th September at the LRC XIV Conference in Limerick. The conference 'Localisation in The Cloud', is the 14th Annual Internationalisation and Localisation Conference organised by the Localisation Research Centre (LRC) in Limerick University and supported by the Centre for Next Generation Localisation (CNGL) here at DCU.

    Hany's thesis was entitled "Lexical Syntax for Statistical Machine Translation", was co-supervised by Dr. Khalil Sima'an of the University of Amsterdam, and was funded by SFI under their Investigator programme. Well done to Hany!

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  • Unique bank loan scheme for computing and engineering graduates - DCU and Bank of Ireland initiative
    (14th August '09)

    DCU and the Bank of Ireland today announced a unique discounted loan scheme for those recently unemployed who wish to study engineering and computing at postgraduate level at DCU.

    The scheme is available for students who wish to enter DCU this September or in March 2010. It is the first of its kind in Ireland and is intended for graduates who have recently been made unemployed and who wish to upskill.

    This unique discounted loan can provide up to €15k in funding to cover fees and living expenses. The scheme also allows students defer making any repayment on the loan for 18 months giving them financial freedom to concentrate on their studies.

    Applicants must be unemployed, but must not be longer than 12 months out of work. They should meet the university's minimum entry requirements and Bank of Ireland's normal lending criteria and terms and conditions apply.

    The School of Computing postgraduate courses available on the scheme are:

    Full story and more information: http://www.dcu.ie/news/2009/aug/s0809b.shtml

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