DCU School of Computing is delighted to announce IBM will bring their Smarter Planet Tour to DCU on 15th March. The 32 tonne skills truck will arrive on campus for everyone to enjoy. IBM is keen to promote smarter, safer and greener ways forward in technology by introducing new skills, new ways of thinking and new ways of applying technology to solve business and world problems.
James Flynn, from IBM explains "The Smarter Planet tour is visiting 24 universities in 12 European countries and we are delighted to bring it onto the DCU Campus on 15th March. DCU will be the only campus the truck will visit here in Ireland and there is a wonderful schedule planned for everyone to enjoy during the day".
He went on to say "Inside the Skills truck there's plenty to see and do. We will have various demos, there's a gamezone, a job zone and lots more. By visiting the truck you will get to learn about IBM technologies, talk to IBM experts and have a chance to create your own digital signature."
Dublin City University Faculty of Engineering and Computing, will host their Final Year Projects Expo 2011on Tuesday 31stMay 2011 in the Helix
The 33rd European Conference on Information Retrieval (ECIR 2011) will be held in Dublin from the 18th to the 21st of April 2011. ECIR will bring together leaders in the field of web search and information retrieval for a comprehensive overview of latest developments and the presentation of new research results in the field of Information Retrieval; which is the field of research that brought us Search Engines and lead to the development of companies such as Google and Yahoo! ECIR is the second largest Information Retrieval worldwide annually and this year, Dr Cathal Gurrin (CLARITY, DCU) brings ECIR to Ireland for the first time in April 2011.
