Professor Michael Ryan of DCU's School of Computing has been shortlisted in nomination for the 50 Years of Computing in Ireland Awards. Prof.Michael Ryan has been selected by an expert panel as a shortlisted nominee for an IT Pioneer Award. This is due largely to Professor Ryan's establishment and shaping of the computing degree programmes at DCU and the unique role he has played in the promotion of public understanding about careers in computing.

The 50 Years of Computing in Ireland Awards will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first computer installation in Ireland by recognising key individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of computing in Ireland The awards are co-presented by the Irish Computer Society and the Belfast Branch of the British Computer Society.

Five award winners for the Republic will be announced at the 50 Years of Computing in Ireland dinner on Thursday, 20 September 2007 at the new Radisson SAS Royal Dublin Hotel (off Camden Street area). Tickets for the awards dinner are priced at 120euro for individuals or 1,200 euro for tables of 10.

For more information see: http://www.ics.ie/50YearsAwards or else please contact Julie Ann Ennis at

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Dublin born Aodhan Cullen, founder of Irish headquartered StatCounter, has been named as the Businessweek Young European Entrepreneur of the Year. StatCounter, which provides free web site traffic statistics, has 1.4m members 40% of which are located in the US. 24 year old Aodhan Cullen started the business when he was 16 and went on to develop it as his final year project while completing his degree in Computer Applications in Dublin City University (DCU). Aodhan adds: "DCU's Computer Applications course gave me a great grounding in computers that allowed me to develop StatCounter to its full potential."

StatCounter provides a free service which allows members monitor the number of hits to their website; the geographical location of visitors; the various pages a visitor views; keywords used to find the site plus other features.

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Dublin City University offers a unique and innovative Masters Programme in Business Informatics (MBI), in which students can select from a large number of optional modules. The options include Service-Oriented Architecture, Security, Cryptography, Entrepreneurship and, from September onwards, Strategic Management in Healthcare.

The new Strategic Management in Healthcare option is delivered in conjunction with DCU's School of Nursing. It will enable students to develop an understanding of the strategic management process in the healthcare context and how to apply Information Technology to solve the challenges in Healthcare.

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The Irish Computer Society and Dublin City University have announced details of a new partnership, which will enable experienced ICT professionals without formal third level qualifications to apply for direct entry to postgraduate study at the university.

From September, ICT professionals with a minimum of four years' industrial experience in the ICT sector, and who demonstrate continuous career development, can apply for entry to DCU's Graduate Diploma in Information Technology programme. In addition, graduates of the Irish Computer Society's European Certification for Informatics Professionals (EUCIP) programme, who hold a minimum of three years' relevant industry experience, are eligible to apply.

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Sara Morrissey, a DCU Computing PhD student, recently became the only Irish finalist in the Google Europe Anita Borg Scholarship Scheme for Women in Computing from a pool of almost 200 applicants. Sara represented women in computing and technical fields in Ireland at the Finalists' Retreat held in Google Europe HQ in Zurich.

Sara has been researching the area of Sign Language Translation. Her work involves developing computer programs to facilitate communication between deaf and hearing communities. She has worked on automatically translating sign languages into English text and text into sign languages where a computer generated figure will sign the information on the screen. The aim of this work is to provide the deaf community with information in their first and preferred language - Irish Sign Language. Such a system could be used to translate announcements in airports or content on webpages, for example.

Sara said 'The excellent facilities at DCU combined with the support and guidance of her colleagues in the Machine Translation research group in the School of Computing has allowed the forging of links with other Irish and international institutions as well as industry.'

The award itself commemorates the work of Dr. Anita Borg (1949 - 2003) whose vision for the advancement of technology and her founding of the Institute for Women and Technology led her to become an excellent role model for young women in the field of computing today. This award is open to women in computing across Europe who are dedicated to full-time work in the area of Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Informatics or a similarly related field through an MSc or PhD.

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DCU School of Computing will hold its annual Final Year Project Display & Champagne Breakfast at 8am on Friday 25th May 2007 at Dublin City University, Dublin 9.

Students of the university's B.Sc. in Computer Applications degree will give open demonstrations of their final year projects following the breakfast reception. The event provides an excellent opportunity for IT professionals and potential employers to view the high standard and broad range of development work carried out by the more than seventy graduating students of Ireland's largest computing degree programme.

The solutions developed by students cover a wide spectrum of application areas. These include artificial intelligence, embedded systems, information management, digital signal processing, e-commerce, educational applications, gaming, graphics, Internet, mobile and wireless applications, multimedia, natural language processing, network applications and security.

This year's proceedings are being opened by Ronan Harris, Online Sales & Operations Director at Google EMEA and the event is being sponsored by the Centre for Software Engineering and Fidelity Investments, GIFT.

More details on this event and the project booklet can be found at:
http://www.computing.dcu.ie/fyp

If you are interested in attending, please contact Julie Ann Ennis for an invitation at: Tel: (01) 700 5237 or Email:

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