The Royal Irish Academy/Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann champions research. We identify and recognise Ireland’s world class researchers. We support scholarship and promote awareness of how science and the humanities enrich our lives and benefit society. We believe that good research needs to be promoted, sustained and communicated. The Academy is run by a Council of its members. Membership is by election and considered the highest academic honour in Ireland.
Read more about the RIAThe Engineering and Computer Science Committee is an all-island multidisciplinary committee formed in September 2014. Committee members represent academia, media, industry and government. The main functions of the committee are to address issues of national and international concern through a programme of works, advise the Academy on policy formation and act as the national adhering organisation for international unions including the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM) and the International Union of Radio Science (URSI). The committee has a varied programme of works including lectures, publications and special events focusing on important issues. This work enables the committee to engage with the wider scholarly community, policymakers and the general public.
For our first profile, highlighting the interesting jobs a computer science degree can bring you we sat down with Darren Britton, a TU Dublin graduate working for Shutterstock, to find out more about how he went from computer science to the red carpet.
Applications are now open for the 2019 Engineering and Computer Science Early Career Profile Blog.
Dr Paul Deane (UCC) will examine what might Ireland look like in the year 2050.
